Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-10-25

tho soldier has once been put upon the peussen
roll OF the government that he should be sns.
fullest investigation, taken in open broad day
light. with the pensioner having the privilege
e %.et w s.s . .Spess . ssss .s s sis: and and The then W.T. +,
upon a full bearing i turns out 1T, that bat, tnss
s %pssriotie 6 Sentiment sen,lneDSt . Of Pc t Ss ' people, Isn and snsn tss
PATRIOTIC sentiment Of every loyal seadier:
ton is to having the presumption Of fraud
pro prove sp that t1t they 0i are anaorthy' and not simply
put them on upon a P~resumpaion tnat tne<
that sentiment which is sometimes indulged In
that the soldiers of the republic enlisted for
before me. tonight who. when he enlisted. ever
thought yo,ce o. alpe snsio9''
MANY Of them didn't know ANYTHING abcus
pensions, and they didn't care; Their great care
the Dag. 1Applause.j They entered the service
ism. not for the paltry pittanee paid them; moo
for fame nor popular applause. for their sesy,
highest sense Of love Of country. that no harm
when that splendid army, that great volunteer
army, the grandest that eyer trof the earth.
mankind ever engaged
A Debt That Can Never BE Paid
'I remember when that splendid army OF Grant,
e GREAT ahss sppiaius 90 passed. Snsa,da9 down Pc pennsylyania AZ:
| enue. Stretched across the great marble capitol
r wss by SS t erefy passin az s seIiffs i and these sn@"E We're the 3
words of the Inscription: There IL one debt
IS sni the DEL SG il oWss the Se' men ~s,sl who Da'; saved this
nation tAgplausel That was true then; IL ~
be amended or abridged. Talk about the soldiers
OF the republic footing the treasury. Why, we
or @ou,'aa ag. "1 Il It hadn't been for them. Great
applausel You know the stun of which the
| of which my comrades were made, / recall thar
which typihes the volunteer soldier sf the re-
~necticut regiment when the colonel one day con-
yened the regiment at his HEADQUARTERS. and W
regiment the colors he Was therer fter to carry,
this starry banner OF the free; and as he DE
him: ,'Color,bearer. take this flag, Fight for Il;
yes, die for it; but never surrender 1t into the
Young eclor.bearer. only IS Years Of age. with
the red wine OF early, manhood mantiing MS
Colonel, IN ring this flag, back to you In
honor or Wis., report TO God the reason why.
into battle. That young coior.bearer fell. stricken
with death: but he fell with the nag about
1t back. He couldn't bring il back. But he gave
I the best be had, the best which any man has;
the God above him knew the reason why.
80 nigh to grandeur Is our dust.
| So near 10 God is man.
When duty whispers low, Thou must
The youth replies, i can
when Abraham Lincoln (applause), that mag
nifcent representative OF American citizenship,
one OF the grandest men In human history, he
who spoke the words that proclaimed liberty,
he who issued the decree that all men should be
free-Abraham Lincoln. snatched as he Was by
n bravo from the theater of fame-when he said
come men responded 4 can and | Will and
a half million men gave up their lives TO pre-
serve the republic: and II Is our business. In the
language of the lamented Lincoln, to bind up
their wounds and see IN 1t that their widows
and their orphans. and those who have survived
the great struggle. should he cared for from n
bo%unteous treasury of the government. ZAP
plause.l What we need In this country is a re-
vival. OF patriotism. God grant that 1t may
come, and come to stay. | tnank you and DID
| You good night" Great eheering)