Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-28

of which every man should have his equal
share. and a church where no human au-
thority might interpose between the soul
and its Maker. The state he founded is
here, three centuries afterward. 1t pos
sesses continent II gives a law to a
hemisphere. Within the domain OF that
state the soul Is free. The principles of
the Pilgrim pervade the continent and are
pervading the planet. As the child who
goes out poor and obscure. from his birth
place TO seek his fortune. comes back again
successful and honored and rich to the
parental dwelling, so the principles of civil
liberty under constitutional restraint which
have possessed the American continent
from Hudson bay to Cape Horn, have
crossed the Atlantic again to possess the
countries Of their origin. England is al
most republic in everything but name.
France, after two failures, has become a
permanent member OF the family OF free
states. In southern and Oriental seas,
where the adventurous ships OF our faith
ers. long after the American constitution
had been framed. found nothing but bar
barlsm and brutality, the great Australian
commemorative are rising in splendor and
glory TO take. at no distant time. a fore
most place In the family OF self governing
nations, Japan-that miracle of the east
declared when It celebrated last year It's
redemption from age-long barbarism, that
II owes everything It is to US.
wilderness for the Anarchist.
do not think that the Pilgrim his
tory will ever be repeated. 1t will not be
easy to ind the Pilgrims. And In the next
place II will not be easy now, with the
telegraph, and the telephone, and steam.
and electricity, to find the wilderness. And
II we can hne one. we want It all for the
anarchist.
This is the one story TO which for us,
or for our children, nothing in human an
nails may be cited for parallel OF compar-
ison save the story OF Bethlehem. There
Is none other told in heaven or among
men like the story Of the Pilgrim. Upon
this rock is founded our house. Let the
rains descend. and the floods come, and the
winds blow and beat upon that house, II
shall not fall. The saying of our prophet
our Daniels fulfilled. The sons Of the
Pilgrims have crossed the Mississippi and
possess the shores Of the Pacific. The tree
our fathers set covered nrst but a little
space by the seaside. It has planted its
banyan branches in the ground. It has
spread along the lakes. II has girdled the
has covered the prairie and the plain. Tie
sweep Of It's lofty arches rises over the
Rocky mountains, and the Cascades. and
the Nevadas. Its hardy growth shelters the
frozen region OF the far northwest Its
bouShs hang over the Pacific. So far-so
far II has carried Its blessing with II. self
government. civil and religious freedom
the compact Of the MAyfiower. the Declara-
tion OF Independence. the American state
the American home, the American eonsti-
tution-these have gone with It. and In
good time-in good time-it will send itl
roots beneath the waves. and receive un-
der its vast canopy the islands Of the sea
American freedom. American lf-govern.
ment. the American home. the American
eonstitution-these shall follow the Amer
icAn haG till they co7er the earth as the
waters cover the sea
RsnOwn and Grace Not Dead.
am no blind worshiper Of the east. dc
not belisve that "RenOwn and Grace" are
dead. am no pessimist or Alarmist. l an