| Show I I I TEXT OF HENRY i FOURTH OF MY JULY jUt Y ADDRESS i- i I GIVEN AT LORIN FARR PARK I I THE THE HE te text tet t of ot II Il H s A Fourth of ot July at Lorin Farr perk park follows s I It Is Indeed a privilege to be bean bean an American citizen No so o tate t te king nor ruler has hns I I POll powers ers nor greater grel than lh I II haJ ha an nn American Amerlean Our flag Is the tho s simbol of libert I equality and cl ar d n l ou our citizenship belle believes es it so ten that that- that I Thousands have hase died for It mil mit- million mil lion defend It Emblem of ot justice and unil mercy to ail au auIt It Is Inspiring to i 1 t lect that this country Is mv my country and that this people I Is m my people I This countr country selected bv be b the guid gUld- guid- guid guidI I guiding gUldIng I ing ing- hand band ot of Providence is the great land home-land of ot lib los Ing people This Thi continent which Go God 1 kept pt hidden In a CL little worl world ii h lithe the place where here the th people of ol many nations of ot arlu needs needa and creeds creed united In heart and soul lota for lot a single purpose and an altar to the first ever eser e er built and called it The Th Constitution Constitution ot of the United States Slates Y D OF or Among this people tho the fourth day of ot July of ot etch each year Ii Is the great day dy of ot national rejoicing the tho thy day ot of fraternal t felicitation the day clay when we sic repeat to ourI our I Ithe children the tho heroic act act act- of o 1776 I so that those thos who ho com comi into the blessed heritage ot of Am American citi- citi citizenship I may be b Inspired by the th courageous and unselfish h achieve achievements e- e ement I ment ments of ot their r rs They ere not heeler for tor pow pow- pow power I I er Cr or for tor wealth nor even esen el en for tor gioi The They sought a home horn here might mil dwell l elI is hele hei e the they I might rear roar their child n here th y might God Guil according I to the dictates of theIr own conscience con- con science clence and hl e they thes nil ml ht n en- enby en enjoy joy by JO the ble of ot 11 lit lift liberty and the pursuant ot of o I 1 were ere the tho first to I liberty ot of thought I bel ty ot of otI I speech and ty of ot be- be beI be I I lief Het but with all such liberty they I a would odd not tolerate an any I of ot I the llio ho religious tights lights of ot others whether made ronde openly o- o o co cos ertly They conce conceded ed the th rl ht to dis- dis isrea with existing and ande andesen e esen een en to change chance go sciences st and hel e they might en- en that It must mut be bp done by fair means and in an ordell fashion ough e enact enact- enact I ineita actions or iii- iii ju judicial d IClal decisions Zealous i formers ate ale some some- sometimes sometime times time apt to suppose that liberty consists In an emont ot of their particular notions and that I they should be b free from gov- gov tov restraint r That wa not the tho viewpoint of ot the of this 1 hey regarded 1 lib lib lib- lib lib-eily Iel el t ot of thought as a the heritage otI of ot I I ill all and not the pit i l ese ege of ot a afew afew afew few To them liberty was sias a mu- mu muI mutual mutual rau 1 e exchange chang of ot and duo du- dutie du duties I tie ties You must mut respect my ideas i I as a l I am aol compelled to respect themI OUIS an and yet neither ot of them themI I must Interfere is wilh the thc i lights oui f out nor detract front I governmental efficiency or Pt PI e- e e I sent ent cai out the still III ot of o the I majority ot of the people as e pressed Any ry contis-ry ar attitude Is opposed to the set verv principles solemnly declared b bi the tho signers Iners ot of the Declaration of Independence ence un Is rr TT D I The Th great mass mus ot of the thu American citizenship proudly aid ard joyfully I these thes Ideals of or the th foun foun- founders foun- foun founder dens ders der of ot this republic and v et t oc- oc tile the are arc attacked with more or Is loss less s g It ItI cannot be b denied that radicalism I has made most threatening ad- ad adI ad advances I vances during recent v pus ars Van Van- Vanous ous degrees decrees of doe doc doctrines trines are re being belne bl bio 01 the th rear neat and final object of which Is isa Isa I Ia a change chane of ot what hat we sic consider the the best best system system of ot of government gO and to turn Individual treed freedom om Into a amass amass mass submission to the th vagaries ota ofa of ot a communistic slate where there can be no teal ical citizenship This fl move mose- mo movement e- e ement ment Is js gradually daring to Its hising tongue In eon countr It is js fomented to a laige lalle degree b hi certain t types pes ot of we have hav but rath r thoughtlessly thouc admitted to OUt shores and Into our citizen citizen- citizenship citizenship citizenship ship It Is for tor this reason that the great problem of ot Immigration has now nov become something moro more moroto moroto to us than thin a purely economic question Hereafter we sic e are obliged to Insist that every Immigrant immigrant Immigrant grant must In good faith intend to become an American not noth- noth nothIng noth leg Ing but lout an American and anI must