The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-19
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followed his shot-riddled body TO the
grave and of that number no man
gainsaid the honor OF his death. lacked
full loyalty to the flag for which he
fought or doubted the Justice OF the
cause for which he gave his life.
Thirty-hve years have passed; an
other war has called Its roll of mar
tyrs, and this time the body of a on,
wrapped in the stars and stripes Is
lowered to its everlasting rest beside
that of the father who sleeps In the
stars and bars. There were those who
stood by the grave of Inc confederate
hero years before and the children OF
those were there, and of those present
no one gainsaid the honor OF the death
of this hero OF FL Caney. and none
were there but loved as patriots alone
can love the glorious flag that en-
shrines the people OF a common coun-
try as IL enshrouds the form that will
sleep forever in its blessed folds. And
on this tomb will be written:
Here lies the son of a confederate
soldier:
He died for his country"
And so IL Is that W the maxi
ing of these two graves m hands
and human hearts have caused a So
luton OF the problem that has baffied
human will and human thought for
three decades. Sturdy sons Of the
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the North that the people of the South
had long since accepted the arbitra-
ment OF the sword to which they had
appealed. And likewise the oft re-
peated message has come back from
the North that n and good VIII
reigned. md that the wounds OF civil
dissension were but a sacred memory.
And yet there were those among US
who believed your course was polite
hut fnGinnara and and those among
you who assumed that our professed
attitude was sentimental and unreal.
Bitterness had departed. and section
al hate was no more, but there were
those who feared wen AZ they did not
believe that between the great Sec
tons of our better government there
was not the perfect faith and trust
and love hat both professed; that
there was a want of the faith that
made the American revolution a sue
cessful possibility; that there was
want of the trust that crystaliZed our
states into h original union; that
there was a lack of the low that bound
In unassailed strength the united sis
terhood OF states hat withstood the
shock of the civil war. 1t Is true, this
doubt existed to a greater degree
abroad h at home. But to-day the
mist of uncertainty has been swept
by the sunlight of events, and
there. where doubt obscured before
stands. in bold relief. commanding the
admiration OF h whole world. the
most glorious type OF united strength
and sentiment and loyalty unknown
to the history Of nations.
The Caldron of Conflict.
How was the doubt that stood. all
unwilling between outstretched hands
and sympathetic hearts to be, I'm fact,
dispelled? IL from out the caldron of
conflict there arose this doubt, only
from the crucible OF war would come
the answer. And. thank God, that an
swer has been made in the record of the
war, the peaceful termination of which
we celebrate tonight. Read IL In ev-
cry page of its history; read IL i'm the
obliteration of party and sectional
lines In the congressional action which
called the nation to arms in the de-
Tense of PROSTATE liberty and for the
extension OF the sphere OF human free
dom. read II in the conduct of the dis
tinguished federal soldier, who, as the
chief executive of his great republic,
honors this occasion by his presence
tonight, m whose appointments in
the first commissions issued after war
had been declared made manifest the
sincerity of his oft-repeated utterances
OF complete sectional reconciliation and
Nv tllillildNlOt ~ stNNiDlltl NV AA AAA'
affairs OF government. Differing with
him as ] do on party issues. utterly at
variance with the views of his party
on economic problems, l sanction with
all my heart the obligation that rests
on every patriotic citizen to make par
ty secon to country. and In the meas
ure that he has been actuated by this
broad and patriotic policy. he will re-
ceive the plaudits of the whole peo-
MA ssNNall AnnA rood md faithful SCR
want"
Portentous. indeed, lave been the
developments of the past six months;
the national domain has been extended
far into the Caribbean sea on the south
and to the west II is so near the main
land of Asia that we car hear the graf
ing OF the process which is grinding
the ancient celestial empire into pulp
for the machinery OF civilization and
of progress.
The war has drawn from an admir-
ing world unstinted applause for the
invfncible army. that under tropic
suns. despite privations and disease.
unframed. hut undismayed. has swept
out OF their own trenches and routed
from their w battlements the train
ed forces OF a formidable power like
chaf before the wind. IL has boldly
stripped the past of luster and defiant
ly challenged the possibilities of the
future in the accomplishment of a
matches navy. whose deeds ave
struck the universe with consterna-
ton and with wonder. But speaking
as a Southerner and an American. I
say this has been a. naught compared
To the greatest good this war has ac-
complished. Drawing alike from all
sections of the union for her heroes
and her martyrs. depending alike upon
North and South, East and West. for
her glorious victories and weeping vita
sympathy with the Widows and strick-
en- mothers wherever they may be.
America. in~carnated spirit of liberty
stands to-day the holy emblem Of
households In which the children abide
i'm unity. equality. owe and peace. The
iron sledge OF war that rent asunder
the links Of loyalty and love has weld
ed them together again. Ears that
were deaf To loving appeals for the
burial OF sectional strife have listened
n believe the muster guns have spo-
ken. Hearts that we've cold To- calls