The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1920-01-28

execution of even justice; invention is
quickened. by the freedom Of compe-
tition; and labor rewarded with sure
and unexampled returns. Domestic
peace is maintained without the aid
of a. military establishment; public
sentiment permits the existance Of
but few standing troops, and those
only along the seaboard and on the
frontiers, A gallant navy protects
our commerce which spreads its ban
ners on every sea, and extends its
enterprise to every cline. Our diplo-
matte relations connect US on terms
Of equality and honest friendship with
the chief powers of the world, while
we avoid entangfing participation IN
their irtrigues, their passions, an !
their wars. Our national resources
are developed by an earnest culture of
the arts Of peace. Every man may
enjoy the fruits of his industry; every
mind is free to publish its convictions
Our government, by its organization,
is necessarily identified with the in
terests Of 'the people and relies ex-
clusively On their attachment for its
durabilityta land support. = = Other
governments are convulsed by the
innovations and reforms of neighbour
ng states; U Constitution. fixed in
the affections of foreign principles.
and fearlessly opens an asylum to the
virtuous, the unfortunate, and the op.
pressed Of every nation.
And yet it is but little more than
two centuries since the oldest of our,
states received it's first permanent
colony. Before that time the whole
territory was an unproductive waste.
Throughout its wide extent the arts
had not erected a monument. It's on
ly inhabitants were a few scattered
tribes of:feeble barbarians, destitute
Of commerce and of political connec.
ton. The axe and the ploughshare
were unknown. Tho soil, which had
been gathering fertility from the re-
pose Of ages, was lavishing it's streng-
tn in magnificent out useless vegeta-
ton. In the view Of civilization the
immense domain was a solitude.
John Fiske: It begins to dawn up-
on US that in New World events there
is a rare and potent fascination. Not
only is there the interest of their
present importance, which nobody
would be likely to deny, but there is
the charm of a historic past as. full of
romance as any chapter whatever in
the annals Of mankind. The Alleg-
hnies a wen as the Apennines have
looked down upon great causes lost
and won, and the Mohawk Valley is
classic ground no less than the banks
of the Rhine.
Francis Parkman: The springs OF
American civilization, unlike those Of
the elder world, lie revealed in the
clear light of History. In appear
ance they are feeble; in realty. cop.
ious and full Of force. Acting at the
sources of life; instruments otherwise
weak become mighty for good and
evil, and men, lost elsewhere in tn;
crowd, stand forth as agents Of Des
tiny. In their tolls, their suffering;
their conflicts, momentous questions
were at stake, and issues vital to thu
future world the prevalence of race,
the triumph of principles, health Q,
disease, q Blessing or a curse. Oh
the obscure strife where men died b!
tens or by scores hung questions O.
as deep import for PROSPERITY as o,
those mighty contests Of national ad
~olescenqe where carnage is reckone
BY thousands