The Penn's Grove record., 1905-07-07
A STRUGGLE FOR LIBERTY,

a part OF which in a brief form is as fol-
lows:
Liberty is one of the noblest ideals of
a The yearning to be free is at the
root Of all u social, religious and poll
tical growth. Liberty, as we know it to-
day, is the result Of struggle. 1t has not
been gained at a bound but a struggle
through all the ages of mans existence.
Society was organized on the basis of
control by the strongest and the might
lest. Driven together by a common foe
nan united himself to his fellows for de-
fence. The strongest become leaders.
They supported their claim by tyranny
and falsehood. They p%erpetuated their
rule by enslaving the ignorant and weak.
Despotism has ever been the vulture
feeding Oh the souls of humanity. On
the back of patient labor was laid the
whip of scorn; on the toiling masses were
bound the shackles Of tyranny and des-
potism.
Egyptian kings and Assyriam monarchs
purchased the bodies of the unfortunate
subjects and were rewarded for toll by a
denial of human right. 1t was in this
debasing and degrading conditions of
things that the ideal of liberty was pro-
jected. The cry for liberty was taken up
and renewed and repeated. The Bible
sounds the keynote of liberty.
We see the Pilgrim fathers land on the
shores of a new land to consecrate a new
country to the ideal of liberty. But lib
erty needed time and opportunity for
growth. Time was given and the oppor-
tunity anne. The oppression of the
Home Government produced revolution
in the new Colonies the outcome of which
was the great charter of human rights,
the immortal Declaration of Independ-
ence.
Never before had the liberty of man
| been SO definitely expressed and it start
led the world. The equality of man had
now become the motto of a nation and in
this new world a great and holy trinity
were recognized Of which our flag is a
symbol. On it no insignia of royalty was
to be placed, no tower OF imperial mon
archy, no lion of might, no eagle of con-
quest should desecrate its folds. It SYM
bolized the eternal day of liberty. Its
form shall wave until not only America
but all the world shall become the
Gland OF the free and the home of the
brave"
| 1utI Cdinc OIl0 civil Wal WHICH WAS W
test whether a government founded upon
such a principle could stand. This was a
| great problem. Around the Southern
States slavery had entangled itself. HUI
mar beings were held as chattles. The
Southern States refused to enter the I'm
ion unless slavery was permitted; the
North would not allow it. The struggle
deepened. The South cried disunion.
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memory the North and South honor to-
day-the immortal Lincoln. The South
seeded and hoping to encourage and Sc
cure the secession of other states, fired or
Fort Sumter, on the flag which embodied
the most precious hopes of humanity
Then it was that the world witnessed the
very pathos of patriotism in the great
Civil War.
All is now a scene Of uproar and con.
fusion, hand to hand they struggle, nc
distinction of rank. Human life is pour
ed out like water. The Confederate for
ces waver and all is over. Retreat il
sounded. Then in the constitution wa
written that which was declared in thu
Declaration of Independence long ago
'That all men are created equal" Th'
great purpose of the centuries has becoml
a reality and truly do the stars and stripe
wave over the home Of the brave and tn,
land of the free.
Dominic. Moore was heartily applaude'
at the conclusion of his talk.
The day wound up with a brilliant dis
play of fireworks. 1t was roughly est
mated that fully eight hundred person
were present in the evening. 1925 wer
taFen during the day. The observanc
of the Fourth of 1905 was put down a
one of the greatest Pedricktown has e1
:! } perienced in a great many years.