Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-11
PoIiSh-American'S Tribute
to the Patriot Pulaski

In his address at the Pulaski statue
unwilling John Smulski of Chicago. rep
resenting the Polish-American Alliance,
said: =
Great men live and die, but the men,
DRY of their great deeds live on forever
Empires rise and fall, nations come into
existence and fall into decay. but the
history Of their accomplishments re-
mains to teach the coming ages. The
greatest attribute of mankind is the abil
ty to retain in its history the lessons
taught by the immortal dead to make
use of the wisdom transmitted from age
to age, to emulate the good and avoid
the evil, to draw inspiration from the
records of worthy deeds and guide the
events of the future by the lessons of
the past.
I'VE are gathered this day upon this
Iconsecrated spot to add another chap to
the history of our glorious past, written
upon granite and immOrtaliZed in bronze.
lesson i'm devotion to duty and principle
A lesson in the high moral conception and
performance of duty and in devotion to
the true principles of patriotism and the
universal law of human liberty.
Pulaski. the patriot. the statesman.
the soldier. OF a family of noble blood.
which had furnished a gallant line of
jurists. statesmen and soldiers, the son of
father who was the embodiment of
these virtues and who died in a dungeon.
martyr to his principles. and brother
of two others who laid down their lives in
the defense of these same principles. he
was born of an age when chivalry, hon
esty and righteousness of character were
the virtues of true knighthood.
Patriot as a Boy
when only a boy of twenty-one he
joined his father and two brothers in a
cOnfederacy whose object was to free
their country of the unlawful invasion by
/
came animated with singleness of pur-
pose. the deliverance of his native land
from foreign invasion and the mainte-
nance of her independence d free ma
ton. He set before himself course of
duty to be performed at the cost of the
greatest personal sacrifices. A duty to
humanity. to the preservation of the prin-
ciples of human liberty, whenever and
wherever they became endangered by the
encrOachment of external power or in
| ternal acts of violence or injustice.
! He perceived with sad heart that his
! beloved Poland was gradually sinking
into state of dissolution. that ruin and
| downfall were certain to come unless her
| true sons came to the rescue. He saw
| that internal strife and the abandonment
I OF the ancient and stern virtues by the
lords and mobiles was dissipating the vital
| strength of the nation. That his people
! were blind to the dangers impending from
! the exterior, blind to the fact that agents
| of foreign powers were gradually under
mining the foundations of the republic
| by feeding the flames of internal dlScord.
| He saw the treacherOus policy of his
| countrys neighbors, who under the guise
of preserving order were marching troops
into her very realm, without opposition
| or even a protest from the king, whose
motives may have been sincere. but who
permitted himself to be surrounded by
evil advisers guided by foreign influences
with Interior motives. with his father
and two brothers, joined by other men,
bers of the Pulaski family. he raised his
voice in alarm, pleading for sanity and
reflection.
Gallant Fight for Liberty.
oh himself kindred