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About The Maupin times. (Maupin, Or.) 1914-1930 | View Entire Issue (June 29, 1917)
r; E UNION 0 i ml umm rip fv mm os mm M.."4t! f." way vl t r- V N 'V rVh: Hi f I r. s. m i 7 i A i f, Xv 3 I7vr-r7r ---.v VVVi . ( I UW7 m 4. I8 1 f LAKE FLANDHi. STATES f 'is w.. j$Emr KTHE UNION OF HEARTS. IlTHE UNION OF HANDS, MAHD THE FLAG OF T11E UNION FOREVER! z Fla? A JULY 4 PROPKECX ffiDE?EKDEKCE 5 Qod Bless It! riy nCAIl ADMIRAL MEADE in the In dependent in tS-Si. 1 ME star spuugled ImDuvr of the United States of America, may (iud bless It forever and forever ! I.uok at it an in the early sunlight It ties the morning breezo with its licnut'.ful folds, louk at it and tell me if it ho not the one true rallying mark fur all iiimest lieaita of whatever an-' ceftrj'. eroed or belief who own alle giance t: thin might; reimblle! l.:i.;k i.t Its b'.'iintlful c;lora na they clc'iu in the ;-i -" of the risiiis mm, white sYiniolie of purity and honor, I he I.I Ivpieal of the h'.oo.l N.liiih has l;e:i i'm1 anil wll!.'ll will eontinue to l,e fi e i ly Blii-il t!i defense of the ilite f.'iiiy ivid periielnity 01 Aineriean in Killuliww, and Hie bli:i, ita shining silve.'y slars represeiiliiig the great ci;iKi;'y of heaven, maler whi.-ll tho Koidier u" tho republic on the land toils on the weary niaveh or bivouacs in the Mieuc." of the nijdit, ur the sailor on the broad expanse of the ocean keeps his weary watch and vigil, that the citizens of the reimblle may rest seen re vrhile "lie who watches over his true Israel neither slumbers nor sleeps." Loyalty to the colors! Loyalty to the flag of the nation'. That hi the creed of the American sailor and soldier and, I hope and believe, the universal re ligion of the land. And the nation will cease to be great should the evil day ever come when tlieic me found dh.-eiitcis to this creed. Si:ty-nine Yeari Ago an Enthusiast Predicted Downfall cf Tlirones. "The Fourth of July will be cele brated with great enthusiasm. Ta triotism has received new impulses by the glories of our war with Mexico and tlie revolutions among the rotten aud tottering thrones of Europe." Thus sixty-nine years ago a writer in a New Xork periodical voiced his.j patriotism. It wan July 4, 184U. He ; wrote thus: "The Mexican war bag been glorioun, not so much on account of its vic tories and conquests as for the exhi bition of patriotism aud heroic valor and devotion from one end of the country to the other. It ling shown the power cf a popular government and taught both the moiiHrehies and the people of other lands that thrones and aristocracies and large standing armies are not necessary to a great and powerful nation. The right of self government is ehown to he con nected with the power of maintain ing it." Declaration's &iriliphce Associated , VVitb Katlotvs Vlioiory, Independence square, the most famous square -lu Philadelphia, at one time 'was Lunvvu as the Statehousa guldens'," the resort of fashionable, city people. As soon an the news of the tittle of Lexington aud Concord reachl Phila delphia more than 8.C0O of the'.eltizeus assembled la Independence square "to associate for the purpose of defending with arms their property, liberty and lives," and it was from here that the first state quota was mustered into service for the army of the. Devolution. In May, 1770, uu Immense meeting was held, notwithstanding a lio:ivy rain, to consider the auihoiiiy of the peop'o and to form a new r)'.'i r:mionf, All diuliiT the civil war lndepend ence square continued to be the meeting place of town folk to dceMo upon the measures nectwary to hft taken to defend Hie slate, and here the people thronged to celebrate the fall of Richmond mid mourn for I.intoln. Declaration The Fa::rlh o5 Ji:!y. d t O K.'crs of Frad-jiu's banner b; i jl, I Thai f lustered ehine f;i field of blue, Frum fuiiit, fur of heae- ci' heiyht :ir cwmlilUitid fircH y iIhw! l-n:n al'in ii KMM iif uyis ilou n J'ott luiiiy the light of old re nmru! Oreeee fint