Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-07-06

M1tchellvtlle, July 5.-Hon, John f.
Lacey delivered the Fourth OF July or
ttion at Mitchellville. His speech in
part follows:
On the Fourth Of July we should
meet for enjoyment, but not for enjoy
nent alone. We have great and
Eboundtng reasons to rejoice, but we
Ire always confronted with dangers,
Ind on each recurring national birth
lay II Is well to gather inspiration
rom the wealth of our national history
Ind to take note of the future
! IN February, 1919, John Marshall
NE great expounder Of the constttu-
Hon, said, In the case of the McCulloch
vs. Maryland, Wheaton, 40S. 1.-THE
government proceeds directly from the
people, Is ordained and established In
The name Of the people"
In the great debate between Webster
and 'Hayne, in the United States sen
ate, ME Webster enlarged upon the
idea Of Marshall. He said: ut is the
PEOPLES constitution. the peoples gov.
ernment--made by the people-and
hmenable to the people,"
theodore Parker In his lecture on
slavery In the United States said:
Democracy Is direct self-government
over all the people, for all the people
by all the people"
But is was left for Abraham Lincoln
N his great speech In the National
cemetery at Gettysburg In 1868 to put
form
He cut and polished the diamond
and gave US gem Of human speech
and patriotism
Let US here highly resolve that
these dead men shall not have died In
vain, and that government Of the peo-
pie. by the people and for the people
shall not perish from the earth.''
On the Fourth Of July two names
Eise hrst In our minds and upon our
ipsi@Washtngton the father, and Lin
coln the savior, OF the Union.
This Is a day when we can, and
should. meet without discussing ques-
lions of party politics I have before
me IN this audience American citizens
by birth and adoption. We are all
nero with common purpose to enjoy
ourselves and show our appreciation OF
the good that has come to us under our
form OF government.
Y is from lowly beginnings that this
nation has sprung.- Other nations trace
their ancestry into the miHts and mar
vels OF antiquity. and surround their
beginnings with myths and fables,
Pomulus and Remus were sucked
by. the wolves Of Italy. The Greeks
traced their ancestry proudly to gods
and goddesses or godlike heroes. 1t has
been given us to find record Of the be-
ginninss OF our people along the AT
lantfc coast, and though there are
many traditions full Of improbability
the main facts Of the settlement and
growth Of the American people are
found in reliable records.
From hard labor and tribulation fave
come the events which we celebrate to-
day. Ad astra per aspera," "By diff
culties to the stars" is the motto OF
one OF our new states. And 1t has been
tnIough trials and troubles that otfl
nation has grown.
Trouble, grief and labor have AL
ways been the seed Of the future.
Before de Cana circumnavigated
the further point Of Africa, the caps
was known as the Cape of Storms. .
After he had passed its dangers the
name was changed to the Cape Of
Good Hope" Venice built her homee
and palaces on the sands of the lagoon
ST petersburg. was constructed on q
Jenny marsh. Kansas City was found
ed on the most rugged and difficult o.
sites. The Chicago fire was the assur-
ance OF new and greater city.
Bunyan was sent to jail, but there be
wrote Pilgrims Progress; ana left
his name immortal. Blind Milton
wrote Paradise Lost" and sold the
priceless manuscript for sixty-f1ve dol
lars.
The second days victory at Shiloh
followed hard upon the defeat and
slaughter Of the first day. Bull Run
was the inauspioious beginning that
was to end at Appamattox.
Columbus sailed from PaIos on q
Friday, and the 865th anniversary OF
that sailing saw Morse with his At
lantic cable sailing from the Cove OF
Cork in the first attempt to link the
old world with the new, by electrical
communication. His first attempt war
q failure, but vicotry came in the end
aenr lsihyrot kcfETAOIN. .NJJ
In early history and In holy writ we
have the account of wise men DOMINO
from the east; but it is encouraging to
us to find that wise men" always re
west.
This year we are celebrating the an
ntyersary Of the landing Of the first
English colony at Jamestown. These
three centuries have been full Of his
tory. The fall Of Constantinople IN
1853 scattered the Greek and Roman
learning in search Of an asylum, in the