The Arizona champion., 1889-06-01

country must nave free men. il
 order to realize lhe destiny of thi.
 great future toward which we ar,
 rapidly advancing. They als,
 established equal rights, equa
 privileges and equal burdens to al
 men under the law, no classes, nt distinction, but those of nature, 0
 talent and of virtue, no politlca Superior and no inferior; for ever, I person free field to prove hi
 ability, to do his best, to produce
 all hlS gifts are able to produce, to
 enjoy his own labor, 10 build up
 bls own property, and to share the
 lmmense common benefits of free
 country; one mans voice equ to
 anothers. the vote of a millionaire
 as good as the man who earns q
 dollar day, and no better. It
 was a great cost to establish these
 things, both in blood and money,
 It was a good investment; We are
 glad We had the loyal soldier to
 hsht !he battle and loyal men to
 furnIsr the cash. If those brave
 men who were taken away in the
 heat ot battle could but return and see what they they did for hums nity
 wha. they did for nation, they
 would truely be proud, as we are proud of them.
 Our people have grown great and rich, vlrtuous, mt ,lIectual and eaV!aole, because they live under government that was made free, a government that knows nothing out "llfe, liberty and the pursuit ot happiness" for its people. Zach Plssrng year adds to the humber of departed heroes, each day the army on the other side Is growing larger. There is not day, but the "long roll call" a"akens one of your comrades. to "ooll hls bacon and beans" in the camps ot the Grand Army of the Republic. on the other side of Jordan, where no more blttles are to be fought. The time is fist approaching. when only the sons and daughters of veterans will scatter flowers upon theit last rest ing place, they will need no mementoes to keep green the memory of those glorious men, for they will gladly honor those who lived and died as patriots, sacrIfic- ing all they had and life itself to | save their country. The old battle tigs, the armies sleeves, the leglesS pants. the disisured faces, the scared bodies and the broken con- 'tltutlons are emblc.ni of their 'alor and fortitude during the -ebellipn. The shining momentocs 'f their victories are written upon | inc dusky brow of every freeman. who was once slave. written upon
 he mDmunents of a restored dUnlon, l md within every Tree inst,tution md will be, forever, written upon he faces of contentcd people, 1 'eunltcd Tn common national pride.
 In holoring the dep,rted heroes, | Fe honor the spirit of patriotism, 1 )y which they were aninIted to acrliice the comforts of home, ,calth and even life, and lay them ,pon the altar of their country Perhaps no more appropriate method of doing honor to them :ould be chosen than the scattering 'f flowers upon their graves Monuments of stone elaborately :arved, bearing their names and loble deeds. would be more costly nd enduring, yet their very 'osrliness would exclude the part. cipItion of many, poor in worldly ,oods, and yet as rich in patriotism $ any in the land, who wlsh to hare in the memorial honors by he patriotic living to the patriotic lead. Nothing. not even gold, liver or diamonds, is as beautiful. s lovely. as fragant as fIwers. We therefore bring the most beautiful nd lovely products of nature as okens of our recognition of the outrage and endurance of the de arted ones. These f,yers a:e .nder and frail, with all their brightness and beauty, they mnst oon ~ither, pass away, and be no lore, though these hIwers wit her nd die. they remind us that oiher overs will spring up and take heir place, and when we have assed away, other hands than ours i'll scatter them on patriotic raves. Many of these flowers are Ich in fragrance, which will re lain for time alter they have lost lelr beauty and freshness, so tue odies of our departed patriots ave lost their beauty of form and .ature, and can no longer be seen y mortal eye, but the influence of heir patriotism, like the fragrance f the flowers, will finger in our lemory, until We are lad to rest the quiet grave, We therefore lrn from those. that this ay has rought together, to those it could ot bring, and scatter flowers, fresh nd pure, on the graves of those hon every patriot loves to honor.