The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-05-31

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g neia esis heasts 60 nat ia love ana homer iaF
shs sseasisltians ai the deeds 81 the past have
asssAslea this day all ogeg CUR land 80 bring
bahk the msnafiss 81 those who haFa aepalte
aaa 70 rEepafe ~ fellowship aud mutnai en-
eenfasemsat for the eansesis al the future
Aafs than 2stsl years ago the first memorial
stfFiee Was held Mhieh hist0Ey has given 10 US
a. ineGeFiai 70 the brave men who had fallen
~ tseir easiiatgY cause aad ~ that mastery
Grafton which ferieles addressed Ia the surgiy-
CTS al that war he gave for ali time utteFaRee
ana ills 10 the sentiment it il sweet aud pleas
AIT 10 die ies ones country
~ iae enatest thEaugt which you have passed
aaa Whieh We ioss back upon alter thirty years
nave rolled away the smoke al hattie,
there was this peeuliaTi,y. that yoa did not
vas against iofeign foe, that sou did not seek
eensae 81 ezienson al tsrritaTy, but that there
vas seea the spectacle 81 i've great divisions 81
wat Rad been beiore a united aud happy peo=
fisl descended from common ancestry, strng-
siihs ies SUPREMACY the one Ter tue sake OF tGa
ffinsipie that tbs public good should be sue
sefflens 70 individual interests, aud thai the
states 81 she unlen might dissolve al will that
national integrity which Gus fathers haa
ioaaasa; While on the otheE hand . was cen
seAaea against them that this was nasieni
that On American soil taeEe could Is 40 ether
aaa that the foundations wRieh GUS fathers haa
laid deep aad strong Should aot Be overturned
ipunaed be disrupted Al the will Vi anY ia-
diyiduGl states.
henoa Is IL thai Walls yea, as comrades 81 the
Graad Array 81 Gas Republic, moaFa the loss Of
50 many who sseod with yeu size ey side upon
she tented Asid, aide BY side ia the seIFlad ranks
q Hsf, yet your mourning Is cause also ieE re.
lolsins io{ the struggle which cost the lives OF
50 msny saen made tbs Lille OF this nation; and
tbs national liIe to-day is due 70 the fact that yeu
showed ~ tue weird that the American soldiaT
on the acid 81 hattie was the equal OF ANY sod
der Ia the world
Az thai time 1t was source Of doubt 10 tia
nations 81 Europe how hong ouE Institutions
eouta stand but believe utter the sentiment
ROW eqaeurrea IA by tbs majority 81 thinking
msn When say thai the result ei the war was
70 conylnce tho nations OF the world that heEe
upon American soil was the place ~ make the
noblest men upon whom the s0n shines, and
that !his land was we'll httea 70 be .tAe laad 81
the free aud the home Of the brave
There remains, then, 70 Us, aud ~ tha nations
oi the earth. the spectacle Of q war which
bulAaed up martial itof var which GO.
fnented instead oI forever destroying the rela
items Vi mutual confidence aud charity that de-,
and vi rlght eughs % exist, between all actions
Of this lair lapd We look abroad upon il uow,
alter the lapse Of all these years aud all our
citizens love OUT institutions. aad viii project
aud cherish them with their hearts blood Il
need pc What can this 20 but the legitimate
result Of the charity you visited toward the
yanQulshed, aud ri the broad and genuine
philanthropy which has a second time con-
Qaered those With whom YOU fought?
he onlS IS ftee whom the trpth nakes tree.
he onls ID a Tree man who exercises freely every
eight which IS ia harmony vita the law and or
( der Of society, aDd there comes - Us on this
bright aud beautiful day the solemn conviction
that VIC have heritage u heritage given TO as
and - orr eAildrep BY tho stEonG arms and
brave hearts Of those who lett the plowshaEe IN
the furIow, Who lett the cares OF business aud
the pleasant ties u home and family, and wept
forth IN the head and trout OF the grim RACKS
wherever tAe dag preceded them, 10 10 boRess
waxake. manly service 10, defense OF tho gIeat
principle Of human Liberty aud the tights Of hg
laanity.
50, M fellow eiti2ons. We rejoice that even at
50 great q price this foundation was laid deep
aud strong IN The hearts and coaseiences OF the
American people.
