The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-06-01

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~ flse tu more heroic heifhihs thar
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fihutra W the Nnrld ponrins IN unan
M. ih modesiy and In truth he attfihu
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| mi Inspiration of the great Admiral I'M
| lei whom be served IN youth
San Juan was q Ealiant charge, but
on recall n hundred just AZ railAnt
yh.fe YOU fought mon Of your own blood
md worthy ut your steel, ana every onr
ID by wood, Roosevelt or "A capron
md overS regiment IN their zeai and fcar'
essness a regiment of rough riders' Il
Roosevelt, who holds the HEARTS or the
present generation as none other can-is
Roosevelt unmlndful of you7
Thank God says he. for the iron
In the blood Of our fathers-the men who
Upheld the wisdom Of Lincoln and boro
sword and rife In the army Of dram,
ct us, the children Of the men who PROV
"a themselves equal 70 the mighty. days
ried the great Civil War to a triumphant
orclusion-pipise the God of our fathers
hat the ignoble counsels of peace were
rejected that the suffering and loss, the
hlackness OF sorrow and despair were
uniilnchingly faced, and the years OF
strife endured: for In the end the slave
was freed, the Union restored and Tho
mighty American Republic placed once
tons"
No, veterans, with these tributes the
past is secure. The shafts of malice can
not reach you. The exigencies of party
politics cannot harm you; nor the license
q an unbridled press. We know too well
the motives behind these attacks and
whence they come-not, thank God, from
The men you fought and who fought you
SO manfully. For there is no more pa
thetic picture In the world than that OF
the wounded ana MANNED Confederate
going back to his devastated land to
work, and work cheerfully, to pay pen
sions to the Union soldier. Not from
them have these attacks come. but from
traitors at home and laggards In your
own ranks. You had them In 1sGo and we
had them in '9S and have them now. But
they are as poweress to stife :he gener.
Gus instincts OF the American people az
they are to stand in the way of our Ma
ional destiny.
We recall with shame your persecution
the spies that were set upon you, the
money of the Nation that was spent to
fasten foul stigma upon you; and we
rejoice with you In your triumphant vim
dication That pension roll came back to
vou-a roll of over 100000 names with less
than fifty names erased: a roll of honor,
ls 1t was before and as 1t evermore shall
be! What, II IN the imperfection of all
human systems, five hundred times fifty
names had been there wrongfully? Bet
should remain monument to a nations
ingratitude
The past is indeed secure. so, also il
the future. Here the skies have broken.
The flag you fought to save floats above
you Your departed comrades sleep in
the soil of their country. You are at
home thank God! And could these other
silent sleepers speak. they would tell you
of the ministering tenderness to these,
our soldier boys-a tenderness approach
Ing that of angels-of the women of Ho-
nolulu.
The past Is secure; aye, and so ia the
future. 1t does not need your presence
here-least of all these feeble words-to
celebrate this day. In the words you
have Just heard-words that have be-
come immortal-the world will little note
what we say. but 1t can never forget
what they did!
So rest your souls in peace. When, for
the last time. you break your ranks and
go TO join your comrades In fighting bat
ties as real and holier in their cause
than those you have fought together in
this world, there will not be wanting
American Territory willing hands and
grateful hearts to join here upon this
spot their tributes of tears and flowers.
as we do now.
When Mr.. Sewall had finished the
firing squad took position and fired the
three rounds blank that are the SOL
dier's due. AS the mournful volleys
died away in the hills about the City
of Rest, the crowd dispersed and left
the graves to the tender minlstrations
Of those who had come to mourn their
own losses, and many OF whom staid
until the shadows gathered and the
gates were closed.