Omaha daily bee., 1891-05-31

took the roUi tree which their own hands had
reared TO shelter tho wife and the children to
quarter hUu sAeltcr the soldiers, that the re-
public might live.
70 crush that rebellion, the imperial
mandate ot the prcsldCut sanctioned by tho
viii u the people, sent forth the procama-
ton " liberty all over that rebel region, de-
ciarIug that every slave owned aad held by
these people, who were fighting against your
country ana mine, against your constitution
and mine against the sacred graves OF your
kindred ana mine, should be free.
The nation was In darkness and in gloom.
As al tho time Of the creation, darkness i'm
pcuc'rabic, fierce and black, was everywhere.
A new condition must exist. "And God said
let there be light, and there was light,n
So Lincoln saw amidst the darkness OF tho
hour ana the mutteriugs OF the great people,
that new condition must exist, and he said,
"lc' the slaves become free, and they were
free.
Then a new light shone forth and the re-
belHou began TO be oyerthrowu, and our
country redeemed and regcnarated aud re-
united.
CHARITY or REPuntC.
/ So soon a. our people saw that war no
longer rocked the COhtiucut that rebellion no
longer threatened TO overthrow our instltu-
tiOus, they sent up thanks 10 God that the
harvest Of death was ended aud that the
Sickle had dropped from the hands Of the pale
rcupnrs On the field Of combat.
As there were giants in war, so there were
giants III peace lNtN DtEul 70 PICK up lUb
broken fragments of the uutOu and 10 cement
them together with ties of love ana bouds Of
PARTON.
state lines had not boon obltterated, but
their governments were gone. ihe naJ!on
El'u3'eI Ihe'H oatN as 'Is c"Hr,It"' % ~
began 10 SHAKE hands Of friendship aud 70
forgive
Tho wings Of peace hoyercd over a now
pL2s, '.l, @ anu '1o ""' H"H '''o'l' '"'
uee'lhs memory
Not "a Hre4ih or Ohttle is stinlnG tue hIue'
~ '7 m0lm,h! "uu ParhH'se d" '"o WY
r,l,ot r,' IT',oe ~ ybf,o bI,sso,,s ,vbaro
swcIIcd the lyniie toni.
There are piuws in the fields whcre the war
wagons went,
There arc songs where they Iiited up khrheIs
~, ,Itmtht, ,..,., .,-,... ,t,,
"'"'w ~" "u'" ""'' 1''' "''7"''
You iNngt search fl, the Graves for what lib.
crty lost.
This lesson of ipdfvidual and national gen
er0sity stands ,,ithont nj noraIIal in tnc, his
tory Of anv pronle II rouid only take place
i'm 4 soynrnrncut by the pnople and is n mon
umcnt to the pcrpctuitv of the government
for the neonle II ls the charity of n repub-
lie which Iko tLn covnnnnt Ciod made With
Isrorl ns told nv tho nronhet Jereniah ~
tylI forgive thcir inigllitv and | will re-
nc,nbc, thcir sin no more J,
rrbo ration Loa bnrind all hi,+or,oes and
,ssio, SrIn oiI ,,,raro,Iirr Nae beo, iaid in
H. - ~ itL ~ ei"1 ,,,'1 vi I,,III -
i, 80 or,b; toot%G, u, w. met nf
'to '''"t l,'S " vnaT
ltqnUt ii( "'IT "a, 70 ,,a M
'0eo'u0i INC 'loot' ''oe " .''0 poop'o'
LEGEND OF THE HORN
The character and strength of the nations
of the earth may be told by their national
music God Save the Queen" has
the old sound Of hcrelity rulers and ldngly
power. The "Marselles hymn" has the
tremor of All eXcitable aud vascillatng peo-
pie.
The "Star Spaugled Banner keeps time to
the boating of 80 900 900 patriot hearts, with
| liberty as its drum major.
There is legend that the richest music Of
| the earth had been gathered in horn by Il
| guardian goddess ofthe world, and then lost