The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-10-21


cultivate the most friendly relations
with all nations; we bid them all God
speed and challenge them to enter
with ms into a contest, not with the
arms of war; but in the useful and
noble pursuits of peace II fight we
must. fight we can and fight we viii
II il takes the last dollar Of our money
and the last drop Of our bloc !. But
peace with honor is the earne7t de-
sire of our people Il Is incons stent
with the principles Of our govern nent
that we should become conquerers Of
nations or butchers OF men. Ours Is
the high and noble mission Of laboring
for the advancement Of civilization,
the uplifting of humanity, the suprem-
acy OF law based upon the principles
of liberty We teach that there is no
rightful aristocracy save that OF the
heart; no valid patents Of nobility
save those that have been signed by
the hand Of God. We are not ashamed
Of our character being that OF a
working people. On the contrary we
take great pride in f. It is written .n
the Bible that every man should "Is-
jolce in his labor; this is the gift OF
God" BY divine command the Law
of labor is the price of
ioy-the necessary conditions Of pro-
gress and development. Mr. Toast
master. there are peculiar reasons why
the people of the South should take
especial pride in the part that they
took in our war with Spain. Before
hostilities began. the Spanish minister
at the court OF Austria declared that If
the United States dared to interfere
with Spanish misrule in Cuba, Spain
would land an army in the South and
revive the Confederate states. In sub
stance and effect this was equivalent
TO saying that we of the South were
insincere in our professions of loyalty
to the Union. and that all that we
needed was an opportunity to renew
hostilities against the United States
government. This was an infamous
slander on our people. While we lost
our property i'm the war between the
states, thank God. we did not lose our
honor When we said that we accert-
cd the results of that war, we did so
q perfect good faith To doubt our
statement Is TO charge us with the
basest peridy Spain received her an
0r for this insult I'm the deeds of
Hobsou ct Wheeler and of thousands
of other noble men from the South.
We are proud of all OF the great men
of our country. it matters rot from
what section they come Their
achievements constitute the common
heritage of American glory. We de
light to honor them all. But let the
truth be vindicated The names OF
Southern men are written in the fair
est pages of our history. Every stan
in the field of blue upon our flag
shines more brightly on account OF
Southern honor. Southern patriotism
and Southern genius every stripe in
its folds is of deeper crimson hue on
account of Southern blood shed in de
Tense of freedom. Let It be repeated
over and over again so that it can moi
be forgotten that the leading cham
pion for liberty in the days of the col
onies was a Southern man-Patricl
Henry; the Declaration of Independ
ence VISA written by Southern man
! the immortal Thomas Jefferson; oui
independence was gained under the
, leadership of Southern genera
) George Washington; the con
e stitution Of the United States
: was largely framed by a South
/, ern statesman--James Madison; b,
4 common consent the greatest judg,
l who ever sat upon the supreme cour
5 of the United States was a Southern
r iurist-John Marshall; the British
S were put to shameful defeat at New
y orleans by a Southern general-An
T. drew Jackson the great Monroe doc
- trine, which has become the settle,
b policy of our country, was promulgat
4 ed by and takes its name from a South
s ern statesman-James Monroe; Tn,
2 war with Mexico was gained and "ol,
!. glory" was planted on the walls of tn,
p palace of the Montezumas by a South
= ern Winfield Scott; the nna
l. blow which wiped from the sea tn
n naval power of Spain and caused he
r TO become a suppliant upon her knee
y was delivered by the Southern eagle
( Winfield Scott Schley. This is a brie
a statement Of our record. Its conten
}. plation thrills our hearts with prid