El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-29

to our strife and conflict, L answer,
! eGod moves in . mysterious way.
:! Hiswonders to perform
God who permitted war to come up
1 on his people of old, who sent them in
to war, that the nation might be puri
! fed aud the he ethen might know tina
God ruleth.hatt slike wise he ID the rein
( of war In our every conflict. And yoi
] mas. rest assured that for the natior
that writes on her. coin and z in her
hearts, "fn God we trust" he will
kp|ace the victory where twill do the
Emess good Do, ~ on ask if this is true
lin the case of our civil WARP Hear me
The roar of cannon has ceased now, anc
the smoke of battle has cleared
away.
awe, "a are rel tenting on the old camp ground
80 ton, ght.,'- So szs - - sfs -eze 50
Il is common, ground, on WHICH we
stand united. The Son Of southern sires
speaks so;the Grand Army oi.the Repub
iic, and he believesveriiy,E that there is
not var SCARED veteran IRON either
side who is here tonight, but who will
agree that intsome way or other God
was in our war between the states, aud
that he placed sthe victory where it
would 90 the most sgood. Thir,een
Years ago, Standing E$withfnz full
view of the graves OF the
dead, lin Cave lin cemetery the great
DIR. John A. Broadus. than whom it
would be b ard to find a more loyal son
OF the south, said: "This much is
.plaincy tpes war had to. come. The
Necessity FOR # was written In the
whole, history Of the republic and the
for centuries paste III was swritten in
the confguraIion and climate, the soil
and dProduetions adifer-nt. paris Of
-It[Was-written- on the
flag of the first ship that brought
African slaves to the North American
colonies. IT had TO come and we can
see now that that there were two
great questions that imperatively re-
qhired to be settled. A certain point
MS to tn re- character OF the federal gov
ernment. IA certain great social in
tremendous proportions had fallen IN
der the ban of the civilized world, and
sooner or later, somehow or other it
must cease te be,U And then he ad-e
ded, II verify believe that il is worth
all our dreadful fnsncia1 losses, all of
the suffering of the. long and frig ntfnl
onfict, ana the blood of our precious
dead, to have those two 9 uestions flung
behind US forever. -3JS |
Yes, friends, God was in our war. He |
hath done great things for US. Slavery
aas been driven from our camps. |
Other nations have follow ed our exam !
pie, and soon the world by mutual con-
sent will know it no more. Like TIE !
voice of the heroic Wallace calling |
eyen from his grave for q real, deep, |
'raternaf union between England and /
Scotland, the heroic lives and charac-
ers OF our Grant and our Lee called for
md secured q deeper appreciation and
aspect on the partsof the north and
# the south for each others sterling
haracter than they possibly ever
WOULD have had, but for these men and
he part they took in that fearful
This much is true, ii. did
OF take either side long to learn that
he other, side were Americans. and !
Some other people have learned that
D. Aud after this lesson WIS |,
nded each was proud of the other, and
sady to fall back intoAa union. that
leans more than it perhaps ever would
ave meant but for this Today we
aud as one, and our name Is iAmeriI
ans. ,1 l.
"A few weeks ago the surviving chief
lin Of the confederacy, General John
!. Gordon, pledged tt e sympathy and
lpport of every citizen, of this great
r
on, in it's eudeaNOr TO extend the bless a
igs of this land of the free to those q
no have fallen under our protection .
nd who need it so badly. The battle ]
slds of Santiago and San Juan, of =
Ealolos, Quinga and Calumpit, mark :
at few of the places where northern r
nd southern soEs stood shoulder to y
BOULDER in the same uniform under
lie same flag and force the same cause.
nd what comes to Us with treme ndons t
Illustrative fUrce is the fact that in the /
kites some of these were face to face. /
ldr under different flags And so l t
tght speak of many things as evid- t
ice that God hath done great things v
r---us.-0f--ho w--our-fight 6
today Tightening the pathway of t
'ery nation on the globe; of how the L
.tion that once sought to hold US in g
'ndage has come at last to miagle L
e blood of her sons with, that E
Amerfcap'sA sons as in the II
cent Samoan struRgle, w en- British n
icer and Bi tishssaifor, fell side by La
lie with Lfeutenant Landsda1e and I
lsign Monagin of the American o
zee; of hoW these two nations. bound e
ties strop ger III an formal lallianee. $,
Id, and will continue to hold the m
lance of power in ith is Old world so 4 81
~ as God shall let her stand = of how ii
.wey and Sam pson and Schley have i n
lden rough shOd1 over the internal %
mes and smashed at q single stroke 7 et
, powerful navy of tyrant; of an vi
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