Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-02

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main of the great northwest was so
far in the interior, so that the barren
pied before the population had e
the fertile prairies.
1.-THE founding of the great schools
Of New England were the greatest fac
tors in giving to that section its dom
inant influence in our history.
"The man who is educated in New
England becomes a missionary of the
thought of those with whom he was
so intimately associated in early life.
1.-THE career Of President Roosevelt
is an illustration Of the effect of such.
training as Harvard affords. Though.
of Dutch ancestry, our President had
the environment Of New England at
the formative period of his life. We
can say Of him in the language of the
breezy west: HE is as straight as a
gun barrel and as clean as a hounds
TOOTH" u
"The Pilgrims landed in 1920 and
only seventeen years thereafter, in
1887. Harvard college was founded.
They did not wait. They recognized
at once the value of seats of learning.
These ancestors of yours builded bet
ter than they knew.
I'm the early days there were many
conflicting claims to the great west.
Virginia asserted title to the North
west territory and Massachusetts and
Connecticut laid claim to everything
west of them to the setting sun. Most
of Michigan was in Massachusetts, and
the present site Of Chicago was in
Connecticut.
1.-THE an%ti-slavery crusade in New
England changed the history Of this
nation.
at is hard to realize that only forty
six years ago old John Brown was
captured at Harper's Ferry by the
United States forces under Captain
Robert E. Lee and by Virginia troops
under Stonewall Jackson. Death and
Immortality had an appointment of
martyrdom for John Brown at Har-
per's Ferry. he must keep his engage
ment. 1t was destiny and his soul Is
marching on.
Brown captured from Lewis Wash
ington the sword which Friedrich the
Great had presented to George Wash
ington, and this sword he surrendered
to Lee. Only seven years later he
came to the great event of Appomat.
tox. How fast the world moved in
those evntful years. When Governor
Henry A. Wise returned to his home
after the surrender in 1865 he found
his house converted into a freedman's
school; John Browns picture hung on
the parlor wal. and John Browns
daughter vas a teacher in the school
1.-THE influence of New England may
be found In all parts of the United
States and particularly in the great
west.
1.-THE town meeting has not in its
original form been carried to the new
states except in the management OF
the public schools. But her general
plan of local self government has be
come a part of the daily life Of all OF
our people.
These meetings in which you com
memorate the toll and sacrifices Of
YOU ~forefathers are schools Of patriot
ism. 1t is important that the children
Of these great ancestors should suffer
no d~ecadence.
There were 10000 Greeks at Ath
ems bearing arms in the days Of Peri
cles and Athens was powerful. There
were still 10000 Greeks of age to beal
arms in the days of Demetrius Phal
ereus. But they were the degenerate
sons Of worthy sires, The mainten
ance of the high standing of the past
Is possible but it can not be done
without effort"