Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1892-06-02

ye. beyond this you will see by your d
souon 70 the government, you saved
e from destruction and have made n wh,
. the fathers of the republic intended r. !
. oe' a government for the people, Of tn
eopie and by the people, free and eous
justice to all men. And as time sbo1
: come, here in this far off Pacific shore
.ne grandest civilization of the world will
! oe seen' prosperous and happy people
ana from this harbor will 90 ont III,
white-winged commerce upon everv se,
ana INTO every port; and upon your river
banks will be found large and prosperou,
citles, and your hill-sides and valley,
Will be dotted with beautiful villages
MONIES and fields. And as you travel
down the hill of time to soothe and com.
tort you, you will find the Women,s Re.
lief Corps made up of wives, mothers and
daughters OF the Grand Army OF the Re-
pubic, who with loving and tender hands
VIII practice that charity that is of heav-
en- divine. Fo. many OF you know from
actual experience that during the dark
DAYS OF the civil war, that YOU were en-
couraged and stimulated by the love and
affection which you bore for your moth
ers' wives, daughters and sisters, YEA
many OF them went into hospitals, even
upon the battle fields and with their own
hands prepared the lint to bind Nm tho
wounds OF the injured, while others re-
NAMED upon the old homesteads. toiled
ana struggled to make clothing for the
soldier boys and keep the wolf from the
door. May God bless tha-lA.,- ---v-....s,
Mead and all the great generals OF the
war, will, perhaps few exeef5ons, have /
answered to the last roll call and there |
are now none so poor but what can do
reverence; bnt amongst them all there
is one whose star rose as quiet and peace
fully as the dew drops OF Heaven at Bel
mont and passed rapidly over seven
thousand miles OF battle scenes to Apo
matax and there received the surrendered
sword of the Southern Confederacy. The
world has produced Caesar, an Alexan-
der the Great, Napolean, a Wellington,
but none in all ages and countries have
equaled our Washington and Grant. The
first the founder of the government, and
the other it's savior; and now IN the
dawn OF that peace which shall reign
over The world, let us remember those
expressive words Of him who has seen
the horrors Of war, and had heart big
enough to forgive if not forget those who
had fought against the Union. LET us
have peace" and 'Peace" hath its victo-
ries, no less renown than war and those
who have felt the effects Of war, long tor
more peaceful means OF arbltratlng our
differences and methinks l can see
Peace beginning to be,
Deep as the sleep OF the sea,
When the stars their faces find
In its blue tranquility
| Heats of men upon earth,
That rested not from their birth,
To rest as the wild waters rest
With colors of heaven on their breast.
Love which is sunlight of peace,
Age by age to increase,
| Till Anglers and hatred are dead,
And war and want shall cease;
Peace on earth and good will,
Souls that are gentle and still,
Hear the first music of this
Far off, infinite bliss
The principles Of your order, Fraterni'
| ty, Charity and Loyalty, are lessons the
whole civilized world may profit by
Fraternity that maketh you stick closer
than brother, that charity to assist
comrades in arms and see that none shall
suffer for the comforts of life, and tina
loyalty that makes the principles tol
which you fought.
Liberty and individual right is wha
the world has been fighting for ever since
r forces we're marshalled upon the plain
, Of Shinah, and the rights of the minorl
, ties must be protected as well as tn
majorities. A just regard for the right o
all.is the highest law. The republic
, Greece crowned their victors with tn
> aurel and the olive branch, bet W
: place over the graves Of our soldier dead
> the laurel and olive branch as emblem
{ Of our oblations, and hope of immortality
. for cit is not all of life to live or death t.
die for. when ages are DER and world