The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1891-04-14
THE ADVOCATE.
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Known to our people, jim the
cosW Fan address before the G.. A.
r. celebration, paid the following trib.
TO the soldier:
"Soldiers always aud by all nations
have formed the chief topics of history,
have had highest praise, and have
been, more than all others, the sub
jects of story aud song. The world (
history is full of their deeds. Sacred
history abounds with rccitals of their
valor aud the honoi's awarded them
for their service 10 their country.
''liomer celebrates the hero war
riors of the siege of Troy in lines of
beauty which will be read in all times
and in all lands. The men who gave
Greece her magnificent splendor and
Rome her gorgeous grandeur were
those who led their armies to battle.
The name of Saladin beams like a
star in the progress of the worlds his
tory. Alexander and Caesar always
stand at the head, and arc recalled
whenever Greece and Rome are men,
toned.
Napoleon always bushes TO the
front whenever France is named and
wellington stands for England itself
throughout the world. In our own
service George Washington is our
great central figure. Over sixty-fve
millions of people think of George
Washington as the soldier standing
with his magnificent figure in the uni
form of a General, and fighting the
battles of liberty which gave us
the freedom which we fought to pre-
serve.
$50 we, and those who fought after
us, will see Grant, Sherman, Sheri-
dan, Thomas, Hancock and an abund-
ance of other brilliant leaders of the
soldiersof the great struggle 1S61-'65
ON the side of the Union. With the
men who fought against us, and their
children after them, we will recall
Lee, johnson, Jackson, Hill, Breckin-
ridge, and the brave and gallant men
with them who, in so many long
years of toll and privation, upheld the
bitter struggle which they maintained
with a bravery and an lenss;:nence
never excelleC. go that in this or
ganization we are doing that which
the example of history for 1000
years prompt us. Keep alive the
memory of the soldier. We have no
selfish ends to serve. We are nom
political, and admit soldiers without
reference to politics, religion or
creed. But we are intensely loyal to
our country and to our flag. We be-
lieve in the Republic. We are ego
tistic enough to believe and assert
that we saved this jon. We are
not beggars nor public pensioners.
We are the most liberal and generous
men alive. We harbor no sentiment
of harsh or unkind feelings TO those
who fought against us. We had the
most men, we had the most money,
and most people to back us. We had
the cause of right ON our side. We
showed, too, that we were not afraid
to fight. We contended with as he
roic set of men as the world ever
Saw. They went down in the end
against overwhelming odds, and we
have given them this glorious land of
freedom by our victory and their de-
feat-and to them we have given the
same right to enjoy the great bless
ings of free land and to hold here
all the privileges which we enjoy as
citizens of the Republic. Their down.
fall was their gain, and the land they
loved so well now blooms with pros
perity as It never bloomed before.
We are one people, one country, and
one flag, and
@The star-spangled banner will continue to
wave
Der the land of the free and the home of the
brave"
every soldier, no matter on which
side he fought in that fearful war, is
now proud of that banner and the
country of which it is the ensign"
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