The Hawaiian gazette., 1897-06-01

Then brezfhes q few brave words ant
brief. kisses the patriot brow sh
h1essss-
With none but her sacred God 70 know
me grief thar weighs upon her,
SHEDS roiy blood IS e'er the sod re
ceive6 On freedoms field az honort'
Ar each recurring anniversary Of
thus wa should u1furi the old
Sag. -ailv round e. and re-assert tbs
Fundamental truths of national liberty
and r-etE= orr lives new our for
times ana our sacred bo1ors 10 the
c1rss which we fought and for which
orr comrades SO Ei1-iCusI- died For
experience has -suzhr MS thai danger
ur-Era= when treason Is clo-iied and
ffsleTer-r leife5 as patriotic virtues.
Tire future fs not assured when words
deS -re5 10 keen alive in the hearts OF
thr on. and Eiu5le i- those Of the
vCvur The fatal doEnas which made
the Grand Army a. the Republic OF the
United States az America possible; and
We should rahuke an such sentiments
vigorously. and impress upon those
who are to follow us the fact that when
seeds az sefi-ion are sown with i'm
u--5ty In any form. a harvest Of rebel
lion Is very SURELY TO be reaped.
Bur Is- Ms a. This ls-e day be just
and generous. Ter rs distinguish lest
We condemn harshly. Standing in the
presence az these. our dead. and feel
fnc The electric thrill Of those mystic
ties which stretch 10 every patriots
grave ana thar bind with cords Of steel
the hearts Of men who endured hard
shius and bravej dangers indescribsble
iu The cau0. on the battle field and in
prison pens We can appreciate and
syurs-hIze with thar kindly feeling
that brings together the boys who
wore -be grey. We have no words Of
condemnation for that true and noble
srirl- which prompts 10 commemor-
ate n marble the courage. devotion
and he-ois- Of those who fell in the
lost cause. Let our Southern broth
ers chisel in iu1erishable marble the
forms Of virtues Of those patient. grit
II men who for four years looked into
our ewes and faced the thunder Of guns
with uu1uauing spiriT- let them treas
ure -he old sword. the SCARED musket, (
the cap torn hy shot and shell, the
tarre-e5 blood-stained flag around
which they rallied on many a sanguin-
ary field. and hand them down as preci- (
ous. menen-oes 10 their children This 4
Is human. il is manly. il Is admirable I
No true soldier but would stand with (.
bowed and uncovered head above the 4
dust OF these our brothers fallen in an /
unriEhteous. uaholy and lost cause. /
And today we. rs nation. can well
aEc-d 20 5oi1 hands around vast /
mound and revereutly place a wreath
ot iumortals from the grey clouds Of
The south and he blue heavens Of the
North. The former in respect for the
dead. the latter cIasped IN an unbTok-
en chain Of q nations honor and in
memory Of q nations veal When
faith. The anchor Of Christian lifts
the cof5n lid OF hope But we desire II
10 be remembered that there is an eter-
nal difference between right and
wrong. an impossible gulf between
loyalty and treason And We must ever
remember and and be ready TO assert
and maintain that We were in the
rfcht. we want that fact transmitted
70 and engraved upon the memories 4
Of the remotest -posterity- We know
thar we are grandly in the right and Z
that they were terribly in the wrong. 1
II Is today the unQueStiOnable YER !
dict az history. that distinction shall .
PASS down through all times # loyal .
lips and works and words can give IL .
eternal significance. No lapse Of time (
viii change ir- no juggleTy Of words .
- Il ~
senEuer-alism shall confuse in our .
minds -h5 cid loval land marks. Keep T
ing The distinction between loyalty and .
treason clearly and sharply defined .
ourselves. we shall beQuea-h 10 The
sons of veterans. our children, the
sane sacred duty.
Who then. shall dare 10 impeaCh the
honor OF the boys IN blue. or the jus
tice Of 2 cause for which they fought2
In the language Of another:
The soldiers OF the Republic were
the soldiers Of liberty and right. They
fought 10 preserve the blessings of
liberty. and that their childpen might
have Veace. They were the defenders
OF humanity and the destroyers Of
pyeju6ioe. the breakers OF chains. and
in the narne Of the future they slew
the monster wrong OF their time They
finished what the soldiers Of the Rev
olution commenced. They relighted the
torch thar fell from their au-
gust hands. and filed the
world again with light They
blotted ont from the Statute book laws
that had been passed by the hypocrites
a. the instigation Of robbers. and tore
with indignant hands from the consti-
tuition the infamous clause that made
men the caIchers Of their fellowmen.
They made II possible for judges TO be
just and statesmen 10 be humane and
honest they broke the shackles from
the limbs Of slaves and the souls Of
masters. from the hearts and brains OF
men. they kept the country on the map
OF the world and our flag in heaven.
They rolled the stone from the Sc
pulche- Of progress. and found there
two angels clad in shining raiment-
Nationality and Liberty. The soldiers
were the savious OF the Nation: they
were the hberators Of men
In writing the proclamation OF eman-
oipstion. Lincoln. the greatest Of our
mighty dead. whose memory is as
gentle as the summer air. when labor
ers sing among the gathered sheaves,
copied with pen, what Grant and his
brave comrades wrote with swords:
srander than the Greek. nobler than
the Romans. the soldiers OF the Re