The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-05-16

cas- she spirit thar azsEzse<. atEa zna
A1s1 With wE1oE be toEenxss eIaeus "a rhs
struggle fa- sAe rssse-vzss91 OF the IEs11
Ear tho hesesr Of al sew easoysng 80
magnificent reign. saat one period fzzs
dse % che 1sa sf May of ea<h year. Mem
eyiaI dzy carries VITA . Tor him q rec2z-ar
ASni1caEce-sAe vAaEass5a e 5cEe Tor
country. As ne see skn psoedznx RS weary
vay ssonx evr taarezxhezres. 5raksn 9ewn
bv age anz suffering tru-a cd wcznts cr
digEase, be saozid - sr<sssd az obsecs for
administration and & saozia1 be tne sFssr1-
q me age ID lfxatea hts sszrxisrs- Thirty
odd years ago he was exactly D rs-tsrs Of
shs heyaiS n0Ts who have ls<t their quiet
homes IN CUR riEsSs 70 sszszain ths snrsg-
rs<y Of shs Essscr "a q foreign Land. He
TOO. carried tae oza ezg a-a kept step
20 the nusse Ct the UEspn'' with the sane
elasticity c. movement. with the saUss hzgh
resolve. ffas E0w es1A<acfsrsxe the yozshs
CT oar country 70 every CRY IN tie glorious
JEssz- WHO have o. ara ferxEeerlng 5o-se
and loved enss In their sagsx1sss 10 press
forward 70 the fr0as- -fhs example SET
Is yez<s ago il worthy u emulation
ard tszls snzEy Sk the heroic souls who bare
passed from our nidss- essne OF wacKn nay
never return 20 III their accszzsorned places
are simply initiating that which years ago
was witnessed throughout the length and
breadth Of our fair land The hero has ~
common consent again heconss the Csan
Of mark and the cynosz-e Of al eyes 1or
eyFn the school boys envy hin.
The young men now en- route to TIC
scene % warfare marching or 1iv5ssack-
ing under the ample folds q she red white
and hs1e. are yet % realize tire fun import
Of war. the sorrows Of defeat AID the &C.
staxy which hiss the charging cosuzaa as
/. sweeps the foe before e War Is 10
ff1xsz %A Axz- lat =
for POUR carpst-knights or pcrEly FaIsszffs-
II Is an arena IN which. il very truth.
the souls o. man are trisd. crEclc&s &c
whtcn the pure gold Is separated from fne
drosz, he'll from which those rgnfing 1oi
humanity, ana sssch is our caase. hear ire
piaudits. wen done. good and faifnfA
servants"
the sxh OF May, with, its accompanying
sadness, its dirges aSd prayers. opens TO
the Old soldier the fissod gates Of memory.
and the nation. raussng awhile from iss
busy work, seeks 20 pay homage az TIA
snr;nes Of her dead defenders Win the
surviving comrades Il bows with uncovered
heads a. ths tombs OF Grant. Sherman.
Sheridan, Hancock. Thomas and thousands
OF nameisss heroes. whos with Lee, stone
wall Jackson and others have passed
lover the river and rest under the shade
Of the trees"
To the survivor the panorama or the
past slowly unrolls. Tnere is the enlist
men. the muster, the FIRST camp. the
march toward the scene Of conflict In the
distance, while tbs dull, distant thro5hsng
of artillery portends tEss beginning O. the
battle. Now. nearer. is heard the wicked
crack OF The cannon. the rattle OK rnrsket-
~. the hurrahs OF the charging column.
the clash of sabe-s az the cavalry uoyes
Into action. for he and his comrades have
now reached the verge Of the CONFLICT and
IN expectancy await for the command 70
launch into the fiery vortex.
Gettysburg, vicksburz. Chattanooga. APP
pomat.ox, Rockers fight above the clouds.
Saerman's march 20 the sea. Farragut
iashed to the mast IN Mobile harhor. Sheri-
dams ride Ia the Shenandoah valley. all
these seem more like fancy pictures hang
ing on the walls ce memory to thousands
OF the present generation. yet 10 the vet
Grams who participated In them. each cam
paign Is, On the 3aea % May, a fact OF al
mos. yesterday. Nearly every incident IN
their soldier life becomes again fresh IN
memory.
This event. next TO the 9Th OF July the
greatest In the annals o. the country. con-
sains no u-xnsaniag ceremony. for IL Is
an honest tribute TO patriotism on the part
OF the people generally. but to the suryiv-
ors who marched and fought ard returned
with victory percaed upon their war
stained banner II means that and some
thing more Il means that the ties OF
friendship forged in camp. on the march
or on the battlefield are stronger than
mere words. that amor patrie means more
than a memory. and that the country saved
through their valor is all that is claimed
for 1.-THE land OF the free and the home
OK the brave"
We can pay no greater tribute to the
youth WAC arrayed themselves under the
banner OF the republic IN the present
emergency than that they ara tmb1ed
with the same lofty principles which have
animated the American people n every
war, whether on cur own soil. on sea or
lake. or in foreign lands. In the broad
accepta.ion OF the term the men who have
fought and won Our victories were soldiers.
but not OF standing army. The regular
army has been from time N the past not
designated . nucleus around which the
fresh young blood OF the nation has con-
gregated. It has been the primary school
OF instruction fog the volunteer. wherein
the rudiments OF warfare have been
learned. but In the days following the
actual experience must and has been
earned IN the rough usagss Of warfare.
The boys who may participate in the
capture OF Manila Cuba and Porto Rico,
or who may write their names on the walls
OF kingiy palaces and prineefy homes on
Spanish SOIL are OF the same temper. fun
OF the came inspiration as these who have
made the name OF the American soldier
pre-eminent In every land. indeed every
where that civilization has left her i'm
press.
1t il indeed gratifying 10 know that there
has not been since the creation OF the
American republic. from the revolution TO
Mexico. and from Mexico TO the Philip
pines. any detsorasson IN patriotic ardcr
and In the high resolve TO make glorious
the American name under every and all
circumstances.
No nation can Justly claim greater
capitalization OF giorias than those that
surround the flag we love and reverence,
under which so many thousand precious
lives have been offered TO the Noioch Of
war 10 support OF freedom ard the right OF
seif-government. In every war In which
the nation has engaged and from which Il
has emerged vicsorlonssy, the right Of mar
has been involved. and while other nations
have striven 10 push humanity little fisr-
Their down the riope. the tendency and the
result OF cur fighting has been TO elevate
and not depress struggling humanity In It's
efforts 20 reach higher civilization. Spain,
az one time the ruler Of tbs land and the
sea. whose word was supreme Law. in every