Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1922-06-22

lief, let us have but one creed, and
that "The Americans Creed" Then
when tyranny, treason, and oppress-
ion try to undermine our National
foundations solid phalanX of Ameri-
can-Americans shall stand firmly
upon the Declaration of Independence
and the Constitution of the United
States and shall say to all enemies of
Democracy, eve are here" and
"They shall not pass"
After Miss Hosken finished her ad-
dress it was announced that Judge S.
E. Smalley would deliver his speech
in the open. He mounted truck
which was placed in front of the
bath houses facing the high bank so
that the people could sit in the shade
of the trees and hear his speech.
Dedicatory Address by Judge
s: e. Smalley.
Mr.. Smalley began his address by
directing it to Veterans Of the Civil
war, the Spanish American War, the
Great World War, members of the
Homer and Lee Parkinson Post of the
American Legion, members of the
Red Cross and citizens of Mineral
Point.
"It is a pleasure to me to be pres
ent today and take small part in
this community meeting, l think l
may call it, for the dedication of this
fine park. It's location is surely an
ideal one, and it's dedication to the
soldiers and sailors, living and dead,
of the wars of our Republic, speaks
volumes for the patriotism, love of
country and devotion of it's heroes of
the citizenship of Mineral Point Your
determination to so dedicate this park
is typical of the history, the power
and the purpose of this, the greatest
nation on earth. This determination
of yours awakens in all of us, our
noblest thoughts. humaniZes our re-
Elections and sanctifies our truest ef-
forts. It should strengthen within all
of us the conviction that it is not on
ly our privilege but our duty to per-
petuate the memories of the heroes of
the wars of our Republic, and to- see
that the institutions of thi country for
which they fought and for which so
many of them gave their lives, are
preserved and improved, strengthen
ed and glorified.
And as we meet today to dedicate
this park to the comfort, happiness
and pleasure of the living, and as a
perpetual memorial to the dead, we
may we'll consider briefly the duties
devolving upon us at the present
time with reference to the improve
ment and preservation of this great
union of states for which our soldiers
and sailors have so valiantly fought
and saved.
1t has pleased Jehovah to make of
us sons and daughters and benefic-
iaries of the founders and preservers
of this country who made of it de-
mocracy, a country where it is declar-
ed the will of the people shall be law
o. the land, where the sons anu dau-
ghters of parents without property
have equal rights and privileges
with the children of wealthy parents,
where no claims of caste are forged
at the child's cradle; no man above
them to whose place they might not
reach. It is goodly land to live in,
the best to be found on this earth;
we have no masters but ourselves,
and our hats come off to genius, not
to rank.
Despite the fact that now and then
weak statesmanship has erred and
thrown away many great opportuni-
ties; despite the fact that here and
there the invincible frailties of hu-
man nature have turned the feet of
the nation from the path of wisdom
and righteousness, the net result of
the valor and sacrifice of our soldiers
and sailors is the most prosperous,
the most vigorous, the most progress
i've and altogether the happiest free
people ever grouped together under
one flag since the tides of time began
to run, and that is the sufficient re-
ply to any who question the value of
their services, the worth of their
sacrifices and the profit with which
they bargained with death.
We are still in the aftermath of the
Great World War and facing the
problems, Of new age, the dangers
of highly developed civilization. 1t
is perhaps natural to expect a period
of unrest. We should realize that
there must be cooperation and CO
or otherwise the world will