The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-05-31
MEMORIAL DAY At TACOMA.
GOV. ROGERS MAKES An ADDRESS
TO TINE OLD SOLDIERS.


Hunan Liberty, ana the War
with Spain Has Back Of IL . Holy
PsrpOse-Peace by swora Alone.
Special Dispatch to the Post-rnteilisencer.
TACOMA. May 9o.-Msmorai day was to-
day more generally observed than ever be-
fore Ia the history OF this city. After the
customary decoration OF graves a. the GEM
etery in the morning, the First Presbyseri-
an church became the center OF interest
There this afternoon memoria. exercises
were b. Gov. Rogers delivering the ora
ton % tae day. Mayor Nickeus and other
prominent citizens also spoke.
Gov. Rogers Address.
Gov. Rogers said:
We meet upon this soiemn occasion for
republic who have .jo.ned the great ma
torify. We are here 10 speak the praises
OF the dead and TO draw slich lessons from
tneir example as may serve "a an inspsra-
fton IN the performance Of duty TO us and
Our children. For this purpose. and In this
connection. IL may be well for us to In
quire very briefly into the causes that In
duced our dead heroes 20 take up arms thus
examining into the motive and nature OF
love OF country Or patriotism. To learn, IL
we may. the origin and underlying cause
OF that which all the world h: united 10
honor.
From the earliest times men have ever
honore0 above all others the defenders OF
home and country. those who forgetting all
else have devoted themselves their every
effort. and even life itself to the pgeserva-
ton OF those forms Of society or govern
men. deemed essential TO the perpetufty OF
human right. AZ bottom, and principally.
the motive and inspiration OF true patriot
ism has always been the obtainment and
preservation Of individual and personal lib
erfy. II can be nothing else. In some quar-
ters II has been held that the Inspiring
cause OF patriotism is simply the desire to
preserve king. government or a form
OF political association. and that this de-
sire has been entirely disconnected from
thoughts &c self. But that tais view of the
matter Is faulty and incorrect must be
clear TO all who viii give patient and care
ful study 10 those motives which underlie
all human action,
Deeply implanted I'm all animal life is
the instinct of race preservation which un-
der sufficient stimulus easily controls and
overmaSters every other expression OF the
will. either human or animal. Animals as
Well as men. sacrifice themselves often
freely and even ioyfuliy. I'm defense OF their
young. Back of this ia seen a law of ma
ture, or a law Of God. intended and provid-
ed for the express purpose OF race presery-
alton. instinct has been named as that
form OF reason which never errs. II Is
above reason: the thought OF the Infinite
indelihiy impressed upon His creatures. In
are. each OF us. a part OF the race; Of one
great family: that the whole family Is
greater than a part. that when the whole Is
In danger II In just and proper and wise.
that part and any part. even our own
part. should. II necessary. be sacridced.
Deep in the mother-heart Of the race, I'M
DERIVING all reason. all thought. all emo
ton. THE has been placed as the rule Of the
Creator expressed in natural law which
enforcAs itself The parent who refuses
TO defend with his life his family when as
his country's rescue when called upon In
the hour OF LIS peril has thus reftised one-
dence TO the DEGREES OF the Creator. He
has broken. or eyaded. n law, forgetting
that he who thus eeeks 10 save his life by
disobedienea Will assureily lose II some
how. somewhere In the vast cycles of time
IN which the whole creation moves. The
perpetaation OF the race IL the design. Men
.nstinctiveiy. and In many cases unwilling
". work IL out. But each man and each
woman OF us liz moved to do that We dc
by individual and personal motives only
dlmly perceived even by ourselves. He who
oheys these higher and instructive lead
ings OF his own soul. squirting that lower
and iehasing form OF selfishness which
would lead him to dIsobev the call OF duty.
bas within him that true individuality. that
wise and ennobling care ard thought which
sees In the good Of all the highest thought
OF self.
No Thought of Self In Just War.
THE men we here delight to honor did
this: seeking the good OF others. the well
fare of all. they had In this the highest
thought OF self While the country en-
dures or our language Is spoken they viii
not be forgotten. Ever. however in the
mind OF man human freedom. individual
liberty. personal thought OF self has been
the foundation OF all patriotic endeavor. IN
every country men have always regarded
themselves az free and their condition az
superior IN that Of the enemies they have
fought Even when fighting for Il king
men have been supported by thoughts in
80 f. frs hR .szsep firms cyfA
the inaiiena BILE liberty Of man.
"In Bruce's address thar creates. battle
hymn. we have proof Of this
''wha, for Scotland's king and law.
Freedoms sword WEI strongly draw
Freemen stand. or freeman Ia.
Let him follow me-
by expressions woes ard pains.
Ry your sons in seryiie chains,
We will draw our dearest veins
But they shall ba free.
Lay the proud uSurpers low!
TNrants fall In every foe.
Iiberty's in every blow
Let us do or de-
Freedom the Inspiration.
Every great struggle OF man. every Just
war since time began, has had iis origin
and Inspiration IN the thought of human
freedom which each soldier took home to
himself American soldiers have been SUI
persor 10 others because and only because
they have been more intelligent; because
they have comprehendcd more the spirit OF
liberty; because the personal equation with
them has been greater than with others.
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