Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-10-26
ABOUT PATRIOTISM.

John Redmond. In the course of re-
cent speech In Chicago, stated that Ire
land has no greater asset in her strug-
gle for home rule than the friendship
and sympathy of America,
1t is further evident that tho cause of
freedom Justice. and democracy every
where has found its greatest asset IN
the example of this country. AS JUS
ticc Story remarked I'VE stand the
latest. and. If we fail, probably the last
experiment of self-government by the
people"
With all the faults involved In the
laws delay, the waste OF natural re-
sources, the oppression Of monopolles.
thesvi of cities under gang rule" and
the burdensoine taxation, without much
10 show for it, that most of our muni-
cipalities have to blush for today. II is
still true that 1t is to this country that
men look for triumphant vindlcation
s of the idea that liberty and law may be
made synonymous, 1t Is here they seek
a the proof that men are capable of ruI-
ing themselves-of running the govern
lnent instead of having TO call on the
government to run them.
The statement of the Irish patriot
leads the Chicago lnter-Ocean TO say
that the answer to 1paternallsm, to milf
tarism. to Capitalization, to the dwarf
ing of the Individual, to the eternal
swaddling idea of citizenship, to the
4 distinctions OF class. To the inequalities
established and maintained by law--to
all the cumbrnus weight under which
real freedom labors In other and older
lands-has been and still is-"Amer-.
ica!"
on this inspiring theme that paper
grows eloquent. and cxclaims:
"Pitiful indeed the mere imagination
OF Il time when the spirit OF real free
dom. OF sane democracy, revolving
against tho shackles imposed by
bureaucratic Capitalization. theories OF
state socialism,, and the last survirals
or feudalisrn. should look across the
water to find Freedoms erstwhile model
deliberately, ignorintly drapns the
chains about her limbs!
'1f America would retain her proud
moral prn-eminence. " she would re-
main u stay unto the feet aud u light
unto tho path of them that walk In
darkness, she must be not the foolish
receiver Of the outworn claptrap
brought back or echoed from foreign
shores, hut hcrself--herself ms she came
forth glowing from the forge of Time
the maintainer Of the dignity of tho
Individual. the nssertcr OF the limits
(. OF government, the upholder of liberty
and law as one and indiristhle. !"
julia Ward Howe. who died but n
fortnight ago, has expressed, more hap
PLY. perhaps, than any other American
writer, the patriotic flame which burma
in the heart of every son ana daugh-
ter OF the Republic. whenever the coun-
try Is endangered or tho freedom OF
mon and the inalicnable rights of man
kind are threatened by armed force. In
the midst of tho tears and prayers, tho
sorrows and sufferings, the dearly
bought victories, tho fears. trinmphs,
and hopes of the memorable year OF
1863. when the soldiers about thousands
OF camphres were singing in grave IN
dertones,
light.
To see the dawn of peace"
there came to this woman the clear
vision that voiced the real sentiments
of the American people ms n whole:
'NIine eyes have seen the glory of the
coming OF the Lord
4 He Ia trampling out tho vintage where
the grapes of wrath are stored;
He hath loosed the fateful lightning of
His terrible swift sword;
His Truth Is marching on!
IN the beauty OF tho lilies Christ was
horn across the sea.
= With a glory IN His bosom that trans
i figures you and me: s
AS He died to mako men holy. lot us die
to make men free.
While God Is marching on.
And we suppose that as long as the
Republic shall endure, and especially
In times OF national peril, these scnti-
ments Will be voiced again In song and
thought as they steady the courage and
nerve the arm Of every defender OF
Americn.
Every ono, rightly trained. has In
general the same attitude. Americans
differ as to the best means of perpetual
}'ipg the freedom guaranteed by tho
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