Show OUR OUK COUNTRY HIS THEME rev J leonard levy the noted philadelphia divine held spellbound spell boundas bound an audience of over 2000 people in the assembly hall wednesday evening the learned gentleman speaking upon our country his remarks were well punctuated with applause especially when the freedom of america and her desire to set others free was referred to the audience being thoroughly imbued with that spirit which is characteristic of every true american citizen after patriotic selections by members of the tabernacle choir and prayer by elder george teasdale rev levy was introduced by elder brigham young his introduction being the signal for considerable applause the speaker commenced breathes there a man with soul so dead who never to himself hath said this is my own my native land of all sentiments said dr levy that well up athin the human heart next to the love of god is the love of country what an ennobling burden what a high idealizing sentiment our country its constitution was wide as the folds and broad as the earth itself our country in time of peace or war our country to is the sentiment which will respond within the breast of the patriot under every circumstance of life no matter what its size or form of government the chil dren love their own their native land and of all people upon the earth to breathe such a sentiment the american people said dr levy had the wisest thes the most fervent right fifty years ago what a change it had wrought along the borders of western civilization and progress the pioneers of the west had done for utah what the american people in general had done for the united states it was the first time the speaker had gazed at our surroundings with a critical eye and he had been led to remark truly such faith as this is not to be found even in isarel he was willing to go back to the east and bear witness to ft faith in god unconquerable qu erable among the american people and that with no flattery but prompted by the plain unvarnished truth dr levy here referred to the co lond kation of america and its rise and rog rss during the years intervening it ais R advancement was waa marvelous and its flag which now fluttered in the breeze train every conceivable of honor betokened tak ned fredom to alla freedom W wh teh oade all the world all humane country boving ing people a hearty welcome there was no bigotry in it no narrowness of soul but it was as broad as A the great expanse of heaven and threw out wen oen arn arms to all who cherished freedom to all who believed in the ahe liberty which only a glorious re uch such a an a ours can give in view of these facts the whole world was waa partaking of our institutions of learning the great growth of our country and the good that would chiw nut of cf it I 1 ar dr evy paid aid that america never idealized war ar ap a had and As an syria the h rea of the th latter bore bora bitners of their cor dielen in years awne A amica mil lea had flight for in rights ard for the t aton r f ahe i leee le ee race they had always ri carded war as terrible and never had they ni made de condic tit an ideal as did rome of old neither glory as did nj n 11 ian 1 en r the U S heal was of i a austice and plinty equity and while all ail th the speaker the spirit cf the co ii had not been fully earret ain if 4 i out ty by t y the administration he beli eed ed their drai anas the same ail wi tl ft f t an fn n nur the united states was now engaged in an fia anti nal bif jet the taps I 1 i f r th drum tho clarion notes of the blele and ami the tread ef cf ir artial feet had re unde through the land aid america ha hal 1 exhausted all diplomatic means V t avid war and irp to give imd nd perpetu at ate unto the people the blessings of peace I tit all in vain president arc aident me mc kinley had shown himself to be a hero believing that rc uce huili halb her victories victor iea n m loss less rew renowned than war nax but all in vain NA ar wa wan ncik able and it had orric high in the heavens declared the speaker it had been recorded that the sins sina of spain were complete and that her punishment was nigh war what a terrible thing it drew a picture of bloodshed it told of the wounded and the dying it spoke of happy homes destroyed obliterated of mothers in deep anguish for their children sweethearts for their lovers wives for their husbands and children for their parents and yet withal it could not be avoided diplomacy had bad been fully exhausted and it became the duty ot of citizens of a free and mighty republic to push on with full force to the end t that hat war shall cease and to say with decatur our country right or wrong our country the speaker pictured the dastardly atrocities of spain which had forced america to intervene the history of cuba said he was one ot of ap palling appalling horror the revolt in cuba had been brought about as was the revolution in america unbearable taxation was the cause of it the people of the productive self sustaining little isle had been robbed of their all in order to replenish and fill 1111 up the coffers of their Span spanish neighbors who hall had met with reverses and great losses jhb khilch h had to be paid by the cuban people it was the spreading on of taxes that