Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-03-01
A NATIONS DESTINY.
Abstract Of Address Of Archbishop
Ireland at Kansas City.
1.-THE REPUBLIC or WASHINGTON"
Inauence America Has Upon the
Governments Of the wOrld--Re-
probabilities of the People
of the United States.

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{ people, representing every shade OF re
d ligious and political belief and ever
Q degree Of social and official station
. gathered in Convention hall Thurs
+ day night to hear the lecture by Arch
! bishop John Ireland, Of st. Paul, OF
: the subject, 1.-THE Republic Of Washing
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, It was a magnificent audience, sub
, feet, orator and effort. All the ap
pointments bf the occasion were upor
heroic scale. The occasion, the cen
trail participants, the place, the cause
all combined to inspire the speaker
and his response was Of the master
kind. He said in part:
!. Democracy has won in America
and through America 1t has won In the
whole world America is truly the
providential nation In this new era OF
the worlds history. l believe in provi-
Dental 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
| Ameriac does not live for herself
alone; she holds in her keeping the
destinies 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 lafayette and Rochambeau
had hastened the revolution In France.
There indeed liberty was defeated at
first by the wild excuses of her own
champions; but she never afterwards
ceased her struggles; and today France
is a we'll established republic. Mean
while other countries of Europe were
being influenced by the example of
America; democracy was gradually
but surely leavening their institutions
Spain and Italy have reached the very
confines Of the republican regime. Ger
many elects her parliament, which a
Hohenzollern fears and obeys; in
Great Britain and Ireland the suffrage
is almost universal; in Belgium 1t is
entirely 30, and now Russia is yielding
to popular clamor and adopting con-
stitution to take the place Of irrespon-
sible autocracy.
And far beyond EUROPE does demo-
crazy speak. In Japan representa-
tive parliament divides the supreme
power with the once deified mikado,
while China and Persia are Fastening
to adopt a similar form of government.
And whenever democracy reigns,
America reigns; for America was DEM
ocracys first home, and 1t is from the
fullness of its life in America that it
has spread its charms across seas and
oceans to the furthermost ends of
the earth.
1T behooves us. fellow Americans,
to consider well our responsibilities.
Never did responsibilities such as ours
rest upon people; never was there
given to a people country such as
is given to US, and never did the well
fore of country depend SO absolutely
upon the patriotism of people, as the
welfare Of America depends upon the
patriotism of its people. II
Let us understand and realize the
momentous fact that the life Of the {
its growth and welfare, its |
aspirations, and hopes are in the hands !
If the people, dependent to a>supreme !
iegree upon their will and their &C. &
ions.
"Patriotism-if ever there was mean |
ng to the word, let there be mean Z
ng to It today In America; If ever It '
DICED the deepest throbbings of hearts c
ct 1t voice them today ip America. {
Il believe in the perpetuity Of the
epublic of Washington; I believe in
is ever-increasing grandeur with its
yer-increasing years; because I be- Y
leve In the enduring patriotism of =
be people Of America. do not close u
ny eyes to the perils that confront Y
s-perils that confront all social or =
anizers, perils that confront in spe- o.
ial manner those begotten Of democra- 2
y and ruled by democracy. But the y
erils we shall over come-provldence y
harding our destinies, and ourselves q
ding to the utmost our share In love =
nd labor to maintain our glorious q
lstitutions.
While we seek TO Americanize immi.
rants, may It not be well to guard II
ome Americans against being for. y
ignizedi They are not Americana q
Ecept inasmuch as they draw their Al
old from America, who colombo the n
'-cailed American quarters in the y
lpitals Of Europe. Nor are they 4,
mericans who glory IN importing for 4,
En fashions Of language and dress y
ID who are willing 10 pay treble
ices for the ornaments Of home OF
'rson, merely because thess orna.
ants are Of foreign fabrication. They, VI
. surely not Americans WHO coysi be
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