Alaska sentinel., 1907-07-11

Following is the address delivered at Wrangell, July 1, and published at the request of several patrons of the paper
 FRIENDS AND NEIGHBoRs:-Today more than o0Q0O,0y0 of people throughout this country and its acquired territory meet to celebrate the birth of a Nation that occur red July 4th, 1776-l3l years ago.
 Little thought the few patriots who met mold Fanieul Hall in Philadelphia, on that memorable day. to give indorsenent to the measure put forward by Richard Henry Lee, Of Virginia. one month prior, that The United Colonies are, and ought to be- Free and Independent States" of the gi- gautic monument that was to rise upon the foundation laid by them.
 Today will be read from thousands of ros- truI1s iu this land the pure and patriotic thoughts born in the minds of Thomas Jef- ferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman and John Livingstone, and incorporated in the Declaration of Indepen- deuce, that became the corner stone upon which rests this land of Liberty. of Justice and Equality to all and that those who come into its borders and accept its protect ing and fostering care, might repose in peace and security.
 But this boon has not been perFetuated and continued without internal struggles that have threatened at times the very life and existence of the compact. The Articles of Confederation, from the time of their full adoption ;n I75i, when the last of the original colonies Rhode. Island) gave her con -ent to be governed by them, down to the present time, have never given entire satisfaction to all people living under them. But true Americans are uagnanimous and are ever ready to give and take and t8 recog- rize the fact that the majority must rule and prevail in legislative and w-fnaaing power as well as in the power of might. Ia ~Te ! T the ceu1cnting Of the tics that were 90 near lv torn asundeT in the urpleasantress that occurred from ! S6i to iS6S In that great struggle, brother was pitted against brot!ie-, iat-er against son. friend against friend, iu one of tEe blOodiest wars known to history But n les than quarter of century after the -isEt had -fesa alleC, no East nor West no North CT South was known, but having Clespcd hands in National friendship, the hosts stand as a solid phalanx against all hostile invaders of the country or insulters Of the flag. When the bugle call sounded for volunteers to avenge the insult offered in the sinking of the Maine. all sections of with each other in their zeal f-r love uf country. Tn this t was seen ti,at there need be no apprehension of fear of ices from without to shake the stability of this goveru- msnt-tie best form of government upon earth
 --E E S-Nt1t -A4E4-d%E AO lllE .-LdJ+4--f t4 OUT free institutions, today, is the tendency to caste and class legislation, that has eaus- ed ard is causing . feeling Of unrest in the minds and ranks of the masses of the people. Great corporations, endowed thrO' unwise legislation with the powers t5 crush small competitors, have sprung up and be- come gigantic octupusses, gathering within thcir teatacles that which af right belongs to others, trlsts innureTable have been fos- tered through rarlghte0us laws until they have begun to sue5- the very life-blood from --o=e 'sl moderate circumstances as well as t1 grind d5s.n and oppress the laborirE claasez. Tli7 has looked dangerous and threatening to oar institutions, and the cloud has not passed altogether, as yet. ai- though 2 Joseph has appeared in the person of President Roose Yelt, with tine sagacitv and flores gilt to view this alarming disturb CT of ouT internal affairs, and with the cour- age of his convictions is seeking, with some degree Of success, to remedy the evil that has grown up in our country.
 There is still another factor that often dis