Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-07-06

a ship 90 4 man and how Funston swan
the strcam in the face Of storm of bul-
lets and drove from their intrcnchmcuts
ton times as many men as the heroes
whom he led
Almost every man who is honoted with
an audicnC nowadays avails Of The orncr-
tunity to discuss the problem OF the Phil
ll'pir"S. ! am not vain enough TO think
that any opinion of mine Is desired or will
he Influential hut we AS soldiers rcmcm-
ler how We felt at the front towards those
IN th" rear who criticized the policy and
conduct of the war. and most Of us prob
ABLY have somewhat the same feelings
now. Even Charles Francis Adams a nat 70
ual critic though he is. aud All opponent
Of ACKNOWLEDGMENT from the beginning.
fearing that however innoccntly under
taken II would inevitably lead to imperi IL
ism-cvon he is too much of soldier by
experience and too much Of patriot by
inheritance TO be any longer willing to
even seem to oppose and embarrAss the
administration when II is engaged in up-
holding the flag in the face of an armed
Toe and in an effort to establish peace and
order that civilization and freedom and
TroErcss may follow What though the
war drass, and the rains descend AMI tho
Zoe springs UP in new and old places and
We nave to iigh; men who claim To be init
atne our forofathers in mlnly strug
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discriminate" the false from the true. to
see our high duty to the millions who are
not in arms, and to other nations ana to
the future. and shall We diShornra bly,
withdraw from a contest in which we have
b. on uniformly successful and in which
At every step we nave borne tho olive
nrauch as we'll as tho sword? lndcpcn-
dence and self government are policies
which nreSupposc fitness and We are as
much hound 10 exercise Judge ment on that
question A. W. arc to establish order and
protect life and property. We have taken
NJ the waite mans burden" and We can
not lay il down until we have so planted
and watcred and protected the trees OF
liberty. enlightenment and law that they
will grow when left to themsellc..
geographically this may bc Interior to
orr original purpose. 1t &; quite possible
That our fathers never dreamed of it and
that two years ago we never thought 1t
possible ourselves. But what of that?
Many think. ana hope that all of II. may
he led to see that it is as much the logjca
outcome of what you and fought for
and of what our fathers pledged their
lives and sacred honor to. and of the COM
mand of Jesus Christ to go into all The
world and preach the gospel unto every
ere; tGre. a. a greater BLESSING - the
world is the result of the apparent inius-
tic that came to Charles the First. or 10
the church by the deprivation of its tenn
pural power. or to thousands Of hand toll
'rs by the inventions of labor-SaNing ma
Chinery. God moves in "A myterlCus way
HIS wonders to perform. and through all
the flood and ficc the doubt and smokc.
! see this one great lelmng light. that
wherever the United States flag floats
there is an assurance of liberty. and whor-
ever the universal Yankee plants his feet
there l. sur to sprins up around him
rich ecowth of blessings for his fellow
men
But whether all are able to see this now
or oct hanpv are we in having lived to
seen All controversy pass away concerning
the Justice and the honetcence of the |
cause in which We were engaged Even
the South or most Of it, now recognizes !
the truth so nlouueVtlv EXPIRES sod ny Pros
iuoni Harrison. that mill Arcs wer. urht. /,
ed at the funeral pile of slavery" The |
of emanCip,tiOn was heard |
in the deuths Of the earth AS we'll as I'm !
the sliv. Mon were mad. free. and maize |
rial things have become our better s-r- |
,han do,,blnd its vcaItb mas moro linn