East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-07-04
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CITY CELEBRATE DAY
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miniature copy of Uncle Sam and the
E. ]. Murphy car, laden with ore
gon products" said products being a
half dozen white-robed children.
The parade travelled Main, Webb
College and Court streets and finally
wound up at the fair pavilion at 1O:SO
where the patriotic exercises were
held. ]. V. Tallman, president of the
Commercial association, introduced
the speaker Following a selection by
the Roundup Band, Rev. Charles
Quincy delivered the offertory after
which Will NJ Peterson of this city
read to the assembled audience the
immortal declaration which inaugu-
rated the independence of the worlds
greatest nation. Hon X. X. Kubli,
former Portland councilman and head
of the committee which managed the
great Elks' convention in Portland
year ago. was introduced as the speak
er of the day. In eloquent words he
addressed the audience, his grafton
appealing to the patriotic instincts Of
everyone present In part he said:
I'VE have met today for the purpose
of dedicating ourselves anew to the
great cause of human liberty for
which our forefathers fought and so
nobly accomplished, and for which
they so dearly paid. This appropri-
ate occasion the anniversary of our
nations birth and its celebration calls
to our minds the causes which led
UP to the struggle for our independ
ence. The character of the states
manship of our forefathers, the her
oism, the self sacrifice and the patri
otic devotions of the true American
citizen to the cause of human rights.
1t calls to our minds the difficulties
of the formation of governments and
the necessity of having a substantial
foundation based upon perfect JUS
tice in order that organized society
might long endure and enjoy the
blessings of freedom. 1t calls to our
minds that a nation even as an indi-
vidual. is the architect of it's own for
tune and that the achievement of ma
tional greatness depends upon the ac-
complishment of high ideals. This
celebration today particularly calls to
our minds the noble character and
the glorious examples of manhood of
the early statesmen of our nation.
1t calls up before US how our coun-
try and its freedom was established
in an enduring frame of constitutional
government fashioned to make liberty
and union one and inseparable, and
finally does it call to our minds the
ever changing conditions Of our ma
tional growth The discontented ele-
ment of our citizenship, the exhaus-
ton of our national resources with in
crease of population, and the day is
here when America should stand for
Americans.
Uniting in the anniversary of our
nations birth let us deplore the dis
satisfaction Of discontented citizen
ship. Let us frown down the shafts
and darts that are aimed at our coun-
try's flag Let us muster in the name
of patriotism, the manhood of true
Americanism and finally let us say
that we will not permit the enduring
principles of the American republic
to be harangued and discredited up
on the highways and byways of our
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fair nation.
The American nation has stood the
test of its requirements and its
strength today gives no indication of
decay.
AS we stand here gazing upon this
mighty structure whose base extends
across the bosom of a mighty conti-
nent anj across the Pacific sea to the
Isles Of the Orient, we cannot help but
feel that this land Of the free and
home Of the brave Is good enough for
the Creators most chosen SONS. Let
us treasure it as the sacred heritage
Of a noble ancestry; let us protest II
as the home of enlightened citizen
ship. Let us cherish 1t as the fulfill
ment of all that is glorious In gov
ernment and finally as Americans let
us guard it for those whose senti-
nIents are American In spirit and
whose intelligence appreciates all that
American liberty means.
Long may we indulge the fond
hope that here upon our native soil
may this great nation, the American
republic stand as a monument to the
downtrodden and oppressed of all ma