The Arizona champion., 1889-06-01

o heroism will be consecratad to silenC
 and oblivion, but for each one of tl unreturning. wife, mother, or sist' . mourns, "and will not be comforted. . The ravages of was seem transfer ! Where the dead dealing shell ha burst, the grass grows green agail Where noble lives have Aoated ava on crimson tides, violets and daisie cling tlgether and exchange carssse
 of fragrant peace. The deal fo gotten even by their comrades. an the wounded recover to tell of thei escapes by blazing hearths to wonder ' ing ears. The past seems as though it had never been, but to the poo women, who have bsen bereaved, tn
 past is present always, its dee
 shadows never lifted. The vacan
 place, the absent form. the missin
 voice, the departed love, are constan
 reminders to them, that consolation
 is for those who have not felt tn
 touch of genuine grief. Then il
 our mission to day in strewing flower
 over the graves of our departei
 heroes, we must not forget thost
 departed heroines, who with silen
 prayers and silent suffering helped tt
 solidify the Union.
 We can forgive. An, even forget
 those msn, who were led to believe
 that unless they took up arms against
 the United States, their homes
 would be dsstroyei, their property
 confscated, and they forever ruine1
 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 fame, military glory, and personal aggradizement, men who sought to trampel under foot the stars and stripes, the emblem of the greatest, grandest 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 o'er the council of the brave,
 And blast them Tn thelr hour of might.
 May llfe's unblesSed cup for hlm
 Be drugged with treacheries to the brim With hopes hut allure to fly,
 With joys: that vanish while he sips,
 Like Dead Sea fruits, that ten .'t the eye But turn to ashes on the lips.
 His country's curse, his childreu'> shame, Dutcast of virtue. peace anl fln.;
 May he, at last. with lips of flame
 On the parched desert. thursting die.
 While lakes; that shone ia mocllnI nj .h Are fading of, untouched, untaited
 Like the once glorious hope he blAs:el; And when from earth his spirit flies,
 lust Prophet, let the lImne,i onc dwe l
 Full ill the sight of paradise,
 Beholding Heaven, and feeling He'll"
 But to those who were loyal and patriotic. while fighting for ms taken rights, we would not recall one memory of bitterness and anger, as we pass among the graves Tn the cities of the de,i, with equal love for what was good in their common humanity, with equal forgiveness for what was evil. Nature folds alike the ashes of loyaltst and rcbrl in her resurrec- ton robes of spring time flowers. Courage alike requires that we who, by Gods providence, were victors in the strife, should be freely and absolutely generous in peace, courage and honor equally require that they who were beaten should yield manly submission to the decision of that final tribunal of the sword to which they appealed.
 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 or partisan success, to set white against black, or black against white, he is no friend of the Union. The man who this day draws the color line in politics IS either traitor, knave or fool. His place is among the shadows and the bats of the past. and not in the sunlight of 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 i Federal blue h other days, he IS no friend of union; does any seek 1 to taunt loyal subjects of the law and keepers of 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 for patriotism of conscience, courage and common sense, that will deal with all alike Tn the great but rare wisdom of simple justice, that will seek to perform each public trust with brave fidelity and intelligent honesty, then we can stand upon Lookout mountain, casting our eye and see nothing but lnion and liberty; eastward, nothing but union and liberty; nothing but union and liberty; southwArd, nothing but lnion and hbery; and all over thls OrOa0 land rISinp m alOVS tha