The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-07-27

it opened all the paths to wealth and
fame, and put the star of hope above
the cradle of the poor mans babe"
| It cost the army of king across
the sea- It gave nation birth 1t
unsheathed the sword which has
never yet been drawn for greed or
gain It enriched the sky with that
flag which has never known last
defeat. the only flag that floats above
the land a conqueror's feet have new
er trod.
Its influence has been no less great
in Europe, the capital of caste and
king, than in America, the land that
! gave it birth It gave heart to the
taxed and bankrupt serfs of France.
and made the book by the execution
er burned, the bible of peoples lib
erty. In Egypt's burning sands
where forty centuries from the pyra-
mids hooked down upon the contend
| ing hosts it thrilled the soldiers who
scattered the Sutan's slaves like
leaves before the simopn's breath.
i When Napoleon mingled the eagles
of France with the eagles of the crags
its truths lent strength unto the sol
diers' toiing feet. For We must ever
remember. that Napoleon's first brav-
est and best soldiers. fought under
the banners which bore these words:
sfFreedom, equality and brotherhood
| AT. I,
pies of the revolution he slew his
army's soul and so at last we see
| him gaze with wistful captive eyes
across the roar Of St. Helena's sui
tupn, and the lilies are once more dis
PLAYED in Notre Dame, and we be-
| hold, the Third Napoleon, grit by the
| glamour of his urcle's name, sit a
sceptred tyrant in the halls that once
had echoed Danton's voice We look
and listen and L. the principles OF
the declaration find voice in the
matchless music of Victor Hugo's
verse. and like the trumpets of the
Lord around Jericho they topple .
dynasty down.
lis truths were stars that lit Ma
azzini dream of united Italy, and
they were or Garibaldi's tongue,
when he struck from the Roman
hands. the. chains which they had
worn since Brutus died They
touched tie strings of Kossuth's
heart. and, where the Danube winds
the Hungarian struggle for freedom
began. In quiet German universities
they were pondered over by Kinkel
and Carl Churz, and dreamy soldiers |
became martyr-soldiers in libertys
cause.
Ard even now within the awful
shadow Of the cars red throne its
holy words are uttered by b1anched |
and whispering lips, and they yet
shall lift the knout from the bleeding
backs OF slaves
The Declaration of Independence
IS an eternal challenge to all civic
wrong It is test Of all just gov
ernment.
at is a drums deep roll and thunder
that shall never call retreat,
Iii is a bugle which forever freedoms
ringing words repeat,
And il shall be silenced, never. till
the trumpets Of the Judgment
blow"
Such and so great Is your country. i
ladies and gentlemen and ours.
Should we not lovs it. serve i, live
Tor if. and if need be die for II
@In the beauty al the lilies Christ
was born across the sea,
With glory in his bosom which
trans69ures you aud me,
A. he died TO make men holy. let Us
live to make free,
While Gods truths go marching on"
With the history Of our country
our order is inseparably connected.
and organized under the
names OF Sons Of Liberty" and
Sons Of St Tanaina. its members
denounced the Stamp Act. When the
danger deepened the winds OF person
al peril BIT blow its patriotism into
fame lis soldiers we're with
Washington IRON the midnight Of |
despair at Valley Forge to York
Towns cloudless day After the
revolution lis members were still
true to liberty. and upheld Jefferson
in his protest against the aristocratic
tendencies Of the Society Of the Gin
cinnati and aided him in making this ]
a democracy in truth as well as name.
In the war OF 1872 it furnished sol
diers III the ranks, and its local
tribes offered to garrison Philadet
phia when threatened by British oc-
cupation. In 1858 when the cholera
desolated the land It nlnistered to
the sick, soothed the dying and help
ed to support the orphans the dead
had left unto its care To render its
charitable work more effective it was
under its present name OF