The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-05-29

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ness Of the liberty loving Scandi
navian people. q. < za.
Listen to a few of the Articles
''The people shall exercise thu
Legislative power through thei1
Representatives. e. @#2s NJ
Another-"The people shall have
the right to levy tax through thel'
representatives. Again: The Judi
cial power shall be separate from
the legislative and executive
power. s.s~&@,a a.ss.3
Again: Personal or mixed heredi'
tary privileges shall not be granted
to any body in the future. And
the great 9TH clause, There shall
be liberty of the press.
Liberty is the basic principle Of
progress. Without it there is nc
growth either in church or in state.
And this jnstilled in our Scandina-
Wan friends, ia the cause of their
reaching, out for what is theirs BY
right and following that never d.s-
.puted political doctrine Of repre-
by population they have
sent themselves into trade profession
political Office, a mbassadorships, and
in fact into all the highest places
in church and state. -.
The German loves his Father
land" for the Undesirable home ties
known alone within her. And
more and more by the
influence of music of domestic
character, and for the military
arms.
France has nothing over which
to boast. She under present leader
ship is shaking off the incubus that
for life time has crippled her and
reglated her to the list Of third rate
powers. ~
Great Britain can sing her God
Save the King''and conscious OF her
great contributions to the worlds
liberties she lives under the smile Of
him who sanctions the life Of nation
that will remove the native Kraal
with all it's degradation and impur-
ity, and replace it with the home
institution of learning. That, -
will take the untutored despotisms
and convert them into constitutional
responsible governments. .
That will take down the crescent
tho symbol of human hatred-the
signal of wanton massacre and re-
place it with the flag Of the great
peace messenger Of all earth.
But the American, while tho
among the nations has
more to be proud of than all Heaven
originated and heaven kept. She is
her appointed mission and
is the proud criterion Of the worlds
Her utterances are
greedily sought by the press of the
world and anxiously read by men
and women as they are translated
into al the languages. Her actions
are watched by all the powers Of
the Globe. Her chief Executive is
followed in every movement when
at the nations capital or away from
it. And why is all thiss Her
wealth has given her
the proportions of q commercial
giant. Her common school system
has made her an education of all
colossus. While her stitutions Of
hi gher learning and of culture have
clothed her with superior prestige.
Her ambassadors and Statesmen
take rank accorded to no others.
And her army and navy enjoy a
history matchless and unequalled,
peculiarly and agreeably her own.
We swung the searchlight of our
civilization upon Cuba until it's rays
drove beneath the polluted sod Of
that Island the life that cannot
stand in the glare of purity there
arose from the despoiled surface q
new life and conception of liberty
that is already manifesting itself in
the form of responsible government,
and civil and religious freedom to
all it's people. The spirit of our early
fathers transplanted to this CONT
nent Indigenous to liberty is still
percolating our veins, and the sons
of their distant generations are
more eager to uphold liberty with