The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-07-21

ditions and proprieties which the surren- der made binding upon all. The south fought under their stars and bars, ana the principles these stood for with herolsm unsurpassed In battle record. and when they laid down their arms in surrender, all they fought for went with their sl- ment and decision of all the issues involved the Confectionery passed Into history as a dead and gone effort to found new na- tion" on American soil. What l am anx- ious to see is the disappearance of all un- worthy reminders of the terrible conflict, and the culture of present unity and right eousness over all the Union. There can now be but one Ideal of American citizen ship, one Stars and Stripes, one bulWark of Future national glory,, and one line Of patriotic teachings for all and by all.
 Battlefeds Parks.
 The battetields parks which have been established in various parts Of the country dedicating to our posterity the sacred areas where were settled the momentous issues which caused the great war are, feel con iident, one of the composing and wise agen, cieS in the elimination of prejudices and cnmities born of that unhappy period. l am earnestly i'll favor of this policy, and 1t is q new growth of the national spirit of true Americanism In which is embraced should be fully accepted as of the past and that the field of carnage where yalor sung I music to the march of man should be- come the common center of the affection of the whole people. Such monuments will tell the story of a nations sacrifices as nothing else can
 Veterans of the Blue and the Gray.
 This meeting is deeply pathetic to me and no doubt to all who are present. It makes q broad fraternity of sentiment among reunited citizens of our great coun- try. We cannot fully realize what vast national domain we have to hold and deyel- op in the coming years. Eighty millions of free and happy souls, heirs of the great est government ''of all the people, by all the people, and for all the people" of all mankind, presents a power for good and for God unparalleled in human history. ended and the rule of rlghtepusness should henceforth be our guide ard Inspiration. Let us go forward In loyal courage to fight the battles of peace as valfantly as we met the shock of battle on either side a genera ton ago, and In union and devoted citizen ship remember that righteousness exalteth q nation. If we do this. our last days will be our noblest and the future will bless our final victories, when as Abraham Lincoln prophesled, This land shall be the home of six hundred millions of free and happy people,
 Sursum Corda.
 And now in the farewell that must speak, under this fair sky (now so peace full, once filled with the thunder clouds of war,) let me urge you men of that heroic past which we all remember. women of that day of desolation and sacrifice, when we all laid our dead away, yes, let me i'm plore you that we the Americans of this our land, our land of one flag and of a common glory that we, forever united, hearts and, facing the future. teach all our children that this, under God, Is their land, a land to be ruled in righteousness and kept for enduring liberty.