your dutcn-briyht rui.'iunce l:mw When Freedom" ttar rose o'er the deep. And Athetit' glory full orUd grao H7:fn Parthenon eroxened the Acropolis sleep. The fame of Ureeee thtn bright- hj shone With ipti-iidor tinec through ages I ar. ir.'i. Hut llnJIid In Promethean fiie. O'er oilier luntls rose Free dom's e.lars. Cii'iue.iehed by blood, they still fl'tjuYo Where fur Iftoini the old rrorld bars They rose above the new tcorld briyh t Ar.d blent at one their kindred '. light. ' L?ng may these start undimmed t'ill shine ' In Fmdom't gloriout galaryt I long may our land still be the shrine To utt the Kttrld of Liberty, I- H'ko.c (nlu stands at Free- dmn'i gates Ar.d fr the earning viiUlons I Kelts! I . J'. .cj..ak in AiiP 1'or): World. 1 XX:M VW;:: I V i $$$$ mmf m'- K X t Sy FnESlVUCNT WILSON, In an ad dr.m in Phliadelpliia. )" AE you ever read the Deelara- J tlon of Independence? When you nave uearu it read nave yon attended to its sentences? Tlie Declaration of Independence was a document preliminary to war. It Involved u vital piece of business, not n piece of rhetoric. Aud if you will get fuither down lu the reading than its preliminary passages, where it quotes about the rights of men, you will see Hint It Is a very specific body of ileeltiral ions concerning the bust licvi of the tliiy-the business of revo lution, the business of 177(1. The 1 Vohur.tion of independence does not mean anything to tin merely in its g.-iiernl statements unless we vn append to It a similarly specific body of particulars us to what we con sider our liberty to consist of. Liberty ilJes not consist in mere gen eral ('cdarntious as to the rights of man. It consists In the translation of tluw'e declarations into definite action. Therefore wo ought to ask our selves. What is there in it fop us? There's nothing in it for ua unless wo ran tianshit;; it into tei-uis of our own condition and of our own lives. The task to which wo have to ad dress ourselves Is a proof that we are worthy of the men who drew this great lieelsralion. IfHISDcW COMMMA EXPECTS All' HER SONS and DAUGHTERS TO R&NEW THEIR VOWS OF FEALTY and LOVE FOR THEIR COUNTRY ' X. J - .s.,,. JVC m fa-si :-fiA at. - Our Evtrlatting Ralianc. What constitutes the bulwark of our liberty and Independence? It Is not our frowning battlements, our bris tling seacoasts. om' army and our navy. These are net our reliance against tyranny. All of these luay be tinned aalust us without making us r.caLcr for the btrujc-'U'. Onr lellan'e is In tlia love of liberty wh! b U'.d bus pinntej in ns -I.ln olu. July 4 Dinner Favors, Tor July A dinner table fnvnr.i lle'fe Ul llll kllld l Of p. pg'MIH. Si'llH' wln. li sliOOt Ollt I vd, III places Lie i wifeir, I'm-1 tines, i.. .;. .,' It ,1 V.Ill! ". ' ! .; i .i' 1 .. !e end l.lii" onfeltl. Vec-timi r ;'i i ii- 4- tr 4 4- 4 4-4-4-4- 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 . il The Day VYc Celebrate. Today i.t the. ;, the glorious Four Ih, The iUvj of our birth as a na- te,e; The tliiu burn in darkness, in t!ui:il r and gloom, And xiinicd uilh its blood's eon serrnliim; The I'.e.y v:he a people rose up hi if little For their independence to bat tle; The ilay it-hen the world heard Ihe firut faintest sounds Of Tyranny's coming death rat tle. Tin the Cay ulicit the spirit of Liberty stood And threw down the gage of (((IICO j 7'i the lor' that the many were . throllH to the feu And had ua port :t tlie alliance '. (if poirrr i:ul rlehcs v hieh ruhd o'ir ire, land; , The day Linus and princes that louithed From thin en JiihiI oi'tr lie o'-ran and hfjuyht Ap:i,i i'rcd,m's dream which had runi'lHil, 'lis tin) dan uhtn tho grandest prjAaiining Mas made Which ever thtl world did a ii iiWii To tho riyht and the tuiphl of hn ma a i! if s self, That fuli: from twig fun dad forsoki n. Thin on tlii.: dag, Llbcrtv'l birth day, re-rlre That m.fr from III birthright lli'll cl''-', ;w n'li.iii by the nation, th r,'. st mi earth. And Its "lar apanghi banner for- (Ml --litlHin'i.e- Aim.riian. ; ri "SW v V -t-sr