Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-05-31
MEMORIAL DAY
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quetry, the shouts OF men, the clang
Of clarion, the sharp command, the
fare OF trumpet, mingled in frightful
medley. For hours waged the battle
furiously. For home and country
lives precious, promising, yielding up
their hopes and poured out their
throbbing bl ,od.
k''The closing yearof the 10th century
and the opening Of the goth century
have seen the battle line Of the Re-
public flung far from her confines to
neighboring and distant regions. The
Spanish American war SO dramatic in
it's opening, so unforeseen in it's results
was but the conflict between two
varying governmental ideas.
''Spain arist cratic, autOcratic, met
America demo cratic, representative.
The blowing up of the Maine fl ed
t e anger Of the American people of
determined, prompt, decisive action
against the nation which stood spon-
Str for that dark deed. Every great
war seems to require some one stirring
event to bring into play the dormant
feelings smouldering in the popular
breast as in the Revolution.
Scuba was too ear a neighbor for
her wrongs to be confined over insu.
lar territory. AS a stepping stone to
the United States her welfare pro-
foundly affected our welfare and in the
providence Of a mighty destiny it was
decreed that this country, this Amer
lea, young among the nations, should
release herself from her self.imposed
bondage and as the savior Of an op-
pressed race, take front ranks among
the world proverbs.
"ln that war the experienced wis
dom of the veterans of '6l guided the
impettouS valor Of the volunteer of
'9S.
1.-The endurance, bravery and disci-
pline of the troops shows that the
spirit of 81 was unbroken by 40 years
of peace.
''The battles of that war, SO short in
duration, SO decisive in result, aston
ished the tao icians Of Europe and re-
vealed to her conservative statesmen
the potency and resource of the Amer
icau nan behind the American gun.
But of far more Importance than the
gain in national prestige abroad was
the increased sense Of a common life,
a common destiny which takes strong
hold of the entire country. Now the
S,uth understands the North. Now
the North stretches out frateln II
hands to the South. AS a result OF
that war great problems remain for
,olution. The Philippine 81 n Is fall
into the unexpectant hanus Ut our
government. Cuba remained a willing
bnt uncertain national charge.
"The problem is not S al IT, Fiji
pino, the Cuban, have liberty, it is
shall they understand how to use that
liberty SO as not to harm them serves
or their protectors.
"You veterans Of the war Of the Re-
bellion prevented the division Of this
fair land into two Independent. h s.
tile governments. You veterans o..
the Spanish war, strengthened the
victory of your ia hers and welded
this country together with undying
bonds of common affection and brought
un-numbered thousands OF alien peo-
pie beneath the protecting Care of the
Stars and Stripes.
1T remain, for us, 0ur chi 1ren, our
grandchildren to rem tie generations,
20 preserve and amplify the national
treasure committed TO our charge un-
til America in very truth shall be
''the land Of the free and the home of
the brave"
After the program was completed
an adjournment was t'ken to the
vestry of thu Congregational church
where the ] lies Aid had ready ar
excellent dinner for the members of
the G.. \. R., their friends and invit
I'd guests.
After the feast Commander E. l.
SmiGh as POSTMASTER called for the
first speaker s. Hollister Jackson
vino was followed by Frank e. Howe,
Judge w A. Bovce, f. G. McAnally.
Miss Blancne Tilden, Alexander Bruce,
Geo. I. Conner, Mrs. E. b Whitaker.
James M4ckly, Oh. II. K. Stough.on
and Or. j. Henry Jackson.
Mr.. Bruce in the curse OF his
So .ech said tna1 a monument. shoald
be erected to the G. A. r., and Mr..
MAckay put N re emphasis on the
same fact which finally reached a
climax and tae enthusiastic point
when j. Henry Jackson made one OF
bis happy speeches also on the same
subject that almost caused the listeners
to think the monument was In course
of construction already. The result
was that as 0 O as DR.. Jackson had
resumed his seat George T. Conner
moved that a committee Of five be ap-
pointed to make arrangements for
the erection of a suitable monument
which was Immediately seconded by
5. Hollister Jackson and carried unan.
imyu,ly. The following are the com.
mittee: DR.. j. Henry Jackson, AL
derman James Mackay, Miss Blanche
Tilden, William Wishart, and Emory
l.. Smith.
A Natural Cross.
1890