The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-11-13

thai commemorated today That IL the
manhood which We nourish-braye, sell
denying iao,e-1e a. ted gentlemen IKE rcrt-
son and MS comrades: and. thank God.
there are millions more who are not dead,
bat live
For sake Of the Filiplnos.
These graves. beloved. speak Of Ameri-
cas- first Offering on the altar OF Phihp-
erns or presence there. Our guns are
not laundering around the shores Of Luz
xon for conquest or Imperialism or trade
development We are there for the sake
OF the FiIipinos: We are there to teach
them our knowledge, our culture. our ccm-
forts. we are there TO educate them to our
level is too late to ask how we got
there. That question is an anachrontSm-
Facts must be realized as they are. and IL
Is fact that for veal or woe We are In
the Philippines as trustees for the FIJI
pinos.
twenty-five years hence the war will
be Over and the qualification OF the islands
complete. Then. In full sight OF the bless
invs OF American rule. his islands at rest.
his commerce unfolding. fresh healthy
lie throbhing In every province, the Fill
pino will acknowledge that he misunder-
stood our intentions and WILL confess that
he fought against his best friends.
But the contemplation OF these graves
opens a softer vein. Suggestions Of wars
gensler side break forth like a dayspring
and these must not be wanting to ease the
mourners heart today War Is a statue
With TWO faces-one grim and forbidding.
the other mild and benign, A noble forti-
tude sustained our dying boys.
Brave to the Last.
Surgeon Major Dawson bears witness
that rarely cry OF pain escaped the SUI
ferer's lips. II Is q relief 10 think OF the
sr ssss d Rea
Cross. the physician. the kind comrade,
lending gentle hands 70 ease the peng of
pain Company II, OF the washin9ten
lost
wounded In skrmtsh. One OF the wound
ed was taken up by his comrades under a
,sfbs two and sas carried ssavs into
wounded In the effort. Sunburs,s OF loving
heipfuness shining amid the darkness.
I'm our different spheres lie, us i've as
ism seni It's inspiration through the arter-
les of every individual and institution in
our state To fall below the sy.l OF such
equal idealisrn shine in our lives crowned
WITH equal seis~saerihee and gentle man
March OF Lrberty's Spirit.
Mr. Randall devoted considerable OF his
address to q review of the march OF Anglo
Ssxons. from the time the Brituns wrested
from King John at Runnymede the frst
great charter granting them liberty, down
through the internscine wars OF those and
other peoples. the desertion Of the cd
home for the new by the early pilgrims.
and the revolutionary light Of the!r sons
loo years aEo-all for maintaining the In
nate requirement OF freedom, the spirit Of
liberty. the perpetuation Of the principles
Of the personal emancipation OF man.
III Is this that makes this day the log
ical outgrowth Of events" he said This
fair young state was almost wilderness
at the time Of the war of the rebellion
there were none here to respond ;o the
call Of the president for volunteers: other
states had To take up the burden and
have crossed the deserts and made their
homes In this land of the evergreen. ex-
banding io-Saxonssm. and rearing
sons In tho spirit Of their fathers The
Young grew until they became able to de-
fend and spread this blessed heritage.
The opportunity came with the call for
volunteers TO go across the and
crnancipate a people, They responded 70
| che limit ~ their opportunity. sending
one regiment II the president had want
| ed twenty regiments they would have
| been ss quickly forthcoming
Our tutclage Is not as the grasping Of
Europe. that seeks 10 conquer that II
| may be seif-agsrahaixed and extend It's
| money markets. We are not going to
| people there are able 10 govern them
| selves. and become educated and Chris
thanked. and appreciate the gift We are
| giving them. they will have their coasr-
try, Then shall we see the life az gov
| errment. liberty of. BY and for fhe peo-
| a!e, spreading among all the nations Of
/ the Orient as never before.
Let . Fountain TIE nutIt.
| W "a aFE 0fsfeEG ire privilege or show
/ fux homer 81 the dear forms, they are
| living sn Philippine Soii wish they were
| with us, II the rfourneFs could eniy clasp
the Baskets and feel that even though
| iifslass they could he near the forms OF
1 their loved anss and could spread flowers
| over them and DO th<sAst honoss IL would
/ ne 4 sweet consolation.
| 'ft0t denied the precious priv
/ tieee 81 doing tniz. and ear memorial must
/ In certain sense hs xcsd. BEs let us
do khefn aastinx homer. l want 70
sec thtS common wealth In the fatress ard
most prominent part ~ ia largest city
efsct a monument 10 commemorate their
/ heTsse deeds IL; K ~ a fountain gsexA.
! las forth a perpstu&i few cs the pazreS;
waters the purity us their motives
l led them ca take us ant die sor their
coGafrNs burdens lex IL BE- done IN mar
hss, rejecting the u bitterness - their
souls. aa3 oace every year on that aav
| chosen for the worshtr ~ the memories
/ 90 the valiant s0us gore mere than tars.
I DECADES a9e. Yat gs gather tAxefhe~ All
( citlseHs fr~ss4 Tar aaa near and paw rrsh-
/ s1te "a these later SorS- with ths. fa4sntatf
( ~Txathesi wtth laurel ans buried IN rises
I ans the moss teyys& orators there 10 k@.n
ever fr~sA II burning worzts The tale 81
their hsrsstsFa. So that the Children NAV
( grow op in ard feel ses lofty sentiments
/ 81 patriotism.
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