Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-06-21

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NO Ladies' and Gentlemen Inc
faVurN of the evening, In calling up
cna 10 address you on American
W M, gives me that feeling OF awe
'u' takes possession OF the painter
W. no attempts to put on canvas the
,N,lme beauty OF the universe Amerl-
deals like the rays OF the sun. are
.aso and felt, but cannot be described.
~ snendor and warmth Of American
ine nave so affected that part OF the
-, race that inhabits the United
su Of America that all other CIVIL
s'n men have turned their attention
~, -. IA MS TO see what beneiicent cause
w., made A few struggling colonies the
p,ottest and the greatest OF the ma
sass The commercial strides, the In
ssss,rial growth, the financial power OF
.a,srlca have astounded Europeans.
~ neople of other lands who have
~ awed by the power OF monarchs
"a been blind In their worship OF arts
,a"racy nave at least realized that re-
.nhiIcanism as understood in America
pnot only the most IDEAL OF govern
S.nts hui is the safest and the best,
VA glyes a greater impulse to the pro-
s"o,ive powers OF man thantany other
s'pna NJ government yet conceived. The
,a,nocracv of Europe now believe that
America born into the famlly OF ma
eons IN these latter times Is the nigh
,st blIlow In humanlty's evolutioni the
rownIng effort OF ages In the ingram
Mspment OF man. The world knows
bat America has taken her place first
among the nations because of her
deals a.,....
,he English after the seven years war
ofthe revolution? why did It rise again
hilarious over the Union Jack, In the
var OF 1872? Why was our flag car
,sd 10 victory in Mexico In lS4S? Why
vas that flag carried through blood ana
,.ars in the civil war to waive trl-
nmuhantly over Grant and Lee at APP
comattox? Why was that flag carried
n victory both by sea and land In the
gnanIsh- American war? Because that
AZ was the first ever raised against
,hs civ as the symbol OF liberty to all
manklnd.-because that flag typifed the
,Sssls OF a people who believed In re-
,Iglous civil ami political liberty. Civil
,1atlon never reached its meridian and
men never achieved political liberty UNI
m the American people announced to
N. world the Fundamental doctrines OF
our eoyernment-tha all men are born
free and equal: that all governments
derive their Just powers from the con-
s.ni NJ the governed that that gov
eminent Is the best which governs the
least, and that ours Is a government OF
the people BY the people, for the peo-
pla Where was there any political lib
erty prior TO l776? The Asyrlan, Baby
ioDIan and Egyptian monarchies rose
and fell without being lighted once by
A CLEAN Of liberty. Greece had hardly
become glorious before she appeared To
H. worn out. Roman conquest and as
sanitation had strewn the shores OF
time with wrecks of empires and the
flag Of the republic was soon superseded
Nv the eagles Of the empire and civili-
cation was plunged into the teTF0rs Of
the dark ages. The Huns came from
scythia and drove the Roman legions
from the Countries of the Danube. the
Franks swept into Gaul and the Vissl-
goths into Spain; the Goth, like tor
rent lNhIfu rum Tue lbilH anu biohF p
the Roman power; the Ostragoths raw
aged Italy. Vandalic 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
power that belonged TO the people; be-
cause In It's AFFECT servility 1t grovelled
OF the feet Of Tiberlus and Caligula,
Nero and Domitian, 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 1883 For 200 years men
with all the fanatlclsm 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
eRce and Venice, OF Genoa ami Milan
and Pisa, We're only republics in name,
and were never ideals OF liberty. From
The fall Of the Roman empire until, the
thirteenth century, feudalIsm had
been been gradually crushing out
what was left of Greclan
and Roman civilization, and In that
century as natural evolution OF feud-
asm, appeared modern monarchy
which ruled the world with an iron rod
until the farmers fired the shot at
Lexington that was heard around the
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
10 be imbued with American ideals
We're the Irish volunteers OF 1882, who
marched TO Dublin 100000 strong under
the leadership OF Grattan and Charlie
mont TO demand from England the In
uependence OF their country. When La
fayetle, ROchambeau and DE Grass re-
turned TO their native France giving
expression 10 American ideals, a people
heeped IN Ignorance and lashed 10 fury
Dy tle writings OF Rousseau and the
speeches Of Mirabeau, Danton, and Ro-
pesplerre, destroyed the power of the
bourbons, RACED the bastlle and tore
So"h all existing institutions. The
french IN their madness mistook liber- |
y LOT license, and In the storm rose the |
sgure OF Napoleon, who carried the |
lIlcolore OF France victorious In q
suhured fields, to 60 down TO deserved |
ueleat at Waterloo, because his ideals |
were betrayal OF the peoples rights,
gnu unlike those OF Washington. did |
hot stand for liberty and law. 4
american ideals not only gave hone |
70 the Irish, and the French, but they |
gave Inspiration TO Simon Bolivar and |
Gen OHlggans. the founders OF the
,,spubllcs OF South America and today |
Wv, ,he only flag OF monarchy flying on |
me mainland OF the western hemis- |
pneIe Is the Union Jack In Canada,
mn,eh' Ike all other relics Of monarchy, |
nni ~ Que time pass away and will be |
,epiaced by the flag Of an Independent
lsuol' or the Stars and Stripes OF |
aaaleIica. I was the inspiration OF
american Ideals that reused the people |
~ 81, continental Europe TO rebellion I'm |
~ ~ when the rulers were obliged 10 |
sNe the people representative govern
, ''sn. ana constitutional monarchy. For
"nal dld the men Of &c take up arms |
.,n, rally round the flag OF their coun.
~, Nhy did they raise the flag az
C punher HUE Why did they follow II nj
,b UnI ,SIl Why did they carry II along