Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-04-28
Our Volunteers.


ism was dying out in this country, al
that our people paid too little attention
the duties of citizenship. This unwal
ented declaration has been allowed TO .
unchallengcd, and every Kind of ..isn
has been permitted to cain Il fooil
among our people. The events of III
past week in this land of liberty TO
ever and the claim that we have II
patriots, that our citizens are not read
for any duty, and that any third rat
country can drive Us into II corner
Any public speaker who shall dare j.
the future TO address an intclirel
audience, with such mtrutc statement
will be subject for an examination II
to his mental condition.
Where in history have we ever foun,
such a spontaneous uprising of the PEG
pie IN defence Of home and FLAG rs the
world has witnessed in this country fine
past week? From every section the an.
swer has been sent to WASHINGTON.
eve have more than You call for"
These volunteers are not all from the
saloons, as Spanish paper has so un-
truthfully stated. They are not III from
the offices of Wall street, or brown
stone mansions on Beacon street and
CommonW ealth avenue, Boston. They
are not all from the homes where the
Union cause has been upacl hv the
1ttiler who was Il comlaIc of the Bows
in Blue. They are not all from Tie
sunny Land where the last army mus
tered were clothed in coats Of gray.
Not all from school and college: not all
from farm or forge: Not all from mine
or shop. All were not born under oilr.
starry banner OF liberty. But from
every station in life these Volunteers
will march. b.. the side Of youth, from
the tar away Golden Gate viii step the
Woodsmcn from the Pine Tree state.
IN line with the farmers from the North
west Will 90 the granite cutters and
business men of old Vermont. Banker
md miner will tent together. Guilt
'ated statesmen and and skilled mech
mic will step to the same tattoo. De-
cceHtlants OF New England Yankee,
Few York Dutchman, PENNSYLVANIA ,
Quaker and Southern Cavilier will obey |
ne same commander. The men who [
1llowcd Old Glory and the heroes who
'lloWcd the llag that long was furled, ,
re found in this great volunteer army. S
he advocates of Plymouth Rock libcr s
and the lovers of James River slav 3
y, today pray for the success of their y
eat volunteer army which is soon to a
fIke blow at the land across the sen p
at shall bring rejoicing to the strllr 'l
ING patriots Of Cuba, and send clad H.
llngS around the world wherever the
pressed are fighting for liberty. &C
lese volunteers will not enter the ef
Mt for any boys play; and, Il, Il mil =; ~
~ ol1lcer OF our own city has we'll 70
ted, they joined the National Guard gr
times OF peace and they will not run
en- danger comes. All honor TO such .,
unleers. Never shall they he for nr
ten who fall in this great conflict. COZ
since the Mexican war have we SUI
foreign foe, and there has been Nv
cause for our mastering so repre- dol
Fative ar army as that which will do
le with the soldiers of the Spanish the
ydom, for in our own civil encounter a..
country being divided there was no to
ortnnity for our people to discover
t the whole land when united could sig
n the battles for the flag. acc
ne who reads the true history of the ai,
war will if not prejudiccd, dis par
ri that the combined forces of the scol
armies would have been able to >
} any country Oh the globe. There tr,, ,
} reason to consider that the volun- in +
OF today are any less brave or any nOu
courageous Tthan these who fought chi
Their side in the Rebellion. With q,
own native born Americans will be tow,
| the sons OF every civilized nation mos
nth. Turkey and Spain ofcoulse will
end amy volunteers for our army, ANt :,
IS they are not by the writer con- hinh
,d as civilized countries, the asser- even
Ices not need qualification. These 81
,o.r, ,o hand, of h, ,..,. wish
was
are only SONS of widowed mothers. or
: loss on the battlefield will cause so al
, Lomcs to become places of monr- day
Fathers will sob and mothers will recoA
I'm, your
''7 WIZ Wv ''''''e WIDOWS Th
nliurch orphans. SWecihcarts will the IL
overs and the nation scores of 81
men, but the fair name of Amer the Il
ii be preserved and the world be
that America as II nation proposes ' '''u II
ly to enforce the Monroe doctrine. ,,aoo,
wage the battle of humanity and to gu,
} the inhuman warfare that has so ly sol
been waged i'll the lovely but le1t u
n valley off our coast. Three ~. .,o' y,
should be given for our volun- be do,
in every valley, Oh every hill "Y'
every city street AS well rs conn do yol
inlet. They will prove as loyal ,++on',