The times., 1899-05-31

your sons to battle with foreign foe
"Oh, how thankful we ought to be for
the era of good feeling that prevails today
between the North and South. This alone
is worth all the cost OF the war with
Spain. Somewhere today two old veterans
one who wore the blue and the other the
grey in the war of 6l-wilI stand by the
side of the new made graves of their sons
who fell in the war of 9S. and as the tears
roll down their wrinkled faces they will
grasp hands, and as they are drawn togeth-
er in sympathy, grief, and friendship they
draw together the once divided sections of
an unhappy land.
'All honor to the defenders Of our coun-
try, on land and sea, living or dead, in
all our wars. All honor to our President
and his Cabinet, to all officers of the Army
and Navy, to all sailors and private SOL
diers who are yet fighting in foreign
| climes. AS one people, with one country,
one flag. and one destiny, let us stand to-
| gether and meet, with courage and wis
dom. the problem of the future. Let 10y
atty and patriotism be the virtues that
shall ever blossom in the hearts of our
united people.
THE young soldiers of the North went
away, few months ago, with the music
which their fathers loved upon their lips
| And the boys left the Sunny South march
| ing to the music so dear to every Southern
heart. Thus they went away to Cuba, Por-
to Rico, and the Philippines Led by men
who once commanded Union and Confeder
ate armies they marched and fought in
the same uniform Of blue and died in de-
fence of the same flag. And on their re-
turn a united nation of patriots greeted
! them and joined with them in the mighty
chorus which filled the Republic with
melody"
Miss Josephine Wyant recited "The New
Arlington, and F. Penrose Smith read an
original poem, THE Silent Camp at Ar
| lington.
The Naval Services.
The naval services were held in front of
the Lee mansion, with Col. William H.
Michael presiding The musical pro-
gramme was as follows:
Nearer, My God to Thee Marine Band
solo, 'The Rest of the Brave" Miss Emma
! Houchen baritone solo, Saviour, When Night
Involves the Skies" Shelley, Ed b. Fox, accom-
panied in chorus by Mrs. Charles r. Sweet, Miss
Regina Baptista, and Mr. Lucius +. Randolph;
Star Spangled Banner" Marine Band; There
Is Green Hill Far Away, Marine Band; tenor
solo, .'lf With All Your Hearts," Mendelssohn,
Lucius F. Randolph Funeral March," Marine
Band; THE Palms, Marine Band; soprano solo
and chorus, "Infammatus,'' from ''stabat Mater"
Peters choir; "Cujus Anima," Rossni Marine
Band; MY Country, 'Tis of Thee Marine Band,
choir, and audience
DR.. Thomas Calver recited poem, "our
Navy, and d. c. Haywood read Lincoln's
Gettysburg address. and Rev. Thomas C.
Easton delivered Il invocation.
In opening the exercises Col. w. II.
Michael said in part:
Colonel Michael Speaks.
The Navy's part in our war with Mex
leo was SO inconsiderable that this period
was left unassigned Yet it must not be
understood that the Navy rendered no SER
vice in this war.
But there were other wars in which the
American Navy had a chance to distin-
guish itself, of which we shall hear pres
emily, and be it said to its glory that it
never had a chance that 1t failed to i'm
prove; that no navy in the world has such
an unbroken record of successes, and that
given the opportunity it will solve the
knottiest questions of diplomacy; will car
~ cur flag in advance of trade TO every
part Of the globe; will protect our newly
acquired islands of the sea; will enforce
the rights of American citizens the world
over, and by just and wise exercise of
its power give steadiness to the peace of
all civilized nations"
DIR. Mabry Speaks.
The next speaker was DR.. W. d. Mabry,
who delivered an address on the "Amer-
can Navy in the Revolution He said:
MIR. Chairman, Fellow Citizens: l am to
address you for a short time on the
American Navy, During the Revolutiona-
~ Period Peace may be the ideal con-
dition among men, but the martial spirit is
one of the strongest impulses of human ma
ture. We may rejoice in the arts of peace
but we glory in the achievements of war;
NFs How
the promotion of peace, but reserve our
highest need of praise for the hero who
returns from victorious battle. Nor is
man alone possessed Of this spirit of bel
ligerency. 1t peryades and permeates all
animal life. Everything in the sea, from
the animalculae to the leviathan; every
thing in the air, from the insect to the
eagle; everything on the land, from the
ant to the elephant. has its enemies and
its weapon of offence and defence The
stag has his antlers. the OK his horns, man
his two strong arms, and the nation its
army and navy. A nation with an extern
sive seacoast, such as this country had
even in the time of the Revolution, with
out navy, would be at the mercy of hos
tile powers as a flock of sheep beset by
wolves without the protection of dog or
shepherd.
In every war upon which the American
ed more than they set out to do. / might
cite proofs of this fact from the results
OF every war we have had but in SO doing
would encroach upon the subjects assign
ed to the speakers who are to follow me-
This truth, however, is strikingly illus
trated in the results of the Revolutionary
War. When the patriots of 1775 entered
upon that heroic struggle, nothing was fur
ther from their purpose than to sever their
pri-
They had fondly regarded her as their
mother country, were proud of her great
ness, and felt secure in the protection her |
great power afforded. But when that pow
er was employed to Oppress them, and after
they had pleaded earnestly and waited long
for redress which did not come, as a last
resort they appealed TO arms, not for the |
purpose of setting up separate and inde-
pendent government. but for the purpose
of resisting oppression. That was sig
nificant circumstance when John Paul
Jones ran up the first banner ever raised |
over the deck of an American war vessel, |
with the figure of a rattlesnake and the in
scription, DO not tread on mel" The |
colonists felt that they had been trampled |
upon until the time had come to strike. !
They had not been engaged a year upon |
this defensive struggle when the conviction |
came to their sensitive and expanding souls |
that a wisdom greater and power might |
Ter than their own was oyerruling their |
affairs, and that destiny which no man, |
no men, controlled was calling them to the |
establishment of free and independent |
government. under which all who should |
seek its protection and submit to its laws |
should enjoy, unmolested, the inalienable |
rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of |
happiness. 1t was also evident TO them |
that 1t would be as essential that such a |
nation should have navy on the seas as |
that ii should have an army on the laal