The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-06-03

SVhiihk koucldtlOn HDIt pdtTlOIlbUu.
A duty they owe to those who risked
their lives or gave them up for their
country. Impress it upon them in
such a manner that it will be trans
mitted to, observed by generations yet
unborn and thus be perpeturaed. 1t
Is only in the line of patriotic duty
and will gladly be observed by those
who may have the opportunity. Let
the people conduct these services.
Let them out of grateful hearts strew
flowers upon the graves of the dead
heroes. Let them feel that it is q
privilege as well as duty to carry
out and observe these ceremonies.
And let it be commenced at once.
The living soldier may observe it and
feel in the future that he will not be
neglected.
The orator then pictured in graphic
words the call to arms, and the ex-
perience of the Soldier on the march
and in the battle. And then he had:
1.-The example set by the old soldiers
has increased the patriotism of the
country. Here is q country
whose limits are bounded by the
oceans and the seas.
A magnificent empire. Ineuper-
able, incompara BILE, majestic, and SUBJ
lime in its every achievement: Its
resources unlimited, its wealth inn
measurable, its recuperative power
miraculous, its patriotism boundless,
its love of liberty undying: 1t success
FULLY pursues the arts of peace. sun
denly war cloud appears upon the
horizon which comes nearer and
grows larger. The nations honor is
attacked and its life put ia jeopardy.
Immediately the country rises as one
man. so millions of dollars are voted
by congress for immediate use and
without a dissenting vote. Hurried
preparation is made for war; a limited
call for 125 thousand men is responded
to by three times that number. This
peaceful and prosperous country is
transformed in a single day into
camp of soldiers. The tramp of foot
and horse the rumble of artillery and
the shouts of command are heard on
land and the swash of the battleship
as it plows its forward way is heard
upon the sea. The whole nation is
aroused? Has its courage or its
patriotism diminished ! Is Dewey
upon the sea? Have the battleships
of the enemy melted before him like
clouds upon summer sea? In every
town and hamlet there IL heard the
sound of martial music and prepare
ton for going to the war is seen ON
every hand.
Are these men to defend this
country in its time of need? They
come at the suggestion Of need in
thousands. wherever / stamp my
foot in any part of Italy, there will
rise up forces enough in an instant
both foot and horse" said Pompey,
illustrating the patriotism of his
And we are none the less
patriotic than that. These are the re-
suits of patriotic education, taught in
the homes and in the schools, on the
field, upon the sea. everywhere, until
81 the stamp of the foot al immense
army rises at Chicsmauga, and is
ready to do battle in defense of it's
We will not pause now to
count the cost nor mourn the dead |
but with that patriotism which over
rides every other motive, let us say |
with the old French general: Let |
rs at present think only of beating |
the enemy, tomorrow l will mourn
my son."
The spirit is invincible.
The love of country can never die
1t is in us; it is with us; it will live
forever.
At the conclusion of the address,
which was listened to with the keen
est interest and was warmly APP
plauded, the assembly slowly dis
persed, feeling that the day had in
deed been well spent.
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