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Show PRIDE OF RACE AND COUNTY There is no thing to in moie proud or :liaii our great country. Wo have rnr a long (hue been a land or promise to the dowii-tiodileu or European countries; a place or rem go to the persecuted: a guarantee ot liberty U-the U-the human race. Wo are set an i monitor to Bee Unit the nations ot tin Americans do not fall prey to tin uvnrlco ot greedy foreign nation, and mere limit one of our neighbors owe tliclr national Independence lo Hint feature of our national policy. We Ii.im- no International entanglement entangle-ment a to hinder our Independent actions. ac-tions. While oilier nations are hump ereil In their internal nllalrs by agree incuts with others; and In their foi rlgu relations v. Hit their allegiance we are free of all these to go oili way without ht or lilnderance. A people iniide up or all races uml lyjma of men Is, In a great Wintry like oqra. wire to develop the wi aplomlld rltlwushlp: d oTf gr ai.ew. is. probably shown not more than In Ihe raclllty with which all these are moulded Into tlio citizenship ot our notion. On our soil Coll, ren-(on, ren-(on, Slav nud Jew; Anglo-Unxon, Scandlnavlnn, Frnnk; tho boiib of Italy and Greece, all these and more llnd an environment that niakon of them men who lovo our choice laud. Hero we havo learned to know Hint freedom consists In living up to tho tonnets ot tho law and not without bound or rcBtrnlut, Hint liberty 1b 11-cciibc 11-cciibc only to be good. Wo Ipvo to live Just nud fair and herein Run our grcatcBl strength, thai wo aro will in; to support every man In the righto to which he Is naturally heir. Our loyalty lo shown In tho Justice wo afford everyone; In tho succor wo givo to the needy; in the fnlth we hnvo In the future; and In tho protection pro-tection we give lo Uiobo not so B,trong. Wo gaze with a watchful and zealous eyo upon the secrulty of our citizens ot home nnd abroad; and though patient pa-tient to tho extreme do not fear to vigorously resent umiI correct Wanton Injury sustained. Pride or raco and country Is u line thing. We hnvo need every day to honor tho blessed Stars and Stripes and maintain with all our hearts the tho Institutions It stands tor. loyalty loyal-ty nnd lovo tor our country wo have and should havo. It Is a grand tiilnn to lie a citizen or Oils grandest ntilloii or nil lime. Wo ennnot nrrord to mist l ll. There would be (oo much lo lose I o |