The Palatka news and advertiser., 1917-01-05

some things which might satiate hu-
man power, or crown ambitions de-
sire. l have imagined that to be
great Rothschild of finance and hold
the riches of a hemisphere in my
hands, or to be a Morgan and listen
to the monetary praise of the Ameri-
cas-, while crowned heads sand poten-
tates of the old world bowed to my
| financial requests, would be the need
of human endeavor, or the goal of
mans distinction. | have dreamed
that to be great preacher like John
the Baptist, Christmas Evans, John
Knox, and Charles Wesley, or the su-
perb Talmage, and sway the masses
of mankind to repentance and to tears
before the Christ, and the throne of
the Supernal, would be the supremest
achievement of the race, and the
crowning event of mans lofty ambi-
tions. | have sometimes thought
that to be a great traveller and stand
on Sahara's scorching borders or amid
the arctic's polar SHOWS and hear the
cry of the gaunt wolf far-fung on
Alaska's barren shore, or stand on
ship deck beneath the equator's lurid
touch and gaze at night upon the
splendor of the Southern Cross, or
retjt at monday upon the lofty height
of the Andes or the snow-crowned
peaks of the Himalayas, or
"Sail upon the Rhine and Rhone,
And view Mount Aetna's fiery side,
And see the Italian sunset sky,
Blend with the Adriatc Sea,
And hear the shout of fishermen,
Along the shores of Galilee"
could crown every ambition as a not
ed traveller and satisfy the desires of
the soul.
| have thought that to be a great
warrior, and like Alexander, Caesar,
Anthony, Cromwell, Napoleon, Wash
ington, Grant or Lee, lead the charg-
ing squadrons of earth to noble bat
tie for the right, and read ones his
tory in a peoples praise and graft 4
tude, would be the lordliest of human
anticipations. But my ideal has
changed, and | stand to tell you, COM
rades and fellow citizens, that to tri-
umph with my people in an hour like
this is grander, far, than all else on
earth to me. To be under God and
my noble constituents an apostle of a
new and nation-sweeping tenet and
political doctrine, which doctrine is
nothing in Florida above the ma
tons flag" The little red school
house to stand as an emblem of the
nations liberty. No money ever to
De given for any sectarian schools
from our treasury forever: the free
lom of speech, conscience, and press,
and entire separation of church and
state forever; to vote for no man for
my office, nor appoint any, who owes
lis allegiance to a foreign national
or foreign ecclesiastical
power on American soil; the suppress
sion of the whiskey traffic for stste
md nation, and the crowning politi-
al dogma for all, america for Am
,ricans throughout eternity" Here
S to my mind all the greatness that
my man should crave, and you, my
have given to me this VIC
ory today, and in it I am supreme
y happy and blessed. With my hat
IF, and as Jacob of old, facing Beth
j, 1 stand in mute and silent graft
ude to you and God, my fellow citi-
.ens and comrades, and thank you
or this glad hour, the hour of your
political triumph and power.
l had rather stand here today ds
Tour apostle of victory and success in
hese great political doctrines than to
i've in any other age of the worlds.
great history, If only the God of
,ur fathers, will give me the grace,
wisdom and judgment to serve you
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