The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1902-07-11

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sion here today will not be misunder-
stood. / would not i'll could speak one
word to retafd the splendid, IN
ward. legitimate march of my coun-
try. / am proud of my country and
prouder still that 1 am an American
citizen. I only wish to present the
situation as it appears to me, speak
the truth and utter a word of precau-
tion. / believe il is right that we
should be ambitious. | believe it
IS not right that we should be salts
fed to sit down and take things as
they come and have no desire for
higher and better things.
A certain gentleman who had
spent a year in tile frozen regions of
the north. where the nights are six
months long. after having passed
through one of these long, dreary
nights, with no companions, no
books, no newspapers. no surround
ings at all, except the walls of his
lonely cabin and tie darkness at
night, was asked this question:
.Under such circumstances what
does a lone man think about? Do
you think of the gold that lies be-
meath your feet and the comforts and
pleasures it will bring to you after
awhile. no. said he, 81 never
think of that: / think most of the
old folks at home. and the birds sing
ing along the st. Lawrence: Then
he went o. to tell. how n morning
after having passed through one of
these long, dreary nights he stood in
his cabin door and caught a CLEAN
of sunlight shining on a distant moun
taen PEEK, and SO filed with delight
was he at again seeing the sunlight
that he started and ran down the
road across the frozen river, up the
steep and rugged mountain he climbed
until at last all covered with perspi-
ration he stood where the sun had
been shining but it was not there
now. On a farther and still higher
mountain peak that is externally COW
cred with snow the sun was then shin
ing, his golden eagle, rested only for
a moment then folding its wings and
with a sudden swoop was gone before
the pursuing night.
How true is this to the story of
life. We may climb from peak to
peak but still the golden sunlight.
goes ever on before-a pillar of fire
that we may never lay hands upon.
and who would have 1T otherwise
It is the endeavor, the aspiration
that makes manhood. / saysto you
it is better to be beaten many battle
OF life than never to have made an
attempt at all. These are times
When the young men of the country
are called into action-when the
metal of young men isSbeing tried
and I say to you young men of the
nation, come out and take your posi-
tion in life and endeavor to make
your mark.
In conclusion, / wish to say / pe-
lleye that ours is the greatest nation
IN existence today. Go study the
history of our commerce and search
for our markets and you will find
that on every sea our ships are sail
ing and in every market our goods
are being sold. Hear that sweet
music that comes dancing over the
waves from a far off land and you ask
what it is. My answer is that it
is the chimes of a bell, moulded in an
American factory, swinging in an
old church steeple in st. Petersburg.
Hear the thunder of the guns of the
allied nations of the earth SO recent
" hammering at the walls at Pekin
and demanding admittance to the
1oWery kingdom. Today more than
100 miles Of railroad are being built.
in the interior of China with Ameri-
capital. Hear the putting and
the grooming of that old ship bearing
the British flag leaving an American
port, it is loaded with American
beef, bound for the recent battle
fields of South africa. Hear the
rumble of those cars in that far
away land and if you will stop and
listen you can hear the whistle of
an a american built engine in the
shadow Of Egypt's pyramids. Verify,
! say unto you the wheels of pro-
gress are moving swiftly and it must
have been while viewing a great
panorma OF the nations future that.
tn immortal Grady, Georgia's prond
son., while delivering his farewell
message to the world, was lead to
say: catch a vision Of the repubs
lic-its. mighty force in balance and
its unspeakable glory falling on all
her children, Working n1t its mis-