Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-06-04
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Delivers !. Day, May y. At lewiston

Every civilize na''o' a ~ am;
Es.' sso,iaays. These are the ami
' '0s on which are cs.eo "'' uh ,
s ss,,hdsys of great men, OF on WIZ, :"
0'l'u aoommemorated stirring events J"
it, r n's people ofthe United States h have
Inc other festival days, the twenty
sno" s Of February and the Fourth OF
sc0iu DAVIS that have an abiding in
July ~ :, the mind of every lover OF
'e'es .., While the lives OF distin-
''Oe, ssa men and the turning points IN
s su ".tion's story, are celebrated with
. .u over the blessings .ney
Ie' 'rht we have Memorial day which
O'O' ".,;on observes with reverence, as
~. .aslls the sad events that intermi"'
. Nth those that bring only Joy and
~ o;o;ny. While we toss the cap high
" s;r and shout for liberty, we, at the
.sme time, remember the cost OF that
,s to all our citizens and deplore the
s.;sce that had to I've made by our
sSn,.thers for the freedom that has
saan our heritage since the ever mem-
orable year Of l776.
Among all our national holidays
horn ;s none that is of more stgnih'
..nce than Memorial day. On tnis an
uiyersary we commemorate the brave
aaods Of the men who fought and died
:, defense of the union in the late civil
w.r the results of which saved this
.,or,ous union of states to continue IA
oue and inseparable; that struck the
manacles from the hands of the slave,
and that gave brighter luster to the
I;hertv that the revolutionary war had
vo,,chsafed to this fair land OF ours.
But the people meet on occasions like
this not only to honor the memory OF
the nations dead, but also M rehearse
nations gratitude to the old veterans
Of the civil war, and to do them rev.
erence for the service they rendered tn
freedom and the right, In the hour OF
our nations greatest peril.
When the star of empire fist took
its western way across the broad At
lantic, civilization and personal free
dom we're securely established in this
western world and there was engraft'
ed with 1t the spirit Of liberty, thai
was fostered by the noblest sentiments
that any people has ever learned
Liberty and union, now and forever
one and inseparahle," Is q sentiment
that has come down through the vists
of years with as much beauty and elo
quence as it possessed when first utter
ed by the Colonial patriots more thar
century ago.
"Give me liberty or give me death,
isa proposition that thrills the heart
of the patriots OF this generation. will
the same fervor that stirred the soul
Of the men who heard them fall iron
the burning tongue of Patrick Henry
The forty-four stars on the America
flag represent the number of the state
Of the grandest union the world has "
witnessed. We are living in the time
in which are realized the visions of tn
statesmen of 1916, as they they locke
down through the coming years, an
"E Plurlbus Unum," the many in on
I has mighty Significance to US as
apprehend the motive of the fathe
who first Inscribed it on our nation;
banner.
We shall not pause to enter into tt
details of the struggles and the tr
umphs that led to American Ind
pendence. nor shall we recount the e.
ploits of the colonists in bravely cOpi
with their enemies, and who, after su
cessfully routing them, laid the fou'
datlon Of this great republic in whit
all free institutions have pl oduced sut
abundant fruit, but we come down
the time when treason lifted its BLOOD
hand TO wipe out the principles
which the fore fathers fought, al
when the armies of 81 marched thu
fire and blood to put do vn red.hand'
rebellion.
1t was these trying times that aft
ward gave birth to Memorial day.
was these terrible days that have MA
the SOlh day of May stand out in t
yearly calender on which to CONNER
crates the events of the war; to rejO
with the old veterans oyer the sesu
they achieved and to lament the de
who gave their lives so freely to tn
country's cause.
From comparatively insIgnifics
beginning the United States progress
rapidly until they stood before
world nation among nations. A 10
period of unexampled prosperity ms
Til, country great in intelligence,
commerce and in influence abroad.
commanded the respectful admirat
OF all the governments Of the earth.
But when security seemed most
cure and when the people thoul