Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-06-21
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r'''' aides and Gentlemen The
faVu ,.on Of the evening, in calling up
'"" 10 address you on American
VI ~ dives me that feeling OF awe
iu'o ,akes possession Of the painter
%Ssn he attempts to put on canvas the
Win s,,ms beauty OF the universe. Amerl-
'1g ~, deals like the rays Of the sun. are
.sso and felt, but cannot be described
.olendor and warmth Of American
ins have so affected that part OF the
49,, 49, race that inhabits the United
e eu,'. of America that all other civil
~ men have turned their attention
nrr ris MS to see what benehcent cause
% Wv made A few struggling colonies the
aa St tlest and the greatest OF the ma
a sass The commercial strides, the In
ssss,rlal growth, the financial power or
serica have astounded Europeans.
~ neople of other lands who have
~ aWed by the power OF monarchs
~ been blind In their worship OF arls-
',acv nave at least realized that re-
s,hiiconism as understood in America
a, only the most IDEAL Of govern
.nts hui is the safest and the best,
.nd gives a greater impulse to the pro-
s"c,ive powers OF man thantany other
s',n of government yet conceived. The
,s,nocracy of Europe now believe that
simerlca born into the family OF ma
Mans IN these latter times Is the high
y, hlilow In humanlty's evolution; the
" a. ~ In the
,,.ar,ent of man" The world knows
,bat America has taken her place first
among the nations because of her
IDEALS, .,..
tbe English after the seven years war
eg,he revolution? why did 1t rise again
,ictorious over the Union Jack, In the
war OF 1872? Why was our flag car
,isd 10 victory in Mexico In lS4S? Why
was that flag carried through blood and
,.ars In the civil war TO waive tri-
humanity over Grant and Lee at APP
nomattox? Why was that flag carried
h victory both by sea and land In the
gnanIsh- American war? Because that
Az was the first ever raised against
,hs sky as the symbol OF liberty to all
manklnd-because that flag typifled the
deals OF a people who believed in re-
igIous. civil ami political liberty. Civil
i1atlon never reached It's meridian and
men never achieved political liberty UNI
M the American people announced to
N. world the Fundamental doctrines Of
onr eoyernment.-that all men are born
free and equal. that all governments
derive their lust powers from the con-
- that that
eminent is the best which governs the
least. and that ours Is q government OF
The people, by the people, for the PEG =
biz Where was there any political lib
erty prior to 1870? The Asyrlan, Baby
IonIan and Egyptian monarchies rose
and fell without being lighted once by
A CLEAN Of liberty. Greece had hardly
become glorious before she appeared to
~ worn out. Roman conquest and as
sanitation had strewn the shores OF
time with wrecks of empires and the
fag Of the republic was soon superseded
Nv the eagles Of the empire and civil
zatlOn was plunged into the telf0rs OF
the dark ages The Huns came from
seythia and drove the Roman legions
from the count.les of the Danube the
Franks swept into Gaul and the Nissl-
goihs into Spain; the Goth, like tor
rent. rushed from the north and broke
the Roman power; the Ostragoths raw
aged Italy: Vandallic rage and Penon-
ian fury laid waste the west and the
Saracen destroyed in Asia and the dark
continent what the Goths had spared
The Roman empire went to ruin be-
cause Il permitted Caesar TO usurp the
.ffH.H o has hi. a.. he l.a
Cause In lis AFFECT servility 1t grovelled
Of the feet Of a Tiberlus and a Caligula,
Nero and Domitlan. because II had
no great political ideals ami the world
row only admires her monuments and
her literature, The barbarlans OF me-
dlayal Europe were without ideals,and
hence out Of the ruins Of the Roman
empire rose feudalism which held Eur
ope In Its grip until the great French
revolution Of 1889. For 200 years men
with all the fanatcism OF religion gave
themselves up TO the great crusades and
rushed TO the Holy Land IN pursuit OF
phantom while they were gradually en-
shaved at home. The republics OF Flor
ehce and Venice. OF Genoa ami Milan
and Pisa, were only republics In name,
and were never Ideals OF liberty. From
the fall Of the Roman empire until the
thirteenth century, feudalIsm had
been gradually crushing out
what was left of Greciau
and Roman civilization, and In that
century as a natural evolution of feud-
allsm appeared modern monarchy,
which ruled the world with an iron rod
until the farmers fired the shot al
lpNIpgtnn fhat nj mn a
world. Then the tramp OF armed men
IN The New World set the nerves OF
men In the old one tingllng and filled
lhe souls OF suffering millions with the
American Ideals Of freedom. The first
70 be lmbued with American ideals
We're the Irish volunteers OF 1882, who
marched TO Dublin 100000 strong under
the leadership OF Grattan and Charlie
mont 10 demand from England the in
dependence OF their country. When La
fayette Rochambeau and De Grass re-
turned to their native France giving
expression to American ideals. a people
stepped In ignorance and lashed 10 fury
by the writings OF Rousseau, and the
speeches of Mirabeau. Danton, and Ro-
ppesplerre' destroyed the power of the
bourbons, RACED the bastlle and tore
SoWn all existing institutions. The
french In their madness mistook liber-
y TOT license. and In the storm rose the
lgufe OF Napoleon, who carried the
iIleolore OF France victorious In
hundred fields, to 60 down TO deserved
ueleat at Waterloo, because his ideals
were betrayal OF the peoples rights,
ehd unlike those OF Washington. did
hot stand for liberty and law.
american Ideals not only gave hone
70 the Irish, and the French, but they
gave Inspiration TO Simon Bolivar and
zen. OHiggans, the founders OF the
,.spuDlies OF South America and today
we only flag OF monarchy flying on
we mainland OF the western hemis-
pnere Is the Union Jack In Canada,
, Nn,eh Ike all other relics OF monarchy,
n,li N due time pass away and will be
,epiaoed by the flag OF an independent
t.,on' or the Stars and Stripes OF
a.nerlca. II was the inspiration OF
~ Ideals that reused the people
~ , Sohllnental Europe TO rebellion I'm
~. ~ When the rulers were Obliged 10
sNe 'he people representative govern
, n'sh. ana constitutional monarchy. For
"nf. uld the men Of &c take up arms
,,,, fsally round the flag OF their coun.
~ Nhy did they raise the flag AZ
C rsnher NUE. Why did they follow Il nj
,tonS9tdf Why did they carry II along
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