Cañon City record., 1901-05-30

prayers of Lincoln when the gloomy
clouds of rebellion hung over the
tents of our nations Israel; it was
worth all to vindicate the great fact
that man, irrespective of race or
color, is priceless and belongs only to
God and should be free. o, my
friends, ! can never dwell upon the
scenes through which our soldiers
passed without thanking God that we
can say of them: They are our
countrymen, they are our dead. They
went out of our homes knowing very
well that they were going down to
fields of suffering and death. Some
of US know only too well that the
good-by of husband was long good
by; that the kiss of affection printed
on the cheek of mother when her
heart was almost breaking was the
last kiss. Many fathers in the prime
of manhood reached down and gath
cred up out of the cradle the baby
that was all the world to him only to
press its soft cheek against his own
for the last time. 1t took brave men
to do that, whether they wore the
blue or the gray. And now We call
them our dead, our heroes.
"And there were heroes at home,
too. There were the noble women,
the wives and mothers who gave their
husbands and sons for their country.
Who can tell the sacrifices they made,
or the hardships they endured? Many
wife and mother went into the store
or out on the farm and kept things
all intact till father should come
home again. | tell you they were all
patriots; it took heroes to stay at
home and wait and pray. And there
were women on the battle field and
in the hospital. God be praised that
the women took part in that great
conflict. A little while ago everybody
was talking about Gen. Joe Wheeler,
one of the bravest of the brave; but
he shall not have all the cheers; We
will cheer that little daughter of his
that followed him to Santiago and
ministered to the sick and dying at
Montauk. America does not lack for
patriots. The heroism of the Amer
icam army and the American navy
can never be questioned at home or
abroad. If any power or powers over
the seas doubt it let them turn their
guns this way and they shall find that
America swarms with patriots.
In conclusion want to encourage
the women TO look after Decoration
Day. Teach your children, especially
your girls, to hold the day sacred.
Decoration Day had its origin
one year after the fall of Fort Sump-
ter. 1t is reported that on May 30,
1862, an Iowa woman accompanied
by the wife and two daughters of a
chaplain of the Second Michigan
volunteers entered the beautiful Gene
terry at Arlington and decorated with
flowers the graves of the dead SOL
diers in the national cemetery. The
kindly interest shown in 1862 was
manifested by the same loyal women
the next year. The beautiful service
of the women attracted the attention
of others. With years the custom
has grown until today thousands actu-
ated by noble impulses show forth a
loving spirit by paying homage to
the sons who died that their country
might live. The day should be OBJ
served in sacred manner. Good
citizens everywhere deplore the fact
that the day is too often given to the
playing of games and sports of vari-
Gus kinds. The way in which the day
will be observed in the future depends
in part upon your teaching and in
fuences today.
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also very dangerous, as the infiamed
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