The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-07-06


:. f3il into line with my comrades.
Tbese brave soldiers, some Of whom
net in that conflict, will applaud
- for it. There occasionally
zines up in the history of all gov
o-rments great questions, that
cs7rot be settled by peace
al methods, and that have to
bs submitted at last 20 the stern ar
5;triment of armies, but when a
c1nclusion is reached by such terri
Ne logic, it is entered on the pages
If history and becomes final. Such
Tere the questions settled by war,
mt tile greatest Of all was, that the
state of this grand government
sh0uld not be divided and that
there should be but one nation. The
stars and bars" that I had followed
for four long years went down and
the flag of the confederate states
was folded away forever. My state
remained part Of the union and
was still represented by star on
that flag. Therefore [ claim an In
terest, however small, in this grand
government and country, and IN the
star spanCjed banner that floats
over all from British America, to
the Mexican Gulf, and from ocean
70 ocean. If in my youth [ fought
touph0ld a separate nationality Of a
part OF these states who shall say,
IN my maturer years, that my de-
Yoti0n should not be greater for all
united in one grand magnificent
government.
Take it all in all, as TO the great
results Of the war, aside from the
individual suffering, and the nation
d the gamer by it. It developed
statesmen soldiers and heroes and q
stronger government. And after
All believe to-day, there is more
unity offeeling among the { Ameri-
can people than has existed in the
last half century.
The state Of Arkansas, in all that
tends to make a people great and
happy, has made great strides since
the war, and SO IL may be said of all
the south. AT the close Of the war
the population of the state of
Arkansas was a little over 100000:
now she has at least 100000; then
she had only forty-seYen miles of
railway; now she has more than
LOCO. She has also a good common
ChO0l system, and at my own town,
on the very spot occupied by the
entertainments of hostile forces
during the war, is reared one of the
handsomest university buildings in
the south.
These are the evidences of a
beBifcent and good government.
Allow me, on this the natal day Of
liberty, when all people should be
patriotic, to appeal to those who
hear me 10 see to it that every con-
gTeSsional enactment made for the
benefit of the people of this great
country shall be Obeyed 10 the let
ter. Ii l, who shed my blood in
battling against that flag, can afford
to stand by it and sustain it as the
symbol of my country's liberties,
cannot the people Of Utah unite in
doing the same? Invoke no war; it
is better to have a peaceful solution
Of ali questions.
In conclusion, trust that the flag
Of my country may forever float
over united and free people, and
that the time may soon come in the
providence Of God when the proud
est boast of an American citizen
will be that he lives in a country
where all men obey the laws, and
not the foot Of a serf presses Amer
lean soil.
The next toast was: "The Army
and Navy" responded to by Major
Carlin, Of the Sixth Infantry, in the
appended fitting speech:
The conditions and circumstance;
under which we meet to-day, are
peculiarly and di5tInctive.y Ameri-
can. In no other country could they
be possible.
Here are assembled the soldier
and civilian, the Judge and The
general, the man of peace and The
man Of war, native and foster chill
dren Of the republic. to honor dnC
commemorate the anniversary 81
nations birth.
Armies and navies have moi
always deserved the commentator
OF the people, owing to the uses &c
which they have been put, and tC
their want of sympathy with thu
popular heart; but the occasion anC
the flag remove any ambiguity as Il
your intention. You are not toast
ing tie Kings nor the Queens. no
the EmperoTs army or navy. bu
that ideal army and navy that coult
only materialize under free jnstitu
tlons; an army and navy who's
discipline rests on intelligent obedi
ence, leaVened and ennobled Oy tn
dignity of citizenship. and the con
seriousness of sharing with you il
the guardianship of the priceless
treasures for which the race ha
baJtled and bled.
The army and navy which yoi
toast Is not cf1iceTed 10y a titled elias
VINO would make IF the professor
o. arms a military caste, hateful Of
ana dangerous to evil liberty. On
yHe contrary they are in the bcs
sense your brothers IN al that con
sIitu3e American kinship. It's tb,
. .ai-ls, ana Eayy organized and main
>%,ueo ~ The people OF the Unilei
lass IA Congress- assemblpd. IA
, ~ 9593etdien', aud ever ready 10 d,
tnta5 5'. a,,.3get The lawfully consgi