Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-06-19

come to us through death. And while
we mourn for the lost. shall We not rejoice
in the blessings they have hcqueathcd to
Us.
Standing ~ We 10 at the end of a double
decade If wears. We look back upon their
towering greatness with an increasing As
toni>hmcnt For il is a principle OF tact
that the Colossal magnitude ot any great
achievement i better seen and measured
hy a retrospective view than by pro>pec-
five one. 50 il Wa~ with the redemption
of the race Prophecies and SymtolS, and
types and shadows. pointed uncrrlnTly TO
the crisis of the ares to the CruCItlXlon of
! the wnrl,.'~ Rcd,rmrr. But The nations
of these ayes walked ly the >acritcial al
tar>. and SAW little else than smok ing
flesh nd hootS and horns. But staining
! in thr l..>t quarter OF the nineteenth cen
tuarv With the focal light Of the ageS cen
/ tered upon the Gross we see Il gallery of
| riches. paintings back in those affairs, and
read in Pilates triurc super>cript on
above The suffering One. the declaration
| OF the Independence of all nations and all
| pcop', 80 with these. We believed then
that T., this travail was 10 he brought
forth >nrn, forces tor good But from the
light coming To Us 10 day We see that the
half was never told.
But shall! we not forget those dark
hours, those miSeries of the past: Goa>k
that mother if She can forget her first born
/ torn ruihleSsly from her bosom. Ask that
father if he can forget that noble son To
whom he looked for support in declining
wears, Go ask that Comradc it he can
forget his empty sleeve that hangs hy his
side Ask me if | can forget the three
wears with crutchrs under my arms. For
get it Comrades, if YOU can. | can't. But
shall We moi forgive: Forgive? Yes, for
give Godlikc, when there is repentance
for past offences. But. all. shall we not
together weep DER our heroic dead? Yes
an hundred times YES, BcdeW v0ur huu-
quets with the richest tears OF affection.
orcn the fountains of your atleCtinnatc
memory and let streams OF love fall upon
! The dust covering your fallen dear ONES.
Thunder it from Maine 10 Washington
Territory, and from the Puget Sound 10
the cult Of Mexico that he is traitor or
stole who has no tear for IL fallen warrior,
! from whatever section of our country he
came or in whatever rank he filed, only il
his motive was Il true one. For let ii be
understood that in the ranks of the con
tending foe. were men doing that which
they as honestly thought to hc right, mis-
| taken though they were, as any in coats
| OF blue through whose veins courScd only
| blood of the purcst patriotism
So we say, then, let the mothers Of this
Nation whose boys sleep meath Southern
or Northern soil sprinkle their graves
| with tears and flowers
Let the widowed wife weep DER the
spells that death has made, as she stands
with aching heart in the midst Of years of
| loneliness and pain.
Let that widowed maiden weep. whose
fidelity TO the troih Of her girlhood pro
tracts her singlencss till the blossoms OF
aye nestle in her hair. Let her weep be-
| cause the voice of him in whom her hope
for future joy was centered, is forever
hushed meath the laundering crash of can.
mans roar.
Let these mingle their tears with those
of manly men while fools refuse, but let
the bitterness Of grief be swpetened by as
surances made douhly sure that their
friends died not in vain. That death is
swallowed up in victory"