The evening times., 1900-05-30

his great soul the grim visage of Mars into
| the rosy-lipped. dimple-eheeked child of
peace. kindness, and forgiveness; who
made Appomattox mount of transfgura-
ton and himself a prince of peace. eXem-
plifying the divine precepts Of the Sermon
| on the Mount.
These may stand for the uncounted
hosts Of patriots. heroes and martyrs, SOL
| diers and sailors. biyOuacked on the eternal
! camping ground. who speak 10 US today
as only the dead can speak TO the living
exhorting us to be true to country. to up
| hold the land we love in her noble exer-
| tons 20 move forward on her majestic
march 20 duty and destiny. Comrades OF
the Grand Army Of the Republic. surviving
| soldiers and sailors Of our civil war YOU
l do not need these examples. The world
| has witnessed the demonstration OF your
! patriotism The bronze button you wear
4 Is the visible denotement Of your service
| IN your country's cause. No title of honor
sheds greater Iustre on its wearer and no
! decoration is prouder than the bronze
| badge OF the Grand Army OF the Republic.
England has her Royal Red Cross. France
her decoration OF the Legion of Honor.
| Germany her Iron Cross, but the bronze
badge Of the Grand Army of the Republic,
| forged In freedoms fires. among these
gaudy symbols shines as the diamond be-
|
| tion OF liberty's laboratory.
But, my comrades. we are sensible that
we now have rivals for the love, honor, and
! gratitude of the American people We
| have had another war, and other patriots
| have rallied round the flag and borne II 10
victory and glcry. But there viii be no
controversy among us, for there viii be no
claim OF precedence. II was Napoleon who
said that all soldiers who have been bap-
tized in the fire of battle in their country's
defence are of equal rank. The brave boys
who with Dewey lighted up the Bay Of
Manila with the blaze Of their guns be-
fore breakfast. the men behind the guns
with Sampson AID SchIey in the waters of
Santiago the heroes who glorihed San
Juan Hill with their bravery and their
| blood. the martyrs of the in-fated Maine
who sleep the dreamless sIumber meath
the waters of Havana HarbOr. and the boys
who are carrying the flag 10 triumph
through the tangled wood and deadly
swdmps of the Philippines, are all sharers
in the glory OF patriotism and duty, and
the deathless gratitude Of a nation whose
honor and flag they have upheld.
The Spanish-American war. in the or
der of Providence. did not come without
blessings on its wings. II has restored in
all sections the old union Of hearts in com
mon love and devotion to country and flag.
II has made US brethren in the bonds of
patriotism. Fhe dark green waters Of the
Ottawa River enter the St. Lawrence. and
the two streams flow side by side without
mingling tleir waters until they are dashed
together over the rapids below. a rem
nant OF sectional bitterness which sur
vived the cfil war has kept the North and
| South from mingling In perfect sympathy
ard mutual affection: but having been
dashed together over the rapids Of the
/ Spanish American war ali our nobler feel
ings and aspirations for country have min
gied. and a true unity Of faith and love
has been re-established in all American
hearts
Honor and the Flag
ITO every citizen in every State the flag
speaks q common language and appeals to
common sensibilities OF national pride.
veHeration, and honor. II means, as cur
President has well said, the same thing in
all sections Of the country. and we have
more love for our country and more peO-
pie love our flag than ever before. We real
iZe as never before the truth OF General
Gordon's eloquent utteraDce 70 a Northern
audience, when he claimed TO voice the
feelings Of all surviving Confederate SOL
diers: AS I stand here tonight, said he.
in your presence and in the. presence Of
the great God who Is the Judge OF US al.
l present 10 you my honor and the homer
of all Surviving Confederate soldiers that
we are ready 10 Join with you in waving
aloft the Stars and Stripes. and We Join
with you and all who love that hag in say
ing that by Gods help there skau never
cCme to il one blot or stain. that as long as
the ages remain that flag shall be the most
proud and potent emblem Of human free
dom il all the world
To this noble sentiment I am sure all
patriots viii be willing 10 add that hence
2 # fro eh al me he
same wherever it floats that when once
rightfully planted it shau never be dis
placed By an emblem Of despOtism, and at
ali times GnC N every place IL must stand
for liberty ana opportunity; for just, hu-
name. and righteous government
My countrymen. having in mind the
standard Of patriotism erected in every
true American heart, is it uncharitab!e
TO say that no American citizen can be
inspired with that noble sentiment who
cannot send his love and best wishes TO
greet the flag Of his country whenever
and wherever il floats in honor, symbol
izing the power, majesty, Justice and
righteousness Of the American Republic.
In every great crisis in our history
there have bc~n some whose hearts and
hopes did not follow the flag So in the
present crisis there are a few who are not
following Old Glory with their prayers,
but instead are sending after her their
imprecations. unpatriotic aspersions, and
envenomed eDithets.
Edward Everett was never more elo-
quent than when, speaking OF those who
were rending their Government in the
crisis of the civil war he lifted his hand
and said TO the ministers on the platform
behind him: Tell me, ye ministers of the
living God, can We not in all charitable
ness say with the poet;
l. +Eara rgf cam. gll-r1, c,---o
Some hidden thunder in the stores Of heaven
Red with uncommon wrath % blast the man
Who would owe his greatness 10 his c0uutry's
runT ~
upon those l deem unpatriotic Vengeance
is not mine: but I do believe they will
have their judgment day, and in the judi
catory Of American history and American
patriotism they viii be judged
1T Is the lesson OF the past that when
citizens who owed loyal allegiance to
their country aligned themselves on the
wrong side and gave moral support to
their country's enemies, they not only
lived 70 suffer most poignant regret and
Teproach themselves in the bitterness of
remOrse, but their p0sterity for genera
tiOns employed themselves in wiping the
stain from tie family name
HistOry's Crucial Hour.
Now, my coIntrymen. as patriotism is
my theme, it is a pertinent enquiry, what
commands does it lay upon US in this cru
cial hour Of our history. II is a happiness
to feel assurance that patriotism and na-
tional morals point in the same direction.