The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-05-30

b appltsdsto fsmadysthe evilp Appeals
have been made tothe colorsd man, urg.
ing him to arm for defence. Appeals
have been made for protection BY the
General Government. The armed resist.
ance Of the negro in the South would bs
nothing less than o most terrible insur-
rection, followed by q war Of extermina-
ten. The armed intefpo ,ition Of Federal
authority would be y menace to the
Southern people, resurrecting all the
buried animositics Of the late civil war.
Conflict would DO i%nvitable. and what
over the result, 1t would not solve the
problem, but, ON the contrary, intensity
hatred and strife between the races.
How are these two a~ntagonistic forces
to be reconci1edY This 10 . question for
to-day; 1t is q question to be thought out,
patiently and soberly.
It is not a matter to be discussed over
the graves Of our depatted heroes, or in-
tr0 iuced by the orators whose special.
duty on Memorial Day it is TO e~ulogixe
the soldiers Of the Union, dead OF living.
But it is fitting that on q day set aside
and held sacred to the memories of the
past, to recalling the time of trial in
which such terrible sacrifice was made TO
preserve q common country for dwelling
within its limits. it is proper that the
vitel questions Of the hour should o cnpy
the minds of men even though the r
thoughts find no public utterancs. aud
that each veteran of the war afor the
Union" and every descendant of such,
should over the dust of those they honor.
for laying down Of life through patriotism,
resolve TO increasingly, unseltislily labor
to restore harmony, suggest means, aud
work 10 accomplish ends that will result
in actually and entirely bringing about a
union of States, q union of hearts, anil
a union of hands that no social, politi-
cal. race. creed. business or sectional
question s eau ever sever.
There is work great work, for heroes
and patriots t0-day--wOrk ns Grand aud
noble for the young men Of the present
generation ,.s for the veter us of the past
to perform, as was ever comprised in the
bloody tasks set before the men who now
lie under flower and flag decorated sO.!s.
The sentimental side is we'll enough; it
is eminently proper that one day in ol.h
year should lie devoted to the lonoring
Of those who died that the nation might
live; no pages of history. though they
grow into millions, can do moro than
justice 10 their noble deeds. But realities
of the present must not lie forgotten or
neglected in contemplation of the ro-
mnnce of the past. The duty of every
man to his country is as actual to-day as
1t W 8 twenty five years ngo, and that du-
ty is to preserve the peace won by the
blood aud wounds of the men of GIG
Too practical in one way are we-in
blind devotion TO business, in continual
seeking. all-else- forgetting, striving af-
ter wealth. We give twenty-fomr hours
each year to the sentiMentality of MeMo-
rial Day, aud the remaining three hum
bred aud sixty-four we live for self. AS
the men we honor by speeches and flags
anu flowers died for others, ii is the duty
Of those who survive them to live for
others.
The formula used by Cain-type, as
he was. of seltishness and cruelty-"Am
1 my brothers. keeper?"-has been pro-
our own. He voiced the universal ill.,
quiry. The answer to this question has
the same force now it had then, and an
added force which has come with added
knowledge. Precepts have not the force
of example, We know. but He who was
the perfect result of all the good which
the hearts and lives of men ever con-
tanned, and I'LL captain, who uttered the
words, Let us have p~eace"-they are per-
petual examples for all people. They
thought and worked, unseltishly and con-
tinuall!y. for the good of oil.
1t Is such musings that prompt these
lines from one who through all the civil
strife did what he could to aid his COM
rades honored on Memorial Day, and
who can still see that. while peace is not
yet secured to the land for which SO many
died, for which such hosts still bear the
agony of wounds, also recognizes the fact
that u young men are cold or dead 10
the influences that again threaten 10 dis
rupt our country. There i, no man liv-
ing in this age but knows his duty. How
many are there who do it? 10 know what
duty demands is o great stride forward.
a condition makes condemnation far
greater when there is q failure to
live III to that knowledge. In all
human relations, including domes-
tic and social unity, and thence
widening out into broader relations of
political, patriotic interests, the idea of
duty to country, with the light of God
shining through it, brings to bear on
every transaction of life an imperative
obligation of loyalty to our land and our
fellow men. As we do our duty toward
our country aud our fellow men, we do it
toward our God and ourselves. No po-
litical party or leader should receive
blind obedience; if q man would he free
he must think md act for himself and
others-for all. If the men Of to-day
would no wear faces of shame when
they meet-if ever they do-the heroes
they glorify on Memorial Day. they must
study the questions of the hour-must
act without passion and all forgetful of
self TO harmonic the distractiug ele-
ments now disturbing the land. They
must insist upon Justice to oil, firmly:
but with reason and Kindness they must
insist upon this, they must awaken to the
fact that they are their brothers keep
ers." and that if they would truly honor
those in memory of whom MAY 10 is
held as q new "All Saints DAY." thew
must fight as brayely and long, and suffer
as patiently and severely, as those who
for the Union bled or died.
WITHOUT A COUNTRY.