Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1918-01-19
CHAPTER TX.
OUR REVOLUTIONARY FATHERS.

spirit of Christ and in the person OF Wash
ington. gave to the world a new nation,
and to the nation enduring fame, and
government of freedom It has developed
into great nation of large proportions OF
irmense wealth. and cast multitudes. Its
influence for the betterment of mankind
has permeated a large part of the world,
ard is still permeating every portion Of the
inhab itable globe.
These revolutionary fathers endured great
hardshps, and accomplished great results
fo~ the nation. and for minkind in general.
They read and we'll understood the past.
They were familiar with the conditions to
which mankind had been forced in the old
world that the great mass of the subjects
had been forced into a dependant condition
little short of slavery. They aimed to raise
the people from the dependent to the indie
pendent condition.
They not only understood the past. but
they knew the then present. it's REQUIRE
ments. and it's demands and how to meet
them They could and did to a certain ex-
tent anticipate the reonrements Of the fu-
ture nevertheless the actual future. the
vast and great chances that were to take
place in many particulars and in many con-
ditiors was blank to them.
They could only read the future by the
books of the past. but the past had nothing
in it ike the developed future. It could
olive them no lesson on the discovery and
development of steam and electricity. no
inkling Of the immense Immigration, OF the
laroe additions Of territory of the vast
ress of trade. commerce. banking and rail
road transportation and the revolution in
ship building naval ornaments. and imple-
1oents of warfare and many other things
now familiar: but reading from the books
of the past as they did and drawing their
conclusions therefrom they builded well and
should. and do, have our appreciation and
Communications.
IT is no wonder they fell short far short
Of communicating the many things here
noted besides many others not mentioned;
hnt why should we. in our time. overlook all
these matters and these things as we'll as
some great events which have since taken
place. and which have grown out Of, and
resulted from. too apprehensive fear on
their part of the invasion of the rights of
individual states by the general government,
and we have thoughtlessly in MANY in
stances endowed them with almost divine
capacities. and perfection in the work
they undertook rot expected Of human be-
mos and rot achieved in this instance.
We must render to them credit for all
they did but let us not in our attempt to
selves.
The work Of securing freedom and estab-
fishing a freemans government which they
did was not achieved exclusively in the
seven years warfare they fought out with
one of the most powerful nations Of the
world, nor did they meet this government
in the deadly carnage of wars battles alone
and unaided. Tt was only by the aid and
help Of France, one of it's most bitter en-
emies that enabled them to be victorious,
and forced the mother country to, reluc-
tantly acknowledge us a nation of the
world.
The principles for which they fought and
bled and conquered, like all other great
principles worth contending for, were prin-
ciples inherent in the human family and
essential for it's comfort, peace and happi-
ness.
Though these principles of freedom were
essential for the peace, happiness and con-
tentment of the world, they had been