The age-herald., 1898-10-20

ments of the past six months; the national 1 domain has been extended far into the l Caribbean sea on the south and to the west I it is so near the mainland of Asia that we 1 can hear the grating of tine process which
 is grinding the ancient celestial empire into
 pulp for the machinery of civilization and | of progress.
 l Effect in the Future
 In a very short while the last chapter of l this war will have been written, except 1 for the effect it will have on the future. I Our flag now floats over Porto Rico, part ] of Cuba, and Manila. It must soon bespeak 1 our sovereignty over the island of Luzon, | or possibly over the whole Philippine group.
 It will, ere long, from the staff on Havana s l Moro cast it's shadows on the sunken and 1 twisted frame of the Maine-a grim remind- | CT of the vengeance that awaits any nation l that lays unholy hands on an American | citizen or violates any sacred American | right. It has drawn from admiring world unstinted applause for the invincible army, l that under tropic suns, despite priVationS 1 and disease, untrained but undismayed, has | swept out of their own trenches and routed l from their own battlements, like chan be- l fore the wind the trained forces of a for I midable power. It has bodily stripped the 1 past of lustre and defiantly challenged the possibilities of the future in the accom- plishment of a. matchless navy, whose 1 deeds have struck the universe with con- sternation and with wonder.
 But speaking as a southerner and an American, I say that this has been as
 naught compared to the greatest good this 1 war has accomplished. Drawing alike from l all sections of the country for her heroes | and her martyrs, depending alike upon the l north, south, east and west for her gloT1-
 ous victories, and weeping with sympathy l with the widows and the stricken mothers 1 wherever they may be, America, incarnated l spirit of liberty, stands again today the holy emblem of household in which the l children abide in unity equality, love and l peace. The iron sledge of war that rent assunder the links of loyalty and love has
 welded them together again. Ears that were deaf to loving appeals for the burial of sectional strife have listened and be- heved when the muster guns have spoken. Hearts that were cold to calls for trust and sympathy have awakened to loving confi-
 dence in the baptism of their blood. south's List of Heroes
 Drawing inspiration from the flag of our
 country, the south has shared not only the dangers, but the glories of the war. In the death of brave young Bagley at Car denas, North Carolina furnished the first blood in the tragedy. It was Victor Blue of South Carolina, who, like the Swamp Fox of the revolution, crossed the fiery path of the enemy at his pleasure, and brought the first official tidings of the situ- ton as it existed in Cuba. It was Brumby, a Geoersia boy, the flag lieutenant of Dewey, who first raised the stars and
 
 furnished Hobson-glorious Hobson-who accomplished two things the Spanish navy never yet has done-sunk American ship, and made d Spanish man-of-war securely float.
 The south answered the call to arms with Its heart, and it's heart goes out with that of the north in rejoicing at the result. The demonstration lacking to give the touch of life to the picture has been made. The open sesame that was needed to give in- sight into the true and loyal hearts both north and south has been spoken. Divided by war, we united as never before by the same agency, and the union is of hearts as well of hands.
 The doubter may scoff and the pessimist may croak, but. even they must take hope at the picture presented in the simple and touching incident of eight Grand Army veterans, with their silvery heads bowed in sympathy, escorting the lifeess body of the Daughter of the Confederacy from Mar ragansett to its last long rest at Ricn- mond
 nlen that great and generous soldier b. 5. Grant, gave back to Lee crushed but ever glorious, the sword he had sur rendered at Appomattox, that magnan- imous deed said to the people of the south: You are our brothers" But when the present ruler of our grand republic when awakening to the condition of war that confronted him, with his first commission placed the leaders sword in the hands of those gallant confederate commanders Joe Wheeler and Fitzhugh Lee he wrote be- tween the lines in living letters of ever lasting light the words: "There is but one people Of this union, one flag alone for all"
 The south MT Toastmaster. will feel tbat her sons have been well given, that her blood has been well spilled, if that sentr- ment is to be indeed the true inspiration Of our nations future God grant if may be, as l believe it will.
 ''The President was the next toast on nm and To tbat dent Stevenson replied Mr. Stevenson's address was constantly interrupted by ao- plause.
 Miles Wildly AppIauded
 Chairman MacVeagh paid an eloouent tripute 10 the American soldier as he call ca upon the two most prominent figures of the war to reply to the toast "The Army,
 The toast was drunk amid wild enthusiasm.
 eheer atter cheer ringing through the hall
 as Gen. Miles rose to speak of the glori- ous deeds of the American regular and volunteer. Every allusion to the deeds per- formed by the American fighting men was
 greeted with another vocal outburst and frantic waving of napkins and bandlsar chiefs.
 The welcome extended to Gen Shafter
 who followed the address of Gen. Miles on the same subject greeted with no less acclaim than that accorded to his superior in rank.
 ''The Navy" was the next toast. and Capt Charles D. Sigsbee responded his ad-
 dress being greeted with great applause. international Arbitration" was the next and President Angel, of the Michigan mi versity it's advocator
 All nations have now learned that America shrinks not from war if it is nee essary but that in a magnanmous though sen-respecting spirit, she loves, more than 1 the glamour of victorious war an honor able peace with all mankind
 | Tn four wars we have established our 1 fame as a martial race No nation now l questions that or will ever again reck- | lessly lay hands on us. But we have won 1 laurels in peace not less glorious than those 1 we have won in war. by our brilliant ef- | forts in mitigating the evils of war by l setting the example to the world from the | days of Washington, of guarding the rights l and d'scharging the duties of neutrals 1 and by seeking through Marcv forty ,,aars