The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-05-31

must distinguish between prodigy, a fool, and
"A hero.
Lord Francis Bacon was a.prodigy; Empedo-
cles was fool Arnold Van Winkeried was a
hero when he gathered the enemys spear points
into his own body to make way through the
In a hospital at Nashville wounded soldier
was lying on the amputating table. under the
influence of ehloroform. They cut of his strong
of human limbs. tie awOke from his stupor,
with his left arm he lifted the cloth, and saw
nothing but the CORY stump: Where is my
arm?' he said, Get my arm, want to see IL
once more, my strong right arm" They brought
1t to him, and as he took 1t in his left hand he
saidI"Good-by Old arm, you will never swing
another sabre for the Government" and then
turning to those who stood by him he said,
Understand, do not regret its loss. 1t has
been torn from my body that not one state
should be torn from the unon."
lt Is this spirit of the hero that has raised the
life OF the nation TO the level of its privileges,
has harmonlzed its, general practices with its
abstract principles, has reduced to actual facts
the ideals of its institutions
Take history through and through, and 1t will
be found that the men and women who have
honestly feared God, have done most to defend
and save the countries in which they have lived.
They have silently penetrated the national life
as the chemical action of the atmosphere COM
posed of oxygen, nitrogen and carbonic acid
eXerts weathering influence on the rocks, soft
ening l0oSenlng, crumbling, until in time the
bodest mountain mass yields. This is achieve
ment of aggressive force.
wish / could say today as Daniel Webster
said when he made his reply to Haynes. Being
asked how he felt when he arose, II felt said
or felt, or heard Of, were floating in panorama
over my head, and had but to reach up and
grasp thunderbolt and hurl It,"
The object of the north was to save the union
and perpetuate it. The object of the south was
to dissolve and destroy the union, "They i'm
agined mischievious device which they were
not able to perform 2l-n. The north
gave blood and treasure freely to achieve that
end, and the fruitage of the northern loyalty is
emancipation, industry, elevation, education.
A company of soldiers defending Rodman's
Point, were overpowered by the enemy, and
took possession of a scOw In which to cross Tar
river. When loaded, 1t stuck fast In the mud
Several soldiers were about to spring out of its
sheltering sides to push it on; when negro said
"Yo' keep still. j KANT fight; | kin push de
boat, and if dey kill me 1t am nuffin." He leaped
overheard, pushed the boat into the stream,
His name is not handed down, but was he not a
patriot, belonging to no state or nation, but to
mankind?
Attempts have been made to alter our nation
ument erected through the north. Obliterate the
history of its battles, and rae every grave. to
the south was right and that nothing should be
left to tell that her liberties were Overthrown
and that she was compelled to endure the I'M
.ut mR saTs 81 .e Sotb eI to
arms to sacrifice life itself, rather than tamely
submit to insolent wrong. Home rule in the
south will bring the day of final triumph, and in
that trlumphal procession Abraham Lincoln
shall not move as the rlghtful president, but
Jefferson Davis, the socalled leader and traitor
of the lost cause"
We will not break in pieces and grind to pow
der the tombstones on which are recorded the
deeds of the valent defenders of our country.
When men stand for moral principle, their
trouble Is not a presumption that they are
wrong. Since the world began, men that have
stood for the right have had to stand for it as
Christ stood for the world -"Who in the days of
rI,A1n In hnI
supplications with strong crying and tears unto
Him that was able to save Him from death, was
heard in that he feared. Though he were a son
yet learned he obedience by the thing which he
suffered and being made perfect Became the
author of eternal life unto all that obey him.
Suffering for victory and safety.
Honor comes by holding fast to ones princi-
ples-by pressing them with courage, by going
into darkness and defeat for them.
What kind of q bird would the American
eagle be- if some could have their way? They
would strike out his eyes so that he could not
see. pluck off his wings so that he could not fly,
pull out his tail feathers so that he could no
longer steer himself, but roll in the dirt, then
he would look like a buZZard.
We have right to march in the procession of
nations: by the memory of the fathers,
by the sulferings of our Puritan ancestry, by
faith and hope of religion, by every line of the
declaration of independence, by every article of
the constitution, by what we are and what our
prOgenitOrS were, we have the right.
A war in which 900 were killed, and 2,00O-
600 we're wounded states devaSted and money
spent equal to England's debt twice told, has
meaning, a lesson and results which are to the
people of this nation liberal education.
| want you to recall certain facts and circum-
stances of men who left everything for S13 q
mon th-prospectS for promotion in their profess
sons, wealth in their business. competence from
their induStries-and for four years under blaZ-
ing suns, breathed the miaSma of the Swamps,
racked by the fever OF the jungle, and amidst
shot and shell and sabre thrusts, kept their col
ors and held them aloft, and bore them to the
capitol in triumph. These men have become a
factor for good in our national life to perpetuate
glorious memories. The mon of loyal hearts who
are here today represent the determination
THAT there shall never be any surrender of any
Neither shall history be yelled or right and
wrong be confused:
Among Indians a young man is admitted to the
rank of warrior only after severe trials of hun
sa a not Trough ysars bS thonsh org
deals. Our nation has passed through ordeals.
and now is strong. Our citizens have shown
military genius. 1t came when called and has
not fallen back as waves do to the common level
Of the sea, that no wave may be greater than the
undivided water, we stand among the worlds
race of civilization and religion.
Hail to the flag that has passed through the
ordeal When a thoughtful mind sees nations
flag it sees the nation itself. 1t is not the pen
non of a leader, nor the gathering point. but he
sees the record, the ideas, the life, the hand of
the nation personiiied by that flag.
n Boston newspaper SncerNlply SAID, 'tnat the
American flag was simply textile in three col
Drs."
Fourteen men stood in line. They were all
that were left of regiment after one of the Sc
yerest battles of the war woman. the late
clOtted with blood. She said "Boys, have Just
come from visit to the hospital where many of
your companions are dying. There found this
lag, saved by them from the hands of the enemy |
have given to my country all L have to give
my husband-and he led you to battle He was |
eft dead. as were the most of your comrades up |
On the field. The dearest object left to me is |
his flag. 1t was waved proudly over your ranks |
when you entered the conflict restore it to |
words, Never surrender the flag"
Our flag has mission that belongs to no other |
national flag. 1t may be read In its warp and |
yoOf: its red white and blue are the symbols of |
light and liberty. 1t mean to us what it meant |
n the declaration of colonial rights of IVA. 1t 1
means to us what 1t meant to the soldiers of |
Washington, Putnam and Green in 1776. 1t |
means just what the national constitution means |
common defence, and blessings of |
liberty
The flag covers United States policy. and no |
,ther nag or policy can cO-exist within the juris-
LECTION of the United States. Foreign flags and |
policies have no place In our system. |
Concord and App0mattoX won under the flag. |
ire an Interpretation of the ideas. history and |
ceilings of the republic. Hail then to the bless |
I'd old flag, the flag of our union fOreyerl
Permit me to read n short paragraph from q |
peech of Daniel Webster:
"When my eyes shall be turned to behold for !
he last time the sun in heaven, NAV not see |
lin shining on the broken and dshonored frag-
nents of q once glorious union. On states dis |