The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-11-18

ers, have the first right to the
claim or American citizenship.
They are by blood descended from
the great Cherokee nation They
are hede to be blended into the cit
izenship OF TIE new state and ! es-
pecially welcome them from
among my immediate neighbors
not only because they are Chero-
KEGS, but because they are chill
dren, not one of them over six
teen years of age, pupils of the
Whitaker Orphan home, one of the
several very commendable institu-
tions of the Cherokee nation whose
great and good works are eyidenc-
ed by the skill and intelligence Of
the members Of this band. ! de-
sired them to be present that you
of the western part Of our new
state might learn to know better
the Indians descended from these
great nations of the east and
knowing them respect and honor
them as full and equal citizens Of
the new state
When the brilliant rays of this
mornings sun spread over our land
it found forty-five sovereign states
between the two great oceans
The sun will set tonight and its
last rays win light a grander fed
GRAFTON composed of forty-six SOW
ereign states In its course
throughout the day the sun will
have lighted the pathway Of a
million and a half OF people emerg-
ing from the disorder and the dis
content of bureaucratic government,
restricted to the point of helpless
ness and neglected to the limit OF
oppression into condition of lib
erty and self-government Bu-
reaucratic government at its very
best is impossible of perfection or
of justice to the people. Appoint
i've officers from the days long
prior to King George III to the
modern days Of Ethan Allen, tht
most. have been failures
A bright occasional star upon /
the pay roll has always been the I
welcome exception, but never equal (
to the desires of a free citizenship. /
A bureaucratic Government
at its best is enough to fit any /
free people for the most enthusi-
astic appreciation Of its exit State
hood is the natural heritage of +
the American people, not a con-
dition to be obtained as the beggar
seeks aims, but q legal right, sub
jeet only to conditions justifying
It; a right obtained at the price
Of bloodshed by our forefathers
And within our great Louisiana
purchase we had an additional
right The great Napoleon, auto
had shown to the people of the
I vii n I
"a spirit of freedom and JUS
tice that must have burned
within his breast. That
spirit within the breast OF the
great emperor took the form OF {
definite language in the treaty by
which the Louisiana area was an
nexed to the original United States
for in that treaty it was stipulat- 5
ed tfat the citizens within that I
area, and their descendants and !
those who might join them, should y
be recognized as full and equal I
of the United States, and )
as rapidly as portions of thar pur- S
chase should become reasonably t
populated shoHld be entitled to S
form their sovereign state and join t
the federation Of states on fun and
equal terms With this dual right e
to statehood we are not assembled ta
here to worship tie public officer y
who ultimately conceded us our b
legal rights, particularly when we il
reflect that long ago from every Is
standpoint of population, wealth
and intelligence this area was en- q
Titled to all the blessings and priv q
Ileges Of statehood, for now to CT
thank in over-gracious terms the "
public officers who have finally ST
performed long and unjustly de- tC
ierred duty would be in the nature il
lf hugging the feet of the dilatory VI
lebtor who finally pays his just q
n
What is State? &C
True Americans agree upon one - -
namely: The United -
states stands, united as against the >.
world, but there are subjects on =.
which some of us difer There are b'
hose who look upon the state as u
mere creature of the federal gov III
rnment and subject to absolute y
nd unrestricted domination of the =,
ederal government even to the ~
oint where it's boundary lines. its
existence, may be wiped -
way at the will of the federal ~
overnment. but the best friends l.
+ the federal government, of ~
vhom I claim to be one, make 10 -
uch pretension. We recognize i-,
hat the several states of the -
'nion are the indissoluble units Of ~
atural existence from which ev- ~
ry power that the federal gov IN
rnment has must be derived
hese states are the source Of al. 2,.
over. They originally created the i-
,deral government as compact ~,
trough which united action and -
could be had Fully ~,
,alizing that united the states ~
ould form one powerful, grand 81,
i'd efficient government for mu- 81
al protection and influence.
erefore thy cast their lots to-
,ther; they framed the constitu- ~
on. which is the only source of , ,,
,wer investing the federal author %
les The states mutually agreed