New Britain herald., 1917-02-22
THE REPUBEIC OF MAN,
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THE KINGDOM OF GOD.

people who bend the knee to no king, no prince, no potentate. They select those who govern. The people rule. The fortunes of the nation are not put in the permanent keeping of any one man. They are not entrusted to the care of any one family. No po- litical party has a monopoly of gov ernment here. So long as the people of this land do not violate the in- trinsic laws of God and man they are way. That is why America is called the Land of the Free.
 They were indeed brave men who founded this country. They were valiant souls who dared face the tedious journey across the Atlantic that here should be builded new government foreign to any previous in existence. They were brave men who protected the Colonies against the ravages of the Indians. They were brave men who signed the Dec laration of Independence. They were
 
 brave who entered life Revolution and fought that there should be born a Union wherein there might flourish a "government of the people, by the people, and for the people" They were brave men who later came to join forces with the new Republic and help uphuild the greatest De- mocracy on the face of the earth. They were brave men and women who left their native countries and came to this land so their children might have better advantages, They were brave souls who cast aside all the traditions and customs of the Old World for the pioneer experiment of Democracy and the New World. They were brave who overcame difficulties of language and nationality and adapted themselves to the new order that others who came after might en- joy the advantages of life in later years. That is why America is called the Home of the Brave
 This is the greatest country in the wide wide world. There is no other like 1t. There Is none that can be like it unless universal Democracy over throws Autocracy for all time. All other countries are places where peo- pies of individual race live. In this land the people or all other countries have
 1,of~ live side by side. men and women from every nook and cranny in the world. They live next door to each other. They live across the street from each other. They live under the same roof. Because of this. because men and women from every land under the sun have come to live here Amer lea holds unique position in the family of nations. The rulers of other countries cannot understand how we prosper under such condi- tions. The people of other lands are awe-stricken at the thought. It is too mighty to grasp without seeing. We who are part of it all know what 1t means. And on such occasions as this the anniversary of the birth of Washington, we appreciate what it means We know the workings of the Melting Pot.
 There is not an American citizen whose forebears did not come to this land from some foreign country, ex- cept descendants from the early In- dians. Why did they come here? They came to get away from oppres- sion in other lands. or to better their condition. They came to help make America the real representative gov ernment, of people who inhabit the globe. They came because America was the new country. Because it was the infant among nations they saw the advantages that would accrue to The field was a large one. It Is still the land of unlimited opportunities. But 1t must not be asked to give too much. The citizen owes something to lne hepuD1C. inc 1nOlNlQudl IIuSI hold himself ready to share and share alike with the country. The men of all nations in this land must show
 the kings and emperors of other lands that the reason we stand so firmly together is because we are not di- vided.
 We are fortunate indeed to be liv- ing in the United States. The forty eight states of the Union are united under one flag, the Stars and Stripes 1 of America The forty-eight states are united in all things for the com mon good of the nation. The people