The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-05-11
4 GALA DAY IN FRANK
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q napw0000 VI sAAo
~ you wish to share your goot
s..e With the poor and needy
~ vou desire to give of YOU
.s.Asnce to those less fortunate.
IA vhen look out upon this
.sscea. I am filed with great
~ Il our country. see many who
Ran lured from the green fields
~ Nina skies of sunny Italy.
Sur country is great now. but to
IA her greater we must have the
..st lind of immigration; and
~. erpress the hope that many
-. AZ your kinsmen and country
ss srom across the sea may come
!. ~. for there is no better citizen
-. = the intelligent Italian immigrant
eeeinning away back in the ancient
s.,s Of the Roman Republic, Italy
- siven to the world more distin-
s,i.hed soldiers. orators. musicians
! ~ artists than any other nation on
z acidiers OF every cline have copied
- italian military strategy of her
I sssar: orators of every nation have
sonsht to emulate her Cicero;
..sicians of every country have tried
: vain to catch the golden notes of
- Mascagani, and artists of all the
( -orld have ever failed to surpass her
Njehael Angelo.
You are sons of great country
seions of a great people, and we feel
ihat America gained and Italy lost,
vhea you came to us.
Nav the Duca DAosta Benevolent
ASSOCIATION enjoy many happy and
prosperous years. thank you.
The toastm aster then proposed
1 toast to "Our State, and called
mon Judge A. c. Allen to respond
which he done in an able and
eloquent speech, as follows:
NJ. POSTMASTER, Mr.. Vice Consul
and Fellow Citizens:
The hour is late, and I promise
you that l will not abuse your
petience and attention by a long
address,; because after the rich and
eopious eloquence you have already
drunk into your souls t0-day-and
psshaps, that other something. which
j plentiful here. and equally inspir-
n feel that you would much pre-
r. 70 speak and make merry your
oo1ves, than listen to the words of
lasfher, even though those words le'
eve their inspiration from the
grandeur. beauty. glory and chivalry
n nnr mother 9tata-
Every LOuisianian, whose heart is
Ut dulled and withered, and whose
soul Is not shrivelled, by the selfish
M Of this age of narrow and sOrdid
epmmercialism, must thrill with
bving patriotism and fervor when he
ep1templates the power, majesty and
Unique history of his native State.
Great Is our State great in her
nafvelous natural wealth-great in
" wonderous resources and fruitful
nem-great in her progeny, and
psat in the Drawn and muscle, in
~ brain and energy of her patriotic
ms She occupies unique posi-
IN among her queenly sisters in
0at she has done more to weld,
ehengthen, and perpetuate this
nlshty governmental structure of
ms than all the rest combined. The
- y not original, but it is so true
~ Il has fitting application here.
I1ough in the first quarter of the
- century she was the youngest
Il her sister States, she has become
= greatest mothers of them all.
- what a prolific mother she has
-! From her loins has sprung
0ose great material, political and
forces that have builded a
11ghty empire west of our great
NM, and pe0pled it with myriad
llriotic souls.
Those strong and prosperous COM
nnwealths extending from the
ny Rockies on the west to the
Moulent Mississippi on the east
IN the hills of Caddo to the lee
md Dominion of Canada on the
are the proud daughters, and
cendants OF Our State"
fQw State has not only ben gener.
a. 70 giving birth to, and adding
fical and material units of power
support Federal structure; but she
= been equally fortunate in the fair
seprds made by her own people In
= field Of thought and action.
sons had been among the
most on the bench-in the forum
- the pulpit-in literature-in the
- OF state-craft-on the hastings,
& On the field Of battlefront the
= the doughty Bienville planted
colony on the banks of her
stic river until "Our States"
efeisnity went down with them
oefeat, but not in dishonOr at
pemattox. And when despoiled.
y Grated and oppressed by an
nor race, supported by the fren-
hate of the cruel minions of
essful war, her proud spirit still
1ned .unbroken She fought the
! light for the supremacy and
Fifty of her race, and won again
nehtful place among her sister
- Of States. "a
rapid has been her progress
then in every avenue of ad-