Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-13

protection to our citizens, at home and
abroad, in St Petersburg. Pekin, To
kyo and Constantinople, on every sea
and every land beneath the stars.
Anarchy Is Un-American.
1T means that anarchy and mobs
are un-American. that dynamite is the
weapon Of coward and that person
and property, life and liberty shall
be inviolate among the people above
whom it floats It means that free
education is the fortress of our free
Institutions. and that any assault upon
cur EDUCATIONAL system is an assault
upon the nations life It means that
there is a legal remedy for every
wrong; that reason is more TO be de
sired than force, and that arbitration
and Cancellation must be adopted in
the final adjudication of the contro-
versies arising between labor and cap
ital. It means the sanctity OF the judi
cary; the ultimate unit Of absoluteism
in America and that the scales of JUS
tice shall stand between weakness and
power, want and wealth, and guaTan-
tee simple equity to all. &c means the
right of property possession. that con
fscatiOn is homogeneous with the safe
guards OF the constitution. and that
whatever progress is made in she
social world must be evolutionary
rather than revolutionary. It means
national honesty, that there shall be
no knavery in politics, no betrayal Of
political trust, nothing false or fic-
titious in business or finance, and that
individLalism and competition shall
not be destroyed by colecuvism and
National Unity.
at means national unity, that we
are the citizens of one nation north. f.
east, south and west and that bound
together in such an indissolubie poIit- .
ical compact, we stand for the peace
full adjustment of all differences at (
home and abroad Il means national .
hospitality that we welcome to our
shores all refugees from oppression,
that our Preside is broad enough for
every man who loves the flag; il also
means that every gate should be lock
I'd against the representative Of an
,rchy and revolution, that every law
should be enforced against sedition
md crime. that our institutions must
De honored and revered by all, that
We have room for but one class OF cit
zenship in this country. viz, Amo-i-
.an citizens. AMI that foreign instincts
.onalcting with American ideas must
be left across the sea.
One of Gods Elect.
This is the meaning Of the Ameri-
an flag. that flag which is Che symbol
al rr-H g.
he solemn signal Of the unity and su
remacy Of the republic. the republic
-hich is the monument OF its defender
nd saviour, Abraham Lincoln. Every
tripe which c0mposes il. and every
tar which shines in It's canopy of blue
$ an immortal testimony to the incom
arabic service and deathless iHfu-
nee OF Abraham Lincoln In the sa- :
red cause of triumphant democracy.
'ruly he was Gods elect. Circum-
rances did not create him, evolution
I'd not envolve him; accident did not
rake him; history cannot explain
i'm.
Tonight We pay tribute to his
lemory. the politician. blazing the {
.ay for freedom through the tangled q
,rests Of the frontier: tine law maker {
| legislature ard congress. pursuing
is convictions with undiuchllg zeal; !
he exalted statesman, excelling at the
oints Ct their greatness the most ex- {
erinced and sagacious men Of his q
me; the great president. sobbiug amid e
Le horrors of bloody war the IN
avering chieftain, directing the is
les Of that war with the infallib.e
stinct OF victory, and last scene of
Il in this mournsul drama. the chris !
an martyr. wrapped in the flag to I
hich he had rendered The last fuIl !.
easure OF Devotion. statesmen his T
llogists. nations his palIBeaFers, hu-
anity his mourners: MS sacied dust {
rever guarded by the twin angels OF +
IS immortality. liberty AID national
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List Of Guests r
Those present were: John Wesley
III, New York; Henry s. Rathbone,.