The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-05-31

everywhere. They have the best SOL
diers; the best homes and the best
form of government under the stars.
ut is here that love of country
finds it's largest and most intelligent
growth.A peaceful and free people en-
joying equal rights and privileges. In
telligent patriotism has become the
bulwark of defense. Intelligent pa
triots are always the best. for pa
triotism is an intelligent love for
country. A nation cannot stand with
out 1t. This accounts for the fall of
every despotfc and tyrannical nation
The individual must be taken into ac-
count His relation to the state under
stood; his rights and claims recog-
nized for by his hand the nation
stands or falls.
Recognition Of the Individual.
"The larger recognition of the citi-
zen means a more liberal form Of gov
eminent. The individual demands and
appreciates this Here his love be.
gins. This our forefathers asked and
fought for Lexington, Concord, VAL
ley Forge and Yorktown but speak the
same thing. 1t made ragged and hun.
cry men invincible. This spirit Is
our heritage from them. These vet.
Grams were inspired by it. They
threw themselves against human slav.
cry and secession and led on by the
mighty Lincoln they saved the Union
and forced the slaves. They fought
the awful battle to finish and stood
crowned with the gratitude and praise
of a free people.
again, when it seemed, that victo-
ry had made us careless and the ap-
plause Of success had been detriment-
al; when wealth and position had
carried us away, there came the wall
of oppression from the beautiful isle
of Cuba in the Southern Sea. 1t fels
not on deaf ears, but sympathy and
help were given, but the Maine was
destroyed and the flag insulted. Here
the spirit of the fathers leaped into
the arena, and their sons said, Cuba
ought and must be Free" and 1t is free.
Sons of the blue and the gray fought
and died side by side and drove the
yellow flag of Spanish tyranny across
the sea, never to be unfurled in the
Western Hemisphere again. These
loyal sons are exact counterparts Of
the men who faced each other in 81 to
'65.
with such men We fear no foreign
foe. Whoever would insult the old
flag would be called to account and
dealt with severely.
Need tatesmen and Reformers.
But security is transient after all.
The price of liberty is eternal vigi.
lance A government left to itself
will perish. Statesmen and reform
ers are necessary. The trend Of ma
tional life must be upward or it sinks
into dissolution and decay. Dangers
must be dealt with or evil comes. We
have the conflict of capital and labor.
Strikes and moles indicate the posi-.
bility of something worse. They tell
of a lack of adjustment. Fraud and
graft In public office. Deception and
disregard of law. Greed and spoils,
all these tell of bad conditions needing
remedy. Unfit and criminal immi-
grants coming to our shores who bring
anarchy and assassination with them,
cliques, rings and classes in the bust
ness and professional world, are to
be dealt with. The dissertation of
the Christian Sabbath and the giant
liquor curse, that fiend which feeds
on human life; that robs youth of hope
and promise; that fills jails, prisons
and almshouses; that snatches bread
from the hungry and clothing from
the naked; that breeds paupers and
criminals and creates seas of vice,
These evils are here and they must be
dealt with Ms by us. 1t ought to be
done, it can be done. and it must be
done. Our fathers met their foe and
conquered. Shall we be less patri.
otto and courageous than they? We
do not honor them this day If we
shrink from duty. While we com.
memorate their lives today let us take
stand for civic righteousness. Let
us meet the enemy and conquer and
as We crown our living soldiers with
a crown Of glory and garland the tomb
of the sacred dead, let us hope that
the coming generation may have just
reason to so honor US"