The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-05-30

sentiment uttered so tenderIy by Him
/ alone. Come unto me all yc who are
heayysadeR and Will give you rest
From the first chapter OF Genesis,
when cain slew his brother, TO the last
chapter of tOday'S events. written by the
same historian the corridors of time hSFe
reveTberated with echoes Of that momcn-
tous question which comes today-Where
is thy brother Judgment of the finite
mind has deCTeed that man 5 aCCOuntd-
blhty TO his brother shall he measured by
human standards. so. for countless ages,
man has pronounced sentence upon the
life OF his brother to be executed upon
the battlefield
Owing TO our pitifuIly weak standard
man Inhumanity to man has been the
moving cause for two mighty struggles
The ITst never to be forgotten, was that
baptism of blood OccasiCned by a fululI-
ment of the promise that all men are
created free and equal.
The echoes Of a second conflict still lin
ger IN The ears of d peaceful people.
people whose sense of justice over brew
all personal interests and gave to the
struggling Cuban that boon for which
men willingly sacrifice all-iiberty-
Standing here today We Saze upon
the little white tablets that dot the
swaTd as far as the eye can reach Sepa-
rae rows like giant chalk marks all con-
vergIns toward Il common goal - tire
known dead Then We pause before this
cold granite block that viii never yield
up the secrets OF the unknown
To-day We heap nigh the beautiful
towers sing the sweet songs and speak
IN Culogy, equally OF him who stood on
the picket line, as Of him who led the
charge
At the beginning of the twentieth cen
fury mankind is confronted with the same
problem as at the beginning of the first.
Tor so long as nations endure, Just so
long viii be true the prophetic utterance
that Peace Is the dream of philosophers,
war is the history of man That freedom
UhIch laid its foundations in the blood of
Bunker Hill and Yorktown has been pre-
served Ey- the cha fpTlfnqr .
determination that our declaration of lib-
critics should be universal throughout the
land, that the color OF q man skin given
him by his Creator should not dwarf his
manhood. carried with it the dread Sc
quenCe that thOUSa ndS of AngIO-Sax0nS
should be sacrificed on freedoms altar
And what struggle, Waged with the
desperation Of SpaTtanS. The civilized
world gaZsd on IN Amusement when two
powerful factions of a mighty Republic
NrtSJied IN the JhTOeS Of combat Who
shan say that ore was Drawer than the
othcr2 The Northern soldier fighting for
the right encountered q foeman who like
himself, had been nurtured at freedoms
Hfeslde- These men soon learned that
the terms Yankee and Rebel went for
naught- That they We're infinitesimaI parts
or two enormous human machines when
the machine was idle tley could frater-
ME across the picket line: when the ma
cnineS were IN operation they must legal
y Kill each other And 81 such men were
Union armies made. They were the boys
II blue boys then. white haired tOtter-
ing men now Yet the same boys as youth
ful IN spirit as when they first marched
to the front The years have passed so
quickly that we do not grasp its fun sig
i.iHc%ace- DuL many of them have lived
10 see the reward Of sacrifice, to see that
Si1iia army OF theirs, great IN peace as
IN war The imperishable name il has
woman inspiration for seif-sacriffce to
the people Of d reunited Country
Born Of another generation the vetar-
ans are rapidly passing away The nerve
which uncomplainingIy accepted victory
or defeat, equally WithstoCd the assaults
81 JOY OF grief. Is gone The outer shell
mas become changed, but under the rough
PARK the heart of the tree remains as
strong as ever.
soon viii the -evciJle soT1nd fba rom,
paIy call Then there viii he no dead
.,"r missing. for all VIII be present To
the new generation the story of their lives
ISetl IKE a romance and its lesson of mn
Anchlng sacrifice is an open mac yE,r'-.
al may read. That page recites tfe life
OF Lincoln. the heartfelt prayers of mil
LIS VI SAVES, ire tears of widows and
ol,LgahS' ana the blessings Of grateful
people Il recalls a GETTYSBURG = VicL-[
1uFg, and the Wilderness It records the
NE OF sherman. the StrategIsr- Shari7ar,
the IDOL Of his men. and Grant the indor1
Ilaole- each occupying a niche TODAY IN
the hearts of their people.
me ne story Of the war reads like a
a "a "a As the years go by that dream
Nih De kept fresh in our memories by me
recurrence Of Memorial Dav and yz-I7.-,
ne IaSt OF the old guard shall have heard
out " hen from far-awav sounds +T3a
.aI1lllaT taps with its musical refrain.
90 20 20 sleep, the tired soldier viii peace-
IuilE lay down the burden ne has bec0
carving IN his march through life. Then
VIII future generations come to this last
resting place to drink from the well gf
PATRIOTISM which this day brings Tben
SHaH the seed sown in bloody battlefeIds
poisson forth with renewed fragrance i'm
she form OF strong hearts and vilIi1s,
hanus ready If need be to emulate fI1af-
records For they have given rs the Tros+
priceless page in history. an escutcheOn
ever 70 remain UDsullied and have pre-
Of the new world a strong ana iI1rjf.5
American citizenship"