The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-08-20

men? The lore Of woman; the sense o. 4gsJy
the thirst for glory; the heart-throboing thss
impelS the humblest American TO stand BY hts
colors fearless In the defense of his native soil
and holding 1t sweet to die for 1.-THE yearntng
which draws him to 1t when exiled from tits
free institutions and its blessed memories, al
are embodied and symbolized by the broad
stripes and bright stars Of the nations
emblem. all live again In the lines
and tones OF Keys anthem Two or three
began the song. millions join in the chorus
They are singing it in Porto Rican trenches
and on the rampartS of Santiago, and its echoes.
borne upon the wings OF morning, come rolling
back from PARKWAY Manila; the soldiers mes
sage to the soldier; the hero's shibboleth In
battle; tine patriots solace in DEATH Even to
the lazy sons OF peace who lag at home-the
pleasure-seekers whose merry-making turns
the night to day-those stirring strains come as
q sudden trumpet call, and above the sounds OF
revelry, subiugate for the moment to q stronger
power, rises wave upon wave Of melodious
resonance, the idler's ~aiuless bit heartfels
tribute to his country and his country's flag.
The Future of the Republic.
Since the Star Spangled Banner was written
nearly a century has come and gone. The
drums, and ~tramplings of more than half its
years have passed over the grave OF Francis
Scott Key. Here at last he rests forever. Here
at last his tomb is fifty made. When his eyes
CIOStu upOu ne SCcUcS OI IQlS lie their lASb
gaze beheld the ensign of the republic FULL
high advanced, its arms and trophies stream
ing in their original luster, not q stripe
erased or polluted nor Q single star
obscured-" II happily they were spared
the spectacle of q severed IN
ion, and "a land rent by civil feud and drenched
in f~raternal blood" it may be somewhere be-
yond the stars his gentle spirit now looks down
upon a Nation awakened from its sleep Of death
and restored to its greater and its better self,
and known and honored, as never before
throughout the world. Whilst Key lived there
was but a single paramount issue, about which
all other issues circled, the Constitution and
the Union. The problems OF the Constitution and
the Union solved, the past secure, turn we to
the future; no longer a huddle of petty sovereign
ties, held together by rope OF sand; no longer q
body Of mercenary shOpkeepers worshipping
rather the brand upon the dollar than the eagle
on the shield; no longer 4 brood of provincial
laggards, hanging with bated breath upon the
movements OF mankind, afraid 10 trust them
selves away from home, or to put their princi-
pies to the test Of progress and OF arms; but q
nation, and q leader Of nations; a world power
which burst face Imperialism upon its own
ground with republicaniSm. and with it dispute
the future OF civilization. 1t is the will OF God;
let not man gainSay. Let not man gainSay until
the word Of GOd has been carried to the further
most ends Of the earth: not until freedom is the
heritage OF all His creatures; not until the bless
fngS which He has given US are shared by His
people in all lands; not until Latin licentious-
ness, fostered by modern wealth and culture
and art, has been expiated by fire, and Latin
and cruelty have disappeared from
the government Of men; not until that sober
suited Anglo-SaxOnism, which. born at Runny-
mede, was to end neither at yorktown nor al
Appomattox, has made. at one and the same
time. another map Of Christendom and a new
race OF Christians and yeomen, equally
soldiers Of the sword and OF the
cross, even in Africa and In Asia,
as we have made them here in Amer
lea Thus, and thus alone, and wherever the
winds Of Heaven blow, shall fly the spirit II
not the actually Of the blessed symbol we have
come here this dav to glorify: ashamed of MOTH
ing that God has sent ready Cor everything that
God may send! 1t was not a singer OF the fire.
side, but 4 hearthleSs wanderer, who put in all
hearts the AnGlo-Saxon simple Home, Sweet
1t was a poet, not a warrior, who
gave to our Union the Anglo-Amer-
leans homage to his flag. Even as the Prince
Of Peace who came to bring eternal life was the
Son of God, were these His miniSterlng angels;
and, as each Of US, upon His knees, sends up Q
to Heaven flor Home, Sweet Home
may He also murmur, and teach His children to
lisp, the sublime refrain of Keys immortal an
And the Star Spangled Banner, oh, long may
it wave
Ger the land Of the free and the home Of the
braye!"