The evening times., 1898-05-30

dreanlfng Of frssnda leeAdes aaa nssds
tar auay-lulied into fsncisd security ~
the FOOTBALLS OF the watch upon the deck
and the tapping Of the unves-ln the next
moment, With appalling suddenness and
iudsscribabae horror. hurled into stsrnity
without opportunity to strike blow Or
offer prayer.
Flowers and tears for the heroes who
were translated by that terrible tragedy
to land where treachery and Tyranny
are unknown But. see!
In bsttIe line of soubr essy
Our ships Of war sdvzsce.
As Red Gross Knights in holy fray
Charged with avenging gianceS
And terrible hall be thy plight
o beet Of cruel Spain.
For exer In our van doth fight
The Spirit Of the Maine.
us promote courage.
In all ages brave men have put to sea.
and valiant deeds have been added to the
worlds history. The greatest nations
have always been those which recognized
and invoked the power Of the sea Sea
power repeatedly saved Rome from de-
struction: lifted the Dutch republic from
and has given to Great Britain her mar
velous influence.
Sea power has In the past richly con-
tributed to the greatness and cory Of this
republic, and will yet place the United
States IN position to compel the peace
of the world. ~
II am not In sympathy with servile i'm
itation Of the fads and foliies of other
lands. and would keep our civilization
American to its core. yet in my Judgment
the time has come when the nations which
speak the same language, boast the blood
OF common ancestry. observe the same
laws and worship the same Deity. should
not again be permitted to drift apart,
but should rather cement the natural ties
which bind these nations together into a
lasting alliance.
Such union, founded not only on a
community of blood. but of interest, would
hasten the dawn Of the glorious era of
universal peace.
Had such an alliance existed hereto
fore, the atrocities of the 'unspeakabIe
Turk would have been stayed and Cuba
would not now sit in sorrow and desola-
tion-the prey of famine. flame and swo-d.
God grant that out of the smoke OF bat
tie shall come not only the freedom of
Cuba. but a more exalted citizenship and
a noble national character.
God speed the brave boys who have re-
sponded to duty's call and laid their lives,
their fortunes and their sacred holor'
1t Is indeed a realistic reproduction of
the old picture. and has in 1t the same
elements Of grief and sacrifice
As companion piece we see the soldier
who wore the blue and the soldier who
wore the gray ciasping hands In eternal
reconciliation, blotting out the old feud
forever as they march away together,
side by side. to fight. and. II needs be, 10
die together, under the folds of the saiue
dear old flag
THE war is on. and no man has the
prescience to discern how long 1t shall
last. Many of us hoped that another
war might be averted-that its horrors
might never again revisit these shores
that the old century might die and the
new century dawn. with all the world at
peace.
"Out of ii will come the unification. SOL
fdification, and publication of the Re
public. Out of it will come the oblitera-
ton OF sectional lines and ancient preju-
dices. Out of it will come the surrender
of partisanship to patriotism-and the
swallowing up of avaricious greed in the
torrent of national devotion.
which is submerging our continent and
exalting our civilization
THE nation will not suffer permanent
injury from the present epidemic of pa
God forbid. The hurricane will
clear the atmosphere. War Is to be
avoided II honor is not lost thereby. But
war is not an unmixed evil-if only 1t be
founded on eternal right and justice.
"Our shitNoleth should be peace with
honor, bnt honor at any cost. Our justih-
cation comes from the fight for humanity
and liberty. ~~
I'VE hereby announce to the world that
Medieval barbarism can no longer -four
sh on the Western Hemisphere. That
he sword of justice shall not again be
to its scabbard until Cuba Is
rec and the tyrant's heel is lifted from
Ter neck We fight not for conquest. not
or hatred. not for revenge We are en-
isted for humanity. liberty. fraternity.
rhe sword was neer unSheathed in
more righteous cause. II Is a blow struck
n behalf of human liberty whose rever-
,erations encircle the globe II Is deep
oned and indignant protest of the newer
civilization against the barbarism of the
,ast.
'.It demonstrates beyond question that
he marvellous fabric of our American in
titutions is firmly and enduringly knitted
ogether by the golden strands of nation
4 love.
"Henceforth we shall love our country
'etter, and it will have won for itself
he enlarged respect and esteem of the
ivilized world
The God of nations and of battles has
lways raised up a great leader for ev-
ry crisis of our history. What Wash
ngton was to the Revolution. Lincoln
vas to the Rebellion-divinely commits
ioned-ihe gentlest. gravest. grandest
pirit of the sternest and most fateful
pooh In the history of the world A
nan whose head no success could swell.
man as insensible to vanity as invinci-
lie to f1attery: crude ungainly. lofty and
nique.
Melancholy will 1t be for our institu-
Ions should his influence ever cease to
Inspire American hearts
1T argues well for the nation and Its
leals that Lincoln holds higher. holier
nd more enduring place in the affections
( the American people than ever before.
Ard in this epoch-the magnitude OF
rhich only the eye of the Infinite can
history is being penned
Thich will be perused with breathless in
crest by unborn millions-the American
alton is again blessed with ruler whose
ourage, conscience and character have
trongly impressed the age-whose fideli-
r to the flag has been attested in the
noke of battle, whose patience, prudence
nd sagacity are only matched by his
With his steady hand at
ne helm and Gods help in the heavens.
ne ship of State. .freighted with the hopes
[ humanity. will. at length outride every
torm and sail into the harbor of peace
nd safety, with our unconQuered and un-
,nquerabie flag streaming aloft in splen-
Or, dazzling the whole earth with its
l0ry.
At Soldiers Home.
Second to the services at Arlington the
,ldiers, Home Cemetery program at
acted the largest crowd Of the day.
enry Wilson, Post No. II. G. A R. vet
ans of the home conducted the services