The Arizona champion., 1889-06-01

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 furtltqde wi rerGaiu unknown, theil
 heroisn, will be consecratad to silence
 and oblivion, but for each one of tn,
 unreturning, wife, mother, or sister
 mourns, "and ws!l not bs comforted.
 The ravages of was seem transient Where the dead dealing shell ha;
 burst, tho grass grows green again Where noble lives have aoatel away
 on crimson tides, violet, and daisie. cling t 'gether and exchange clresses
 ot fragrant peaoa The dead for gotten even by their comrades. and the wounded recover to tell of theil
 escapes by bltzing hGarths to wonder ing ears. The past seems as thought
 1t had never been, but to the poor
 women, who have been bereavel, the
 past is present always, its deep
 shadows never lifted. The vacant
 place, the absent form. the missing
 voice, the departed love, are constant
 reminders to them, that consolation
 is for those who have not felt tha
 touch of genuine grief, Then in
 our mission to day in strcwing flowers over the graves of our departed
 heroes, We must not forget those departed heroines, who with silent prayers and silent suffering helped to solidify the Union.
 We can forgive. An, even forget those men, who were led to believe, that un.ess they took up arms aglinst the United States, their homes woald be destroyed, their property confscated, and they forever ruiaei; but we cannot forgive, nor can we ever forget the prime movers in the cause of secession; men who knew they were wrong. men who heard the cry of four million souls for free dom, men who cared only for political famo. military glory, api personal aggradizement, men who sought to trampel under foot the stars and stripes, tho emblem Of the greatest, grpndest and most prosper, ous nation of the world.
 They were the traitors of their country, and we condemn them in the words of Thomas Moore:
 70 for tongue to curse the slave,
 Who's treason like a deadly blight.
 Comes OCT the council of the brave,
 And blast them m thelr bouc Of might.
 May lIfe's Uphl.S'ed cup for hun
 Be drugged with reachcrles tp the tJim With hopes hut sllure to fly,
 With joys: that vanish while he sips,
 Like Dead Sea fruits, thu tem.d Ihe eye But turn to ashes on the lips.
 His coun,ry's curse, his chillrcn'i shame, Outcast of virtue. peacc an ftn:;
 May he. st lat. with E.ps of aHRs
 On the parched desert. thHrS,ins lie,
 Nhlke laxes; thai shone ia moc<lnS ntsh Are fading off, rn,onohed, un,+%ed
 Like the once glorious hope he biased; Aud when from eAslh his spirit h.eS,
 lust Prophet, let the dlnnel on: dye l
 Full in tho sight of plrl'h,-.
 Btbo.d!ng IisaNeH, and seethS le!l.'
 But to those who wer: lJy1l and satriUtic. while fighting for mis taken rights, we would not recall one memory of bitterness and anger, as we pass among the graves m ghe cities of the deld, with equal love for what vas good in their common Immunity, with equal forgiveness for what vas evA Nature folds alike the ashes of loyahst and reb-l In her re5u'rec ton robes of spring tune fowers. Courage alike requires that we who, by Gods providence, were yletors m the strife, shonld be freely and absolutely generous in peace, courage and honor equally require tha, they who were beatan shonld yietd manly submission to the decision oE that fral tribunal of the sword to which they appealea,
 If any seek this day, to revive the old prejudice of class, cast or race, he is no friend of the Union, if any seek this day for self QE partisan success, to set white against black, or black against whiae, he is no friend of .he Union. The man who thS. day draws the color line in politics IS. eIther tEaltor, knaye or fool. His place is among the shadows and the bats of the past, and not in the sunlight cf the present. Does any seek to deny to loyal corners in any part of the South full citizenship, complete protection and hearty welcome, because such corners wore the | Federal blue h other days, he Is ! no friend of unioni does any seek | to taunt loyal subjects of the law and Keepers O. the peace, because such wore the gray in days of battle, he IS no friend to the Union,
 One turns in sadness from, such | acts on. either side, and ask: fer d patriotism. or conscience, courage and common. sense, that will deal wi,h, all alike ln the great but rare wh;&ao,p of simple justice, that wall seek to, perfoEm. each puDl!G trASt with, brave fdeIitX and, lalellIgent honesty, then. we can stand upon Lockout mountain, cIstlng our eye | nor:hward, and see nothing. but union and liberty; eastward. nothing bat union and hberty; westward, nothing but union, anc