The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1901-06-06
CITY. KANSAS. THURSDAY. 6 1901.

and American intelligence and heroisrn pre-
vailed over the forces Spain entrenched.
they in fortified city.
At San Juan Hill that typical American
regiment made its famous charge
ann glad the government accepted the full
responsibility that a result
Spanish American War L am glad the war
in the Philippines will not abate for one In
slant so long as there is single rebel in
arms against the authority of the United
states. am glad an American army with
the flag of this country f1Oating over it, was
never called upon to turn its back upon an
enemy in arms.
Good and patriotic men may differ upon
the expediency of retaining the Philippines,
but there should be no difference about fight
ing an insoIent foe who had without reason
fired upon the flag.
Kansas has a great interest in the war in
the Philippines Her boys won glory there
beyond that won by their comrades. and the
heroes the war has produced, the one who
has received the heartiese applause of his
countrymen is Funston of Kansas.
We strow the graves of our soldiers with
flowers today because of their heroisn. be =
cause of their suffering and sacrifices, and
| because we are grateful to them for the
great blessings that have redounded to US
because of what they did
The soldiers of the Rebellion preserved the
Nation. How easily say that; how little
we stop to consider what it means 1t means
that they preserved for us peace. happiness
and prosperity people, If the principle
of secession had triumphed and the South
had succeeded it would have been but few
years until the states west, of the Mississip
pi would haveseceded from those east of it.
For any difference of any moment upon any
important, economical or political question
would have been the excuse for the scces
sion of portion of the states, and instead
of the great world power that America is TO
day sitting in the councils of Nations, WELD
! ing influence second none, would
only be a parcel of petty, Jealous. warning,
insignificant states.
The soldiers of the Rebellion dignihed Ia
o1IT
tion should be the first Strew the graves of
the soldiers of he Rebellion with flowers OF
all others he should not upon this holy sac
red day devote his time to playing ball, horse
racing and kindred sports. Before the war
| labor in America bore the badge of servility.
| 1t was tainted with the touch of serfdoml. for
| in one half the country only slaves IabOred.
| There do good ordinary hard work was
considered dishonorabIe. One of the causes
| of the war was the attempt of the South to
| carry slavery into the free territory of the
mined and courageous, slave labor would
today be employed here in Kansas, and the
Kansas laborer would working side by
side with the slave The greatest friend and
benefactor the working man ever had the
| man who wore the blue from '6I '65 for
he lifted labor from the degradation that
necessarily followed from its relation to sla-
| very and placed it upon plane of equality
with all honorable calling and it he who
brow of the American working man and en-
abled him to become as he is today, Ameri
cas- uncrOwned king.
| We have united country today; there is
no North nor South. We one Nation,
proud of common country, a common her
itage and a common flag
Reunions OF the Blue and the Gray held
upon the old battle fields and the men who
engaged there in deadly combat receive each
other with open arms as brethren.
| The President of the United States with his
official family makes trip through the
Southern states and is received with waving
flags and shouts of loyalty.
The State university of the greatest of the
Northern states dedicates hall of fame, and
therein worthy to live in history, is the
name of Robert E. Lee.
The Southern people were brave people !;
no other people on earth could have con
quered them, and there only one way
that they could have been kept cOnqured and
| that was by generous, magnanimou treat
| ment.
| 1t is such a treatment that brave men al
ways accord a fallen toe. was such treat
| nent the Union soldier accorded his conquer
ed enemy; he was in fact his enemy no longer,
but erring brother. The Union soldier
controlled the policy of this government for
a quarter OF a century after the war, and by
his policy of generous kindly treatment, by
the wise policies employe in adjusting the
questions arising out of the war, he taught
his old time foe to love, respect and venerate
our common country, its government and its
free institutions. and rendered che Southern
citizen its champion instead of its assaiIant.
That is another of the reasons why strew
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another reason why should respect and
venerate their surviving comrades. =
Each recurring De cOrat5on Day enforces
upon mind the fact that 1t will not be long
/ ere the Grand Army of the Republic is
tered out forever
Each year the circle that meets around the
grave dedicated to the unknown dead be
| comes smaller. and each year the number of
the graves to be decorated grows larger
The great final roll call is being called and
the old warriors answering here, and they
passing from the earthly ranks to a reunion
with the boys their comrades, the other
side of the dark river; the great majority IS
there
Almost all the great leaders unconquerabIe
by human foe years ago were ompe1Ied to yield
j the relentless hand of the great destroyer,
and upon the banks of that far distant stream
they the coming of the rear guard, tn
last bata1lions of the old army
Logan is there, the great volunteer soldier,
the patriot who loved his country and his COM