The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-01-11
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failed, but now, we can all start
out new prepared what may come
before US. It is a time that we all
should place some resolution be-
fore ns. Consider the work that
has been done for us by o~urfriends
of the whites and surely we all do
highly appreciate it. To show my
gratitude to them for all what l
have learned from them is beyond
expression.
Friends, whatever may seem
suited to this present occasion, l
do regard it as a time to briefly
consider the grave and important
Question of our future. Let us
therefore endeavor to discover
some motives that have agitated
and still agitates the majority of
people in their efforts to fill out
their ideas of we'll rounded life.
But in your own judgment if they
are in any way on the wrong track
you are most certainly in a posi-.
ton to profit by their experience.
But I would like to see you my
friends ofrthe whites to get up a
club of some kind to teach the
people of my race more and more
the better ways of living, for I am
confident that such an organization
would prove a surprising benefit.
My friends, when we go on the
new year and on the new century,
1t means a great crisis to the
worlds history and among our.
selves. We are now standing here
straining our eyes to watcn the
old century as it slowly disappears
in the distance, but again our at
tention is soon directed forward
into the future where the opposi-
tions are lying await for lis. So
we must aim to b. the choice
young men. and women of our day
among our people to hold our own
with the best. Today every one is
struggling to obtain the greatest
amount OF work and the greatest
possible achievements in a short
span of a life time. But let us re-
member that no man can hope to
get the most out of this life; no
man can hope to receive the hon.
age Of Ills fellowmen until he has
shown himself. capablea Of serving
them; no man can he truly noble
without undermining his hle one III
service and selfsacritice. 1t vas
Christ who said to his disciples,
"whosoever will be great among
you let hun be your minister and
whosoever will be chief among you
let him be your servant" In these
few lines We have perhaps struck
the one chord which proves to, be
the keynote to the grand melody.
For seivlce is the true essence Of
our existence. We can look back
and recall the great men who have
Il rendered their service to. their
country and the race. But you
look OH Napoleon Bonaparte's life,
you will see his one ambition and
that was to obtain fame and power.
He sought to gain it without serv-
ing others nor assisting them to
rise to greater heights, but he rose
through blood and ruins Of others
who were in the way Of his exer-
cising universal power. That very
ambition seemed for a time to
crown him with success, made HIM
ruler Of nations. But soon after
the foundation of his vast empire
began to decay and consequently
was the downfall. Turning aside
from che selfish course of Napoleon
we look with pride on the wonder
full career Of Washington. With
our understanding of right and
wrong, who will doubt, but that
success which placed him in an
honored=grave was the proof that
his ambition was one of service to
his country and humanity.
Surely we have seen today these
white educators rendering their
services to; us on every hand since
the last 30 or 40 years. In these
years we can easily see that we
have already taken few steps to-
ward civilization and I suppose a
day will come when you and /
shall. have the same footing with
the white man. Because we can
see today how much we have pro-
crossed in 30 years and in the
next 80 years we shall advance to
Idestinies beyond the reach of what
|our fathers have ever seen in their
day and generation. Through
these 80 years the Indian has be-
come peaceful from q warrior, he
has become industrious instead Of
running here and there, he has be-
come Christian from paganism,
|he is becoming intelligent from ig-
nosance and superstition and from
his one language he isnow speak
ing the Anglo-Saxon tongue.
We can now see what = being
done for the race. This InlLian
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