The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-05-30

/ following OfQer ana uldFcneu 10 Auul-
torium. Police force. headed by Chief
| Campbell, followed by the Second regi-
! lnent band. After these came thirteen
| girls OH bicycles trimmed N patriotic
celors anG several hundred school chill
dren afoot, which for a Decoration
service was novel and impressive.
| Coming in order after them were:
| Knights Of Pythias; Company A, Sec
ond regiment; Battery A. First Light
artillery; Sons Of Veterans; Speaker and
general committee; Garfield Post Drum
corps: Garfield Post, G. A. R.; All visit
ing old soldiers: Eggles.on Post. G. A
f.; Woman's Relief Corps; city officers;
| citizens in carriages
The Auditorium was not opened I'LL
| the procession arrived at 2 o'clock, and
after the doors were thrown open the
entire seating capacity was taken In
few minutes. Muse by the school
Chorus, drum corps and band began the
exercises, after which Rev. E. c..
| Beach invoked divine blessings upon
the proceedings. the day and its mem
cries.
Mr.. Dunbar then introduced Judge J..
IA
for an hour and ten minutes. Mr.. Cub
bison's address was brilliant and i'm
pressive effort frequently cheered to the
echo. He began:
"Mr Chairman, Ladies and Gentlmen,
and Veterans: Among all the days we
celebrate there is none n which so
many sacred memories are blended as
this Memiroal Day. We celebrate New
Years because with all it's mistakes and
memories, its lights and shadows. it dies
and gives us the opportunity to make
stronger effort to renew our ambition
and plan again for the future. We cele-
orate the Fourth of July because its his
tory is liberty from despotism ana
rvrnnv. We celebrate Thanksgiving for
all the harvcsts of the year. We cele-
brate Christmas because OF lis sacred
religious promise; but in this Memorial
Law we celegrate a victorious religion,
a liberty Of Thanksgiving, a holiday OF
patriotism and we know that all over
This land they celebrate the memory Of
the bows who did not die in vain. AT
jamestown in 1907 began one civilization
of this country, the civilization OF aristo-
cracy, of monarchy and caste. AT
Plymouth Rock in 1920 began another
civilization, the civilization Of liberty, nf
brotherhood and equality. These two
forces crossed In opposition first at the
institutional convention in 1887. II was
a growing struggle from that hour till
Lee at Appomattox yielded the hilt OF
his sword to the silent man Of Galena.
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jamestown civilization died.
This is day of retrospection and OF
memories The flag, the old flag, be
comes a member OF every family in the
republic The factories arestill, the shops
closed. the world is mute in the silent
glory OF sunlight while a nation pays
TT. QUITE to its honored dead.
You remember the parting in'61. You
boys. You remember how you caught
up to your arms your baby boy and
girl and kissed them again and again
good bye. With depressed sobs you told
the dear wife good bye and hurried
away. Then there were dark days. Bull
Run with it's defeat. There was doubt
and mutterings from the fearful until
this nation got right with God Almighty
and His design, and the emancipation
proclamation came forth. From that
hour. from Stone River the cause grew
until at Lees surrender the world
history began anew.
who are the real soldiers OF human
liberty? Speak, history, and tell US.
The Pers,ans or Xerxes? The Cartha-
g!rian follcw ers OF Hannibal, or the
Roman legions Of Marc Anthony and
Julius Caesar? The Spartans resisting
invasion, or the White Horse cavalry of
Gustavus Adolphes carrying the Sean
danavian colors to the heart Of foreign
Countries? The Prussian soldiers OF
Frederick the Great. fighting for the
love of conquest, or the patriots OF the
Fatherland under Kaizer William, Bis
marck and Won Moltke, as they huri
back the invading French across the
Rhine, and establish the great German
empire under the very shadows OF the
French capitol The excitable French
in a paroxysm Of liberty destroying the
Bas;ile only TO inaugurate the Reign
Of Terror" or the soldiers OF Napoleon
Bonaparte crossing the Alps. the Rhine
and the Danube. The liberty loving
Irish inspired by the oratory OF a
Burke, the eloquence OF q Phillips and
the melody of Tom Moore, struggling
for the liberty OF their own loved
Emerald Isle. being literally outlawed
into emminence and fettered into fame.
wreathing the immortal shamrock
round the brow of poetry, eloquence,
painting OF the highlands OF Scotland,
ta;ns OF the highlands OF Scotland.
rallying their clans 20 support Wallace
and Bruce, as they hurl back the Eng
lish invaders at Bannockburn and wrest
the liberty OF Scotland from the English
crown? Were these the soldiers Of lib
city or were they the English barons
e. Runnymeade, battling for Magma |
Charta. the bulwark OF English liberty. |
or the sailors under Nelson al Trafal- |
gar. or the red-coat follows Of Yelling |
ton at Waterloo. fighting for The adj |
vancenent OF civilization and the rights |
OF man. Some may claim that the |
patriots Of the revolution were the real |
soldiers OF human liberty. as they fought !
for new country, q new government |
ami a new flag, and yet they permitted |
human slavery 70 exist under that flag. |
No, No. The real sol6iers OF human |
liberty were the boys in blue, who went |
out from 81 20 'e5 10 keep ''Old Glory" |
afioat in the heavens and TO wash with |
their blood from that starry banner the |
only stigma tha; had ever been there
the stigma os human slavery.
The United States has now began 70 |
II'oye in respectable society.
When Grover Cleveland pulled down /
the flag at Hawaii the world began a 1
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