The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-01


and men were aroused TO defend the
principles they held dearer than their
lives, our country today mourns with
! equal sorrow ali Of her fallen heroes.
Across our broad continent, from ocean
! TO ocean, and from the great lakes to
the warm gulf, the busy east, the mag
niflcent west, the great north and the
beautiful south are united by the COM
mon good evolved from common suf-
fering. The voice of the people heard
throughout our land since the cry of
war was hushed and peace proclaimed
and freedom vindicated has been full
of devotion to its highest interests.
There can be no prophecy of evil, no
restless fears, no muTmur of malice
While we continue TO keep and guard
| the sacred memories, the charity and
good will that first prompted the COM
memoration of this day.
! Out in the darkness and woe of bat
tie we have emerged into the sunshine
Of tranquil happiness; not the calm
that precedes the storm, but the deco
harmony that prevails in the strength
ened covenant of Union sealed with
blood and nallowed by tears. That holy
/ covenant was first made by our fore
fathers when the 13 colonies under one
general government formed an insep-
arabic siSternood of states Bound by
the years of revolutionary struggle
crowned with victory and independ-
ence. it was consecrated and renewed
after internal strife had threatened our
dissolution and thousands of the best
and bravest of the nations defenders
had sacrificed their lives on many des-
oerate fields.
Through that long, c1ubtcul. dreadful
period OF war the sentiment of every
loyal heart was the preservation of the
/ Union. Every other issue however i'm
portant. was lost in the significance OF
this first and greatest and deepest con-
Germ TO patriotic America. 1t was the
grandest practical Illustration of the
principles of reciprocity on the part of
the north in the history of nations 1t
was patriotism ripened into the deepest
sentiment of friendship. 1t was friend
ship so warm and trusting and faith
fu1 as to not only reach the vague.
wavering boundary of love, but to cross
over and find death in its realm well
come and sweet. 1t was Pythias offer
ing his life for Damon, knowing that
Damon would willingly die for him.
Love begets love between government
and people as between man and man.
IN no otner way is patriotism cultivated
and cherished. A cOuntry'S flag should
represent to her every citizen in what
ever lano, under whatever conditions,
parental solicitude and protection.
What parent would not Law down his
life for his child? What child would
not interpose his body between his par
ent and death? 1t is because this holy
relation is understood and known to
exist between the United States and
her citizens that Clara Barton and her
assistants could travel unmoleSted into
/ the very heart of Armenia binding up
I the wounds inflicted by the barbarous
Turks, and making no secret of that
Christianity which they hate and de-
spise, and because of which they have
deluged the lanu with innocent blood.
1t caused the cruel Spaniard to pause
with uplifted sword over young Kan
san, recognizing in him an American
citizen, and all that the words imply
the righteous wrath and vengeance of
mighty nation pledged TO the protec-
ton of all Of her children. and that
whose offendeth one of the least of
these II were better for him that mill
stone were hanged about his neck" etc.
Think you that this statement can be
too early inculcated into the heart of
youth or too long maintained? The
biazonry and trapping of standing arm
les sink into worthless insignificance
beside it. ArseRals and Notifications
cannot prevail against this potent safe
guard l love America because Amer
lea first loved me- L know / cannot find
the port she would not enter to save
me, if need be; that l, Columbia's son.
in the dark corners of the earth. have
immunity from the dungeon keeps and
dripping knives of despotism, as though
trod the free soil Of my native land
Then for her what w~Lld l not do and
dare rather than one star should fade
from the glorious galaxy of our coun-
try's emblem? Shall rumors of war
blanch my cheeks? Shall the sound of
cannon naralyze me with fear. Shall
she be threatened and insulted with i'm
punity? MOI 1 rise strong in her de-
Tense, my face to the foe. my right arm.
my hearts blood pledged to my coun-
try.
The cause of the war was not that
this feeling so akin to nature was de-
ficient in the south, the south without
whose valiant sons there would have
been no American independence, and
later no victorious Chapulteoec and
Buena Vista, no Lone Star on our ban
ner's azure field.
The south left her cause TO the arbi-
tration of the sword and she acce9ted
the decision. with pain and sorrow and
misgivings. it is true. for at that stage
Of her development none could read the
handwriting on the wall. which not
only the seer, but the school boy may
now interpret TO mean Within her
boundaries a better order and condition
of all things
Democracy had reached the crisis
when her imperative demand was revo-
luton; not otherwise would she be ap-
neased. and there was grave loss in
deed; but now that the SMOKE of bat
tie has long since cleared away in So
cial, commercial and educational inter-
ests the profit is beyond computation,
and in it is included the incalculable
soul wealth of two races, for all time
to come.
1t was a contention for the same ex-
allied principle that in ancient and
feudal times characterized the Jewish
tribes and the Roman plebeians. that
gave the former triumph over the Pha-
raons, and the later over Bara5ossa,
that established the Greek republic and
the proud, enduring fame of the Lom-
bard cities. 1t is the principle for