The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-06-06

should stem the influx, or at least
dam 1t so that a gentle current only
can pour in; or. whether, on the 9TH
er hand, they may trust that the An
glo-Saxon growth, by Its strength and
intelligence, will rise. in unsullied
purity. through the Shiny outpour-
ings Of Monaghan inferiority. IF we
can raise them with us to the proper
level, let them come; but if there
seems prospect of their dragging us
down, let US raise the barrier in time
to avert the evil, rather than attempt
too late to remedy it.
In all future generations, let equa-
nimity, and desire periodically to
benefit the largest portion of our
great and happy country, be our guild
ing star; let judgment, not passion,
settle our differences, and let demo-
cratic republican form of government
be ours uniformly in practice, as we'll
as In principle.
May God, in His infinite goodness.
give US wisdom to settle our interna
tional difficulties, without the horrors
of war, by wise counsel; above all,
may He avert, in future, the shedding
of fraternal blood; and answer hence
forth the walls of the widow and the
orphan, which cow rise in pleading
tones to His Eternal Home, to spare
the living patriots, and to accept these
sacrifices of blood, copiously and vol
UNFAIRLY poured out, for the maintain
ance of National inLaetness and the
great principles of freedom, culminat-
| ing the strong light of six thousand
years illumination.
Since the earliest history of the
world, patriotism has been ranked
among the highest virtues, an inte-
grail solid, made up of the units de-
noting love of family, connected to-
gether to form the depth of love of
kindred. the breadth of State pride,
and the heightened extent of a glori-
GUS and beloved nationality.
Such was the patriotism of the he
roes to whose memory we have this
day met to do grateful homsge-such
the love of country eVinced by the
families who gave their Jewels for
the cause of freedom; aye such the
devotion, especially when the martyr
was the only son of his mother, and
she was widow"
Where so many did their duty no.
bly,, it would perhaps be invidious to
hold up to view some, from whose
brow the radiance might be supposed
to CLEAN with specially transcendent
| splendor. Suffice it to say that they
all merit more than we can give; let
US then give them all we can, namely
this: To the surviving families, the
gushing sympathy of warm aud CRATE
full hearts; to the Honored Dead,
wreaths and chaplets of earthly flow
ers, and an unfading recollection of
their patriotism. Each year adds new
rings of growth to most of our forest
trees; each Spring scatters profusely
over our rich heritage new flowers,
the children of nature, new blossoms
promising fruit; so, too, let our affec-
| tions for these heroic patriots blossom
each year, with the beautiful flowers
of May, into fruits of gratitude and
afectionate remembrance.
May the flowers yearly cast upon the
| honored graves Of these illustrious
dead be the emblems of the eternal
wreaths of glory with which we trust
our Heavenly Father has crowned
them in immortal life: celestial flow
ers INTERVIEWING into heavenly coro
nets, with the thorns which pierced
our Saviour's brow, and caused His
blood to flow, redemption for them
and for all of US who believe in Him.
And may such crowns of unfading
celestial flowers be also prepared for
all their dear suffering kindred, and
for each and all of us. their friends,
now on earth, when they, and we.
come to stand before Him, who
maketh up His jewels for eternity.