Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-04-12

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South Bend, Indiana.
and diminished-multipl because of
the rare treat which awaits us in the
words of wisdom and instruction which
are sure to fall from the lips of Right
Reverend Bishop Shaffer, who has
honored this city and state with his
presence and my pleasure is greatly
diminished because of the shadow
of the death of your distinguished fell
low-citizen, Honorable j. G.. Hutchi-
son, who sleeps tonight. in peace and
honor. His death calls to us the re-
gretable fact that the great army of
the republic is gradually marching
across that Great Divide from which
no traveller can hope to return, and as
sad as the thought of their loss must
be, it is made more solemn and tragic
when we remember that the measure
of American patriotism and American
valor must be gagged by the last vet
eran of the Civil war and the influence
Of his life, his deeds and his time
Negro Has Been Factor.
The, coming Of Bishop Shaffer; the
passing of Captain Hutchinson and the
request that should say a brief word
tonight about the American negro in
American politics, is somewhat path
slider the political situation in the
great state of Iowa as well as the do
ings and circumstances near the ma
t1onal seat Of government. The Amer
lean negro has been a potent factor in
American politics since the Dutch craft
landed him here in 1919. When the
great Indian wars were waged after
that period, the Industrial and watch
full service OF the negro was important
to the political bearing that fringed
and surrounded these struggles. When
finally the great French and Indian
war broke out, the few negroes in this
country were relied upon by all parties
as guardians of the peace; as men Of
safety, worthy Of confidence and trust.
1t is no need to refer to the negro's
part in the great American revolution
because as long as Enelish speaking
people rever the American Magma
Charta, the negro's need of praise will
be safe. In the great Civil war and be-
fore that time, great political strug-
giles We're fought out on questions in
volving the rights Of men and when
the politics of the country would not
permit them to be justly settled in the
forum. the righteousness and wisdom
Of Almighty God transferred them to
the field. and there. where the sacri-
flee Ct the finest fruits and flowers Of
American manhood and the deepest
grief of American womanhood, were
demanded as partial atonement Of
political wrongs. pledges have been re-
newed and fundamental principles
have been reserved as foundations for
the safety of the American nation in
the security of an equal measure OF
simple justice for all of her children
Tho Situation Today.
While the American people are in
their present daZe over the craze Of
power gold, luxury and ease with a
little disturbance about how much duty
should be imposed on certain exports
and imports, it will be impossible for
honest men who stand for the rights
of men, to have any attention or con-
When great parties In this
county, I mean great political parties,
v ere deeply concerned over the rights
Of men, it was easy---yery easy for Ill
honest men to get together and Join
issues where the people had chance
to support after they had understand
The justice and righteousness of any
cause. In those days, great men we're
made because great principles were at
stake and the present situation and
the present condition both in Iowa
and in this nation, could not come
about until the great parties that stood
for principles and men, departed from
the old landmarks and began to stand
for policy and power. Can you find any
Jefferson, Jackson, Fremont, Lincoln.
Grant, and Sumner, and men of those
sturdy days and times, for such cuss-
edness and foolishness as we are now
to endure under the terms
that are called progressive. stand pat,
regular. insurgent, Democrats,
Bryan-Democrats, middle Of the road
ers, straight cutters, and belly bubbers
knows what else. No, In the old times
we did have Wings conservatives, rad
icals and a great many "know-noth-
ings,', but who ever will stop to review
the old issues will find that every one
Of these parties and every part OF
them, stood for. and were based upon.
some features that was destined to ex-
tend and give to the people OF these
United States, greater measure Of
civil and religious liberty. It was the
fight for men that made our nation
great and our flag respected and hon
bred all over the world and the fight
the same old fight-against might and
in favor Of right, the fight to protect
The weak against the aggressions and
of The strong, must
continue in this country for the black
man and for every man that is
oppressed if our land is to
continue to boast itself the land Of the
Free and the Home of the Brave The
Arab on the desert: the Ethiopian on
the Nile; the Hindoo on the Ganges
and the Braman on the Euphrates.
together with all the various races
and nations Of the earth, must be able
to look with hope and confidence upon
the Star Spangled Banner as the en-
b!em that stands for an equal measure
Of civil and religious liberty; or they
must regard our republic as a failure
and a farce and If the latter shalt
come through our failure to recognize
even the negro's political rights, who
tan say that that failure may not
mean the failure Of our republic and
The sending Of our nation, into that
abyss of doom which has ruined all
and republics who forgot
maintain justice as the hope Of all who