The Arizona champion., 1889-06-01

[ citizen must have liberty, 2 ire
 country must nave free men, il
 order to realize ihe destiny oi thi great future toward which we ar
 rapidly advancing. They als,
 established equal rights, equl
 privileges and equal burdens to al
 men under the law, no classes, nc distinction, but those of nature, O
 talent and of virtue, no politlca
 superior and no infe-ior; for eyer,
 person d free field tQ prove Iii
 ability, to d. his best, 10 produc,
 all hls g'its are abl: to prodgce, tc enjoy hlS own labor, to bu.ld LII
 hIS own property, and 10 share ske immense common benefits of ! free country; one mans voice equ | tc anothers, the vote of a millionaire as good Hs the man who earns a dollar a day, and no better. It was a greal cost to establish these
 th.agS, both in blool and money IT, vas 3 good inveatmentl We gre glad We had the loyal solder ,0 hsht !hc bltt!e and loyal men to Iurnisl Ehe cash. Ifthoie brave men who were taken away in the heat of blttIe could but return and sec " hal they .h,ey did iJs bum, ni,v whtt they di1 for nation, they TQA|d .rGtly Le proud, as we s;o proud of thsm.
 Our people have grown great and rlch, vir.uuu,, int-lIec,u1I an enVlanle, h"cau|e they live under a government that WAS made free, q government that knows nothing but ''llfe, liberty and the pursuit ot hlpplness," for its people. tich PaSs'ng year aliS to the humber of departed heroes, each day th'; army on the other sile IS sro"Ing larger. Thete h not a 9+y, but the "long plN call" 4%aEerN one of yoar c)mrl les. tD "Doh E.s bacon and b.lnS" in the camps ot the G'And Army of the kepnb&ic, on the other sllc ol Jordan, where DO more hlttles are 10 be fought. Tn: time is fist approaching, when only the sons and daughters of veterans will scatter a1wers upon thei: last rest ing place, thcY will need TO memtntoeS to keep green the men)ry of those glorious m:H, for they will gItily honor thos- who lived and died as patriots, sacrlic. ing all they had ani life itself 70 save th-lr country. The old blttle higS, the armies sleeves, the legless PlnSs the dIsdggrei faces, the scared bodies and tle br ikea cIn- stItutIonS are emblem, of their .valor and for,itlie during the rebelit)n. Tne Shlnlng momentoes "t their victories are wrlttep UpDn the duaky brow of every SEeemsn v1o was once &hlyc, written unan the m1mU Del!sS 0: q areStCred UrIon, md wi.hia every tree inst tutipn anI will bc, fo:ever, written upon the !lces of c0Dtentcd people, reuuitcd Ia common national prids.
 In holoripg lhs depArted her leS. We hHnos th9 sp;.!t Q: rrtrioti$n. by @hicb .hey wcSe aninAl,ea to >acrlfre tFe cnnforts of hn-ne, health and even life, and lay them upnn .Le altar of their country. Perhaps No ih,[e appropriate method 0. dCing honor to them could be chosen tIan the scatt ring of h,"efs apon tbeir graves Monunenss of stone elsborately carved, baaring their names and noble. deeds. would be more costly and enduring, yet their very cosIIresS. wo&ht exclude .hs part lCipAtt0n oF naaaY, poor in word!v goo Is, and vet as rich in patriotism as any in the land, who wish to share in the memorial holors bv the patriotic living to- the patriotic dead. Nothing, not even gold, silver CT diamonds. Is as beautlflh, as lovely, as fragant as ftjwers. We therefore brlns the most beautiful and lovely prod ictj of nlture as tokens of our recognition oi the courage and endurance of the de parted ones. These f)yers a.e. tender and frail, with all lh- -iP brightness and b+aUty, they mnst soon "ither, pass. away, and be no more, though these fl overs wVher and die. they rcmIni us thAt olh!r flowers will spring up and take their place, and when We, have passed away, otheE hands thln ours will scatter them, on patriotic graves. Mlny of these tfowers a'e rich in fragrance, which will re main Tor a tine itsesthey have lost theiG bislaty ani freshness, so t'ie bodies ot our departed patriots have lost their bsauIy of lorol and fe.Ature, and can no longer be seen by mortal eye, but the. inltience of. lheir patRotisp, like the fragE-nce of the ff)wers, will finger in our memory, untilb xe are Ia, d to rest in the qnIet grave. We therefore turn from thGse. tha, this, lay has brought together, to thoss it could a,at bring, and scatter flowers, fresh and pure, on, the graves of those whom every patriot loves to honor