Evening journal., 1901-11-27
WITH THANKFUL HEARTS

tlcal freedom OF conscience, and i'm
those less enlightened. the force OF
modern liberal ideas Is becoming more
apparent.
Men live better than ever before. The
Delaware farmer wears better clothes.
is better housed and has mere OF the
comforts of life than had the monarchs
of Europe in the eighteenth century.
This is the age of science; it Is pur-
sued not for its own sake alone. but
for the material comforts it brings.
Where formerly ten men were required
to do piece of work now a man and
an engine turn out the same product.
The great forces of nature are harness
ed to do the work of man, and to sup
ply his wants
We know more than our fathers
knew of the science OF living. Our
houses are more sanitary, our food bet
ter prepared. and we pay greater at
tntion to the laws of health As a
consequence we live longer. and the
'Ne'N'A Ae't' aihbhh AiW4uIth Ilita greatly
decreased
We are thankful that we are living
under a free government, where there
are greater privileges than are pre-
sented elsewhere. There is equal op-
portunity for every man and no favors
derived from caste or blood. We are
proud TO owe allegiance to a govern
ment the head of which may be one
who has been elevated from the pillow.
We are constrained to pay no rever-
ence TO rank or orders. but only to
recognize actual merit in any position
in life. 1t is a privilege to live in "A
land where there are no longer creed
on race hatreds. Where Catholic Jew.
Protestant and free-thinlSer may pur-
sue their course unmolested, and
among wlhom There is only earnest zeal
and generous rivalry And while po-
litical conditions are not always such
as we would desire, yet there is always
a public conscience. which, when awak-
ened is a correcting influence for all
the evils of the body polite.
Our country during the past year
has had unrivaled prosperity, Our
foreign trade is greater than that of
any other nation. We have sold moro
and bought less than ever before. and
the balance is to our credit Generally
our crops have been good, and the
prices satisfactory, and we have helped
% feed the millions of the earth in
exchange for the commodities Of life.
Our mills have been busy, and practi-
cally no Industrious persons are idle
While the nations of Europe report
great deficits. we are creating an enor-
nous surplus Our laborers receive
larger wages than those of any other
country and there are more luxurles
to be found I'M the American home than
in any other place on earth
Recently a calamity befell our people
in the assassination of their Chief
Magistrate 1t was crime against an
individual and against free govern
ment But our institutions were so
strong that not the slightest shock
was felt and it even served to weld
our people more closely together. We
are thankful that at That awful hour
when our beloved President breathed
his last another person selected
for such emergencies was ready to take
uD the work laid down, and that his
wisdom, integrity and courage ar,
equal to the task. 1t is good to know
that our Government cannot b,
shaken by anarchy.
We rejoice in our splendid educa
tional facilities that are extended L,
every home, and for the elevating am,
refining influences of religion THAT ar
free for alQ The little red school
houses are a part of our glory, an,
, from these to the colleges and the pro
. fessional schools, there is not break
It is cause for congratulatlou that Il
s every public private or parochia
school. loyalty to the Government is
o. fundamental idea
2 As State, we have been blessed, on
4 fields have yielded bountifully. am
. our labors have produced an ample re
turn All the shops have been busy
and everybody engaged in proftabl
labor. We have had our politics
|, wrangies and much strife has been en-
+, lgendered, but we have preserved ON
honor, and future generations will sa
:. we have done well. We should b
! thankful for the civic virtue that ha
:, been manifested against the moi
= powerful and sinister influences.
In our county and city virtue wa
never ON a higher plane than at III
I. present time. and while much has bee
d done in our name THAT causes us
l. hang our heads in shame. yet OF
s pulses are Quickened at tine signs Of a
j. aroused public conscience, which d
rs mands a return to ideas of integrii
H. and morality, and we are reioiced
Is the determined spirit to sift onici