The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1906-02-23
Divine Mission Entrusted to the
United States.
"REPUBLIC OF WASHINCTON''
Archbishop ireland Delivers Stirring Ad.
dress Before Immense Audience.
by Associated Pressl

Kansas City, Mo-, Feb. 22.-Arch
bishop Ireland of st. Paul addressed
an audience of $4,000 people in Con
yention hall in this city tonight upon
the subject, 'The Republic of Wash.
ington." United States Senator War.
ner acted as chairman and introduced
the distinguished prelate
More than 10000 tickets had been
sold and thousands of people came
from Kansas and Missouri cities and
towns to hear the lecture
Bishop IreIand's Address.
The subject of the address OF Arch
bishop Ireland was "The Republic of
Washington" He said in part:
Democracy has won in America,
and through America it has won in
the world. America is truly the pro-
vidential nation in this new era of the
worlds history. l believe in 'providen-
tial nations Even as | believe that
God rules over men and nations, so
do believe that divine mission has
been assigned to the republic of the
United States. The mission is to pre-
pare the world, by example and moral
influence, for the universal reign OF
human liberty and human rights
America does not live for herself
alone, she holds in her keeping the
destlnies of humanity. No Monroe
doctrine confines her democracy with
in Atlantic and Pacific shores Even
In Washington's day, the spirit of
America, borne to their homes by the
soldiers of La Fayette and Rocham-
beau, had FASTENED the revolution in
France. There indeed liberty was de-
feated at first by the wild excesses
of her own champions; but she never
afterwards ceased her struggles, and |
today France is well established |
republic. Meanwhile other countries |
OF Europe were being Influenced by
the example of America; democracy
was gradually, but surely leavening
their institutions. Spain and Italy
nave reached the very confines of the
republican regime. Germany elects
Ter parliament, which Hohenzollern
ears and obeys; in Great Britain and
Ireland the suffrage is almost univer-
sal; in Belgium it is entirely So and
low Russia is yielding to popular
'lamor and adopting constitution to
AXE the place of irresponsible autoc-
acy.
"And far beyond Europe does de
aocracy speak. In Japan a represen- ,
ative parliament divides the supreme {
over with the once deified mikado, /
1hlle China and Persia are Fastening T
} adopt similar form of government. q
nd wherever democracy reigns, +
-merica reigns, for America was de- q
locracy's first home, and it is from e
le fullness of it's life in America r
lat it has sped it's charms across h
cas- and oceans to the furthermost i,
ads of the earth. n
IL DehooVes us, fellow Americans, G.
consider well our responsibilities. D
ever did responsibilities such as ours il
sst upon people; never was there
ven to people country such as N
given to us, and never did the well 81
re of country depend so absolute IL
upon the patriotism of a people as C,
e welfare of America depends upon fl
e patriotism of it's people. G,
LET us understand and realize the ta
fact that the life of the c;
public, its growth and welfare, it's ia
pirations and hopes are in the hands w
the people, dependent to supreme fc
gree upon their will and their ac- m
'ns. This is the result of popular OF