These venerable men have p,sasad many vi them
now beyond Che age oi plddle lie % the days
when their hairs arc whitehead with Che irosis
Of many waters when their limbs arc, weak.
eued by toll asd struggle and disease. Whence
come they. and what is their deStiny9 They
have done their dgty IN the pasa Arc thay now
70 be overlooked Must they DO relegafad 10
memories oslSl say ~ yols, Veterans OF tho
War. that your dgty IS rot yet done, that the
conflict is not oyer, thai the Present conflict is
awar " which soA are engaged as fgliy in be
bait Of the right 81 VOL were in any victory
which yoH gained with tho swosd.
No4 whose siFons reAt hand upheld the 1as
and whose sword ioEeed. its Nay through the
heart OF oppression, can never DO heard 10 say
thai yoar wosA is done until eyegg foe that aims
= deathDlow - alay American Institution has
been silenced forever.
Non stand as sponsoTs for the nation yoa have
preserved aud Z viii aotdo foE Won 20 hay down
Wong arlas Until every loo that attacks American
itlsiltnilons "a driven 10 the last ditch aud has
hnally SGFEendsged AZ Appomat4ox
The people are tired % vain fcpetitioas We
do not heed words SO Haaeh as deeds. The tights
o. mea cry aond fog yindicailoa today more
thaH at aAS otheg time ia eur history The
proper relation OF the employer and the en-
psoyeSsS the psQpeE relation ol The government
and the governed; the proper relation and
eos The country 20 the soldier, the proper
POSITION q me american soldier and those de-
peaasat spoA him ~ peace are pyoblems which
must % stabbed oGt aad beiag solxed must DC
set Il rest forever.
These qaestloaS viii not down they can.
not he settled By Bactioa. The integrity ol
Aiassieaa Institutions cannot be sci upoa 8
arm alss iasilhs pedestal soioaE IS The hamhlust
laheres Is controlled in his political aetioa b.
the rasa ios whom he labogs. The government
cannot advance TO iiS pyopeE position at the
neass 81 The Nations OF the earth until every nan
= the absolute equal % every other nam be.oxa
t4le Ian Gatil tbs laws are equally eaiorce, Tor
the hialahscst IS Well as the ereaeSs. t,a,ii the
pFintap.eqt liStiee and Tho quality o. raevey are
not strained nor ila.tsd IN their application 10
The circumstances Q. The Individual seekins
tAeul,
Aetailst realise the thoasAt uttered by Ma
aalsy IS idea.iEsd Asaoag the ancient RogaaaS.
Then al wege foy the reople.
Then each Was ieg the state
Then The rich TaSll hclfSi The MOOT
AiAe tas loos 1is.a loved The great.
Inc soldier who Tough; IN war and who vim
aieasea the ps4nein,s Ql eag.ai rights then ls,s.
vsaaieaie u by his Vo'es and seton now. The
pyiaelplS QI hUgaaa Hbcsiy cries out against
as,laass oppression. Noa h&Ye fogoycr lipEoaScd
human slavery n THIS co~atTy, 81 fas IS ;ho.
slavery q The eody Is coaoeyntd. IL i fog yea
"a BON SET g, resi- the aathoy4gy oNez The human
will, the stsesapt @. sgeas GsoaolsosieS 10 eoyesn
allG coatrol tae pSoQ.c l0GSs be abandoned Ne
such r4gAt eSisss-
oas country viii Bsyeg "a truly f.t fug q max.
os h.gA itlsas and R0Ale pylIear3e 20 live IN gu-
"a he rleA.,as respects the poog Iass, and lGsii
the noog Iaasa can approach the r.ea Iasa vita
confidence, Watil psace assa Happiness, vita
equal paco. shall kaocS a. the pa.sce aud The
cottage saIs, gRsii every citizen shall reeoss.4e
the Ayaes4eSa idea, UR.ll oYsey age viii klRdie
A. tae Thought taSI us stSzs Sl.e stripes sge the
tas a. his co&agEy. UasA eNegg hCSoUa shall
swell VITA eyaotlOa as tbs Voices ~ our ohsiGiel
SITS tAe as,tsoAs- allshV1a OK tAis memorable
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Nhlie Ne eAegisa tl,e lsegaoSsssos the past, We
re1lss2as'es as 'Ae lcg u slsoss aS4isss. wAou
Nc teSiSas- lev NF.le ase here tedSy Ase irasa
etSEE section q oar coNasEy. So9, Ray eo.s.,
rs1Vs q. tae GfaDd A-llg os tAS Rtpahlie. NO.,
ieS.h tge10 81 ths states Of the Cn!oa, fFoa.
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