Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-05-30

stripes, the emblem of freedom. liberty
and equality and proclaim. wherever
Old Glory shall wave no slave shall he
found.
Slavery, the blackest and costliest
page on American history. Billions of
money and thousands upon thousands
OF lives were given that on our do
mains no slavery should exist.
Thus We are pushing forward. Civil
izatton, Christianity. education and
progress have advanced so unparal-
ieled in our nation, that we are con-
strained 20 believe that our destinies
have been shaped by wise and gen.
erous Providence.
lmmutable Principles.
Liberty. Freedom and Equality are
immutable principles. as fixed as the
stars, and as just as God himself.
Though purchased by the lives of hun
dreds OF thousands of patriotic sons.
we have reunited people and a re-
united country
When Spain, under our very nose,
starved and butchered people. be-
cause they chaffed under the yoke of
tyranny and opp ession, when cruel
and heartless Spain blew up the Maine
and sent our noble boys to watery
graves-then il was that we saw and
knew that we were one people again;
then 1t was that we saw and knew that
the dead past must bury its dead" "
then 1t was that patriotism was ram
pant in our whole country; then it was
and now it is that we love the late con-
federacy. not for what it did, but for
what it is
Thus we are a reunited people and a
reunited country-no north, no south,
no east, no west One God. one peo-
pie. one country and one flag.
Without discussing our insular pos
sessions and our brilliant achieve
ments incident thereto, | want to say
the war with Spain is the third great
est epoch in the worlds history.
The declaration of independence and
the bravery to sustain il and the cstab-
fishing of a nation where the people
should govern themselves, was an
epoch in the worlds history that was
as just as justice and as bright as the
MONDAY sun.
The preservation of this union was
an epoch that saved us all we gained
in the first struggle of our country, and
saved us from degenerating from the
great nation we were destined to bo,
to mere weaklings among the nations
of the earth.
How little we realize the narrowness
of our escape from division and how
I-iittle Z appreciate the great achieve.
ment OF the union soldier.
The Third Epoch.
The third epoch without the others
could never have been il is the person
ification of liberty enlightening the
world. 1t was the first bold and de.
fiant stride of the march against tyr.
amy and oppression. that is as certain
to continue around the world, and as
sure 70 complete its work as was Sher
mans march to the sea.
Today we scatter flowers upon the
graves OF those who helped to fill your
graves, veterans of the Union army
not in token of what they did, but from
the fullness of our hearts to take to
our Dosoms our penitent brothers
whose souls are now filled with nobler
impulses.
The man of peace and principles
makes the mightiest warrior. The man
who fights and conquers by brute force
is a staggering bully. The nation that
subdues a people and holds 1t con
quered for its own selfish purposes, is
ungodly. A nation that will stand by
and see people ground into serfdom
oppression and degradation is coward
| ly. War to rob others of their prop
erty and liberty is unrighteous. A wal
for liberty and freedom by people fol
| themselves is righteous.
! A life thus laid upon the altar can
never be better fitted to appear before
the gates of eternity. A life sacrificed
| for liberty and freedom is sacrificed
! for elements and ingredients of God. A
war for the liberty and freedom of 9th
ers is the most holy of all wars. When
man is willing to lay down his OWL
| life that others may realize and taste
| the sweets of freedom. he is imbuet
with the highest principles of man
mood
War of Humanity.
Our nation went to war with Spain
not fer territory, but for humanity, ano
our actions have been approved by the
civilized world and by the conscience
If our own people. By the grace of God
and the assistance of the United
/ States, Cuba is today free country
| When and how full liberty shall be
given the people of the Philippine Isl
ands, and whether by Independent gov
ernment. protectOrate government OF
/ by territorial administration will be
honorably and wisely decided by the
patriotic and humanity loving people
of this just and great nation.
The people of the Philippine Islands
can never rise in the scale of morality
and humanity, under the ignorance, su
perstition and religious dogmas that
/ for hundreds of years pervaded these
/ islands.
/ Those who have the matter in charge
know the people and condition of the
/ Inhabitants of these islands and car
better Judge what course to pursue
/ No emergency has ever yet arisen In
our affairs but what this nation has
met it squarely and fairly and came
out of il with new assurances of the
/ wisdom and justice of our people, and
our ability TO select men TO manage
/ the destinies of our nation.
There are always those who are
wiser, in their own cOnceit, than the
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