Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-01-13


cry nation IN all Europe, and made
RED the virgin soil OF our own Ameri-
ca, was the christening OF the modern
republic
Governments are diversified TODAY.
as they have always been, in the light
of what has already been said. If
must ever be so. 1t is as reasonable
to attempt to drag the Rocky noun
tains into the Pacific and the Anna
lachians into the Mississippi valley as
to attempt to invest the United States
with such government as China. that
great stretch of steel across Russia
and Siberia is as much as can be en-
dured within reasonable time by the
Russians and Tartan; to suddenly in.
ject all our modern sciences, inyen-
lions, philosophy and government into
the serfs and peasants of that most
extensive empire in the world would
be simply appalling, would result in
anarchy and in the humiliation of a
great per cent of the inhabitants.
sJn her seouestered and nicturesoua
location nestled among tbe NOM.
tains the little Swiss Remnb1;c bas
heen a model and admonition to oil
the world for 60O years She is q 81.
lent object lesson to her great Cor.
man brother on the east. she nru.
IDENTIFY coursels the Latin races of E,,.
rome and the Briton is familiar with
her history. ENGLAND has learned lac
sons in government from India Ans.
tralia from her possessions IN orr
north and from South Africa.
Our own nation masses tbroueb an
ordeal that has never been dunlicat-
ed in the worlds history. certain sin.
gular phases of government are being
worked ont in the islands of the South
Pacific
"Jn all these If is the continuance
of revolution and evolution an ami.
cation of government with modifica-
| tion approaching the ideal.
"Government must he in accordance
with the General enliahtenment and
needs Of q neonle Sir Thomas
Moore,s ITtonia was far from nracti-s
cal as he observed before his head
rolled from the h1ocl, a monarchia1
! form of government nossesses some
features Of streneth NOT found in q
renublic
1.-The machinery and projectiles of a
modern man-of-war unquestionably
exhibits great force and havoc; they
are living examples of the Survival of
|
the fittest,' but they sometimes are
obilvious to the great brotherhood OF
man; the Gatiing-gun, hot lead, and
the FURNISHED accoutrements OF war
are forcible in dispute and pleasing in
their pageantry, but DO not always
serve as the best method IN clvillzlng.
In the procession OF history certain
great characters stand OUT as cham-
plons OF great principles; 1or thelr de-
Votlon 10 cause we olten name N, tnem
martyrs. IN the galaxy OF the nus,
trlous IN our natlonal grown we neeo
oniy 10 mentlon s4Gh as our WASH
lngton, JEFFERSON, Wepsler anu LII
com, anu INA. . nlan Mnose naaie We
are mere 10 ittlngly coHinelloia.e'
lruist, MI. loastlnas.el anu lel-
10" aeniocrals, you WIZ paiuoli NY
seenllhs alsressloh' anu 'ha. you MI
no. charse me as peins pessi l1a ~
~ ~ a.p of s,,,, ,tit,,+ipn, .,e oi,,;,
Goh.illiahcs ol oal iis'isu.ns ~ lii,l
inpsi.s anu :is iu.u, vi " ,,,oe.t nina,,ai
aes. ~ 'ns ntS to,s any oi' so
General e'iiisii.eiiiiieh'
The generation represented Dy my
! listeners at TINS banquet poaId, py Iea-
son OF intellectual ccom y u
| and OF the llgn tension OIL Ul6 SOCIAL