Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-07-05

america q free nation This grand
i purpose knit together north, south, east,
west. and found expression in this dec
laration which gave life and name to a.
new nation. a nation that breatlled and
looked into the future, daring alE of
the worst and best that future might
| bring. ~, E
On the 3oth day OF April, 1889. in New
York city, Washington took the oath
Of Office, and the Constitution of the
United States began it's majestic march.
RMS great document. the greatest4ever
struck off by the brain and purpose
man, gave to us. under the wise and
I5nperal5 Interpretation OF Hamilton and
Marshall. q simple chart which has
4 guided the destiny OF this republicsan6
ttglven to us a government which is to-
day the pride OF the world and the hope
of mankind. s,5 * 55 tts
/ Ihe prineiples upon which 1t was
founded We're not new: they were pro-
claimed by thinkers and philosophers
IN other times and In other lands Y hut
1 2. Just Judgment awards the credit to
4 American statesmen of reducing these
theories to4princip1es of practise This
wonderful and ingenious adaptation.
/ TINS fine adjustment OF political
4 theories to human conditions, this
1rdicious working out of the glorious
doctrine that a II men are entitled to
| life. liberty, and the pursuit OF hap
piness,l must forever distinguish the
4 founders of this republic. The brilii-E
ancy to conceive, the patience and
skill to solve a blem fraught with
4 such mighty human Significance must
stand as a lasting proof of their high
genius IN le3:a s.555
| When the orderly lines Of govern
mcnt We're established, the thoughts
OF men and nations We're turned to-
! air, and sea began to cast their
! treasures Mt her feet, then came the
| army of conquering hushandlnen. "a y
million strong, to subducf the forests
and pillow the prairies, to conquer5sa
/ land to fertility and wealth. to estab-
fish order, to bring forth happiness.
No other race that ever dwell upon
4 the globe could have a accomplished,
/ this work in the same time, nor half
OF it. They covered the land with roads
! and the siren ms with bridges: they
4 dotted tho ID afns and ills with homes
and scho lllonses. and brought COM
fort d nd decencS out % chaos and FenlI-s
fusion. The work rs as not finished
4 tho problems were not all solved With
! tho subduing of the land and the CON
qnering of the wilderness. IN the face
of this, unparalleled national prosperity
| arose the ever Nexlng and ominous
| question Of slavery, a question which.
could be settled only by resort to
arms. Less than fonr-score and ten
Years had passed away when this fair
| land was transformed into one vast
battle field, to test whether this ma
| ton or any nation SO conceived and
so dedicated could long endure. Then
came four years black with the temp 8
est of war, when youth was marshal
ed against patriarch, when brother
fought against brother, son against
sire. aud the mighty scourgc or n civil
war swept the land. Houses were des
olated fields We're sown5 with ashes OF
war. but glory be to God, who above
all hosts and banners ordained victory
and established peace. From this bap-
tism of blood and fire. Il nation came
forth purified. triumphant. free! The
hour of affliction has PASSED. and what
ever may betide this nation, this glory
she has won forever: she has given
to the stranger welcome, opened to him b
all the treasures of her liberty, given
to him free career and fair play.
America stands for opportunity. She
is tolerant in spirit, liberal in sym
pathies: she has given homes to- the
homeless. and land TO the landless.
Therefore. the peoples all over tho
earth throughout all time will rise up s;
and call this republic blessed
THE RECORD OF, THE NATION.
ne 5IeCOEu5 EiStsS
With evidences that those who laid
4 the foundation OF this great nation
&hrildea wiser than they know. This
day we stand revcrentIy grateful for
the legacy beuueatled to us. and While
we are the proud ctzenssof the proud
est nation beneath the sun, we are
gruvcIy mindful that Al free people
must be a thoughtful people. The
handwriting on the wall teaches us
that our supreme and most enduring
concern must be the exercise of that
vigilance which called forth the De
:claration Of Independence, WHOM
5bieathed into the cold letter of tl,e
Constitution the breath of life. When
tho Pilgrim fathers. in that bleak De-
cember day, landed on the ice-ei;id
rocks OF Massachusetts, and plnuted
the standard of freedom in the stony
soil of New England, they joined IN
3wediock religion and culture. while the
wild waves played the wedding march;
and the offspring of that holy unioit
was this great and Vet greater 10 be
American republic. With hearts full
of gratitude and PRIDE in the land shat
gave us birth. let US take TO our souls
the nuoble sentiments with which tbs
immortal Lincoln summoned his coan-
tryinen in the crisis Of 81. with malice
toward none, with firlnness in the right,
as God gives us to See the right, let us
try TO finish the work we are in. III q
In the afternoon there were atlie-
tic sports OF all kinds. And there
were prizes for every event. Included
aArlcns the prizes will be four copiessof
a Leaves Of Truth, by John p. Mea-
kin; five pounds chocolates five more
pounds chocolates. two beauty pins, one
pair boys suspenders, one girls straw
hat. one boys pncl1etknife, one child's i
bead necklace. S. in cash to children's
organization having the. largest repre-
sentation, two So gold pieces for best
of Columbia and Uncle
Sam.
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