St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-07-25

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psemises and assault him, but Il 5000
rn11An break into my house for The -
sA0instion Of my family, and eaA
borrow = gum and load Il In time and
aim It straight enough. I win shoot
him.
There q NO room on this continent
for any other uation-except Canada,
and . better neighbor NO one ever had.
II you don't think %. 60 to Montreal
or TorontO. and eco how well they will
treat you. Other than that there II
absolutely NO room for any other ma
ton. have been across the continent
again and again, and know that we
have not . half inch Of ground for the
equity foot Of foreign despotism to
stand on. But am not 20 sure that
some Of the arrogant nations Of Eu.
rope may not some day challenge
M. do not know that those forts
around New York bay arc to sleep all
through the next century. I do not
know that Barnegat lighthouse will
not yet look on upon hostile navy.
do not know but that . half dozen
nations, envious of our prosperity.
may want to give M . wrestle. Dur
ing our civil war there were two or
three nations that could hardly keep
their hands OF uA It Is very easy to
pick national quarrels, and II our ma
ton escapes much longer it will be An
exception.
II foreign foo should come, we want
men like those Of 1862 to meet them.
We want them all up and down the
coast. Pulaski and Fort Sumter in the
Same chorus Of thunder ~ Fort La
fayette and Fort Hamilton. Men who
win not only know how to fight, but
how to die. When such = time
comes, If 1t ever docs come, the
generation on tho stage Of action
will say: my country viii care for.my
family Is they did In the soldiers asy-
lum for the orphans Of the civil war.
and my country will honor my dust ~
It honored those who preceded me in
patriotic sacrifice. and once . year At
any rate, on Decoration day, shall be
resurrected into the remembrance OF
those for whom died Here 60 for
God and my country! Huxzah!'
II foreign foe should come, the old
sectional animosities would have NO
power. Hero 60 our regiments into the
battlefield: Fifteenth New York vol
unteers, Tenth Alabama cavalry, Four
tenth Pennsylvania rihemen. Tenth
Massachusetts, artillery, Seventh South
Carolina sharpshooters. l do not
know but It may require the
attack of some foreign foe to
mako us forget our absurd sectional
wrangling. l have no faith in thecr
mo North. NO South, no East, NO
West" Let all four sections keep
their peculiarities and their preferen-
ces, with each doing its own work and
not interfering with each other, each
Of tho four carrying its part into the
great harmony-the bass, tho alto, the
tenor, the soprano-the grand march
Of the Union.
Once more, this great national cere-
mony means tho Identification Of the
tombs, whether Of those who fell in
battle or accident, or who have ex-
pired In there beds or in our arms or
on our laps suppose you have mo-
ticed that many of our families take
this season - the time for the adorn-
ment Of their family plots This nation
nj observance has secured the arbor.
iculture and Horticulture of the ceme-
teries, the STRENGTHENING up Of many .
slab planted 30 or 10 years ago. and
has swung the scythe through tho long
grass and has brought the stone-cut-
ter to call ont the half-obliterated cpl
taph. This day II the benediction of
the resting-place Of father, mother,
son. daughter, brother. sister.
It Is all that We can do for them
now. Make their resting-places at
tractive, not absurd with costly out
lay, but in quiet remembrance. You
know how. If you can afford only one
flower, that will do. 1t shows what
you would do if you could Ono
blossom from yon may mean moro
than the duke of Wellington's cata-
falque. Oh, We can not afford to for
get them They were 20 lovely to Us.
We miss them 20 much. We will never
get over 1t. Blessed Lord Jesus, COM
fort our broken hearts. From every
bank Of flowers breaths promises Of
In olden times the Hebrews, return
ing from their burial place, used to
pluck the grass from the field three or
four times, then throw It over their
heads, suggestive Of the resurrection.
We pick not the grass, but the flowers,
and instead of throwing them over our
heads we place them before cur eyes,
right down over the silent heart that
once beat with warmest love toward
rs, or over the still feet that ran to
service, or over the lips from which we
took the Kiss 1T the anguish Of the last
But stop! We are not in6delA Our
bodies will soon Join tho bodies Of our
departed in the tomb. and our spirits
shall join their spirits in the land Of
the rising sun. We can not long be
separated. Instead Of crying with
Jacob for Joseph, II will 60 down in
to the grave unto my son. mourning"
let rs cry with David: II shall 60 tod
him"
On one of the gates Of Greenwood IL
the quaint inscription: "A nights
lodging ON the way to the city of New
jerusalem" Comfort one another
with these words: May the hand Of
Him who shall wipe away all tears
from all eyes wipe your cheek with
its softest tendernesa The Christ Of
Mary. Martha, and Lazarus will en-
fold you in His arms- The white
robed angels who sat ut the tomb Of
Jesus will yet roll the stone from the
door Of your dead in radiant reaurrec-
ton. The Lord himself shall descend
from Heaven with . shout and the
voice of the archangel So the dead
March" in Saul shall become the hal
lelujah chorus.