New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1916-07-01
PATRIOTIC ADDRESS.

klrWIn. '. q. at Galveston, Texas
on the Gee aston Of the Elk exer
sises on June lith:
{" IN conformity with this nJunc
ton Of our illustrious President
and in union with our fellow
Americans throughout the land
we are assembled here, under the
auspices Of the Elks. to pay our
tribute Of love and devotion ia
the flag. You have heard in
most inspiring form and beauty
Of ritual the history and the sy:n-
bolism Of the flag related. One
hundred and thirty-ninc years
ago to-day the continental con
gress adopted it as an ensign and
flew its starry folds to the breeze.
II was followed in patience and
heroism by Washington contin-
entail troops at Valley Forge, it
Jared at sea from the mainmast Of
ships commanded by Jones and
Perry it knew the final tribute Of
victorious combat and triumph at
Yorktown: it Aoated high above
Lake Erie on Pcrry's glorious
craft it cnthused the valiant men
who stopped Pakenham at New
Orleans; it was carried in triumph
above the heights Of Chapultepec,
and when it had conveyed ITS mes
sage Of peace with honor, its cry
Of Justice and truth and charity.
it was carried back to it's own
borders. It went through the sea
gates Of Correction. it stormed
the hei"hts of FL Caney. it was
dedicated again to truth and char
itv at Vera Cruz, it lifts it's starry
folds across the arid plains Of
Mexico anew tonight. and when
it has completed its punitive pur-
pose it will come out. and when
II crosses the Rio Grande You and
i will salrtc it reverently. for not
a stain shall sully it's vircin white
Of Justice. no thought Of conquest
and tyranny shall have defiled it,
no breath Of cruelty shall have
furnished it. It is vow flag and i
nv Aao. and with all the enthus-
iasm Of our souls we hail it.
/" THE Star Spangled Banner,
Long may it wave
Der the land Of the free.
And the home Of the brave.
"Thc President rightly de-
mands that we should take stock
Of ourselves on this occasion, that
we should consider the dancers
that threaten our national life
from without and from within.
Few Dangers From Without.
s'From without Tho d.rcers o~o
comparatively few. thank God /
We have stood by the landmarks.
We have fostered no entangling
alliances. We have drifted moth
ing from the anchorage set us by
the glorious Washington. We
have been beratcd as traitors to
the clarion call Of civilization.
We have been decrced as fatten-
ing in wealth upon the destruc-
ton and desolation Of the Cont
nent. We did not start the war;
we would stop it tomorrow if
within our power. and whilst
none of the combatants love us,
we arc still the friend of the At
lantic and Pacific oceans and we
are grateful to God for the peace
that is ours and blessed that not
a spark Of the European confla-
rration has touched our glorious
dag.
"There is no danger from with
in because of national ties or
crcdal convictions. We can not
but heed the call Of the blood that
is ours. but when there is ques-
ton Of America.
The red. white and blue are
but one
And the flags of all nations
were dipped in the sea.
When their children set face to
the westering sun
No Teuton, no Celt, all Ameri-
cans we.'
In the face Of embattled mil
lions and the shock Of armored
dreadnoughts we yield to prudent
preparedness and we are confident
that no power dare threaten our
might and security. Fearless and
unafraid we look into the future
and freely will we give the blood
10 crimson again its red folds.
F." For in that hour Of stern CON-
mand
Called to a martyrs grave,