The record-union., 1898-07-05

city by the sea had gathered there in
loyal homage to the valor of their coun-
Try defenders. From a thousand tents
the sweet music of voice and. instrument
gently waited upon the breeze, exalted my
SOUL and l thought upon the past: and
from thence to the problems and hopes
of-tfie future -
Thought of the many thousands. Who
have crossed the bridge of the river OF
LIE since the tocsin of war first sounded
at Lexington ON behalf of the true CIV
ilization, and pride of country :illed my
heart. that the United States OF America
should be and is the exemplar OF that
civilization
True civilization is of the heart, as OF
the brain; of character, as OF learning, ls
that which, while possessing the attrl-
brtes of knowledge and culture: develops
in the highest degree the God-given prin-
clple of mans humanity to man; that
principle which guides the sword or
might toward the defense OF the temple
of justice and right; that principle enun-
clated by our forefathers, that Au men
are and of right ought to be free ana
J equal, " and which has guided US as ma
/ ton through tears and sorrows, through
/ successes and triumphs, ever onward ana
/ upward as the generations passed 10 III
| umphant glory as the exponent or the
! true ciViliZa ton.
| The world stands amazed to-day at the
| mighty power of union, the SlnSIeneSS Ol
| purpose the heroic valora of our Soldlers
/ and sailors and the lofty aspirations OF
/ the people of the United States or Amer
! lea. 49,
Three short months ago at peace within
and without our borders; our little army
of less than 30 600 scattered the length ana
{ breadth of the land, our navy at rest To-
day, 2OO,000 men under arms and our mas
nfcent' navy battering away at the
/ Strongholds of one of the most anclehl eA-
listing Governments of the world.
And there are ten millions more loyai
citizens of the republic ready and Wlliln.
| to bear arms for the honor of the FlaS ,
| and behind all these beats the heart OA
the nation; as one man, seventy-hve NIL,
| lions of God-fearing men, women ana
| children rise and shout for the Fnoilor oI
the Stars and Stripes, or on pended kilee =
pray for the establishment of the great
! principles of human liberty which they
! represent Upon the altar OF national
! Justice we Law our wealth or ne ana
| treasure. ready for the sacrifice which God
| grant may not be heavy to bear.
The age of barbarism shall go; TO return n
| no more; the era of true civilization Is
| dawning upon the world; the right to 1--we
and enjoy the fruits of honest labor, IN
! obedience to just laws rightly enforced,
| conscience of the toiling millions VINO nave
! felt the curse of tyranny and slavery, anu
/ woe be unto the Government that hence-
forth does not deal justly with It's SUD
| iects There is no war with the form,
| but with the acts of a Government thiil
/ claims the right and does debase the pody
When our fathers declared. for inde-
pendence, and on behalf of human liberty
| and freedom of conscience Waged war ZOE
| eight years against the most poWerluI Gl
| nations il was said that we were only
| battling for national existence; and when,
| after infinite patience and wisdom, that
! grandest of political documents, the Con-
| Stitution of the United States became the
| fundamental law of the new republic. the
| imperial dynasties of the old world under
| estimated the spirit and conVlctlon OF tne
| people who framed It.
| When in 1912 we again crossed swords
with the Mother Country, they said
4 America is but avenging the insults 10
! her seamen attempted to be enforced py
! the apparently superior power OF 1redl
Britain. -.
! The crowning glory of American civili-
zation was yet to manifest ITSELF we
istence with lie upon our lips, While the
! curse of human slavery existed within
| our borders, either sanctioned by law or
| at all No struggle is so severe as that
! of lf-purification- Once in the Ire OF
every man a conflict occurs between the
forces of good and evil and the result OF
l the contest either makes or mars his char
/ acter.
/ Thus with our beloved country. The
Grand Army of the Republic is a living
witness to the fury of that contest. Un-
der the sod, gently resting in their last
sleep lie the remains of million Amer
/ lean citizens, who died that lasting peace
! might come to our then discovered and
| basis of our institutions might be planted
| upon foundations so deep and strong, that
| neither time could efface nor foreign foe
| successfully assail.
| Again, to-day, with heart beats in uni
! son. shoulder to shoulder knowing not
/ North nor South nor East nor West,
| with Freedoms soil beneath our feet,
| And Freedoms banner streaming o er US, :
| our mighty country has freely given her
noblest sons to the cause of liberty and
| humanity
The world is ringing to-day with the ad-
vent of the new civilization New, did