Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1899-10-07
" rendered than over his casket. and well

~ rendered than over his casket, and well
did all the forts Of New York harbOr
thuEder as his body was brought TO the
wharf, and well did the minute guns
sound and the bells toll as in procession
having in its ranks the president of the
United States and his cabinet and the
mighty men OF land and sea the old adm-
ral was carried. amid hundreds of thou
sands of uncovered heads on Broadway.
and laid on his pillow Of dust in beauti-
ful Woodlawn. Sept. 30. amid the pomp
of ou6 autumnai forests.
But just as much am ! stirred AT the
scene on warShip's deck before Santiago
last summer. when the victory gained for
our American flag over Spanish oppres-
sion the captain took on his hat and all
the sailors and soldiers did the same and
silently they offered thanks to Almighty
God Tor what had been accomplished. and
when on another ship the soldiers and
sailors were cheering as n Spanish vessel
sank and lis officers and crews were
struggling in the waters and the captain
OF our warShip cried out. Don't cheer:
the poor fellows are drowning. Prayers
on deck Prayers in the furecastle, Pray
crs in the cabin. Prayers in the ham
mocks. Prayers on the lookout ut mid
uiEuA. if bltAifN VI tAisiA NuA bItifb
with prayer. were pushed on with prayer
and closed with prayer. and today the
American nation recalls them with
prayer.
Reception tn Dewey.
We hail with thanks the new genera
ton OF naval heroes, those of the year
1898. We are too near their marvellous
deeds 10 fully appreciate them. \ cen
fury from now poetry and sculpture and
painting AMI history will do them better
Justice than we can do them now. A de
feat nj Manila would have been an inf
mite disaster Foreign nations not over
fond Of our American institutions would
have joined the other side. aud the war
so many months past would have been
raging STILL and perhaps hundred thou
sand graves would have opened to take
down our slain soldiers and sailors. Ii
took this country three years to get over
the disaster nj Bull Run nj the opening
of the civil war. How many years il
would have required TO recover from n
defeat AT Manila in the opening of the
Spanish war ! cannot say. God averted
the calamity 10y giving triumph TO our
navy under Admiral Dewey. whose COM
ing up through the Narrows of New
York harbnr day before yesterday was
greeted hy the nation whose welcoming
cheers will not cease TO rcsound until to-
morrow. and next day in the capital of
the nation the jewelcd sword voted by
congress shall be- presented amid boom
ing cannonade and embannered hosts.
and our autumnal nights shall become a
conilagration of splcndor. but the tramp
OF these PROFESSIONS and the flash of that
sword and the huzza of that greeting and
the roar OF those guns and the illumina-
ton OF thust nights will be seen and
heard as long a. a page OF American his
tory remains inviulate.
Especially let the country boys OF
America join in these greetings To the
returned heroes OF Manila. II is their
work The chief character In all the
scene is the once country lad. George
Dewey. Let the Vermonte:s come down
and find him older but the same modest.
unassuming. almost bashful person that
they went to school with and with whom
they sported on the playground. The hon
ors OF all the world cannot spoil him. \
few weeks ago at a banquet in England
some Of the titled nobcmcn were ar
fronicd because our American minister
plcnipntentiaiy associated the name Of
Dewey with that Of Lord Nelson A. we'll
might We bp aUfottHu because the natlt
NJ Nelson is associated with that OF our
most renowned admiral The one man in
all the coming ages will stand as high as
the other. So this day. Sympathizirg with
all the festivities and celebrations OF the
past week and with all the festivities and
celebrations To come this week. let VI
anew thank God aud those heroes Of the
American navy who have done such great
things for our beloved land. Come aboard
the old ship Zion. yc sailors and soldiers
whether still in the active service or hon
orably discharged and nj home having re-
sumed citizenship Aud yc men of the
past. Your last battle on the seas fought
take from mo. in Gods name. sau,ation
and good cheer For the few remaining
fights with sin and death and hell make
ready. Siip your vessel for the fray
Hang the sheet chains over the side
Send down the topgallant maSts Barr
cadc the wheel Rig in the flying Jill boom.
Steer straight for the shining shore. and
hear the shout Of the great Commander
OF earth and heaven as he cries from the
shruud>. To him that ovcrcumeth will ]
give To eat uf the tree of life which is in
the midst of the paradise Of God" Iio
sannai Hosaunai