Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1910-07-15

Dht OF the most ~hoiesome an
interesting Addresses ever aelfsered
Ia Pullman vas fhag o. Pref = q
Beach on July ath IL was en1lrely
e2temporaneous. but the fniluwlns
brief covers the sum and subelsnrs
Of the address
The FOURTH 81 July Is caIleh IA
birthday so American freednm. TIA
shich is commemorated l. to Ids
- freedom aud IFS value - nAnkina
What liberty has meant. shat i has
cost. what Be is worth 10 as nos
this is a theme which ws ouHat a.
consider and weigh. hecause anless
~ do there is always aangeI that
se shall earelessly hose that mhich
is of inesiimable uorih
Very much "a history has baen a
struerIe for liberty The greaf En-
lish Citl var 81 IS42 Was ; srug-
lIs of the people AGAINST syrannr
+ The French revolution Of tTts VS.
"a crying out of the people Asain q
classes The European upheavai II
+ 1AsN vas a demand for Bopular
. rights asainst ahsoiution. -. too.
F fhe great monuments which o. noN
|prized in the history Of many people
are records Of victory ia th4 battle
+ for freedom. England has itaI Magma
+ Carta and is Bin q Rights Franee
F has the Deelarat on 81 InaepEn6ence
F and the Emancipation Proclamation
These and similar documents are tie
greatest monuments IN human his
tory. they are mile-stones r. social
E progress. marking the stages IN the
life Of mankind through the Raining
~ freedom
Liberty has many forms ana
these have not all been won ~ once
and arr noi ala yei won TIE right
Of the individual SO freedoka from ar
bitrary interference by moxwrnment.
the right 10 trial b. a court IN case
u arrest or imprisonments fhe right
70 engage IN any oocupasfhm shieh
the individual may seleets - night
40 so nna come. 60 work I'VE. IN
security and these Enahe that
freedom Of the person which has
been denied By many governments
aud which has been gained only by
struggle and sacrifice. To this must
be added freedom Of speech and Of
the press. and liberty Of thought
For As freedom Of the person Is Of
value so Of even greater value. both
10 the individual and 70 society Is
freedom of the mind Through free
dom 81 the mind has come those new
ideas neW Investigations. neW in
venfions. new knowledge Of the
world and 81 nature through which
a. have shaken of the stagnation
Of older and barbarlc ages and are
moving forward into a better and
finer social life
How has man benefited by all
THESE HAaHfe VI AAfEAaata ~ AtAAt-
less ways. but particularly b. the
fart that. through freedom. hope has
SCI free u boundless ways Hope has
been aroused. ambition has been
stimulated. human energy has bsen
the Eift of freedom
But b. must b. constantly remem-
Bered that liberty is not 3 gift ~
nature o. b. the result ~ social strug-
gle and individual sacrifice and Il
Ia has been son By struggle i may b.
lost through Indifference Greece Nas
once the freesg country IL the world
but Or lusi that freedom before the
despotlsm of succeeding conquerlne
empires England lost much - her
standard of freedom under the Tu-
doris and had re- regain o. BY renewed
struggle and conflict France lost an
der Napoleon much which she had
son Ia the years preceding his ap-
pearanoe-
What conditions. then. threaten /
liberty In America. Among these b.
the class struggle Tor power Where
ever there D. q struggle fer power b. /
one group. II means an effort ~ over ]