The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-09-13

1T. COLONEL JAMES E. BARNETT.
men who responded to his call for
troops in the recent crisis. At the re-
union of the late Colonel Hawkins old
regiment of the civil war Colonel Bar
nett was a guest of honor. and was
called upon for a speech On leaving
Philadelphia Colonel Barnett went to
Pittsburg, and from there to Markle-
ton, Somerset county, on the Alleghe-
nv mountains, to stay at a sanitarlum
there for an indefinite period. His
father, a well known Presbyterian cler-
gyman. is one of the officers of the san
itarium, and the colonel will have the
added benefit of being with his family
while recuperating for his campaign
for state treasurer.
COLONEL BARNETT'S SPEECH.
In his speech before the ex-prisoners
of war Colonel Barnett said:
"Upon our arrival in our native land
il has been our highest honor to be
greeted by the soldiers of the civil
war as comrades. We appreciate, as
never before, the greatness of the
struggle in which you were engaged,
the ferceness of which has not and
never will be understood by other ma
tions until they themselves shall come
into conflict with American armies.
Serene and confident, you can gaze
with appreciation upon the deeds of
others without jealousy and without
envy at the applause bestowed upon
them, for you have erected for your
selves an unrivaled and imperishablo
monument, the Union itself. AS you
marched along the streets we felt that,
like the bush of Moses, your hearts
were still illumired by the fire of pa
triotism. and that by your very pres
ence you said oh, Liberty, we still
are thine. and II others falter now in
the nations hour of trial, although we
are weak Gnd feeble. take us with all
that we Rave Of life and fortune and
use us in thy cause
Il believe that America has a mis-
sion, and, that having been herself re-
deemed by your efforts and washed
clean from the las stain of dishonor,
and the north and south having been
happily again united in a common
love OF our institutions, that she has
already entered upon the fulfllment of
lildl Lll6SiU4l. fIbiu SlIllt tOUlbS du-
vancement, and this is the lesson
taught by the records of the great
worlds drama which we call history.
For centuries two great civiliza-
tions have Fatt.cd with each other and
from the friction of that contest have
been evolved some Of the choicest priv
ileges that belong to man collectively,
or as an individual. America, on the
one hand, represents the highest type
of Saxon civilization, and Spain, on the
other. the mrst decadent type of Latin.
Between these two the latest and great
est combat I'm the interest of human
ity has just been fought
Cuba and Porto Rico have been res
cued from centuries of oppression and
have been endowed with the blessings
Of liberty. Inestimable as we're the re-
suits thus obtained, yet there was an
other and FAR reaching Issue involved
in the contest, the significance of which
has but lately become apparent.
IN THE FAR OFF PHILIPPINES.
Thousands of miles beyond the Col
den Gates Of California, on the farther
confines of the Pacific ocean. washed
by the blue waves Of the China sea,
almost unknown to the civilized
world, yet the very key to the Orient
tself lies. smiling under a tropical
"Tney are simply perfect" writes Rob-