The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1919-07-03
WHEN IN THE COURSE OF HU-
MAN EVENTS"

Tomorrow throughout this land o
the free the people Will assemble tt
listen to the reading of that memor
able statement Of human rights
through the adoption of which we be
came free and Independent nation
The wisdom and experience of subse
quent years have not altered the ever
lasting truths proclaimed in the De
claration of Independence, but thu
conditions that prevail throughout oul
country today, and the determined eff.
forts on the part of those In author.
ity to subvert the principles upor
which our government is founded
should impel every true American te
resolve on this anniversary occasion
to resist with all the power at his
command these encroachments on oul
liberties. The fathers of this republic
declared:
I'VE hold these truths to be
self-evdent That all men are
created equal; that they are en-
dowed by their Creator with GER
tain inalienable rights; that
among these are life, liberty and
the pursuit of happiness. That to
secure these rights governments
are instituted among men, deriv-
ing their just powers from the
consent of the governed that
whenever any form of government
becomes destructive of these ends
1t Is the right of the people to al
ter or abolish It,"
After one hundred and forty three
years In which We have enjoyed all
the privileges stated or implied in this
aeclarationy and during which period
our government has been proved to
be the best and most beneficent the
world has ever known, we are con-
fronted today with the elements of
disorder who would overthrow it, who
would deprive our people of the right
to life, liberty and the pursuit of
happiness" and who offer in place of
stable and orderly government a
condition of anarchy such as prevails
in Russia.
An even greater menace to our lib
critics as a nation Is found in the pro-
posal of the president to link our
country in league of nations in
which our freedom of action will be
to council of foreign |
from which we can not with
draw in less than two years. and not |
then without the unanimous consent |
,f the council. Under the league COW
anant we would be obligated to fulfil
certain obligations with respect to
foreign countries without the consent
IF the people and wholly repugnant to
he spirit of our government. We
would be denied the right to enforce
he Monroe Doctrine policy that Is
'ital to our safety as a nation and
occupies place under our system of
government akin to the Declaration
e Independence itself. 9
The observance of the Fourth of
uly tomorrow is called Victory
for we have just conclud- -
d peace in great war in which our
rmy and navy gloriously exempli1ed
he spirit that has ever characterized
he American soldier In lighting for
he right to life, liberty and the pur- Il
nit of happiness" But in the JOY of u
lctory, let us not relax our vigilance II
! matters that threaten to rob us of "
he fruits. Let us resolve to crush
lie beast of anarchy. whether 1t be in w
lie form of bolshevism, L. w. W.ism o.
any other of the innumerable isms "
lat would destroy our just and or
'rly system of government. And let
! insist that our nation shall retain .
sovereignty. free from dictation
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