Evening journal., 1902-05-27

GOkdH
Some of You saw Logan when his
hair was like the ravens wing and his
eye was full of FIRE. And he made you
Think it glorious to fight as you fol-
lowed the gallant 'Black Eagle" on TO
victory
sThomas
You saw. perhaps. the braye-souled
Thomas when. as the Rock of Chicka-
mangua." he checked the rebel tide as
Gibraltar checks and dashes back the
rage Of the stormy sea.
Sherman
Some OF you went with sherman
from Atlanta to the Sea" in the exc
cution of one of the greatest military
movements In the history Of warfare.
So. IL must stand alone, that march to-
the sea. And you were with him.
when you marched with Sherman to-
the sea you marched with him TO
glory.
Dupont
OF our own States glorious fame
should never be forgotten. ana MS
great deeds should always be Kept
fresh IN our minds. and from his les
sons in early life to our present Adj
mlral w. S. Schley. has borne such
wonderful results to the present day.
Farragut
The Incompatible. the greatest naval
commander that ever has existed. and
whose memory we are proud to honor,
and whose name will live so long as
the Republic exists. his teachings and
example nave given us the glorious
Admiral Dewey. of the present day.
Thus we are rich in such names as
Lincoln and Seward and Stanton,
Grant ana Sherman and Meade Logan,
Thomas and Sheridan Burnside,
Hooker and Rosecrans. Mcclellan
Hancock DUPONT and Farragut. rich
in the inspirations of great lives and
sublime characters which have passed
into the glorious Immortality OF his
tory.
The Men Who Fought
But every man who suffered and
fought with these great leaders helped
to bring them to fame and are sharers
in .leir renown Every private Con-
unental who charged at Yorktown
helped to place the wreath of fame on
the Drows of Hamilton. Lafayette and
Washington. Every Union soldier who
fought at Shiloh, Donelson, Mission
ary Ridge. Chickamauga, Winchester,
Gettysburg. or who marched from
Atlanta to the sea, helped to make
Grant. Sheridan. Thomas. Meade. Han
cock. Logan. Hooker, and Sherman inn
mortal. and thus helped to fill our
history with the names which inspire
nations pride. and patriotism. The
bravest. most patriotic thing that a
man can do is to enter the ranks as
common soldier animated by pa
triotism alone. II is not remarkable
ll.-- men who have made war a pro-
lfession. men who have been educated
in the art and science OF warfare,
should offer themselves to their
country in time Of war. That is what
they have been looking for. waiting
for. if not praying for Il is no dis
paragement Of their virtue and honor
to say that they have cultivated an
amvition for fame. and they hope that
in a war their genius will manifest it.
Sc. and the opportunity offer for
their achieving distinction and by gall
liant deeds rising to high positions and
lenyiable Immortality But no such
amDltion held out before the volun-
teer private the glittering promise of
position and fame. With a love OF
country as great as ever moved the
heart of a Washington, or Hamilton
or Lincoln. or Grant. many lad from
the district school, many a grimy
lyoung hustler from the workshop
shouldered his musket in the days of
the civil War and went forth to his
death without the hope of fame or the
dream o. glory, but simply with his
mother-taught convictions Of duty and
with a purpose % defend the
nag of his country and preserve
this National Union. That's the BRAY
est kind of bravery, the most heroic
kind of heroism. the most patriotic
kind of patriotism All honor to the
men who walked and fought and died
n .e ranks. Honor. this day and
forever. to the American private sol
b ldier. to the volunteer who came from
: the ranks of the toiling, common
people. to preserve the government Of
! the people
Loyalty
Although this is the age Of sacred
memories and of glorious hopes, more
Christlike brotherhood Of redeemed
and regenerate American citizenship
nevertheless. rebellion can never be
! come synonymous with loyalty
slavery can never be identical viii
freedom. nor secession with union
sectionalism can never mean the same
as natiOnalism; the gray, though
worn by men of courage and valor
can never mean the same as the
'blue:" the "stars and bars can nevet
! mean the came as the stars an'
stripes" the lost cause can neve
! mean the same as the cause" tha