The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-05-29

then ths mightisst nasioa on the globe.
Hsr armies cAmpsd IN oil zones And hof
ships ~ploughad Ill waters, YET our fathers:
limited In numbers and resources. snapped
tho chains Of ssrvituds. broke tho Yoke OF
grinding oppression, and fought unsi! the
de.potism % tyrsnts dissolvsd and lsfs not
. wrack behind.
hearts Of . patriotic people, slime With ths
splcndor of. orr free Institutions = %
perpstustsd with those principles that sre
o. fxsd and immutabis 40 the stars! Bss
when tha wAs illuminated In Victory. nnd
psaos lowered 10 our heavens like dove,
sst aside, and the constitution was tneoEa-
patibls with the declaration. The war was
psoascnted for delivsrance from bondage.
and yst our fathers took the chains stricken
ON their own limbs TO hold ! subjsga,,
was the waichword through aevsn long
years Of want mi wos and war. but when
ths sun shone from behind the dark
bank OF clouds. and peace
pesched upon Tho triumphant banner..
.he Visitors forgot she principles 10, whien
30 themselves. modified The declaration and
intsrpolatsd che word white" And yet
we began to have . form OF prosperity.
streams Of immigration poured In upon
~. In twenty.f ~ years tho population
kbV0I b4IY0 ubttAOl W
millions. an increase without . parallel in
history. by the attractions of the Mis-
sissippi valley and tho discovery of pre-.
cious metals far beyond, this population
wal soon scattered all over the continent
until the whole land was possessed. . po-
Htical fact that could mot have been fore
cast BY the shtswdest thinker of Washing
tons day.
The nations dome was Drowned with the
sunshine OF prosperity. but tho corner
stones were crunbling, and the walls wers
ready to totter and crash into hopeless
shaved! Partisanship had s%upplantsd pa
tri0tisnn. honey hhd transssndsd morals.
prosperity was mistaken for principle, and
success for justice! Slavery aou.ishsd like
. mighty upas tree in the south, and not
only poisoned the atmosphere Of the nation
with tts deadly aroma. but began TO extend
its roots into tho free soil OF the west.
The south relied upon . ~"barbarous
clause that dsfIsd the federal pact" and
made the hsartless claim that slavery was
the nations child. The north read that
CLAUSE with shame. and blushed 70 know
constitution. but with reddsning cheek and
heart made strong By noble purpose, de-
elatsd that slavery had poisoned. CURSED
and bliehted long enough. and that the ter.
r~itorisa must be free.
The southern .zsalots cried. mo union
without slavsrJ;'' ths northern patriots
replied, N union without liberty" and
upon that issue . political conflict ragged
which resulted in the elevation to Che
presidency. OF that typical American. Abra-
han Lincoln.
The south appealed to tho arb,tramsnt
of the sword. and raised the standard Of
revolt.
But the powder had scarcely died away
from the first gun turned on Eumptsf be-
fore . thundsr peal Of patriotism rolled
over the north that swslled into the mighty
march Of 1900 boys in blue" who beneath
fought and suffered and died in order that
the nation should not die, that freedom
should not perish and that slavery should
not live. Tonight We remember tho heroic
host who kept the stars and stripes floating
above this nation.
Bravsly they faced the foe, mingling their
blood with every ~RurRlina stream. Ons by
one they fell with ZONE to kiss the culver
ing lips. to wipe the dew OF death from the
pallid brow, or catch the last whispered
wish to send to loved ones far away.
Sometimes the shout Of triumph arose
emblem OF death loated m%ournfully to the
breeze. To-day the flush Of victory; to-
morrow the pallor of defeat. To-day all
answer to the roll CALL" to-morrow
'hsre." echoes from the hospital; "hsre''
echoes o from rom, the ! eoI Rris e f!ownina wallis:
A0Ao AASAA u RVOA u OtAOV"o OW
mound. 4#t- -.t+ r.,
The blood which puraed our history, the
suffering that saved the union, and the
lives sasrihosd in the holy eauss OF free
dom, have made us the grandest nation on
tho face of the globe.
From 1.-The valley of the shadow Of
death fair Columbia has walked forth to
show tho world . republic that cannot die.
and point to a superstructurs OF liberty
shat has risen from the noise of conflict
and the smoke of Wal.
II was not at that time the crime of any
nstion-she whole country, north and
south were Responsible for II. The
churches Of Roston had their slave CALLER
les. To-day w remember with gratitude
the e~bolitionists. They were canonaded
then, but We c~enonize them now. They
philanthrophists, tbs true patriots, who
scorned to compromise with wrong, whose
wills deied fear. whose hearts ~applaudsd
Justice. and who In the intensity OF their
convictions threw down the gauntlet ia
fate. They wero stiRmatized as cranks
but they held as true to their guiding pfin-
eiple % the needle to the pole.
Words are empty sounds; flowers fade in
a little while; she teal drop soon dries
upon the check; marble and brass endure
but for a season; but In memory and fond
ToCOll0CVlOu VIC SShF q monument QOS mAOa
with hands; it stands upon the sure foun-
dation of patriotism and towers into the
canopy of eternal love!
Gratitude has soulptured upon its CLEAN
ing sidss two beautiful ohsrubims stand
ing with Rsrlands Of gold at the entrance
of the city beyond. ready when the 'long
rolr' is sounded to swing aiar the jasper
gates. and amidst the blaze and spiendor of
heaven fsdsless glory and the Welcoming
applsudits Of angelic hosts. crown each
fallen hero as he walks beneath the span
gled archwsy into the camp Of everlasting
rest.
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