Evening journal., 1904-07-05
FLAG RAISING At
COUNTRY CLUB
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in the declining years Of his life, sent
an ambassador to England to study
the English Constitution and to report
upon the English form Of government.
In the performance of his task he wrote
a series of letters, which were well
summed up by himself i'm the follow
ing pregnant words
And my observation is that the
King of England backed by the Eng
ish people is the greatest monarch i'm
the world-but the King Of England op-
posed by the English people by the
Eternal is nobody"
John Adams. with the clear vision Of
a seer seems to have been the only man
who participated in that great act. the
Declaration Of Independence. who fore
saw its wonderful influence upon the
unborn millions Of mankind and he
alone inscribed I'm that wonderful diary
which has come down to us. the pro-
phecy that our natal day would come to
be regarded as the greatest and most
pregnant one that had ever dawned
upon the world and that it would be
celebrated for all time with oratory.
with music. with banners. with the
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joyous jubilation.
But with all his wisdom and patriotic
clairvoyance, little did he comprehend
for what the flag should stand. i'm later
lays. Great as was the Declaration of
Independence, still greater was the
| Constitution which formed the more
perfect union. and first gave founda-
ton to a stable. autonomous and just
government, based upon the consent OF
the governed, and perpetuating the
equal enjoyment and protection Of in
/ dividual liberty.
our worthy fellow citizen. George
Gray, who has risen by merit, far above
the rewards Of party politics. to a high
position in the Federal judiciary. where.
as an honest man, it is his duty to do
justice between his neighbors under
the provisions Of that mighty charter,
our Constitution of government, I'm an
address made at Wilkes Barre just one
year ago today, pointed out in words
Of undying eloquence that the key
note of that Constitution is freedom
and liberty, "the commonplace speech
Of our people" ingrained in our daily
/ life we are born into this atmosphere
and we breathe the spirit Of freedom
land independence from our birth"
The eloquent judge. our friend and
neighbor. nobly adds: 1T is individual
lliberty-not class liberty nor corpora
ltion liberty. not guild nor society liberty
that our fathers fought for and estab-
llished on this great continent. The
fright to your home. the right to go and
lcome, the right to worship God accord
ling TO your own conscience the right 70
work or not to work and the right 10
be exempt from the tyranny Of one man
or of a few; the right to so live that no
Imam or set of men shall work his on
their viii on you against your consent
This is liberty worth living for. It is
liberty worth dying forl And Il is
blessed inheritance that has come tc
lus from our fathers which means tC
us all it meant to them. While it is
maintained all things are possible that
tend TO the expansion, the develop
ment. the prosperity and the glory OF
our common country.
Under the folds Of our dear flag
fondly believe this liberty viii live
forever among US. That is what oui
flag means TO us, and that as it floats
lover the land and over the sea that il
the message that Il delivereds 10 all th'
itoiling millions in other lands"
1t matters not to us nor to mankin
lat large whether that flag was first un-
furled to the breeze of battle at Coochi
Bridge, or at Chadd's Ford Of th'
Brandywine. It matters not whether /
was first hoisted by the hand Of Pau
Jones TO the peak of the Bonne Homm'
Richard. and went with her 70 tn
bottom Of the North Sea off Scar
borough Head, there to float forever a.
the ensign of victory. Its greatest glor!
is that it stands for a more pertec
union. for individual liberty with al
that the words imply. and for the might
majesty and dominion Of free and in
dependent people, among whom neithe
serf nor slave may live for evermore!
Flag of my country I salute thee!