Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-07-06

covered horse. taking a small banner Of
the stars and stripes from ms pocket anu @
P6Gs Plaeing It on the 9gy Pon Paue dare Not
shot was fired. The consul. American
patriot that he'wa did not inquire Ene!h- L
er that boy was from Northern or Soutn-
ern state His only inquiry was, Is ne an
American ard entitled 70 the protecIion ~ T.;
the nag There WASH mucn Pp,,a ~ ~
that little piece of bunting. bnt behihd "
those soldiers knew there was an army @
OF as brave men as ever shouldered mus mus
ket or unsheathed a sword, VINO "oulp ,id sb' stse
IL need be- would march through rivers %
blood to avenge the humblest eIieaI
murdered in foreign land'
"One Country, One Flag"
oh, let US destroy utterly the HYDRA
Eeaded monsters. sectional ha.e' XVeet
and prejudice. We want no East. no w est, &
no North no South. We want out one
country. one flag. one destiny e,....,
If the people of the North ana Soulh
will Danish remembrance of the anger OF
the past. and unite their spirit ara pIide
to the traditions Of the nation. ana plSuse
themselves to its future power anu t5sn
prejudice can then no more ehGufe nan nan
the snow can last when kissed oy tne
beams of the warmth Of the hie-SiElhs
sun. -
''PaIsied he the hand that would tear
open the wounds that have been meaning
with the blessed balm of years FOR the
war drum beats no longer ana tne DatIe
flags are furled. -
And now. in the glorious sunset of the
evening of this wondrous nineteenth CEN
tury, with malice toward none. Dut Win
charity for all. We turn our fsces toward
the beckoning seas OF still greater ana
more prosperous future, and hail the Dawn
of the coming century with nope anu Joy
And our reunited people, from thelF cTOWu-
ed homes in the East, and on the broad
plains of the West, from the wheat nelds
of the North, and the magnolia ana 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 revCrberate the glorious song.
and from lake and meadow. city ana nam
let, workshop and farm. viii sW9H the
chorus as the people sing,
=. God bless our land
From sea 10 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 umberS Sound,
without spot and without stain, with
the banner of the republic waving in beau
ty at her masthead, freighted with pre-
cious cargo, and manned by brave and
gallant crew. ready alike for storm and
sunshine; on her deck stand the surviving
men who marched in ragged blue and the
men who marched in tattered gray. along
and some with empty sleeves, but all with
heads whitened with the SHOWS of many
Winters YET, tnank 6OO, on tne altd-S 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 royalty on
foreign thrones as they shout their jubi-
lee:
3" 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 "