El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-08-20

in the lines and tones OF Keys
anthem. Two or three began the song,
millions Join in the chorus. They are
singing IL in Porto Rican trenches and
on the ramparts OF Santiago, and its
echoes, borne upon the wings of morn
ing, come rolling back from far away
Manila; the soldiers message to the
soldier, the hero's shibboleth in battle,
the patriots solace in death, Even to
the lazy sons of peace who lag at
home-the pleasure-seekers whose
merry-msking turns the night to day
those stirring strains come as q sudden
trumpet call, and above the sounds OF
revelry, subjugate for the moment to q
stronger power, rises wave upon wave
of melodious resonance, the idler's
simless but heartfelt tribute to his
country's flag.
Since the Star Spsngled Banner"
was written nearly century has come
and gone. They drum, and trsmplings
of more than halt its years have pass
ed over the grave of Fran
els Scott Key. Here at last
he rests forever. Here at last his tomb
is fifty made. When his eyes closed
upon the scenes OF this life their last
gaze beheld the ensign Of the republic
'full-nigh advanced, its arms and
trophies streaming in their original
nor single star obscured. Ifhsppily
they were spared the spectacle of a
severed union, aud "a land rent by
civil feud and drenched in fraternal
blood" it may be that 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 buta single paramount issue,
about which all other issues Giro led the
constitution and the union. The prob
lens OF the constitution and the union
solved, the past secure, turn we to the
future; no longer huddle of petty SOW
ereiRnties, held together by q rope OF
sand; no longer body of mercenary |
shopkeepers worshiping rather the |
brand upon the dollar than the eagle |
on the shield; no longer a brood of pro- |
vincial lsggsrds, hanging with bated |
breath upon the movements OF man |
kind, afraid TO trust themselves away |
from home, or to put their principles TO |
the test OF progress aud OF arms: but a |
nation, and leader OF nations: world |
power which burst face imperialism |
upon its own ground with republican |
ism, and with IL dispute the future of |
civilization. IL Is the will OF God: let |
not man gainsay. Let not man gain
say until the word of God has been |
carried to the furthermost ends Of the |
earth: not until freedom Is the hertz
age OF all his creatures: not until the |
blessings which he has given us are /
shared 10y his people in all lands: not |
until Latin licentiousness fostered by |
modern wealth and culture and art,
has been eNpiated by fire, and Latin
corruption and cruelty have
disappeared from the government of
men; not until that sober
suited Anglo SaXonism, which,
born at Isunnymede, was to
end neither ut Yorktown nor
AT Appomattox, has made, at one and
the same time, another .msp of
Christendom and a new race of Chris
tians and yeomen. equally soldiers of
the sword and of the cross, even in
Africa and in Asia, as we have made
them here in America. Thus, and
thus alone, and wherever the winds of
heaven blow, shall fly the spirit il not
the actuality OF the blessed symbol
We have come here this day TO glorify;
ashamed OF nothing that God has sent,
ready for everything that God may
send II was not q singer of the
hreslde, but hearthless wanderer, who
put In all hearts the Anglo-Saxon'
simple Home Sweet Home" IL
was poet, not a warrior, who gave to
our union the Anglo hon.
age To his flag. Even as the Prince of
feace who came to bring eternal life
was the Son OF God, so. were these his
mlnisteriug angels; and, as each of us, {
upon Ills knees, sends up u prayer to