promptly with us ONLY OLY ONE OE rL C I In this country countr vr sue e lave lav I ave I only tor for those who ho are In hearty learty with our form torm ot of Wo We e hase ha tor for but one on the flag flae th Amer Amer- AmerIcan Amerlean American ican lean flag and this excludes the red ned flag Se W 0 recognize only one language and only onto one on loyall and that Is lo loi alty to God to America and to the American people Vo We W want no o ern- ern mental But let lot me m remind lou ou that these ad adversaries of A merit merl D n liberty cannot succeed unless I I be through our own ol neglect success Is entirely del dependent upon the tho continuation of ot tso 1 funda funda- fundamental mental factors U factors 1 the ignorance o of certain n 1 voters and 2 the apathy bt bf In American voters V We may not be b able to change chant th the first condition sety quickly but butth the th remedy for tor delinquency our own wn de Is Immediate and lie s ll absolutely within our own hands handi and depends entirely upon what attitude altitude we w ourselves shall hill a to toward fairs ard American go a fairs Declaration K If t the principles prIncIple of ot tho the D Declara lion tion ot of o Independence or ot of the thO constitution itself are to be under under- undermined undermined mined I mined It if 1 the supremacy o of thi law Is to be flouted In any way ay o OL If It COUI ts tall fail to receive proper reg rd and sup pOI t It if tho the method ot of toy gO eminent Is to sup sup- supplant supplant sup supplant plant gO government by the tt It Is because sou ou and I till tall I l exercise the rights and aad duties Of suffrage cind ind because we wo prefer to desote d OtO 8 voto our time and to private affairs rather than to tJ toa a reasonable participation In thi s int-s of ot go self i It If our go tov eminent Is to con con- con COli continue to be a government ol ot aI all I Ithe the people It Is ob obvious bus tous that a 8 I Ithe Ithe Ithe the people mu must t exercise thel rIght to govern We 11 lisa e In s a aland land where here laws S are nothing UI ur- ur urless less sustained by public opinion In the last lat anal analIs Is is It Is l publiC opinion which creates and our out state and national leg leg- leg legislatures 1 and officials official DUTY I IS PLU PL FL UN In our Citizens Creed we G w re- re re recite some cite cite some of ot us probably oni that that It Is my dul duty as a good rood American citizen t tI 1 I I help form torm public opinion In th the community In which I live lise ii 11 I order that all citizens may holl hollI hol 1 Intelligent just and human slew Iel t io I ot of gus gO gOern ern mental questions an I endeavor to have hase such lIch views slows eat em- em embodied bodle bodied 1 In our laws law This Tills declaration must becom f I more than mere mer words It must be vitalized and become an a ac e eI tuat part of our 11 hits live I this country will follow tie t-e patti path tl odden by previous In the tt stage tao ot of such inch democracies noc dei I the th people by their ow struggles created create 1 for or themselveS great Institutions which they I cherished These Institutions Institution tur- tur fu fu rUshed abundant and anel equal ou- ou Oi Prosperity li among lh Ih people became general genral S andard ot of using Ing were ere raised not oily ollY among the lh few tew but practical y among all cla classes se ot of citizens Then Thon liberty lIbert became boian a familiar thing In II i v few tew generations the gh by which It was acquired was ns fOI fol- fol toi gotten otton Men en ceased teased to cher ali it II because It cost them Simple frugal habits an I wore ere changed chanced Into 10 love lose e for tor or luc lux luxury ur ury l Ih ample means for gratl Public attention was u wa- wa turned to pleasures and other In interests rather than to those o OJ public welfare 1 elfare Then fo follow e general apathy toward attalia rt ct state deca decay of ot business pro pros and ultimately national do- do de destruction I hope hop that this countr country ma may not e experience any such disaster although III already ready the th aLlurement of I of gin tain the tho e excitement of ot bust bustness busness ness venture tho the deterioration of if social life lit through h instrumentalities s 's mentalities and ald the th spending of money easily gained has hal havo e a to Rom extent dulled the th political sense senaC ot of our people This situation mu must t not con mit ue contin-ue Da Dais s like this must turned turned Into periods period for tor serto 5 and Into opportunities for or it us u toward rl participation In the tho th at- at affair fairs it-fairs fair fairs of ot whether hether oh nl or sO beat lacal so that hit ment govern overn government ment of the people by the people and for tor or the people shall hall not per perish perIsh ish Ih from the tho earth We Wo mud t tapplY applY and paraphrase to that beautiful stanza sanza of ot the th h Battle I of ot tha tho lie Tn In the beauties ot of o the tho lillies the tho sell sea Christ w wait as s born across With Ith w ith a n glory llory In HI His bosom boom That transfigures son vou and me meAs mAs m mAs As lie He H died to make mae me hol Let lct u us use live to make men free As s God goes BOOS marching on |
