The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-17

atltS VI NlIltltellu Seltuly SitSN
ment, And since | cannot hope to compass
in n language OF my own the force of tn
great soul which inspired the immorta
s seTS WSfd st as ara se Spoke is. i, NE me ssa Yr,s sn4 ra az
lament his own genius had called into ex
iSienOe:
country depend on the honor of another
the latter may have much honor, but thu
former can have no liberty. To depend OF
the horror of another country IS to depend
on the VIM; and to Depend on the viii 70:
a%ncther) is the definition of slavery" =
will trust the people with the custod!
of their own liberty, but l viii trust NJ
people with the custody OF any liberty, 9th,
er than their own. whether the people bt
Rome. Athens or Britain.'.Qn the Irish
Parliament, May DC. 1900
The constitution may be for a time lost
the character of the country cannot. be lost
The ministry will-or may. %perhaps-a
length find that it is not 50 easy to pu
down forever an ancient and respectable
nation, by abilities however great or BY
power and corruption however irresistible
Liberty may renew her golden beams and
with redoubled heat animate the country
The cry of loyalty, will not long continue
against the principles of liberty. Loyalty
is q noble. a jud!e!ous and a caPacious prin'
tinct from liberty. is corruption. not 10y.
alty..-Qn the Irish Parliament. February
Turn to the growth and spring Of your
country, and behold and admire 1t! Where
Z uu sOu LiLlu h IdIlOu WHICH upon WnlleVeI
concerns the rights of mankind expresses
herself with more truth or force, perspicu.
ity of justice! -"
You have done too much not to do morel
You have gone too far not to go on. You
have, brought yourself into a situation in
which you must silently abdicate the rights
-un the Irish Parliament. April 10. 17SQ)s
You have done too much not to do more!
You have gone too far not to go on"
This is the message the fellow worker of
NaSQlngtOE, SD6aHlQg at the end of the
Eighteenth Century, sends to us at the be-
S5on macS Of n sae to pT DC mo1e. Toy ra have . dome 9Rs
hold and admire Il. country ana De-
Not Grattan himself could do justice to a
achieved in America by the principles which
inspired him in what 1 have just read. On
these principles the liberties Of America are
by them our failure must be developed.
They are immortal in their simplicity.
First. the principle of Individual freedom to
will; for. as Grattan nobly says. to de-
pend pc & on the will Of another is the definition
summation. the liberty of every country
to grow. In its W way. in its own right,
in Its own majesty and sovereignty, unin- |
for, as he says again, When the liberty and
security OF one country depend on the honor
OF OF another s t the latter may have much hon
AN'S az AoCANy i
SO. borrowing the thought of John Locke, |
as we borrowed It for the foundation Of
American institutions, he has Defined the
II say through liberty without qualifica-
ton and without concession to any other
spring Of prosress; for only through liberty
principles of order which consti-
tute the harmony of the human soul as
they do the harmonies of the visible uni
Verse. make themselves efficient causes Of
all that which uplifts and glorifies human
ity:
ace to order and that there can be no safe
ty except through repression and coercion.
Is not ours to judge them as individuals,
but 1t Is our most sacred duty to protest
against their theory that the greatest posi-
Bile civilization depends on repression. That
creed of ignorance and darkness can be
realized in far-reaching and vast results,
Is a part of a law, not a jot or title of
can fail until all be fulfilled. It is
the law Of destruction for the brutal through
It's own brutality. But that it is the prin-
ciple of progress for the mind in man, who
that loves liberty. justice and mercy can
-
Il have not lived so long nor seen so
Of this creed manifesting the essential
spirit of Toryism and the vain pride of
,eeaa not Of long som ago' thole % Rbn nrSfsss ! tb have
selves van leaders of civilization, butcher
ing the wounded on the field Of battle. I
:Ty Of seen a weak a sEef Rep paslGn i To ias the seu n
fire its homes and decimate its de-
,enders because they dared maintain with
,ther country is the definition Of slavery. |
And seeing It,, / have asked of Divine
Justice, as the soul Of Goodness in things
-aised up to protest in Gods name against
But this is not all: I.haye seen the same
lal skill and devtlish subtlety to bring
,bout worldwide Tory solidarity. and to
our country forever to the Tory
reed of obstruction and repression-to n
reed which If we adopt 1t means tina the
lands of the clock of time shall be turned
3Rsk to w the n aEes before or c ..he first tree s,o Of
the only law of the world was that
# the strongest arm and the surest
"As a result Of that malign and allen ,
I have seen armies levied in ,
a war for humanity used to tear down the i
Of the feeble imitators of our
he lips, of free speech: to turn against
lilies cannon nodded to batter down the ,
destructive barriers Of Spanish imperial
Sm; ;sn seeing seeing i It; l have ,or known surely
rom America, but from London-not from
put from hell-from the lowest
~iolence.
irattan. answering Tory coercionists as
P dIlSeWeTeQ tIleIl. L VIII trust the people
With the custody of their own liberties,
I will trust no people with the custody
+ any Ts,o liberty ether than their own,
ity of which We are all so proud was a
ude collection of cabins. notable chiefly as
depot of supplies for the fur trade. St.
,orld-the central city of a domain which. t
the close of the Twentieth Century. s
SAY exceed in power the Roman or the I
british Empire at its greatest. The "expan- ]
ion of our past is one of the greatest
in history. What can account for s
1g England? Was it the money paid him
. release his despotic claim to control the {
berries Of the people of the Purchaser
Vas it the power nf human desire to gain I