The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-05-31

sAcus for she sag Ard even when h4re-
e<< Il Eockes sr s4rores ana the result
d ss~srey~asr o. esxher si1e The DESPERATION
q hfs ezyerts 1fve1ts h-s mind ss1n tns
fatal t<xs< ans be succusres o. cor-
ozsrrz hardly Conscious % 10 danger Not
70 With tho>s use ssure ~ . dlstance-
They are always wszxhs1x chances Ths
efs.x nc and down the tabe. nov ~ tAe
hsslfns point Of anxiety. son II TIE f-eez-
ting ootrt cf horror II IL an R1Zztsh
Al The way through Ax3 the mothers
ard wives who th1s 4n45rred through sse
war 70 tel y3s how they felt, and they
wifi throw Up their hands and cry. '-roatt
ask re Good Got. How Ga I ssand f,r-
oomn@n1 then-a great Army OF brave
hearts that Suffered ~ home They i've
soazy In hsnhie cottages on the far New
England coast and form . colony Of
sAadowsa homes clean across this CONT
rent. until with sd faces. they make .
dark picture On this Pariae slope for the
Western sun to smile On ~ he sinks into
the Sea- They wiring their harris 9Th GA
soztbern yaantafso1s- Let ~ NOS forget
them Sore Ct thern. yes many. died long
ago Of broken hearts There are no foE-
ers .or their graves tomorrow perhaps
Bet let ~ bssfs1 somewhere In Cur memory
. shaft tall and cenesy ard de1ica.e IL 20
them. Place sou7e roses xbozf II. for
these women we're queens Tuck here and
there some yfole.z for they were modes.
folk But ie, II Re adorned mostly with
forret-ne-noss ans amaranths. for their
memory IL immortal
God's Nes-age IN The War.
Lastly. let our memorial also be CRATE
sui tribute 20 the God Of battles who
guided Us an the way through Here
surely there need be no secsionalfsm Gcd
commands for victory, but also for defeat.
He permitted the Onslaught and the car
rage. He allowed the gray to Be repuis-
ed and routed by the blue. and the blue
10 discomfit and finally completely over
come the gray. He burst through the
clouds. an II were. and let His sun shine.
m1sketry fss rattle. and the stars at
eventsde looked down from the dome OF
esoucies blue. and the stripes Of sacri-
ice Joined them and one Gag doated over
a reunited nation Not unto US. not unto
us. but unto Thy name be the glory. I
believe there are many loyal hearts
throughout the South today who see
Gods providentiai hand in that severe
struggle and who bow before the disctp-
lire OF those four years, and in hums1 iry
have accepted the lesson Of these inter-
venfng years OF reconstruction. and be-
heye that because OF IL all the whole re-
public VIII be pureg and better.
God meant something when He drove
honest men through storm and perxecu-
ton 10 cross the ocean and form nation
on this side OF the sea He did not put
mighty courage into those Pilgrim hearts
20 be filtered through succeeding genera
lions 70 no purpose. He had In mind the
grandest- freest civilization On the globe,
and through them and their children's
children He IL accomplishing His design
II we. who have been born in this land,
or have willingly made IL our own. are
not ready TO acknowledge the divine
guidance from the landing OF the Nay
flower through all the early struggles Of
separate existence. through all the OPEN
ing OF our marvellous resources through
all the deluxe OF blood that ran In swoi-
len streams from 1851 to 1855, and through
the unparalleled progress OF the past
thirty years Of blessing. We deserve to
nave our tongues cleave to the roofs Of
ward and forever.
No more colossal migrate walks the
earth than an American citizen unre-
spoissse TO the continual goodness and
guidance Of Almighty God Let US all
turn priests today. Let the graves of our
dead defenders be the affairs; let the
flames Of love kindle the sacrifice. while
the spilled blood OF our comrades be in
yoksd from the awful past in remission Of
the nations sins. and let the floral CEN
sers swing their perfume out upon the
air. while with bowed heads we commem-
crate past bravery. and shed q tear over
past sorrow, and rededicate this land to
Him who hath created IL in beauty and
redeemed IL In blood. One nation may IL
tramp along the centuries to come the
strong defender OF every righteous cause,
Let its shofes be an asylum from all op-
preston. and let its citizenship mean pro-
lection from all foreign rule. Let liberty
ever characterize It's legislation, its
speech. itz press. its religion Let unity
be the word that shall bring together In
one homogeneous whole Its various In
terests. sects and races. Let there be no
color lire 10 its justice and no social dis
tinctions in its Christianity With a dis
rupted past as fearful warning pointing
from behind. let an integral future beckon
as nobiy on. Let the heroism In the
graves se decorate be an incentive to the
greater heroism Of weIi-fouzht da,lv
struggles all about u.s. bloodIess strug-
giles. for the accomplishment of splendid
pnrposes-and then the nations crown
ali be starred with Respondent iexalx
and the nations name will be written
high up on the worlds wide scroll