Show patriotism A n is 14 made mide great greit gre it not I 1 y its fruitful acres but by the men who iho clitu ite tiem n forests I 1 ut by the men who we me them not bv its nines mines kit ut aa 13 the men inho ho work them thern not by its railways ral lays but by ta tie e men who bull i and run them america was nias a great land when en columbus discon ered it americana americans have made of it a gibat in 1776 our fathers had a t vision of a new nation in lib erty and dedicated to the propos that all men are created equal without an army they fought the grea greatest tet of the existing wo world r ld empires that they might real ize this vision A third of a cen tury latter without a navy thea the fought the greatest navy in the world that they might win tor for their nation the freedom of the sea half a century latter they douht thru an unbar civil wai that they might establish f r all time on this continent the inalienable right ot of life liberty and the pursuit of happiness A third oi of a century latter they fought to emancipate an in oppressed neighbor and victory won gave back bick cuba to the cubans cub ins sent an army of scho 1 il l masters to ed acate for liberty the filipino asked no war nar indemnity from their van quis squished lied enemy but paid him liber ty tor for his property meanwhile they offered land freely to any farm er wl 0 would live upon and culli vate it opened to foreign emigrants on oil equal terms the door of indu industry al opportunity shared with them political ml equality and provided by universal taxation tor for universal ed the cynic who can see in this his tory only one theme tor for his degotis satire is no true american whatever his parentage whatever wha teNer hid his birthplace he 11 e who looks with pride upon this history which his fathers have written with their her bic deeda deeds who accepts with agrati tude the heritage which they have hake bequeathed to him and who highly resolves re olves to preserve pie serve that inheritance inherit ince unimpaired and to pass it on to bis his defendants enlarged and enriched is a true american be his birth place or his parentage what it guv I 1 batan iatan U 11 hen a busy busi man is summoned is a burr and is making the be best bet t of a poor situation by trying to I 1 e lieve that he I 1 is performing his 1119 pdt botic duty and is i getting about one fifth of NN what hat ins his time is iA north he can hardly be blamed for want ing to shoot the pettifogging lawyer who wastes a half a day wrangling over a jury ju rv for a case cae that chasn t any more business busine s in court 0 it than a blind man mail has in a society woman s boudoir |