The Republican journal., 1892-06-02

and then the old man stops to kiss them
takes the two smallest hands in his, and
surrounded by the other children, he ap
proaches the open door There stands
the son with outstretched arms. Atfec
tionately he embraces that goodly sire, ex-
claiming: "Welcome, father; welcome''
''FrOm this day forth, thy son S home, thy
sons ALL proudly share with you.
And then down those furroWed cheeks the
joyous tear-drops stream, as the father
leans upon that manly breast, and secret
ly thanks the God that gave him such
son.
And how now shall nation receive its
creators and defenders? How shall it re-
ceive the men who. when the volcano Of
disloyalty threatened the integrity OF the
Union and the political heavens We're
filled with seething fires and deadly mis-
siles, saw written in the curling smoke
only the sublimity of their duty, and. for
getful of all else, plunged down into the
crater's devouring jaws. Down with their
raven locks. Down With their manly
forms. Down with their youthful Nisor
After four long years the sectlonai fires
are quenched by rivers OF blood and some
come out from the fiery furnace. Whiten-
ed hair. Diseased bodies. Falterin@ foot
steps. Read therein the stories OF their
suffering. Pay men for such services:
Oh, that is detestable word: it is mer
cenary and vulgar-fit only for ignoble
service. Speak not of pay until to-mor-
row. This is Memorial Day Besides,
you paid the Union Soldier once paid him
small, and mean. and paltry pittance
and even that in basely deprecated cur
rency: while the boys who remained ut
home and refused to encounter peril, We're
paid in gold
Pay is not the word of grateful people.
The role of the tilial son alone is admir-
able. His voice. the voice Of this young
generation, rings out: Hail. father Say
iors of the American Republic, Hail,
creators of the American | Mon. We
pronounce with veneration the names of
the immortals of Revolutionary days; we
revere the heroes of 1872. But these men,
exalted though they were. succeeded only
in making the American Repubfic geo
graphical posSibjlity. You, by your ma
jestic struggle, went infinitely beyond and
made the American -nion an absolute and
eternal certainty.
Welcome then. to this thy temple OF
peace and freedom Welcome to these
pacific scenes of wealth and plenty: be-
come partakers in all their blessings-for
from out the darksome caves OF war.
Away with parsimonious and miscalled
economy, Extreme lberality-aye. gen
erous prodigality. in the distribution Of
pensions should only express the faintest
tribute of our loving gratitude. Your
patriotism is a vital power in cur nation:
an incentive to the young. an inspiration
to the old. And it shall not pass unrerog-
nized whatever be the cost. our gratitude
shall assume the form Of governmental aid
while the Rockies produce silver and the
Nevadas yield us gold. If one hundred
millions won't do. Two hundred millions
may.
Gentlemen of the Grand Army, | must
confess that ,tm often wounled severely
as in reading IN occasional publication Of
your comrades. | encounter Il dirgellke
strain. which may be summarized in the
words: Are we forgotten? oh. gentle
men, You are not forgotten, And to make
an assurance more assured. | bring to YOU
another garland. more fair and pure, and
fragrant than all other wreaths combined.
1t comes from that generation between
whom and you and | stand as a link
from the little children of America.
| enter one of our primary schools
natrres loveliest Hover garlen-where
blossoming into boyhood and girlhood are
the choicest fruits of the freeman home.
Here is a paradise OF bliss-an Eden OF
pullty ana PROMISE Stdh" before tha'
class whose ages ranges from liNe 70 seven
years ailC a'0ress tlle'il Soiile"h" is lol-
lows: illidfeh' IillfiS Ne"fs ~" grea'
h''l'lpti "l men from Haiht 'llu otlel
otalt> Went Gown '""''th Gown 10 'fle
9Ia'e VI lf9lliia. 'liei l"u-hl Siea1 p't-
,!es 'here' SOME Oh th">e men e;'ilie
pack dhu no" "eaf pto9es upon lhelf
breasts; o'hefs We're W"Hhied ahH N",'
see them Z" ABOUT the streets WIN
cIntcIes- hut a Sfeat many never came
oaeN tiieN "le' upon the attie-helds ,'ha
were pltl1e" III uteP ahd unmarked
lIehclleH' ! ah you ltl! NE ailNtiilhG ABOUT
llIese mem Nhd instantly up sh""t
'hVl' i4l'e names. lneE wave 1htm ts
Angels mast nave waved tAelis Wilen Deck
"illh4 your t"ilfaie> '"' oe'trf lah'': A'l,i
one niue hllglll-eNe!t Slfl. HuSi'et WITH
conscious pllde. rNclalhs lhrN We're
@""' men; }AeY were h"hie men; Ahu
tIien young ia't. ms lart already beam
lhs VIII 'iie IlfeS OF l'alll"'l>ll. eAclllliis-
heN 1ought Tor US lAtN l"ught that
we ihl9ht go t" school
70, Sehtltmeh' You are ho1 forgotten.
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