The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-01-22

nrd Burton, ono Of the foremost lectur-
crs IN the United States, TO Wheeling.
He Will lecture on Mark Twa!n. inc
Man and His Message. and tickets WIZ
sell at fifty cents. "hlle )r. burton
Is being brought 10 Wheeling as spe-
rial treat to the club members, the club
Is not avcrSe to making n title extra
money especially at this time, when IL
can be used "a advantage IN the new
project, and therefore II ls hoped that
all members Will cndeavor |" purchase
tickets which can be secured from MISS
Sarah MctZNer If each and every mem
, Der does her bit in this respect the fund
Will be appreciably increased.
Mr.. Hubbard's Address.
Hon. W. p. Hubbard's highly !nstrucc-
tive and deeply interesting talk on
Americans AL" made FRIDAY session
one Of IN" most suctesstul he4H III SpT nc
time. Mr.. HubbardS speech shouId De
delivered before an audience OF those
$50 called Americans who profess ana
: perhaps do. deteSt all foreigners rms
is an appalling ignorance that cN!StS hot
alone In the ranks OF the il!iic'ate lux
Among th,. educated. who Of all others,
should b. broad. The narrowncSS oil SO
many Of our fellow countrymen to-day
is dcp!orab.c and to sensible. lar
seeing fair-mindcd person me "oruS
"hunky," "dago." and Il score "nmf' VI
routh eNrrrsSions. are Disgusting. &c
cause, as Mr.. Hubbard clearly set loTth'
moi one Of us but has foreign ancestors.
Ne they English. French. German
Scotch. Norwegian, and :" on ana on;
from every country and principally OF
The first sign of civtlization," said
Mr.. Hubbard, "is when people Get To-
ccthcr to do something
What are Americans" WAC arg
.,rc-irans% Where do they com" from
Where are they going? AND VIA -
MON important, what DO they want
For II has been said. most truly.
that II is not what We do. but what we
want. that IS important
There are one hundred apd I'VE K'nnS
or people. representing every national
nv ibar make up the America We true
Americans" are So proud OF. Inc lld :
iority If the foreign horn migrate l"
tho large cities. particularly IN the
eastern mart Of the country. Anu inc
m, fority OF those who boast OF their
American birth have descended from
ancestors who, to ESCAPE p"nu"ES NHn
urrSc,utlun. tore up IN" roots OF Ih't'
lives and SGT sail i"r IN" uhhh""h I''I''''
cou;ru, to start anew amid new scenes
In savage land. that their chldr"n
and their yhildrcn'S children m'Ehi en-
10Y that liberty and that freedom inc
lack az which drove them from thcH
native homes.
And in return We. IN" descendants OF
,hOs,. brave pilgr!lus from every nation
in Eurui"--thosr pilgrims VINO aar'n
To- CnlgrItC--SpcIk 'rntcmptE"HHN VI
the "rur"ivn"r' and huAS' thai We are
"Amcr.canS." In slIurvs hut expressive
language. takiuS ali things into cohslu-
ration. that is "'somc attttud"
Another blow t. thos" Of us VII" boast
If our democratic nation Is this t"l!inG
fact, plainly set forth by Mr. liuoo"ru'
Americ2 Republic.
"A,nryir, is not a democracy in the
strict sense Of ma, word. II - one
kind Of 4 democracy. il is true. for that
Is a very elastic word, Democracy in
it's or!Cjaa! sense now rcignS In the
ROlsh"N'k uuh"aHal OF NuNSR. hoWcNHr'
In a democracy tho NCor!C rule direct
Is with ntti" or no heed 10 the laws
"Rcpuhllc l. the word hest suited 10
America. to~ in y republic 1t Is a gov
eminent Of the people VINO rui" through
their representatives by virtue OF their
own selection The word democracy is
no, found in either tn" Declaration OF
Indcp"nd"ur" or the Constitution OF
the United States.
a government Of self. regardless OF all
"ls". and the danger Is easy to com
prrhcud
This notion of ours is the oldest
government in existence in the world at
this time. Since it's existence every
other government has undergone som"
drastic change. hut our method Suii
stands. The American flag has tl"ateu
without change more years. now mount
ing into the centuries. lhan the lIaS
Of any other nation.
1t is impossible to do Mr., Huhhard,S
Spccch Justice in nero words, and II is
rccrrttahle that every lndividua! in
Wheeling could not be present at Fri
days meeting. Toward the conclusion
Of this address he said:
"Anathrr thing that is well TO re-
member IS that our friends on the other
sid, Of M. sea arc just rs human as We
are"
How Wonderful 1t would be and how
much moro kind II all OF us could
broaden sufficiently to realize the truth
and justice of Mr.. Huhiurd'S remarks
and remember that. in'addition 10 being
human beings. positively human just
foreign birth is sensitive in the same