The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1902-06-07

S1s'iSN was oiily lI!c NOSlrllle OF tnt
consent of the governed The Repub
lican party answered it when it took
possession of the forces of the govern
mcnt at the beginning of the most
brilliant period in all legislative his
tory.
abraham Lincoln answered it when,
OIL that fatal journey to Washington
in 1861, he announced that the doctrine
OF the consent Of the governed was the
cardinal doctrine of his political creed,
ard declared with prophetic vision,
that he WAS ready to he assassinated
for it if need be. You answered it
:sain yourselves when you said that
Cuba, who had no more title than the
people of the Philippine Islands had to
their independence, of right ought to
he free and Independent.
1.-The question will be answered
again hereafter. 1t will be answered
soberly and deliberately and quietly us
the American people are wont to an.
swer great questions of duty. 1t viii!
De answered, not in any turbulent as
sembly. amid shouting and clapping If
hands and stamping of feet, where
men do their thinking with their heels
and not with their brains. 1t will be
answered in the churches am in the
schools and in the colleges, ana it will
he answered in fifteen million .Anleri-
can homes, and it will be answered as
1T has always been answered. 1t will
be answered right.
Il have sometimes falcied that we
might erect here in the capital of til I.
country column to American liberty
which alone might rival in height the
beautiful and simple shaft which we
have erected to the fame of the father
OF the country. l can fancy each gen
GRAFTON bringing it's inscription, which
should recite its own contribution t,
the great structure of which the col
umn should be but the symbol.
''Thc generation of the puritan and
TIL" pilgrim and the nugucnot claims
the place of honor at the base. L
brought the torch OF freedom across
the sea. | cleared the forest. | sub
ducd the savage and the wild beast.
[ laid in Christian liberty and law
the foundations of empire
"'rhe next generation says: What
my fathers founded builIcl. left
The senshorc to penetrate the wilder
Hess. planted sch 'oIs ANA colleges
and courts and churches
"Thcn comes tho generation of the
great colonial day. 4 stood by the side
OF England on many Il hard fought
field. helped humble the power of
France. | saw tic lilies go dawn be-
fore the lion ut I.ouishcrg and Quebec.
! carried the cross OF ST. George in
triumph in Martinique and Havana.
| knew the stormy pathways OF the
ocean. | followed the whale from the
artic to the antnrtic seas, among
mountains of ice and under
cQltinoctia heat. rs the great English
orator said. NO sea not vcxcd by NV
fisheries: no climate not witness to my
tolls
Then comes the generation of tile
time. 4 encountered the
power of England. declared and won
the independence of my country. I
placed that declaration on the eternal
principles of justice and righteousness,
which all mankind have read, and on
which all mankind will one day stand.
| affirmed the dignity of human ma
ture and the right OF the people to
govern themselves. | devised the Sc
crritics against popular hns.c and de-
fusion which made that right sure
created the Supreme C; urt and the
senate. For the first time in history
I made the right of the people to gov
crn themselves safe. and established
institutions for that end which will
endure forever
"rhe next generation says: I en-
countered England again. vindicatcd
the right of an American ship to sail
the seas the wide world over without
| made the American
sailor as safe ut the ends of the earth
rs my fathers had made the American
farmer safe in his home. I proclaimed
the Monroe doctrine in tile face of the
holy alliance. under which sixteen re-
pubics have joined the family of M
tions. | filled the western hemisphere
with republics from the lakes to Cape
Horn. each controlling its own destiny
in safety and in honor
''rhcn comes the next generation:
I did the mighty deeds which in your
years You SAW and which your
fathers told. | saved tile Union.
rut down the rebellion. freed the
slave. l made OF every slave Il free
,:San and of every free man Il citizen
and of every citizen 4 voter
''rhcn comes another who did the
Sitit WI IA III lCtNt. III w tlNil NJ lliilIS
Of YOU had an honorable share: I kept
the faith. | paid the debt. l brought
in Cancellation and peace instead Of
war. secured in the practice Of ra.
lions the great doctrine of cXpatria-
ton. l devised the homestead system.
| covered the prairie and the plain
with happy homes and will, mighty