Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-09-14

1T. COLONEL. JAMES l.. BARNET l +.
men who responded TO his call for
troops in the recent crisis. At the re-
union of the late Colonel Hawkins old
regiment of the civil war Colonel Bar
nett was a guest of honor. and was
called upon for n speech. On leaving
Philadelphia Colonel Barnett went to
Pittsburg, and from there 70 Markie-
ton. Somerset countY, on The Allegher
ny mountains, Ia stay at sanitariunt
there for an indelinite period. His
father. well known Presbyterian cler-
gyman. is one OF the officers of the SAN
itarium, and the colonel will have the
added benefit of being with his family
while recuperating for his campaign
for state treasurer,
COLONEL BARNETT'S SPEECH
In his speech before the eX-prisonera
of war Colonel Barnett saiA
Upon our arrival in our native land
il has been our highest honor to be
greeted by the soldiers of the civil
war :. comrades. We appreciate. as
never before, the greatness of the
struggle in which you were engaged,
the fierceness OF which has not and
never will be understood by other ma
tions until they themselves shall come
into conflict with American armies.
Serene and confident, you can gaze
with appreciation upon the deeds of
others without jealousy and without
envy at the applause bestowed upon
them, for you have erected for your
selves an unriValed and imperishable
monument. the Union itself AS you
marched along the streets we felt that,
like the bush OF Moses. your hearts
were still illumined by the fire of pa
triotism. and that by your very pres
ence you said: Oh, Liberty. we still
are thine. and if others falter now in
the nations hour OF trial, although we
are weak and feeble. take us with all
that we have of life and fortune and
use lis in thy cause
II believe that America has a mis-
sion, and, that having been herself re-
deemed by your efforts and washed
clean from the last stain of dishonor
and the north and south having been
happily again united in common
love of our institutions, that she has
already entered upon the fulfillment of
that mission. From strife comes ad-
vancement, and this is the lesson
taught by the records of the great
worlds drama which we call history
For centuries two great civiliza-
tions have battled with each other and
from the friction of that contest have
been evolved some of the choicest priv
ileges that belong to man collectively
or as an individual. America, ON the
one hand represents the highest type
of Saxon civilization, and Spain. on the
other. the most decadent type of Latin
Between these two the latest and great
est combat in the interest of human
ity has Just been fought
Cuba and Porto Rico have been res
cued from centuries OF oppression and
have been endowed with the blessings
of liberty Inestimeble as were the re,
suits thus obtained. yet there was anr
other and far reaching issue involved
in the contest, the significance OF which
has but lately become apparent
IN THE FAR OFF PHILIPPINES.
Thousands of miles beyond the Col
den Gates of California, on the farther
confines of the Pacific ocean. washed
by the blue waves of the China sea,
almost unknown to the civilized
world, yet the very key TO the Orient
tself, lies, smiling under a tropical