The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-10-31
I6|A SESSION OF c. A. R.
,rrxnAxs LISTEN TO Address ON
THE noSp OF BLOOD
-. !. y. Metcaifc Talks of thf
eestfment Contained In an origt-
al Peen by Hon. VIII II. Thomp-
-, Of senttIe--soIdicrs Applaud.

a. open meeting Of John F. Miller Post.
III n r., waa held last night In Eagles
20 n The Pacific block. Long before
( o'clock the hall was crowded with
ErSnd Army men and their friends, men,
- Of the Women's Relief Corps and a
- eprinkiing OF former First Washing
volunteers. The meeting was very
4 1lhu61asffc, every patriotic reference
Fl ~ hero's name bringing forth rounds
4 applause. Post Commander Richard
mxdiey presided. An informal pro-
Gaynme was rendered. consisting of piano
Sacs BY Mrs, M. Mayer. recitations by
~ Zoe schrach, Mrs. Duncan. Miss
01ssie Dublin. Miss vida Bell. and vocal
1oetions by Mrs. Jennie Houghton- Ed
nlnds and Mr.. +. EIweli.
y Ihe feature OF the evening was the
adIng Of an original poem. THE Bond
Blood" written by Hon. WIN IT,
kenpson. Mr.. Thompson was unex-
&tcledIy called out OF town and the poem
~ read by Mrs M -. Andrews. OF
txaumbia City. The sentiment OF the
I'm was loudly appiauded.
The principal address of the evening
~ made by Gen. ]. u. Metcaife. He
~ for his theme the sentiment Of the
1oem which had just been recited. Part
II Gen. Metcaife's address was as fol-
k~s;
while listening to the beautiful sentf-
utnts expressed In the poem memory
s1rried me hack TO the time of the battle
tefueen the English fleet and the Chi
~ forts below Picking Sir James
vope the British admiral had four ships
jsssssd. Josiah Tatnali. comma ndins
~ American warship stationed there.
14nned his barge and. going through the
nick ~ the battle 10 the flagship. prof
re nis services 70 the English adrnra,
f1pfessed bis surprise at the action OF
~ American. when the latter replied,
plood b thicker than water This same
nm command the Merrimac or Virginia
THE bond Of blood was recalled when.
\ the fifteenth century. for eighty years
fnye up their lives to the rival houses Of
Iofk and Lancaster. and the white and
~ Poses were wet with English blood.
pN anyone who looked beneath the
t4nerama Of that war doubt the ma jesty
y EnKisnd's power. or that there was
nm one banner for English guns and but
~ rose for English hearts
Again the bond Of blood calls DIP an
ffher scene. the Sixties In America.
oa3(eye. and there IL no true lover OF
~ country who does not believe hut
met bond eNia's, as surely ~ they be-
4exe that Code Nrst covenant WAS rtade
VIA man. when the first gun at Sum-
NJ burst upon the air and awakened the
naftia! spirit of the land, It's echoes also
kofe and refrain az sundered hearts
Grave questions of constitutional right
Here hsinp cnntenaed for. and once again
~ might and vaior OF the Anglo axon
NN tn be tried In a fiery furnace COM
pared With which the War of the Roses
vae A. the play Of children
'Fpr four years the warfare ranged and
neiisve = was factor In tho divine
pe6nomy for the building of the temple
y our liberties. slavery was tkreaten-
20 che Incompatible edihce. and noth-
% but the scaipci of war could free
War became necessary. Inevitable,
~ II vas well-fousht fight the
louth was hcpeleasiy defeated, and from
y. ne conflict she came Invested OF
net AZ Anpemattox their bitterness was
lnrted The soldier OF the gauth went
1ack 90 his home with no resentment Ia
Ireater land. lie feit shas hls t ea,, rsa "A
'sen adIudged wrong by power higher
ITO the Worth and the South the bat
North they are hallowed "a those who
lied In victory, and ~ the South to
hose who fought with daunttess valor
When the time again came the south
i rsstst the ehaplet or liberty on his
souniry's hruw The spaniard. In hts
1oAstfui vauntins declared that the South
wpuld rise against the Union He was
: ~ 1tAS H&ttt NatfN E1kHttNE Joe w Httitf
"a tho cavalry Of the tnion against
~ heights % san Juan hsll. when Hob
lo1 dared the batteries at MORO and
Aansiago, when brave Ens.gn naElev, the
sen or a Seuthern soldier. was ghe first
4 DIE for the starry RAG and the honor OF
~ navy.
"vs % not need 70 20 beyond the con-
mes OF our own state 10 hear the pulse
d The 'hona Of hiood' Zoe George VI,
Fprssnn. the hero ~ the passg. who rei,
With hia face 10 the foe was 4 Southern
4 A. Dewey. ~ Vermont, Sampson, 81
New York. Schiey. Of MARYLAND, Hahsan.
q Alabama, and pa9iey. az North Caro-
INA. upheld the fame - the Americas
navy on the seas. 80 ald shafter. %
'itehi1aus fAwton. Of Indiana Chaffee
md Roosevelt OF New York Wheeler ~
AiAhafna: Fftx Hugh f<te. OF virwtnia,
Ferison, Of Georgia. and others OF the
koash UNFOLD the glory OF she American
lrmy on iand
A the War ~ tire Roses left but
srr rose FOR EnglApd 40 the civfi war
esi but one haK for thu Union"