The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-02-03
FINE ADDRESS DELIVERED BY
GOVERNOR LAST NIGHT.

Declared There Is No Longer Need
of Patriotism OF War in This
Country; Civic Betterment Should
Be Encouraged; Some Men
Would Carry Musket But Fear
Stays Them in Civil Life.
From Thursdays Daily.
The second number on the Y. NJ
C. A. lecture course was the lecture
last evening by Former Governor
]. Frank Hanly of Indiana, who took
the place that was to have been
filled by Professor James c. Mon.
Afghan. The audience was not dis
appointed in any way, and all pres.
ent went away feeling that they had
had mental and moral uplift.
Benjamin Taylor presided, and an.
nounced that the next number on
the course would be given by Frank
p. Saddler, February 10, when he
would lecture on 1.-The Markings
/ of a Criminal" He introduced Mr..
Hanly, who spoke upon "The Pa
triotism of Peace
Has An Impressive Delivery.
Mr.. Hanly has an impressive de-
livery and is master of rhetoric.
He is a present day reformer, and
touches those great questions that
are agitating the minds of many.
He said that "134 years ago our
fathers founded in this new world
a new nation, amid narrow and
r,r;Y, nd i'm nd
such circumstances as to challenge
the courage of the most heroic. They
builded at the risk of their lives
and sacred honor, and the nations
of the world took cognizance. There
were but three million people, poor,
weak in resources, and their wealth
was no more than that of Minnesota
today. The new nation was born
with pain, which is thing that
must always be. Many died and
there was desolation everywhere
IN the new nation that our faith
ers builded the cornerstone idea was
mans equality before the law, in
privilege and in Opportunity-the
idea of liberty regulated by law.
There are men today in this country
who insist upon constituting liberty
as license. This is the liberty of
the assassin, the liberty of the jun
gle, where might makes right. Our
fathers did not die to establish H.
cense in this new land, but liberty
regulated by law.
! People Sowed the Seed.
1.-The people sowed the seed and
in the Civil war reaped the whirl-
wind. Every drop of blood drawn
by the whip in $50 years was to be
Offset by another drawn by the
sword. The speaker drew a san
culinary picture of the war, and eX.
planned that he did so to remind
his hearers of the value of free in
situations, of the cost of liberty reg
ulated by law. He wished to pic
ture that sublime passion, patriot
ism. Another passion compels men
to obey the law. 1t inspires men
and women not to die, but to live
for their country-the patriotism of
peace.
''The conflicts of this country are
henceforth to be civic, not military,
but will be none the less renowned.
Today we erect monuments for our
soldier heroes. Tomorrow we will
build them to commemorate the
names and fame of men who have
served the country well in civil life,
and in doing SO we will do better
than we do today.
Constitution Wonderful instrument.
''The American constitution was a
wonderful instrument, but it needed
to be interpreted rightly. God has
been wonderfully kind to this coun.
try. Our need has always been His
opportunity, and he had brought for
ward man. He brought out John
Marshall, who interpreted the con-
stitution and from rope of sand
made a steel cable. Daniel Webster
| gave the constitution such place
in the hearts and affection of the
people that a million men thirty
years later sprang to arms to de-
lciu IL ADl LlnCOlI arose DIT
the time THAT man of his kind
was needed to save the union.
There is no longer any great
need of the patriotism of war in this
country, in spite of Captain Hobson
| There is no probability of war with
Japan, for that nation is governed
by wise, calculating and far seein:;
statesmen, who realize that America
! is mightier nation than theirs, no
matter how strong theirs may be-
come. But if Hodson is right and
Japan was to make war upon this
country, it could not seriously in
jure us, with the ocean to cross
and our great resources. This and
the number and character of our
people would make it impossible for
any country to permanently injure
us. If Japan was to assemble the
armies and navies of the world she
couldn't reach the city where the
speaker lies in hundred years. Our
people would leap up as numerous
as the forest leaves and would fight
on and on as long as hostile
/ foot rested on our country.
Where Men Lack COURAGE