West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1899-05-30

the rolling river"
SIN whittier tents than we ever
knew,
In peace, eternal, grand and true.
Today the fallen gray and blue
Are camped with Godm
Amen.
want to say before 1 go that
while we have the blessing of peace
in our land, that far out across the
sea even now in the light of the
day and in the darkness of the
night, American boys are fighting
behind the old stars and stripes
away from home and in strange
land with a strange people. 1 care
not what may be said as to the
righteousness or necessity of that
war-I care not for the criticism of
any citizen of this or any other
country, and ! know that they are
the bearers of the flag of my coun-
try, and say "my country, first
and last, right or wrong, still my
countryW
hen let your prayers be as mine
shall be,
I'll at to them who hold the guns,
y matter whether they be black
or white,
CD give them strength to keep
the old flag in sight.
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2 5vord to those who I see before
y stoday, the soldiers of the Grand
my of the Republic, the boys
70 kept the flag in sight in 81.
lotice by looking up and down
l. cir line that it grows shorter
withHevery Decoration Day, and
that comrades have fallen in the
march of life since last they met
In this city. One by one they are
answering to the bugle call of eter-
nifty. To them I can say nothing that
can eradicate the badge of time
the gray hairs, the stifened limbs
and the failing sight, but it must
be pleasant to know that as your
years slope towards the west you
can live and realize what a great
nation was preserved by your
might.
You have lived to see the noise
OF battles cease, and the hum of in
dustry and trade creep up and down
over this land of ours. You have
witnessed the prosperity and sun
shine of happiness come to the
homes of this great country. You
have seen this nation grow in
strength, go out to other lands and
give, to them the blessings of liber
ty and OH the most blessed of it
all you have lived to see the re-
oscillation aid reuniting in love
OF the brothers with whom you
fought.
To conclude LET me say that be
fore another Decoration comes
again some OF you will be called
to join the Great Army already
gone oller. l can say or do moth
ing that can ward off the Grim
Reaper. To you who have faced
death in many forms this last call
will not make you fear or falter.
If there be clouds in your life to-
dav, IF sorrow, sickness or poverty,
they will only make The end more
glorioas. The plaudIts of the ma
ton which you preserved will re-
member and salute >.u. So long
as thls nation lives they will honor
and es ,eem you. How long will
II live / believe forever as I be-
lie7e tai the love of my mother in
the hoy e of the hereafter, and I can
echo IN the faith and language of
Lincoln / that under God this
government of the people, by the
people and for the people shall |
never be effaced from this earth"
After Mr.. Mccoy had finished |
his splendid address Colonel Tur-
ner made some happy remarks,
which although appropriate for the
occasion had a humorous tinge
that was relished by the audience. |
The program closed with the
band playing the national anthem.
Robbed the Grave.
A startling incident, of which