The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-08-30

SCARED cap. each of which would speak
volumes had il the power of speech.
But il is also of the services of the
great army of the dead and living vet
Grams who are soon to join them that
we are to remember.
As true members of the republic il is
for us. through the channels of citizen
ship. to inculcate the lessons of patriot
ism and the love of liberty. The safest
.bulwark of the republic is the honest
and upright citizen, who loves his coun-
try. honors the flag. guards with sacred
ness his fireside and grants to others
the full measure Of their worth. When
the citizen loses these qualities, when
his voice is made silent by the power of
pelf and greed, then il is that the gov
eminent will fail. So it has been; so it
Will always be. Rome, republican Rome.
whose eagles glanced i'm the rising and
setting sun--where apd what is she?
The eternal city yet remains. proud even
in desolation. noble in her decline. veneer
able in the majesty of religion, and calm
as in the composure of death.
More than eighteen centuries have
mourned the loss of her empire. NOR
tai disease was upon her vitals before
Caesar had crossed the Rubicon. The
Goths. and Vandals, and Huns. the
swarms of the North, completed what
was already begun at home. Romans
betrayed Rome. The legions were bought
ute money"
We should hold forever as a priceless
heritage the memory of the sacrifices Of
our fathers and those who bore the heat
Of the battle, in many cases giving up
their lives that the republic might be
preserved without one star erased from
the blue OF the flag
They have left us an example al
ready inscribed in the worlds memory:
an example poTentious to the aims of
tyranny in every land; and an example
that will console in all ages the droop-
ing aspirations of oppressed humanity
1t is the spirit which lives: in this are
our safety and our hope-the spirit OF
our fathers: and while this dwells deeply
in our remembrance and its flame is cher
ished. ever burning, ever pure on the
altar Of our hearts; while il incites us
TO think as they have thought, and do
as they have done, the honor and praise
will be ours, to have preserved unim-
paired the rich inheritance which they
so nobly achieved
1t is the hope and prayer of every
true and loyal citizen of this republic
that civil strife and discord may never
rankle among the members of the union
and that this government of the people.
by the people, and for the people, shall
not perish from the earth
What better words for closing than
those Of the immortal Webster. spoken
d luc uttticdlofy exercises OF bunker
Hill monument:
Let our object be. our country, our
whole country, and nothing but our
country. And by the blessing Of God
may that country itself become a vast
and splendid monument, not of oppres-
sion and terror. but Of wisdom, Of peace
and liberty. upon which the world may
gaze with admiration forever
'Our country hallowed be thy narle-
Courageous were our sires.-
To noble deeds their glorious fame
The patriots bosom fires.
They braved the tempest and the flood
They met the battles fray
They pledged their honor and their blood
On freedoms natal day.
Our country summons every son
To join the choral throng
For freedom battle fought and won.
To raise the lofty song.
Loud swell the anthems joyful sound
Within the sacred dome
And tell each nation far around
Here freedom has her home"
BEN ARDYS"
Rockport. Ind. Aug. D. 1893.