The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-11-01

from the field of hostilitieS. and all honor
attends those who have gone to take their
MY fellow citizens. two great histoTi-
cal events, separated by a period of e1gh-
ty-four years affecting the life OF the re-
public and OF awful import to Inankinq,
took place on the soil Of Virginia Both
We're participated in by Virginians, and
both marked mighty epochs in the history
of the nation. The one was at Y ork-
town in 1871, when CORVALLIS surrendered
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of the end OF the war with Great Britain
and the dawning of independence and un-
ION. Inc great Nlrglnan, sage ana p LlIlot
1luStr1ouS commander and wise states
man, installed the republic in the family
of nations. 1t has wfthstood every shock
in war or peace from without or WITHIN;
experiencing its gravest crisis in the civil
conclusion of that crisis, and the begin
ming of a unif1catiOn now happily full and
ternal affection of one toward another of
all the people. Washington's terms of
peace with CORVALLIS secured the ulti-
mate union of the colonies; those of Grant
and Lee the perpetual union of the states
human family and proud record for
nation of free men. Those were triumphS
in which we all have a share; both are
common heritage. The one made the ma
ton possible; the other made the nation
the harmony of the union.
The seed OF d1scord has no sower and
of hate. If there be one left, is without a
follower The voice which would kindIe
rarely heard and no longer needed in any
part OF our beloved country.
lord of the universe
Shield us and guide US
Trusting Thee always,
Through shadow and sun.
''Thou hast united US:
Who shall divide US?
Keep US, oh keep US,
The many in one"
ASSOCIATED with this great common
wealth are many of the most sacred ties
in our national life. From here came
forth many of our greatest statesmen and
heroes.
glory to the republic For thirty-seven
of the sixty-One years from 1888 to 1850
sons of Virginia occupied the presidential
office with rare fidelity and distinction, q
period covering. more than one-fourth of
national existence What nation can
have a greater heritage than such names
as Washington, Jefferson. Madison, Mon
old and the young. They are written in
our histories. They are a part of the edu-
enrich the school books of the country
They are cherished in every American
home and win be so long as liberty lasts
and the union endures.
MY cOuntrymen, the sacred principles
proclaimed in Philadelphia in 1776, advanc-
ed to glorious triumph in Yorktown, made
effective in the formation of the federal
all our people in every foreign conflict,
sealed in solemn covenant at AppOmatox
the men of the south and of the north at
Manila and Santiago and in Porto Rico
have lost none of their force and virtue,
and the people of the United States will
meet their new duties and responsible
ties with unfaiing devotion to these pr1n-
ciples and with unfaltering purpose to up
hold and advance them
Standing near the close of the century
we can look backward with congratula-
lions and pride and forward into the new
century with confidence and courage The
memories Of the past inspired Us to nobler
effort and higher endeavOrs. It is for us
to guard the sacred trust transmitted by
our fathers and pass on to those who fol-
low this government of the free, strength
for the execution of its benefcent mis-
sion.''