The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-07-09

one hundred and rhiI1y-three year,
ago the nation vas established, oorc
in justice. liberty and respect foi
Righteousness a passenger saiIinG
into nex York haroor sees . Srea'
statue representing Liberty enlighten'
ing the world. This has been truly
appropriase for our Nation, for TIE
United STATES has been the cradle OF
liberty. the birthplace Of freedom, The
implacable foe OF despotisn. Eacf
century OF the Christian Era has hSo
something 10 characterize it aud dis
tinguish il from the previous century
Our last century vas greater than al
Others. When il opened. al! Eu'ope
wns in var Napoleon. that match
les Corsican fakir. for thirteen year,
held France. Spain. Italy. Holland,
Belgium and Norway within the grasp
Of his military desposisn. In ISIS be
be met his 100 days and Waterloo,
In 1903 re We purchased from Napol'
can that vas, tract Of land commonly
known ss the Louisiana purchase. In
ls2l Florida vas granted TO US from
Spain. Our liberty has twice been
purchased as the price Of blood. but
never as the price Of chains or slavery.
We avoke one morning and found
slavery . dark bios upon our national
eseuscheon. . menace TO our civic
pride and righteousness. From the
rivers OF Virginia 70 the Mexican con.
fnss Of the Republic arose . mourn-
full vail. How long, Oh Lord, how
long. II came from the weary labor
er leaning on his hoe in the. cotton
feld under The MONDAY sun: ii came
clear and distines above the multitudi.
nous inastieulase sounds Of the forest;
il came from husbands and wives,
fsthers and mothers, pared ~ The
auesion block: it came from the aged,
whose beads were frosted by time.
In their quaint prayers the Africans
talked 70 God = man talks fsce 70
face to his friends. Slavery had
made Him their friend. By the flick
erine fires OF their cabin light, they
ssealthily spelled out the Bible TO sse
What He hsd promised them. 1t vas
their dreadful lot which caused Jefer-
500, himself . save owner, 70 expossu-
late solemnly With his oountrymen and
deprecste the wrath Of God. For Who
can escape when from the brow OF JUS
tiee the bandaee has been raised that
her uncovered and angry eyes may
gaze upon the unutserable wrong.
when her uplifsed arm. quiverins with
Indignation is ready 70 strike . blow
that will make the whole continent
trenble-"
This blot on our national escutch-
con vas wiped away BY the bravery
and self sacrifice. the heroism and 10y
atty Of the boys in blue during the ter.
Fihle struggles Of The yesrs le6O 70 is.
The var being over, science immedi-
asely sprang forward 70 grasp the
problems tns, arose with the recon-
struesion Of the states, and the open
ing Of the vast western empire. In .
few years We we're giving wave theory
Of light The science OF astronomy,
which bad been ha1y and indefinite.
was placed upon . substantial basis
in the nebulAr hypothesis. Spectrum
analysis followed, the cell theory OF
life; the discovery Of protoplasm, the
physical basis Of all Organism, the
Darwinian theory Of The origin Of
species. All Of these things came
with = rspidity that Vas startling:
the dircovery Of chloroform brought
about . great advancement in medical
science and surgery. Formerly. the
physician bled his patient for dis
eases, no matter its cause or nature.
Many Of that profession still succeed
in bleeding" the American public
Our inventions have kept apace
with science. We did not have . pho
tograph until 1850, and DOW anybody
can carry = little black box under
Ohc AIW. SA1lCG AoG1As AdS s1G-
eessfully make pictures Of everything.
The coal oil lamp WAS invented as late
rs 1890: matches in ls2s. The drst
steamboat crossed the Atlantic ocean
in ISIS, carrying on board the nAthe-
natical demvnstratratiun OF the abso-
lutte impoesibility OF steamboat CAY
rying coal enough in one cargo 70
supply The engines for one journey.
In ISIS the Baltimore and Ohio rail-
way vas completed. regulated by a
Law limiting the speed TO nine miles
per hour. and grea, deal o. com
plant arose from the public that the
smoke from the engine. would injure
The crops along the rieht-of-way. for =
great distance. Walter 4. Wood in
vented the self-binder. Mccormick
stole his patent and put out the sr>t
self-binder, and has often been credit