The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1888-06-30

! N'4A - No'NNiN 'AHN hNhNi'' van ~
over death. The unelouded brightness oi
his glory ill illuminate the future ages
A poem occupied the balance OF
the third page. Son lhcDeath OF
General Washington, by Young
Lady," Tho following is the clos
ing verse:
Weep Kindred mortals-weep! mo more
you'll find
A man so just so pure, so firm in mind
Rejoicing Angels, hail the heavenly sage
Celestial Spirits greet the wonder of the
age.
The commercial spirit could not
be depressed by even such a ca
lamity as the death of Washington
Immediately following the funeral
ode is one of practical import:
Luther. Andres & Co. have this day
Been opening goods both fresh and gay.
He has received near ever kind
That you il, any store can find,
And as purchased by the bale,
| am determined to retail.
For ready pay little lower
Than ever have beel had before.
| with my brethren mean to live.
But as for credit, shall not rive.
**
Washington and his compatriots
built we'll ; it has been said "they
builded better than they knew. -
Yet they left engratted in their gov
ernmental fabric germs OF disease
which were nurtured until they
permeated every limb OF the gov
ernment, became gangrenous, and
had to be heroically dealt with. -
The sick part became as arrogant
as offensive, and the NationaF life
was only saved by the sacrifice of
500, 600 of the bravest of our sons,
by involving a National debt Of
SO, 900, 100000. But, thank God,
American slavery was wiped out
and the political and moral law we
had SO long violated was teartully
but righteously attoned for The
fathers had, unknowingly, sown to
the wind, and their postelity was
forced to reap the whirlwind The
lesson was taught us and the world
that no man can long maintain his
own freedom while denying the
God given right to o'others-no ma
ton long enjoy freedom while de
nying the boon to any class of it's
citizens that the Justice of God
will not sleep forever
A great and an immortal Cap
tain was at the wheel of State
when peril threatened he sound
ed the alarm bells, and the re-
spon Sc was like a rushing torrent.
The world looked on in wonder
ment, scarcely knowing which to
admire most, the alacrity shown by
our sons IN donning the blue, the
heroism exhibited by them on the
field OF carnage, or the rapidity
with they turned their "spears in
to pruning hooks" While the sol.
dJers OF the Union endured pain,
imprisonment, disease and death
their mothers, wives, sisters and
daughters exhibited Spartan torti-
tude. History never has recorded,
it never will record a more valor-
ous contest. From out the smoke
of battle our Flag emerged more
lustrCus than ever, commanding
respect abroad and such reverence
at home, from Ocean to Gulf, that
an insult to it would be taken as q
personal affront to our every indi
vIdlal citizen.
Let those who can, picture the
Unate9 States two centuries hence,
when 1t will be peopled by three
hundred millions of sovereigns
whose freedom, power, intellect anc
moral worth will hll the whole
earth with the harm ony Of it's civ
ilization, and its music ascend IL
the sphere where it will titlllate tht
ear OF the editor of the only reli
glous journal in New Mexico--th,
LINCOLN COUNTY LEADER-term,