The Newtown bee., 1898-06-17

bling while weInxite to our hospitality
and to enjoy the blessings Of our free in
stitutions those who care enough about
such things to cherish them and, if need
be, defend them with zthein- bleed when.
through foreign or internal foe, these in
situations are Drought into hazard and
danger. We do not want to- be selfish.
We do not want American to
be for Americans alone; we
want Americas blessings and benefits TO
Be for the world. G
All these things does Memorial Day
teach It. teaches loyalty to duty. It
teaches the immortality of good deeds.
It teaches by what sacrifice our insUitu-
items have been built up and on what sure
foundation they rest, But with it ali
there comes the oyermastering feeling. of
sadness L is hard for our youth, it is
hard for our boys and girls, or even for
those Whochave grown into full young
manhood and womanhood, it is hard for
these to realize-certainly it is hard for
me-that there are still parents Lying
among us vine remember the pain it cost
when they babe their sons God-speed in
sending them to the 'front.', who recall as
If it were but yesterday with what ten
sion of eagerness they waited for the
news of the fist battle to come, how
with streaming eyes they scanned the
register of the slain. Scenes are ia
miliar with these aged ones, but with us
ALREADY THE GRAY MIST OF THE PAST
is gathering about tho se seenss, when the
maiden in the bloom of her first great af-
lection c1dng to the one to whom she had
given: her troth,. and he, vent away
but never came. back. To those who
know what war is by the loss of son, by
| long days and nights ofspspense, bY, ven
Ing hope turning into despair, by old age
! through Accumulated, sorrow coming pre-
!m1aturely on them, by the. giving up OF
everything except the mere breath of life,
the tear will always come when the
scenes of war are described. a. u.
| It ia interesting to note the different
thoughts about war according to age and
experience. Speak Of war to the battle
SCARED veteran, he casts his eyes upon
the .aoeF, remains silent few moments
and then tremblingly speaks of it in eau.
tious tones. Elderly men who took no
part in the Civil War refer proudly to the
good which came from that war SAY that
of course we shall, win in the war with
Spain, and look with suspicion upon a
policy that seems to them, dilatory in the
declar alton Of war. Tina young nan,full
of enthusiasm, thinking only -of~.. J
"Battle's magntaeently stern array"
dreaming Of ginry to to De w v1n, eager
for war, and almost curses the poWefs
that be because they do not move hastily,
and if he i'd IN camps because he is not at
once hurried to the front and plunged in
to the thick of contest.
But the impression that every Memorial
Day makes more strong that war is a
terrible thing thai atlisJAtaA tirnas gthe
last resort. All over this land, my
friends, to-day there are scars. We may
cover them with flowers, we may gar
land them as we will with our tributes of
love; but the scar yet remains, and some
Ftimes we very much wonder whether it
will ever heMiped out. Go to the battle
| field of Gettysburg with it's hundred
monuments AND, more TO, the, memory Of
lthe fallen braves there fsSa scar. CO 60
Greenwood where tomorrow you may
see It's sunny Eaiones aaorned with up
right flags at soldiers graves; there is a
scar. Go to the heights of Arlington
that look down on the Potomac as it
rolls yia peaceful course to gthegseay; thete
| fs scar. Look at our national debt
rolled UP into the billions; there isIa
great scar. And the wounded hearts
and the sorrowing lives and the orphans
crying forsbread and the widows pouring
tears like rain upon grassy mounds and
armless sleeves and bUriies ever racked
| by pain and hospitals with the wards all
full and brothers. sin In making " ar
upon brotheI-oh, the scars who can tell |
You remember the. concluding words of
President MeKinle Us message to Con-
gress early in April, in view of official
information having been received that
decree of the Queen Regent OF Spain di-
rected General Blanco to facilitate peace
by proelaiming suspension OF hostiii-
tiles ...If this measure atGaiyls a succe j.
full result, then our aspirations as Ia
0hrissian, peaee-Iey1ng people will: be-
realized. II 1t fails, it will only be an
other Justification of our contemplated
action. =, All honor to: the msn who