had haa caused and discontent among the cubans they were a happy and progressive gres sive colony beforehand but the merciless merc ilesi acts of their heir wicked con companions had driven them to starvation misery and death short was the status of affairs promise upon promise to alleviate their sufferings to tear down thedr oppression had been made by the spanish notion nation but further than this nothing had been done the pledged pacification had not materialized and ada for a period of newly nearly thirty years year the cubans had suffered untold misery and privations until in 1895 they were forced to declare war to the knife and adopting our national colors the red white and blue had bad flung them to the breeze and commenced their fight for right and independence and with gods help sald said the speaker and the ald aid of the american people cuba have her freedom dr levy told of wellers Wey lera lers debut on cuban soil with an army of spanish soldiers and his scheme of ile he pictured the city of matanzas with its 76 people starving to death around the free billowy waves of the bay and under the broad expense expanse of the heavens with its pure air and general health giving qualities ile he spoke of the cruel murder by spanish soldiers of the little boy who had gone out seeking flecking food for his mother and was arrested as a spy apy and portrayed the general condition in that war stricken land where a keople had been persecuted and downtrodden down trodden to an extent unknown and unrecorded in the annals of all civilization cuba bleeding and mangled declared dr dp levy appealed to a great portion of a great nation the flat had gone forth cuba must and shall be free great dignity and lofty position among nations aars ago was also referred to the speaker but she had domineered domine ered with unspeakable pitilessness and brought herself to the doom that now awaited her it had been well said in the congress of the united states that spain had built more churches and condemned more people to death in the shadow of those churches than had all the nations of 0 the earth put together the spanish flag will not be tolerated on the western shore of civilization declared dr levy america will tell spain to go back into obscurity your cup of iniquity is filled your measure of cruelty is long drawn 1 aint A lie down in the dust and shrink from the sight of civilized and humane humanity were the doctors telling words auba not help habelt not no more nore thin could li in lind the policemen as the lih fintan had would not let them it was as tiu ti u breedom to shur share it with ether there was no desire on tit ali part pari of if aln tt a to annex cuban territory the americana aad engird the w e the spirit of justlee justice and humanity their lag was the most beautiful grand and ami glorious that waved alave any reuple it betokened protection to womanhood and a shield to child childhood hod it was aki vise a menace to tyranny tyr inny and unlike other nations its a b c was not aggression bloodshed and conquest it had not sought bigness but great greatness and like rome of old aid it was a missionary nation with a great to perform and that mission to establish and maint maintain aArl as well wela as to ameliorate the con ditl n of suffering bu humanity manity washington an ideal bornez and als neros and it would have been cowardly and against the si fl rit of a liberty loving people and a free nation to have refused to do our part in ili helping the cuban people was a sae sacrifice but intervention nonintervention non would have shattered all american ideals after a brief reference to the maine blaine disaster tit in the harbor of havana and the monroe doctrine which stood out so boldly for liberty and freedom DX dp levy turned his atton attention tion to the volunteer army and the part he was about to play in it r chaplain ir in the pennsylvania regiment he was pleased to note the ready and willing response from utah and hoped he would be privileged Ivil eged to go side by side with them beath death or victory was the motto and america had spoken with fiery eloquence and would continue to do so be until the american eagle had frightened away the E spanish E vulture now i feeling fee ling on n starving cubans with dewey dewcy sampson Samp pon schley and our brave volunteers said the speaker epee ker cuba shall be free dr levy then dwelt on loyalty to the cause for which america was struggling this was an age 1 of unification there was a tender tendency icy i on the part of one nation to join te is S sues with the other and why should 1 not the anglo saxons unite in love lov of god a love of peace and a love of all that was required the anglo J saxons had accomplished by ev evolution 0 J what others had accomplished accomplish td by revolution russia prance france vind and th tb 1 I other haughty nations of the earth 4 were shaking and falling they had 1 been weighed in the balance and fou founds wanting england and america would continue to grow and it vms w the speak speakers ees bellef belief and opinion on t hat the time would come when the tinlot jack of england would become enters inters woven with the stars stan and stripe ot america not tor for war but for |