The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-07-05
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Probably no theme has inspired sucf
! fervid oratory dictated such poetrJ
and framed such divine melodies II
music as love Of country. Tongue Of ora.
tor and pen Of poet and note Of composer
have found in patriotism or love of coun-
try never-failing source Of the highest
Inspiration. For this reason the country
/ resounds today with the eloquence Of
I speakers and the melody of our nationa
airs. No are patriotic. 1t were shame
for US If we were not. We do love our
country 1t were as strange as disgrace
ful if we did not: for what a country is
/ America A being so wondrously fail
| that the world has never seen her equal
The favorite child born TO mother earth in
her old age. Times noblest offspring is
| the last" Columbia fairest Of all the
| lands. Her footstool is the western hem
( isphere; her crown the jewels Of liberty;
| her girdle the doctrines of equality; her
robe the glorious flag OF a hundred
| battles, the immortal standard of the
Stars and Stripes.
The mighty land placed by the Omnip-
| otent hand between the far east on the
! one side, to which she stretches out her
| glorious arms over the broad Pacific.
while on the other side she sweeps with
iplifted hand over the Atlantic and
touches Europe a mighty land, including
ia her ample bosom untold resources of
every form Of commercial and mineral
ealth; a mighty land with room for
three hundred millions of men.
1T has been said that America is too
large TO be loved; that you can't get your
arms around her. / want to submit III
reply that that statement was made by
man who under-estimated the capacity
o. the American for love, and under-esti-
mated also the length Of the American
arm. America must be large to fulfill
the mission with which divine Provi-
aence has entrusted her; must be large 10
welcome the oppressed Of all the world
hat fly 70 her more than imperial bosom,
there TO find liberty and the sacred right
Of civil and religious freedom. Is there
rot reason to suppose that in the future,
which we cannot see today, but which lies
before Us. America will be TO the whole
y Grid what Rome was in the ancient
days. the great storehouse Of the world,
The great ruler, pacific ruler by justice of
the whole world. her manufacturing
power dispensing from out her mighty
bosom all the necessaries and all the lux
uries Of life TO the whole world around
her? There is reason to think that she
io destined 70 rise rapidly into that
gigantic power that will overshadow all
other nations. As great as fair to the
bride which the American has espoused
and whom he must love. honor and pro-
tect or prove unfaithful and untrue.
I'm New York harbor. on lofty ped
estals, stands the gigantic statue of lib
erty, the friendly tribute of another na-
ton, gracefully given to the new world.
In her outstretched right hand she holds
n torch, the light of which shines far out
over the ocean waves. to beckon, as It
were. and to guide the wanderer to our
shores. The oppressed of every land, the
exiled of every nation, can find on Amer
iCa's shores n refuge and q home.
America welcomes them all if they be
well deserving OF the great boon OF Amer
lean citizenship. Her lands are broad
enough. her soil is fertile enough. her
resources are ample enough. her love of
humanity is deep enough. her mother
heart IS kind enough 10 adopt them all
She places no restriction save this, that
the men who apply for adoption must not
America is the land OF Providence. Let
us not forget nor overlook the fact.
When the countries Of Europe became
over-crowded. Providence inspired a Co
Umbus to sail westward and TO discover
a country that was amply able to satisfy
Eumanity's needs. in that new country
there was room enough and wealth
enough TO relieve the over-crowded con
diton Of the old world.
Father Then said he realized that there
were other speakers to follow him, and
hc did not want 60 monopolize all the
time. lie said when people got wound
UI on an occasion like this 1t was hard
a. quit and that reminded him of the
IIishman who went into a jewelry store
To- buy a clock There" said the jew
cier. is one that VIII run eight days
without winding" Pat looked at il for
some time and then asked. IF IL would
run eight days without winding. how
long do you think the thing would run II
il was wound upT" He did not want the
people to think he was wound up. and
then wonder how long he would speak
* he were not wound up He had always
isde It rule not 20 talk TOO long when
called on for speech on an occasion /
Ike this. and that reminded him Of hav- !
ms once heard Of young man who |
wrote 10 q very wise man and asked him I
how he could prepare himself % make I !
speech whenever called upon The wise /
man told him 20 first think Of his sub !
ject and then write 4 down ana re-writs /
H. After he Rad re- written IL ne must I
commit ii al u memory and then sit .
down and write The committee that owing 4
10 unavoidable business ne found that b. 4
would not be able q attend the meeting 1
and make that speech. and leave the 4
other fellows in Tor IT,
he closed with an eloquent appeal 70
his hearers 10 act the part o. good citi-
-ens. that this glorious government might
be preserved 20 poSterity.
After Father Then concluded his a5-
iress. Clarence Reed. the eight-year-old
son OF Jack Reed. sang America. ac-
* mpanied by The band. His singing was
q cellent. though the strong wind proved
,lrnost too much for him
W T. Matson was the next speaker. He
aid il would be a good idea II the
speakers on THIS occasion could. ike CON-
-vessnen. have some fellow move thar
hey he allowed 10 have the speeches pub
ished without the trouble OF delivering
hem
Mr.. Matson spoke OF the great advance
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