The evening times., 1900-05-30

ISSUES nnaiiy determined by their valor,
and the results due to the successful ter
mination OF that great struggle, how pre-
eninently fitting that one day of the year
be set apart and devoted by the loyal liy-
ing to pay tribute to the heroic dead The
increasing interest in the day and It's OBJ
seryance, indicates how teDderly the pat
r1otie heart OF the American people cher
ishes the memory OF those who offered
their all that the nation might live And
sad indeed viii ii be for that people IL
the time should ever come when they fail
TO reverence the day. or permit its mem
ories to fade into oblivion.
The tunult and the shouting dies
The captains and the kings depart;
Still stands their HOLY sacrifice,
An humble and heroic heart
Lord God of Hosts, be with US yet,
Lest we forget, lest forget"
Mr.. Castles Address.
Capt. H A Castle, in his address
among other things. said:
This historic Arlington is our grand
Pantheon, precious to patriotism forever. as
the resting place Of men who were priests
~ the temple of freedom and princes in
the kingdom of glory. Here silent granite
shafts speak, 'tUneful as the song Of i'm
mortality upon the lips Of cherubim'
Here cOuntry's care is Iavished to preserEe
Here posterity pays grateful homage o
valor. all the white lilies in whose crest
sPsang from a scarlet dew.
Here, as everywhere, it is fit that In
tributes paid to those who nObly died, they
should not be forgotten who in the same
sublime crisis testified their willingness to
die. Shoulder TO shoulder they marched
and fought and conquered Some we're ia
ken and the others left. Those who re-
mained. lifted by solemn conservation, have
keIt inviolate in war and peace. the faith
OF Lincoln, pure as the holy grail.
The surviving veterans OF the Union
special trustees OF an exalted mission have
borne for thiTty-fiVe years their full share
in perpetuating this high resolve that their
comrades should not have perished use
lessly. They have supplemented honorable
military service by adherence 10 elevated
ideals OF citizenship. And whatever the
present may lack in recognition OF the pu-
rity Of their motive, the sanctity of their
cause and the completeness or their tri-
umph, they exultantly leave TO time to
God. and 10 history.
when the mementOs which mistaken
zeal is building to commemorate forgiven
error are ground 10 tOugueiess dust, the
grandeur Of their exploits Will be an aug
menting marvel
Their record since the wars aCspicious
close has been an apOtheOsis of the Aneri-
can volunteer. In all lines OF worthy effort
they have done mems part in the work OF
the world. In spite OF wounds and mfr
mites 50 per cent Of them have been sue
cessful in the battle Of life-less than 3
per cent have been wholly dependent upon
public benevolence for support
In every sphere CT honorable activity
they have LEFT their shining mark They
have tOiled on the farm. at the forge. IN
the counting house. They have pene-
pied them; they have constructed trans
continental railways and managed them:
they have built great cities and made them
prosperous. They have stood IN the pull
pit and occupied the bench: they have
reached Congress. the Senate. the Cab
net GOvernOrships, the Presidency-every
President, save one. elected since 1864
had been a Union soldier
They have on an average and in the
aggregate refunded as taxes. more than
the amount OF their army pay. and their
productive labor has added more 70 the
national wealth than the total cost OF the
war.
In the face OF this luminous record the
sad and sour pension critics vainly rave
and rail. 4 country which accepts such
devotion and sacrifice viii never faIsify
its pledges nor falter in its gratitude.
They have. through their fraterDal or
CARNATIONS. evolved a moral tone. a "a
tional public spirit a regard Cor law and
a reverence for the Tag that neither this
nation nor any other ever knew before
In the hard school Of youthful army vi
cissitudes they learned priceless lessons
And the respect gained by unselfsh ser
vice in time Of the countrys vital need has
leayened the whole continent with their
patriotism.
This patriotism is more than a senti-
ment. 1t is an Inspiration living an
imsting spirit. Not in the fOll slums OF
cites, reekng with pestlence and pollu-
tion is this blessed spirit EUrtured-but
olt on broad prairies, where fresh breezes
how and clear waters run. and where the
green OF the grass and gold and crimson
Of flowers lie mirrored in the melted blue
of the sky; up in high. free mountains
where splinteTsd cliffs OF granite dare the
fury Of lightning and storm; down by the
river sides where flying shUJtles and
whirring saws are working out under mans
skillfn hand his deathless doom OF toll:
over in classic halls. where science with its
finger OF the arteries of the universe. is
telling of its pulsebeats to listening
thTOngs. across in temples OF worship
where a divine evangeI is speaking hope
and mercy 20 the sinners grOaning heart,
here and there. and wherever avenues 20
the expanding mind are open to the ingress
CT holy truth. this spirit comes. and grows
and sways. lifting even the dullest. as the
song note lifts the lark whose nest is in
the furrow. but whose home is in the sky.
Here il finds welcome and everywhere,
whispering in the 5reezes laughing in the
cascade, roaring in the thunder. singing
in he mill-wheel shouting IL the school
room, pleading in the sanctuary. IL speaks
one message IN q thousand tOngues-it is
sweet and honorable to die for our eoun-
try
Let no man dare assert that the North
fought for conquest or thatthe South was
shOTn Of her biTthright. The soldiers of
the Union fought TO preserve for their
mistaken adversaries a princely heritage
they would have blindly forfeited II was
not for the vanquished a defeat: il was
the greatest victory OF the ages. In spite
Of themselves. in opposition to their brav-
est endeavor they were forced 10 accept
a bountiful share of the opportunities
which are a perpetual possession Of those
who inherit this affiuent, beautiful land.
The soldiers of the Union fought for the
exact measure OF fraternity. equal rights.
mutual respect. and consolidated power
which We now see realized. They fought
not to reduce their opponents to vassal-
age, but 10 restore them TO citizenship
Our Republic is awaking to a sense of
its power, and that power involves in
creased responsibility. There are ills and
faults and failings. but there abundant
virtue to overcome them We are the
greatest richest. freest. happiest people
on earth today. Perhaps the time has come,
when We can no longer sit, rioting in
the selfish enjoyment Of those good things.
while the world is filed with groans of