The Coconino sun., 1927-07-01

/ the discoveries OF art anu science
more zealously sought out and bene-
ficially applied than with US; and we
have advantages, for making and ap-.
| plying improvements in political con-
Germs, peculiarly our own. All our con-
! stitutions are alterable at the discre-
| tion Of the people, without tumult or
| confusion, without revolution, or
! what might even be called refornla-
ton. Each state may adopt or change
its own systems, and make its own
experiments, the results of which are
open to the benefit of all It must be,
under such circumstances, that if our
people improve in everything else,
they will improve in knowing how to
govern themselves and their affairs,
SO as to produce the greatest amount
of happiness.
If such shall be the case, if the
cause of freedom shall live and flour
ish here, what will be the conse-
quence? Will the rest of the world
look on in apathy? If man, by
new system Of husbandry, improves
his estate and doubles his crops, will
his neighbors do nothing but wonder
at him or praise him No, my coun-,
trymen, we hold rich deposit in trust
for ourselves and for all our brethren
of mankind. 1t is the fire of liberty.
If it becomes extinguished, our dark
ened land will cast mournful shadow
over the nations-if it lives, its blaze
will enlighten and gladden. the whole
earth.
Already has its pure flame ascend
ed, and kindled more than one noble
strife. The kingdoms of the earth are
moved, the friends of man are awak-
ened, and the arm of the patriot is
strong and his heart steadfast, as he
thinks of our glory.
The oppressor may roll on his
countless hosts, but he commands only
their hands their hearts viii bow in
reverence to the spirit they are sent
learn that they, too, are men, not
Mere machines of murder"
We hold too this deposit from God,
who warmed the hearts of our fathers
with sense of their rights and their
duties, and heard their appeal-and
we hold it for Him-to sustain it for
his great purpose in bestowing it
the good of man.
However darkly we may speculate
upon the future destinies of nations,
we have light shining on distant
days, which cannot T1islead us-the
holy light of prophecy.
This tells US of the coming of
brighter day than has ever shone upon
a fallen world-a day when man viii
find no foe in man-swhen nations
will learn war no moren-but live to-
gether. in love, as the members of one
great family upon earth, under the
care of the common father of us all.
There are signs in the times IN
which we live, which indicate the
dawning of that day of brightness
and among them, none more dearly
than the present moving of the ma
tions,' and the advancing cause of
freedom, for
"This tempestuous state of human
things
Is only as the working of sea
Before calm, that rocks itself to
rest
However distant that day may be,
it cannot come till the power of the
oppressor has fallen, and man has re-
gained his rights. Men cannot be
brethren till they are equal Nations
will learn war; as long as they are
subjected to the sway of arbitrary
and capricious rulers, having interests
and passions of their own, and no
common feeling with the great body
of the people,
"Who deem thousand or ten thou
sand lives
Spent in the purchase of renoWn for
them,
An easy reckoning"
When nations become free, and
equal rights are secured to all their
people, they will wage no war Of
passion or for conquest The. great
body of the people in two such gov
ernments cannot be brought into an
CRY collision with each other; and the
governing power being with them IN
both, can have few temptations to
overcome the love of peace and the
feelings of humanity. The free citi-
zens Of happy country can have no
inducements to war OF aggression
upon others. He rests in the shade Of
his own trees, or IN the circle that
surrounds his own hearth, and IN such
scenes the heart Of man grows warm
with love toward his brethren. is it
not a glorious privilege to be permit
ted to labor in such cause, and for
such a consummation To see that
in promoting the freedom and happi-
ness of the world, by sustaining our
own, we work with the bounteous
giver of good, in effecting his pur-
poses of love to man; and that we
work for him-for the glory of his
name and the welfare of his creation
He it is who rules the nations and
reigns in the hearts Of men. May we
look to him, that we may understand
and feel and fulfill the high duties he
has placed before US. And as the
world advances to this sure period of