The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1922-09-07
Dedication OF Liberty Pole
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SO built school houses and churches and
sdid what they could for public i'm
pr0vements. So, I say, all honor to
the memories of the people who erect
ed the first liberty poles upon these
corners and to all who passed by these
! poles when the country was new, the
land rough and stony and stumpy and
the roads poor. | think can see them
now, those sturdy people travelling
these roads and passing the liberty pole
on foot or in slow moving wagons
drawn by oxen or horses; plodding dill
gently away and not giving up to
despair even though the roads were
rough and muddy. We may also OBJ
serve here that if the good people of
those days could come back and see
the good roads we now have and upon
| them the fast moving and easy riding
automobiles they would, as do we, mar
vel at the wonderful changes wrought
in so short a time. We live in a won
derful age Never in any preceding
age have such changes been wrought
and Improvements made. But ! must
not detain you here longer upon this
subject interesting and fascinating
though it is
Let me now have your attention to
the subject of liberty, for it is the lib
erty pole that we are defeating. This
is the main purpose of our meeting
here. All will agree that by liberty is
generally meant a state of being free
from external restraint; freedom, es-
pecially from opposition or outside con
troll 1t is the power a person has to
do or forbear to do any particular
thing There are many kinds of lib
crty so-called:
Natural liberty, the power of acting
as one thinks fit and proper, without
any restraint or control, unless by the
law of nature
Personal liberty, freedom from re
straint of person.
Political liberty, freedom from polit-
zeal control, the condition of people
which participates in making its own
laws; in a state which is not subject to
foreign domination.
Religious liberty, the right of freely
a1nptiuy mud nrnfaccinU opiuinnu IN
religious subjects, and of worshipping
or rcfraining from worship according
to the dictates of conscience, without
outside control.
Liberty of indifference, the 81 don't
care" state of mind, which none Of us
can afford TO be in as to our own rights
or liberties or the rights or liberties of
others.
We are the descendants Of a people
who struggled long and patiently for
liberty. our ancestors left the old
country in order that they might have
and enjoy more liberty lhvI braycd
the dangers, peril and hardships of
new, wild, mciyilized country in order
that they might more fully enjoy the
blessings of liberty. They found much
here TO develop the spirit of liberty.
The vast territory gave ample oppor-
tuuiDy for the development and broad
cning Of their Liberties, and we believe
they have maryelously improved their
opportunities. This is a great theme
in and behalf Of itself, which ! will not
iattempl to exhaust However, let MS
not forget that we can enjoy liberty
only IN an orderly way. We must not
mistake liberty for license. Real liber-
Is IL neither found in despotism, nor in
the extremes of democracy, said Alex
andcr Hamilton, one Of the founders
Of our government. Look at Russia
as L horrible example Of the truth Of
liumiIton's observation, and thank God
the rest Of your lives that you are
Americans and not Russians. DO more
than this. strive to keep this country
III ii Il and as our forefathcrs estab
lished and transmitted il to as You
owe this to your children and chill