The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1891-04-22

ncblest success the pen of history has ever re-
corded. 1t has given us a greater measure
of national freedom than any other people
ever enjoyed. and the last victims upon our
national altar, cOnsecrated our country anew
to still more sublime results.
We have now nothing on earth to fear but
our own follies. Yet when We reflect how 1t
is possible for us not to feel profound sense
of the responsibilities of our nation, and of
this Republic to all future ages.
What motives urge and inspire us to lofty
effort; what solemn warnings demand our
most thorough vigilance. and moderate our
O'erweening confidence.
Let us then cement in harmony and fra
ternity all parts and elements of this great
Republic; promote by all lawful, possible and
honorable means, peace and good will among
all sections and classes cultivate with solemn
earnestness Il spirit of loyalty. an unselfish
love of country and of that cOuntry's insti.
tutiOns and that country's flag.
And bv the flags. you veterans and your
comrades far and near have beeninstrument-
al in presenting to and for the school children
the observance of this and Of Decoration day,
and of your many other acts of public object
lessons in loyalty; by proper recall of the
memories of the past say by these shall
you make wider the place for your name and
order in the hearts of your countrymen, and
deepen and broaden love of country. in all
men.
And as the Fastening years go on and your
ranks become thinned then by the kindly,
faithful hands of the Womans' Relief Corps,
and the appreciative offices and work of the
Sons of Veterans. shall the principles of 10y
atty, justice and charity be preserved and be
taught to future generations, while the work
of to- day is, by their aid, better and more
nobly done.
Let none despise your efforts towards JUS
tice being done to the fast aging veteran. How
many such shall gratefully feel. if not ac-
knowledge, your combined influence in the
tardy but deserved and convenient pension
now coming, and how many more. when the
service pension shall be granted. and paid to
all who risked life and its hopes for their
country.
Sons of Veterans, as the scattered locks and
faltering steps of age, shall in the years to
come, be the lot of the defenders of your
country, see to it that your ranks shall fill as
theirs diminish, and that the lessons of their
service to their country, and of their beneti
cent order, shall long be kept before the ris-
ing generations. See to it that patriotism
shall not fail from our land, nor its practice
and principles cOrrOde in ideness.
Citizens. congratulate you and your city.
county and state on your self evident appre
citation of your country's defenders, by the
10 inst for in,
whose life and work seems now so bright.
Soldiers. Veterans! congratulate you on
this silver anniversary of your order that
your adopted state of Kansas, giant young
Kansas. has set the example to the world, in
caring for her citizen veterans. That plan
so broad and characteristic. even Il family
home, is approved and sealed by Il handsome
1 congratulate you that your order is so
great SO influential, SO conservative, so
honorable. That it numbers SO many honor
ed names on its rolls. And my wish and
prayer to- day for you is, that no traitor hand
may ever insult the flag, or betray the country
you love well. That in your declining
years no vandal hand upon the throat of
your loved nation shall again call you or your
sons to the field of strife, but that in a pros
porous, united, wisely governed peaceful
and happy country, hOnored by all and cared
for, you shall come down to your graves in
peace, and go to meet your reward. Yea, that
the long line of your country's defenders, its
true royalty, with Washington, and Adams,
and Jefferson, and Hamilton, and Lincoln.
and Grant. and Garfield and Logan, and
Sheridan and Sherman may meet you at the
nearly pataS