The Republican journal., 1900-06-07

Ernn, In, faith AZ u nat,i.+ vow
The wounds that We're wide and bitter
nj '.I, y 'i'' i tJ'it ,ass
ho-e-N reaths for the Blue and Gray.
They ar,. calling tile veteran legions
,,, " no march \, rom the ilelds o. me past
Wiz are , one With i the old ones at last:
A4d the iia- they are marching under
1he ,frp4 l7 and md the stars rs Of Old Glory,
The Ilas of the Blue and the Gray.
Bend down with your blossoms, We living,
,rI m III A'''i Si' tI ne oe ,',,,tod
The column, SWING Slow in their tread:
h4. inc N"lth ana Ille SCUM li'aien toSeIher'
>nd th~X pllick the White rose of remem-
brahee
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Di The years than have healed with their
.,, .p.I- H.. .,..., .,... .........
The passion the pride and the wrong :
FOR ile graves with TIE IieSh tufl upon
fbu..' t.,,,,,.,. ,qra,-es tb,t c.,l] ms +n-d,,.
With tle rose wreAths of common affection
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''""-'.4'0 Wy laNl "'1llail''eI -NiiSe'
" ''9"'ltli VINO iFiVilt'' " II't neatly
Nr'''Li!r ANA generous IioSi'haIl'Y Oh
ih' 4'e'V" "l l-"''iSN il''' "lIo Oh OIL
Mr-094It9rI w l'"ii'N"'"I' y" tile Maine
Htte-''-"'L 90 tl'e ''I"iH' ARMY "lieh
thp N''-0Ii'l fliFdhiPlhelit NdS iela III
mat D.
llNr lyNcdI No'''iiFlhti, '"i. Nels-
S'hge' began ms a"oieSS ny toilipll-
nen'"II reference 70 Inc @d'eS- heh-
l''chA' ny SAN was Always 'loltu loI
per handsome W"hifIl' an" ne Is itliiilia-
'o u HIS own 7'"Ve III 'iil9 ieHt'eV' "s ne
S"Hes upon " Na'it "'ti'eiiVt' ne 'ldoe
loF''i7l ltitie'''F 1" '''' "e"'"el' say
ihg tA"t NAME qua MN great hoior III
GIVING li'e warm "e"Iiier w WHICH MS
NouIIle'i ol"o" WAS attuS'oIleo' HIS
ie0Fl't-"A ny ''le people VI hellaSl anu
'Htoi1 "''i" eNei REMAIN one VI 'i'e
''''N' N''-'i'i'''' VI hie''''i'V9' -He"n"ieo
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w. " "''i'' .''' 9'i''ie' NVh'i'iS
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T., ''o va ""i"
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"' "''I 'oi'!li'"' '"'h'l3' me mon
H"'''t'.-9 l''Ei'N ''etel 'il"'i 'I'e9 KNEW.
"''' "''N ''''' ''"'il"'" oli 'le
ii'''''' '+ .''F "'lP' 'i'e l"'i meaning VI
tI' IV'' l'7' "H men are create" Tree
ana Nl H@i- f"iilleal Independence was
the Nllr great ann OF the Revolutlol
Tile ifamer> OF the constitution We're
lnconNlHtrnt III proclalmlng liberty and
SanctlWln9 slavery. The church, the
state and tt!e people stood upon the
same Inconsistent ground. They preach
@d liberty and practiced or upheld Slav-
ery. Even in the charitable institutions
in 1hr South the work was dome by
slaves. Massachusetts, which included
Name was the only one of the thirteen
original colonies thai did not indorse
slavery. The war Of the Rebellion was,
in its results. the greatest blessing this
country ever had or ever will have. 1t
did away with slavery The two germs
of liberty and slavery We're planted to-
gethrl in the colonies. They could not
grow together in harmony. Slavery
thrived in the south, and at the out
break OF the war it was one Of her in
stitutions and slaves formed a large
proportion of her property. is it to be
wondered at that her sons should resist.
even with their lives. any interference
witt their cherished institution and
their property. This is not the first
time that good men have fought for a
bad cause; but it is the first time that
the victor and vanquished have united
and where each has afterward accorded
to the other the highest motives. Pres