The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-02-01
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the assistance Of fraace j. one that d
etlll being debated.
There are as many Americans n
Ftenehmen end Brilmhera who are A.
riously inclined 10 the opinion that Il WAS
the aid that we received from the French
that enabled US 10 make good our Declafa
lion Of Independence, and that but FOR
such aid our eeusa would have gone
down In defeat.
BE- this az Il s,ay, one thing is nbco
lutely eertaix--that iac yelue TO us Of
the French aid paa beyond calculation,
and thsi to the end Of time The American
people viii owe Is France their profound
csi gratitude.
The Heart and Soul Of the Frenei
Chi,alry, which reached out to Us across
the seas It's Helping hand, was Lafayette,
The rich young no,aemas phose name 4
to he forever associated with that Of
va -aingion, and whose fame 10 10 10 fs
enduring al The great republic he aelPc
to found
II Nas toward the ciofe OF nc YEAR
1915 thst .hc Duke Of Gloucester. brot
81 o. tleoree ill.,. happening 70 " irayc
fax IL France, was telling the story 81 Il 4
American revolt TO company Of dino Il
in the city Of Metz
AT the table npa ycnng Lafayette wliI
listened to all that was said ross fro
the banquet resolved 20 abandon VA
pleasurce which rans and uealih had n,
bcstow 10 ne gnyesi court and capital 9
the world, to leave vcH enc fouug vi
who had given him ouc child ard was $50 Z
to give him another that be nigh; VI
life and fortune in the cause % ihe rc
ple who srro struggling for llbesy
IN his own aordr 'Whcu Em hcari
81 American independence nay heer' ps
enlisted
Lafayette was q child Of tie "ol 4
Regime and the education lhal Re
child received was chiefly condanr
by the dancing master.
The most important accomplishments
consisted IN graceful hearing q feaa 4
manner end The folia of eunversaic n
which never allowed subject % hc dit
eussed co seriously as TO fatigue il''
geakcat mind Of the company or proyol'
tho leaat heat o. controversy
The main thing was 70 5e able 90 bo
properly, to know how 20 compliment on
propriately, to pics up Gan CORRECTLY,
to Offer an arm with becoming graceful
ness
II was from this fooisancss that la
fayette broke away to 60 and fight io.
the liberty Of an alien people.
That the young court darling thoul !
have taken such stand amazed ~
Europe. Madame do atael wondercl
what could have moved the young man 20
quit daneiag with Marie Antoiueste ta
enlist in the cauae 81 the baetwooda Re,
publieanai
But Lafayette was q man, aian with
Z vigorous individuality, man who lovcl
Right and hated Wrong ald that is why
be foraook all to loae Or sin, with Wnsl
ington and HE ragged COhtlneniala
Lafayette was born ai The Chateau of
Chasanae IN kagesgne, on sepiemhcr q,
1857, hardly 4 month after ihe death os
HE father al the battle Of Minden
The cannon shot whieh laid hia laiheF
low transferred TO the yoane mother ihe
responsibility Of che son s edueaioni snl
fortunately for Che child and the world,
the mother happened to Be al thei sae
should have been.
From her father the Marqula IN "a
Riyierc, she inherited splendid fortune
and from Nature large mind and pure
heagt
In time when tFiaee werc the order Of
tho dag. Mme. Lafayette wos able io
think seriously upon life'a rcaI problcms
aud in an age when morality eaa some
what At discount. she ever carried her.
self With poiae which diaanuea ali ais
pirion.
A pure woman. a losinai devoted Wife
faithful painstaking mother she might
have been expected to do nore for her
son shnn the ordinary run oi The mothers
Of ths day might have been expected e
do,
And the gurmiae was made good. Young
Lafayette, while obliged by the logic If
his birth and environment to miagle with
the gay ana giddy throng Of the court,
vas, BY his mother = sound teachings, for
titled against iia enervating Influence, 90
that While ia Il and OF i he was, 10 his
better aelf apart from It end elperior to
II
II Woule ba dlfacult TO ana anywhere
ii history mors pointed instance Of the
alue Of the good mother than that which
Il furnished in the case eg the Marquis
6e Lafayette
j. 2ae bio nnhla mother shas aeps HE
herit pure, and inspired Il With the gen
oroua sentiments out Of ahica grew the
ehlyairy that MAIDS him the friend and
hcpeg d Washington ID the glorious bai
tie for American Independence.