Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-06-01
m MEMORY Of THOSE VR0NUGR7.
Memorial Sunday and Decora-
ton Day Exercises BETTING
The Nations Defenders.
A MASTERLY SERMON AND An ELOQUENT ADDRESS.
Memorial Service in Grand Opera House Sunday Morning and
Decoration Day Exercises in Updegrafs Park Yesterday
Both Attended by Large Concourse of Liberty Loving
People Who Gathered to Unite in Honoring the
Memory Of Those Who Gave Their Lives
Upon The Altar Of Freedom.


AS the Great Builder created the
lands of the earth, He seems specially to
have formed one for the royal home of
liberty. When the auspiciOus time for
its settlement came he sOwed the seeds
Of liberty in the hearts of those who
were to be the pioneers. Grand men
and women, whether they came in the
MaytiOwer to the bleak, sterile and IN
hospitable coast at Plymouth Rock or
were led by Calvert to the forests Of
Maryland or band of Hugenots with
the leader of their choice, found rest in
the wiles of the CarOlinas. Although
Of different sects all came with the
gems of freedom springing into active
life. They hesitated not to say
We raise our banners for the right,
Proclaim our principles gainst tyants
We not worsh,nners of d ross norpold
Bear summers heat and winters cold.
A foothold where iiberty's seed Is sown,
For these we br, ved dangers Of the sea
That here forever we may be free.
They came as humble people strong
in principle and it is of humble people
we will speak TODAY, Our brilliant
literature paws its highest tribute to the
genius, the bravery, the craftsmanship
and the patriOtism of our great men.
Orators sound their praises upon ali
national days. The renowned sculp-
tors have raised monuments to the
skies to commemorate their valorOus
deeds. Their images are upon the walls
of nearly every home; not only are their
images upon the walls of the home. but
fhoir Evin~ achiavomants are an
~ s ,,si.s eSn.S .s... s.,.es .S.. III,
that constitute the home.
TODAY wa will not detract from the
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memory and alive the feeling of respect,
of love IF 6oyot;oo oud of GRO titu6o wa
owa tn, rrost Iasdors hmt rathar add
:" ond T ;n1o"S;fv th.s Sao,;nr h~ h,,;,S;na
nm m and ancoHra~;nS % n.Sty;ot;sm ~ se
hro.d thot - ",;iS ;ne,,J p,s ,',',o h.vo
a;SoJ IN nrod"nin, tha NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
that haypp oiowated tba a;,,;,;-at;nn
hr"SdanoS tho ""itnre oxtondaJ tha
i;hartv ond ,noro t;rnoI,, oan"ontoJ the
mninn of this nnsnrnaSsSd nat;on W..
NAV | not M constantiv com SweIl ;m ..,oma,and
if sych T,woIi;n~ nioco vii, cause me- to
forrot or foil To- snrrnnor,1 hnnor The mon
wh" AZ, t%a % r"nS ~ IF tc;, ~ the march
of nv nronress NOR s ~ % sn;tohlv % acknowledn b. VII tha
hrauos,, 90 - tha rant amd AZ -, o,,r
a srnn;osJ xvhon nc" ,.,ara naaSod We
raooh b."L aoross h,,t n~. FIJI oo,,+,,r,, v
int" the T ha~;nn;n1 NJ tha Eth and ~
;tS ur;,ovo7 haamt, y, We sno Soo on,,~trr "u nf
vost fnrssts @ "~ta,Ss;we mro;r;os hraod NJ
1aE"s % marrif;"ent r;varS Ioftv a~J
r,@~nd m1mnto;ns % Tr,,th S"Iiy ha
sS ,ust3o ,,,hn So;d.
aSur c"nntrv "mH St,u ;s a glor,ous land.
With broad arms stretched from shore
m to shore;
sbe % hears tSe i Wila SuAi1 Atisntic tf Sru' roar
And dark on her ample breast
Matured many beauteous prospect lies,
Enamme,,sd ~I hw hsr rInve inveiiest Syss !,
Since She was thus left by natures
hands no glacier has uprooted and
swent awav her mighty forests, leayine,
the land in condition to receive seed
!:
caused it TO flow i'm iron bands to cross
and recross this great continent.
Neither has such force crumbled the
mighty quart mountains of the
Rockies and with hydrastatic power or
vulcan's crucibles separated tons of
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