Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-05
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Handsomest Home.
Most Healihful Surroundings.
| t3tf See CLEVELAND PARK.
and if certain nations do not like 1t. let us
| send them the message that blood of the
same color courses through the veins of
young Americans today that flowed in the
| veins of their ancestors at Saratoga. Bunk
| er Hill and Brandywne blood of the same
color that warmed the hearts of Washing
! ton and the shivering patriots at Valley
Forge. blood of the same color that in
the arms of the patriots who. with brave
Andrew jackson behind the cotton bales
at New Orleans declared that easier were
1t to hurl the rooted mountain from its
| base than to force the yoke of slavery upon
| men determined to be free. Blood OF the
same color that was in the veins OF the
chivalrous men who followed the banner of
| the stars to victory at Chapultepec, at Paio
| Alto, at Cerro Gordo and Buena Vista.
| tIood Of the same color that flowed in the
| veins of all the patriots who fought for
| their country in all that awful storm of
| war, from the time that the stars and
stripes went down in the smoke of Fort
Sumter until 1t arose again in beauty and
| glory at APPROXIMATION, the ensign of a re-
| united country and the bonny banner of
liberty.
| Brave Consul.
Shortly after the close of the civil war
| two young men, one the son of Union
| and the other the son of confederate
! soldier, went to Cuba to seek their for
| tunes. Soon after their arrival there the
| southern boy was arrested for murder. and,
| though innocent, tried and, on cir
| cumstanual evidence alone, was found
! guilty and sentenced to be shot. next morn
| ing, at sunrise on the village green. He
| and his companion were strangers in a
| strange land; they knew not what to do:
but finally the northern boy thought of
the American consul. VINO was some thirty
| miles away, and securing horse. started
| Tor the consulate, arriving there about
| m:dnight. The consul was awakened aad
| told of the young mans sad condition.
| oruerlEg his horse he Immediately started
ior the place of execution. and next morn
| ing, on the village green, the young Ameri-
| can stood, with arms pinioned behind his
| oach- biihd1olGed, and with barred breast,
While at a certain distance stood six SOL
| diers with carbinas, ready to fire at A
/ gwen signal; but stop! away down n,
| road amid Il cloud of dust two horsem,n
| are seen approaching. at full speed one of
| them waving his hat as he rode: nearer and
| nearer they come until they reach the
| doomed man, and leaping from his foam
covered horse taking a small banner of the
| stars and stripes from his POCKET and
| placing it the boys barred breast tho
| consul shouted: Ere If you dare" Not a
! shot was fired. The consul, American ma
| uiot mat ne was. did not inquire whether
tiat BOY was from northern or southern
| state. His only inquiry was: Is he an
american and entitled to the protection OF
| Ihe nag: There wasn't much power in
!
| those soldiers knew there was an army OF
as brave men ever shouldered a m,;skot
| or unSheathed a sword, who would give
tnelf lives IN defense of that flag, and " no.
| Is need be, would march through rivers of
| blood 20 avenge the humblest American
! murdered in foreign land.
| On! Let us destroy utterly the HYDRA
| headed monsters-sect ional hate passion
ana prejudice We want no east no west
no north, no south. We want but one
| country. one flag. one destiny. If the PEG.
PIE OF the north and south will Danish re-
faefnbrance of the anger of the MAST and
| unite their spirit and pride to the tradi-
| lons OF the nation. and pledge themselves
| 70 IT'S future power and glory, prejudice
can then no more endure than the snow
| can last when kissed by the beams Of ,ba
| warmth of the lfe-giving SUM-
| raised be the hand that would tear omen
| the wounds that have been healing with
the blessed balm of years for the var
| drum beats no longer, and the battle flags
| are fured. e
| Glorious Future.
And now, in the glorious sunset of the
| evening of this wondrous nineteenth Gem
| fury, with malice toward none but with
tcharity for all, We turn our faces toward
the peckoning seas of a still greater and
| more prosperous future, and hail the dawn
OF the coming century with hope and iov.
ANA our reunited people, from their crowd
ed homes in the east and on the broad
plains OF the west, from the Whear fields
OF the north. and the magnolia and pal
metto groves of the south, will join to-
gether in a mighty anthem until the for
est aisles will echo the strain. mountains
and valleys reverberate the glorious song
and from lake and meadow city and ham
let, workshop and farm. will swell the
chorus as the people sing:
God bless or land
From to sea;
May all its years of joy increase
Strife, hate and war forever cease,
And down the ages yet to be.
Around its brow bind fair and free
The trophied victories of peace
And the old Ship of State sails proudly
on, safe in all her spars and rigging with
all her sails spread, all her timbers sound.
without spot and without a STAIN with
the banner of the republic waving in
beauty at her masthead, freighted with a
precious cargo, and manned by a brave
and gallant crew, ready alike for storm
ana sunshine; on her deck stand the sur
wing men who marched in ragged blue
and the men who marched in tattered
gray. along wars crimson highways; some
on crutches and some with empty sleeves
but all with heads whitened with the SHOWS
of many winters: yet, thank God on the
affairs of their souls brightly burn the fires
of youth: while by their sides stand their
sons, grown to mans estate, strong and
rugged brave and loyal and together, as
brothers. they join in a wondrous refrain
that is heard by liberty-loving people in
the isles of the seas. and which startles
their jubilee:
THE union of lakes, the union of lands.
The union of states none can sever:
The union of hearts, the union of hands,
And the flag of the Union forever"
Mr.. Davis references to Secretary Sher-
man were received with tremendous ap-
plause. and upon It's conclusion he received
f1attering ovation.
Judge Weldon Did Not Speak,
At the conclusion of Mr. Davis address,
which lasted about an hour, Secretary
Sherman, who had listened attentively and
with apparent high appreciation to the
words of the young orator of Missouri, left
the platform and took his carriage for
home Judge Lawrence Weldon of the
Court of Claims to have delivered an
address, but Information was received that
he had been taken ill and was unable to
be present. Hail Columbia" was again /
played by the Marine Band, after which |
Rev. DR.. Randolph H. McKim, chaplain Of |
the Sons of the Revolution, pronounced
the DenedictiOn and dismissed the meatinp