The Topeka state journal., 1903-05-30

merce in all the great circles of th-
globe, and above all and beyond all in
greatness and goodness L see the starred
and striped banner of our ma ton float
ing over the myriad ships that sail in
every sea. and I see it erected with
joyful welcome and wOrshipoed with
earnest ardOr in every land and hailed
with gladdening hope on the far-ofr
isles of the seas; and under its ample
and potential protecting folds see she
propagation of the ideas of human lib
erty, and the spread of American civ
ilization. which proclaims and protects
the sanctity Of manhood and woman
hood and which is destined to suDplans
the doctrines of the disciples of Con.
fucius, of the Wise Men of the East,
and of the prophets of the chosen of
Cod and in their stead enthrone the
individual man and woman. clothed in
the divine aegis of their primal rights
and liberties. and refined by wisdom.
and culture. The temple of the most
ancient empire in the far orient will
give place to the academy The mosquA
to the university. The Dagoda to the
college. The convent to the free
schools, and the vatican to the library.
The east VIII sit at the feet of this
tFamal1el OF the west and learn his wis.
DOM Liberty viii take the place o.
tyranny. Freedom Will drive out hered-
ltary despOtism Humanity will scourge
from her temples the oppressors of her
people; and philosophy and knowledge
VIII supplant bigotry and superstitioa,
md man and woman will stand nexr
to God and do him reverence and wor~
ship without the aid Of prelate. priest
or proxy; for,
'Tis coming up the steen of time
And this old world is growing brighter.
We may not see its march sublime.
But high hopes bid the heart throb
lighter
us coming; aye, tits coming:
The peoples advent's coming
Upon this occasion it is also proper
ana IN place to say something of the
men who composed the army for the
/ CIllon. Ihey We're men with splendid
opportunity which they did not pass
'Ihey were gifted with the passions and
weaknesses of other men, but blest with
the manly virtue and heroic courage TO
rise to the sublime exigency of the
epoch in which they lived Hitherto
and not long since the champions ana
defenders of treason, in their detractions
OF the merit and worth Of the Union
soldier dealt on the dialect of defarna-
tion and exhausted the whole yocabu-
larry of calumny; and an echo of this
malignity of expression yet murmurs in
some places in this land But the ef-
tulgent glory which emblazons his
achievements IS not sullied by such de-
traction, but frightened rather It's
Sdtnerlng radiance, as years go by, but
shows in deeper hue and darker shade
the sable infamy of these Hbelers of
nerited fame. The calumnies of the
wicked are encOmlumS of the good But
the Union soldier is not left to the mis-
cradle consolation. only, of an eulogy
buried in calumny.
Masters in the fine arts have exhaust
ed all of the beautifying elements Of
nature.-form and color and light AMI
shade-to enliven and preserve his mem
ory. and with exalted taste and infinite
skill have chiseled in purest marble
their highest and most intensely patriot
ic conceptions of his deeds to eternalize
his glory
Orators. moved by the irresistible I'M
pulse of truth and guided by the genius
Of patriotism, have woven garlands OF
rhetoric into glowing tributes IL his he
roism These viii endure to adorn the
centuries until language shall be for
gotten.
Poets have ranged the fields of fancy
and searched the chambers of the i'm
aginetion in quest of rarest gems and
jewels, and have found and set them in
his memorial. These win sparkle there
until all emotion shall die in the human
heart
In the development of time. and in the
fullness Of the years, some great his
torian like Bancroft viii come forth
of fully comprehended truth, which viii
sparkle in the light of developed destiny,
the Union solier's heroic acts and n
the eternal annals of a glowing civiliza-
ton his deeds. standing in bold relief,
win be his eulogy. These VIII appeal,
not unheeded, to those who shall live
late in the hours of time.
Oh that I had the rare gift Of e1oQuence
adequate to Go simple justice to this sub
] rhetoric, fashion the most beaut n oEua-