The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-01

but for the freedom OF a people who
We're not of our race and who were
not then likely to be of our govern
ment. We took the sword for man
kinds sake. and the result surely,
God is with our righteous cause.
From the western hemisphere de-
parts every vestige of Castillian power
Cuba given to the Cubans; Porto Rico
welcoming an invading army not as en-
emies. but as friends, and with the con-
sent of its people, linking its destinies
with ours. The Philippines-we know
not what the future holds in store for
these islands; whether, as now seems
probable, the new constellation of stars
| that suddenly arose DER Asiattc seas
will forever be there visible or be seen
but for moment and then vanish
away. But one thing is certain, that
whether we hold or release this terri
tory, the light that ever follows free
dom's banner will remain to bless that
people and to purify their land and
government
Soldiers we, citizens of Worcester
from whose ranks you went, welcome
you home with glad reclamation. We
are proud of you and of your accom-
plishments. We rejoice in your rejoio
| Ing, and sorrow in your sorrow. We,
/ TOO. mourn for those who rest on for
eign soil or sleep beneath old oceans
waves. but they died for country, and
the comrades missing from your side
snares this greeting and your fame.
| You. and they, have had the inesti-
mable privilege to follow amid the
storms OF way. the flag that has illum-
NED the pathway of a century. The
nag that was with Washington at Val
.eY Forge and Yorktown, with Scott
IN Mexico: with jackson at New Or
leans with Grant at Vicksburg and
! AppomattoX; with Miles in Porto Rico;
with Shaffner and Sampson and Schley,
IN and around Cuba; with Dewey in the
waters Of the east.
The flag of San Juan, of Santiago and
Manila, will ever be precious in the
! eyes of those who see in the Republic
Of the west the rising hope of man:
| God moves in mysterious way
His wonders to perform"
BY your hands he has rent aside the
veil of the past and presented to the
world new America conscious of its
strength and secure in the love and
devotion of its people, facing the flu
ture with its possibilities of dominion
and power with unfaltering faith and
confidence
1t bids mankind look up 1t pro-
claims that the western world is dedi-
Gated to freedom and the rights of man.
| Ihat the flag of the Union is the flag
that lights the way to universal lib
erty. In the civili2ing work of the past
few mouths you have borne your part
Massachusetts hers-and state and
nation grants to you, soldiers of Wor-
| cester, the fun need of faithful ser
vice and the benediction of well done"
We share in the glory of our common
land; in the great future soon to
come
1t is your happy fate to behold the
fruits of blood and sacrifice garnered
by the mistress of the west, whose sons
yeu are. A new year of prosperity
and development for America, and for
political faith is about to begin From
the ranks of war we bid you enter
again the paths of peace-but your SER
/ vices we shall never forget.
All honor to the American soldier
and sailor, wherever he may be, from
whatever state he comes All honor
to the flag he serves. All honor to the
president, the captain of us all. and
recalling the past, the memory and
deeds of those In whose behalf we meet.
from every patriotlip and heart breathe
forth the salutation and the blessing,
God save theHcommonwealth of Mas
sachusettsi"