Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-27


south cf it. and MARYLAND to the north
OF it. Tie Dutch colonies betw ON which
had already ab-orbrG III" Swedish, wtrc
F"nnsylvaniI was founded and, rate!
still. Geo 'g.a. There we've many wars
with the Indians ard with the dauntles1
captains whose banners b'r" tn" lilies Of
Franco. At LIST the British lag flew
without a rival in all eastern North
Ai.-,:i,a. Then come the successful
struggle for national Independence.
For half century after We became q
separate nation there was c mr'tratiyely
little Immigration to this country. 1 len
the 5i'l" enc" again So. hlther. ana has
fourI in .v,.r-iit reJsinG size until in
nun.i,r Of pt-Jol" cine t" these shores
than had landed on them d,rins The en-
t;r" colonial peri d. li"nrr1t;on hv gen
Grafton these people have been abSt rhc
iltn The national life Generally their
sons. almost always their grandsOns. ara
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. from ono another and
from their f. How -Am"riCauS descended
from Tho colonial stock, For all alik2
IN" prnb!c'nS of cur exist, rec ar tuCda-
mrltHliv The ~Jm". ana for all alike III" Sc
prnh."luS change ir II 2tEt ration to gen
Grafton.
In the colonial ported ana for at lcas;
a e. ntu"N after ITS Close. the conquest of
~" continent. th" expansion # cur poo
ne westward. to the Allcghcnles. then
t. III" Mississippi. then t. tn" PaIiflc,
was .llWaNS one Of the most important
tasks. ANA sometimes the most important.
ii"lS In" conditions @F"W etS'er. and In
The Ildtr-Srtt!"d regions OF an the colo
mics liz" speedily assumed much If COM
fort and something of luxury: and
though generally ii was on a much NOR"
Democratic basis tEaa life IN the Old
World. i was by no means democratic
when Judged by orr modern standards;
and here anG there, as in the tide-W2tcr
r"gior~ of Virginia. Il GenlIin" allSt )CrdcY
grew and tloursh"d. But the men who
',rst hr"kc ground in the virgin wilder
ntS.. whether N the Atlantic coast or in
The interior fought hard tor mere life.
In tn. carly stages tn. frouticrsmau had
=" d" battl" with tn" savage. and when
H. e"iV;tss" W. NhnGuiShcd there remitlu-
ed tlio harder strain of war with the
hostile forces of soil and climate. with
food, fever ard famine There was sick
moss and liter weather: thcr" wcrn no
roads: there was Il complete lack OF al
bus tn" very ruuSac.at and most absolute"
rceS slries. I'r!cr such circumstances
the m"n and women VINO made ready tia.
continent tor civilization were able them
Gcly..I 10 ~r"rd but lIttl" tim" in doing
"uch- nut the rough work which WAS t.
maxi: StrnCth tn" ways OF thei' success
s"TS. In consequence observers whose
insight was spoiled by lack of sympathy
always found both the settlers and their
lives unGttractivr ana rep"llcnt In Mar
tiI ChuZZIrWlt thu. description Of America
eliminating in III" description of the
'-'tnti.G town Of Eden, was true ard life
Ike rom III" standpoint 6 on" content
- ok mrr, ~ at The CUTE shell: and yrt
~ was q commUnity like Eden that CAV"
buth to Abraham Lincoln; it was men
src.' as We therein described from
y h - lninS Andrew Jackson Spritng.
flItN'-rto each generation among Us has
I3td its allotted task, now heavier. no"
lIgftrr. In tn" Revolutionary war the
business was to achieve independence.
Immediately afterwards there was an
even NOR" mono ntrHS task: that TO
achieve the national unity and tn" cana
lily for orderly development, without
y hr,h 'Ur llf'ttY. Jnr ihd''neh1rhc'''
W"lNd nay" Dctn 4 "tlFS" ana llot nl'SS-
Ing In each "t thcS" t"n contests Whil"
t'n-f" W.rr nihN great l';tdcrS rom
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,,ir;., ana Ia Lir.r;i,i, wa. reserved tho
b,nni. 7 nrnd,cinc t,r hero of p,th
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two Crtat political t"nd"rrr% ~ me tlint
can he symbulizrd hv 'h' '.,.'''"+ NJ TWO
"th.r great Observation-Disclosures ana
Mar shall from on" # y nom W. lnnerit
II" abiding tru~' IN III" pc ul" winch Is
thu foundation St6i'" at d' mo, rH'F. ara
from tn" Hth,r IN" power - develop on
hohIf # tn" p"Cff!" : C"hcr"n; and pow
.rful government. - genuine and repre-
sentative nationality.
Two srcnc-atipns r.t-4cI y, fore the Sec
ond great crisis - "G" history had to bu
fac a. Then cam" ~. civil War. terrible
and hittt>- IN lt|t'lt ana IN ~ iti''.IltIn.
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