The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1900-06-23

: hearts OF America's children, the NEE
senger OF love, singing peace on earth
good will toward man. brought to then
tidings that the people of another soil
the dark-skinned children Of Cuba, VIII,
had inherited Gods greatest gift {,
. man. the right to live, and who had besl
endowed with the same rights and priv.
ileges Of any other individual liberty
was denied their inheritance, through
the tyranny Of their fellow-being. The
awful memories Of the past could moi
deter the American people in their re-
solve that all men, not alone those liy
ing under the protecting folds of the
stars and stripes, but the inhabitants of
the islands OF the sea, under the domin-
ion OF another government, should re-
ceive their inheritance, ard protection
IN its enjoyment, should be guaranteed,
even though force must be the power,
that Gods will should be done.
You will remember that again we
heard the muffled drum. the silvery
sound OF the bugle call, and the silent
tread OF Americas soldiery, called from
their peaceful avocations, unskilled in
war.but unmindful OF the perils that con-
fronted them as they faced foreign foe
In the struggle for human liberty. These
were the boys Of those who preceded
them In the struggle on their native
land. that this union might survive. that
men should be free and equal, and while
one fought for bis hearth and home,
the other. with equal bravery, fought
for that OF others he knew not Of; and
while both contended for principle,
the new idea,' with heroism that
equalled the most chivalrous deeds of
history's record, the one that stood for
universal liberty. stood for the new
idea in the most magnificent conception
OF the age in which We live.
1T mattered not where duty called.
these gallant boys were found, ten thou.
sand miles away from home. across the
turbulent waters of the great Pacific,
beneath the burning sun of the orient,
in the junSles and swamps Of Luzon.
The boys of the First Nebraska, with a
sallantry and heroism that won the ad-
nlration OF the civilized world, bark
med to the whistle of the deadly Maus-
u, az they fought foreign foe for
principles sake.
ct was here that the blood of Ne
'raska's sons crimsoned the sun-
'leached sands Of the Filipines; it was
lere that the gallant Stotsenburg, as he
ed these magnificent soldiers, that
eemed almost a moment before, the
eaceful and happy. contented boys, en-
aged only in the peaceful duties of
american citizenship, into that heroic
barge that made their names immor-
II. and wherein he laid down his life
nat the bodies Of many Of our faithful A
'ns might not forever repose upon the
istant banks Of the Pasig river. ,
1T vas here that history was made;
was here. for the first time in the his
Try OF nations, that the splendid spec.
'cle was presented of nation, younger
years than any patton of the world,
citing in deadly combat, that Gods
wherever found, should be
cognized as being worthy of personal
berty. By these acts the pages Of his
ry were made more splendid, and by
ese boys the fame Of the state of Ne
aska was recorded in history in the =
ruggle for the progress of humanity. S
at will live throughout all the ages g
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