Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-09-04

souS OonIeuefaGe brigade, writes as
follows:
Among the numerous invitations which
have to attend similar reunions both of the
men who served in the national forces and
those who served in the Confederate army
there is none would SO gladly accept as the
the famous Parsons Cavalry Brigade 1 am
not one to discourage such meetings. The
friendships formed among comrades who
shared common dangers, and learned to lean
upon and trust the men with whom they
marched and bivouacked, ought to be enduring.
The links OF affection, wrought in the fires OF
battle, ought to be kept bright between them.
When the war drum ceased to beat and the
battle flags were furled the nationality which
was achieved called the citizens who, like the
Parsons Brigade had won their spurs like
valiant knights fighting for their convictions of
right to fall In with the advance guard of the
great republic in leading on the grand army Of
human progress. This republic rises out of the
troubled seas of the tempestuous past mighty
nation, and steps forth upon the wide future to
lead on the people and the nations Of the earth
to the higher and better destiny which God de-
signed for man to attain In this life. We are all
soldiers In the cause of mankind. The mill does
not grind with the water that has gone down
the stream. There is nothing In the past for us
except its instructive lessons for the present
and the future. We are one people now Texas
Missouri North, South, East, and West, mount.
ain, plain and valley, from the hills TO the ocean
shore. The future, radiant with promise, is
ours. Let us march into it, taking the touch of
the elbow and relying upon each other as one,
Keep step with united resolve, each to do the
whole duty of q citizen of the republic, whether
it be i'm the long lines of infantry in the silent
plodding walks of business life or on horse
back, clothed in authority, with the sound of
trampling hoof, ringing bugle note and clanking
saDer; no matter whether In the front rank or
rear rank. we are still at the very head of the
column OF the great army of progress While
would not forget that in the great Rtruggle for
the establishment of national authority cher.
ish the pride of thorough conviction that was
right, yet accord the same honesty OF conyic-
tion to my opponents, and shall never ask the
brave soldier who fights by my side in the cause
OF mankind, in all the future, what his creed or
GfhHattons may have been in the past a1o-
gether we will harvest the fields wherein we
fought, and for the achievement of the glorious
victories OF peace which we are to win az people
rely upon the brave men of Parsons Brigadet to
do battle worthy OF the regulations they won in
the fires of war. would rather trust them to
stand with me in the battles to be fought along
the lines of our civilization that lie Just before
US, than to trust to the men who, in the past
never evinced the manhood to fight for their
convictions OF right. May they have pleasant
reunion, and brighten up the links of their
friendship, welded In the heat of war and NAV
they resolve to re-enlist in the veteran corps az
true men 10 do the battles OF life Tor the com
mon good OF their country. May they rejoice in
the fact that the lone star, the emblem of the Inn
perial State, is not blotted out of the azure field
OF blue, but is absorbed into that greater star
the star OF a ationality-which like the star of
the east, is to lead all earth's people to TIE
shrine OF liberty, and teach them to worship
with the united people Of this republic, and Le
sincerely your friend, aa I was your fathers
fiftV wears aQO sT'-'