Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-05-31

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| england shores in order that they might
nave liberty Of conscience and freedom %
religious worship. 1t was the prosecutor
Catholics from England who founded the
great state of Maryland on our southern
shofeS IN order that they might ENJOY the
same hbertN of conscience. ana the same
iteeuom from ecclt sidstiCal persecution
| III was the prosecuted BuEuenotS from
| France, who fled from religious persecu-
uon and founded the great state OF south
Carolina. 1t was the dcSpiSed QuakcrS
from England who desired peace with all
the world who founded the great state OF
pennsylvania. These great states ana
other sister states Were founded by retu-
gees from ecclesiastical and political per
secution in the old world, who settled IN
the new world because they had read
upon the Western horizon, cmblazoncd IN
golden light and silvcrn letters the great
Watch-words of mankind,-hbcrty. equal
! ltE ana opportunity. Ii is not difficult I"
/ forcsee that the original thirteen cole
| mics, settled ana founded by lovers Of
| Observation-Disclosures and political am
! composed Of the nobeSt ana braVeSt Ut
| mankind from every nation Of the old
world Were prepared to resist the tyran-
MES and injusticcs Of Great Britain in
that great contest for liberty. equality
and opportunity,-the Revolutionary
war. 1t remained. at the commencement
| of that gigantic contest, for the thirteen
! original colonies, in the light of their
| history, to deliver to the world that int
mortal statement of principles,-the Dee
| laratl0n of Independence. II was then
proclaimed to all the world that all men
We're entitled to life liberty and happi-
ness. The student of history will atfiI IN
that our forefatherS on a hundred bloody
battlcfelds from Lexington and Concord
to Saratoga and YOr}<tny}1 y,n,;i.lted tho
| Declaration of Indoncndoncr and cst;li.-
lishcd on the virgin soil OF the new world
Il new nation, conceived in liberty and
| dedicated 70 equality and opportunity.
| We saw the formation Of our great Con
Sututlon and the creation Of our Srttt
| government OF the people. for the pcorl'
ana by me people. We saw q halt-ctn-
/ WY q pnntGal, tuutduphai cnmihtfclai
.iilu llduStilll actlNltltS pass INTO "ul nj
."h.t niStolN. We tIlol uiStoNoltu ~
lHSututInl III existence IT thlS country
IuiSSrdceltI ana llllfnlcll % me great pm
ciplCS upon which TINS new nation WIS
! louha"d,-the institution of slavery II
was dlSCnNcrcd thit Inns was no longer 4
| iaild 81 ip'fiE, eHu"lltE anu oplottuhll.-
We saw our SFeat statesmen II Inc II
tl"h'i forum cross thtlf SWoltia IN Slstt-
| linfldl combat. We listened to in" IN
mortal voices oil W bStTr ana IiaNn'.
! Clay and Calhoun. The great national
lCrimC-tthC Institution # human slavery.
! was sought to b. removed by education
and legislation, hut il ever remained the
dir" menace to liberty, equality and on
| p'ftuhlt\. We heard "A thousand north
| tFn pulpltS thUAdtr IN CtnQnc!atlon 81
| thiS great crime we hcdiu = thpuSah+
southern puip!tS lhNnHer IN us dcttnS e.
| we saw millions q lrcemtn m northcfn
homes kneel AT the altar Of liberty ana
swear mat the nation snail br Tree. thdt