The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1922-02-09


with the very fundamental principles Of civil lib
erty, criticisng the Declaration Of Independence
and insisting that there Is no right principle OF
action but self-interest. (Speech at Ottawa. ILL.,,
Aug. q, 1859
What constitutes the bulwnrk Of own lib
erty and independence 1t II not frowning
battlements. our bristng seacoasts. the guns OF
our war steamers. the strength Of our gallant
and disciplined army These are not our reliance
against . resumption Of tyranny In our fair land.
Our reliance Is In the love Of liberty which
God has planted In bOsoms. Our defense u
In the preservation Of the spirit which prizes lid.
erty the heritage Of all men in all lands every
where. Destroy this spirit and you have planted
the seeds Of despOtism around our own doors.
(Speech ut Chicago. ILL.,. Sept II. 1857
All the armies Of Europe Asia. and Africa COM
bined with all the treasure OF the earth Tour own
excepted) In their military chest, with BOnaparte
for a commander, could not by force take drink
from the Ohio or make track on the Blue Ridge
In q trial Of 4 thousand years. At what point.
then il the approach Of danger to be expected
/ answer II It ever reaches Il must spring up
among US 1t cannot come from abroad. II destruc.
ton be lot We must ourselves be Its author
and nnisher. Az a nation Of freedmen We must
live through all time die BY suicide. (Speech
at Springfield. ILL.,. Jan. 81 1871
No man Is good enough to govern another man
without that others consent. Those who
DENY freedom to others deserve It not for them.
selves. and under a Just God cannot long retain
1t. (Speech at Springfield ILL.,. Oct. l. 1so4)
Allow all the governed equal voice In the
government; that and that only In self. govern.
ment Finally. l insist that II there 10
anything that It IL the duty Of the whole people
to never intrust to hands other than their own
TINT thing In the preservation and perpetuity Of
their own liberties and institutions. (Speech at
Peoria. ILL.,. Oct. TO- 1881
The strongest bond Of human sympathy outside
the family relation should be uniting all work.
Ing peope Of all nations. tongues and kindreds
(lieply to committee OF Workingmen's association
Of New York, Mar. II, lsG4)
We will hereafter speak for freedom and against
slavery us long the Constitution guarantees
free speech ; until everywhere on this wide land
the sun shall shine. ind the ruin shall fall and
the wind shall blow upon who goes forth
to unrequlted toll. QS5G, History OF Abraham
l.ncoin.-Arnoid. y. 97)
go for all sharing the privilege OF the govern.
ment who assist In bearing Its burdens. .
by no means excluding females. announcement
of political views. June ID. 1880
am opposed TO the limitation or lesscnng Of
the right OF suffrage. II anything am In fnvor
OF Its extension or enlargement l want to MT
men up-to broaden rather than contract their
privileges Interview. Springfield lll.-Herndon,
p. G25)
But In u larger sense we cannot dedicate We
cannot consecrate. we cannot hnllow. this ground
The brave men. living ana dend who struggled
here have consecrutcd It fur nbov. oar poor power
TO ndd or dctract. The world will little note nor
long remember what say here. but II cnn never
forget what they did here. II Is for us, the living
rather to be dedicated here to the unfinished work
which they who fought here have thus fur 50 nobly
advanced. II IL rather for us 10 be here dedicated
to the great task remaining before us; TINT from
these honored dead We TAKE Increased devotion
that We here highly resolve that these dead shnll
not have died In vain: that this nation. under
God, shall have new birth Of freedom and that
government Of the people By the people. for the
people shall rot perish from the earth. (Gettys.
burg Address. November 10. ls03J