Durango semi-weekly herald. (Durango, Colo.) 1899-1907, 1903-10-15
PERCY
Sewers
RIDER

Ellis Meredith, who is writing a SER
les OF articles tor the Pueblo entertain
under tho heading The New Leaders
In Colorado Politics." devoles three
columns TO Hon. Percy %. hider Oh
Rico and Durango, which will be found
interesting to our readers, as follows:
1t has been said that the English
language Is the richest, the most ex.
pressive OF any in the world because
1t is polygiot language. made UP OF
Celt and Saxon, Danish and Norman
French and real French, Latin and al
civilized people.
The same thing might be said OF
the people OF the United States. Very
lew OF us can boast OF even half doz-
en- generations OF American ancestors
who said, This is my own. my ma.
tive land" This is one reason why
societies founded to create a certain
pride of birth to date from Valley
Forge or the siege of Boston seem
rather futile, rather amusing, For
Freedoms battle once begun, be.
queat..ed by bleeding sire to son. is
the same battle without regard to
parallels or meredians. 1t is pleas
ure to die for ones country In the
pass OF Thermopalae. as in that APP
pie orchard in the suburgs oil New
York To any one whose ancestors
have been engaged in the pieasan,
duty of fighting England In Wales ana
France and Iceland since long before
Columbus sailed west the struggle be-
tween the colonies and Great britain
Is an episode. not n beginning.
Percy Riders type OF American cit
izenship ante-dates America. Like
Harry Bryant, he has been translated
from the Dutch into plain United
States. Originally ,he family name
was Reuter-" and they were part OF
one OF the most remarkable nations
that ever lived, nation that has not
only made itself a power, but has had
O decisive voice more than once in
the worlds history. Itself an organ.
lxed protest against ecclesiastical ty.
ranny and universal empire" says
Motley, the Republic guarded with
ssgacity. at many critical periods in
the worlds history. thai balance nj
power which. among civilized states.
ought always to be Identical with the
scales OF divine justice" In addition
to establishing colonies upon which
the sun never sets. the butch have
furnished England win eight SOW.
ereiRns and one disastrous war and
wherever they have "trekkedp they
have taken an active part in whatever
was going on. When ANYTHING ia LOO
increditabIe for belief 1t is customary
in some sections to say that beats
the Dutch" 1t is admitted that moth.
ing else can. The Reuters "trekked''
to MARYLAND about the era deptcted in
Audrey" and in 1872 they went 70
Canton. Ohio. -Four years earlier the
Dunbars had gone there. The Dun
scotch' and some o. them doubtless
hAu secoho sieht. ihus they knew
fery early IN our Drie1 history that
on'o was 10 Instance virginia as the
Motner OF presidents. All the or
ikihal Reuters anu DunDars come MIN
or from Hagarstown, Md, or Canton,
", 30 lar as this country is concerned.
IN oue uihe Reuter- was porn VINO
was 10 make me great trek oil the
century ooid was discovered IN Can
iornia' anu Saiiiorhia was iarther
away from canton, ". than any spot
on the clVil2ed earth Is from any oth
or given spot To-Day. hamschatka is
In anybody's front yard compared to
IT, BENG Dutch by descent this hen
Ter naturally look TO the water as
means OF ravei. he sped down the
onio 10 the mississippi, up that state
~ stream past ST. Louis, and then
along the Muddy MISSOURI, nearl!
10 omaha:
Hast ever been in Omaha,
Where flows the dark Missouri down
And four stout horses scarce can draw
An empty wagon through the town.
He met someone from tbcra and
was warned I'm time He forsoo,s The
boat and took passage i'm n prairie
schooner which we will supposa bore
the '4ser version of "Excelsior"-"Cal.
ifornia or bust" In this case IL was
California. but the horrors of thar
awful overland trim the mirapo of the
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