The Grenada sentinel., 1903-07-11


conceptions ana misconstructions S tho
ssdsy g. :ssss .nsss 'ee q sns s'sss1t: 1spssiis
eongsssd the q nature . citis.assipy yya d 's ths
aaase eo9 n!y tse the Flyer
Lee and Jackson and johnston and Davis.
fad s.aore TIE a,orlsu. of the
ancs. that shau roll upward to the Ger.
piedsing you that your your % sseriaess IVA. IL war.
your heroic con.tancy in peace, shall never
s.nas ,oas m the a.
more. Your fame shall light with splendor
ascribe to you the double glory-the death:
81 sf s.tse ass got
:s Of .y ss: God
s1::pnx Tssfe Can ~ b. m No t im
Of ths Setus2: :2.rs Of es ssf
The virtues and the slns Of nation are
the virtues and the sins Of each Of it's citi-
1ee1 1e .tf.e. Sn larger scale and written IN
Nothing has survived o,ns from the ma:
vene and Re- the
great. In silence and pathetic duty to
the. their 10y towers and temples and palaces lie
dors Of vicious materiallsm faded into
eternal night but over their entombed ruins
COD arches armament of beauty, in which
re sets to shine Al stars forever all that
the spirit wrought, all that the soul Of it's
great and good accomplished for the bet
terneot OF the race.
What constitutes a State?
NOT nigh, raise. raised battlement or labored
Not es prSa Sa os With %':sS :p1es sna
crowned;
Not bays and broad-armed ports,
"As'' 'ArfSscs rfde: at the storm rich n.''e'
w,ouo Not starred and spangled courts,
"nere iow-browed basencss watts perfume
NJ: !..en, high minded men.
d.. Men who their duties know.
bot Know their rights. and knowing, dare
., Prevent the long aimed blow
Ana crush the tyrant while they rend the
These constitute a State"
,o,M we -, al may we All do-most heartily
mortal ebster in N his epreea1ion: atSas: the
God forbid that that happy constella-
tion under which we have risen to so much
tered to fragments and be seen sinking star
after star into obscurity and night
answer it must be Accompanied BY a eHea lie Of
national morality in keeping with the lofty
If the horrors Of the French revolution
are not to be re-enacted here on q direr
scale: the law must know in It's enforcement
fe, and the mapr,ns
it's present administration are to be cor
rected through peaceful agencies and not by
. ~ New s zeslsnaes sSsil IN the midst
Of the Brooklyn bridge to sketch the ruins
OF city gone forever, the abuses threaten
lesmta M 5S1si %1;S S
cOuntrymen, are not meant to intimate
doubt, but to incite to duty Let no man
ali its it's matchess nal sc Constitution e We ss' take @
from Webster the motto of the future Our
Let us leave for posterity some proof
our fathers in just estimation; p; some proof
ernment and Of civil and religious liberty
some proof OF a sincere and ardent desire
the Understandings and inspire, the hearts
dawn Of the twentieth century. We catch
upon the horizon the crepuscular dawn Of
a transcendent day whose light. like an
the earth One must stand With 1i Triel in in
the sun and look from the standpoint Of
movement of the great World drama e1S now
upon Us. But we take heart from the re-
sssas% tSH 1e.px tsst watn .poVs andf his the
Keverentiy deducing from the past its
great lessons, standing in the exulting joy
OF the present. let make the noble Ian
guage Of Dean Stanley voice our aspirations
as we face the great future:
We have climbed to the height of one
Of those ridges which part the past from
the future. We are on the watershed Of
the dividing streams; We see the last thread
Of the waters which belonged to the ear
ller epoch amongst the remains Of which
the ashes Of the dead are laid we are on
the turning point whence. henceforwArd,
the .prings Of political and national life
will flow In another direction. taking their
rise from another range destined to com
minEle with other seas and to fertilize 9th
er climes. Let us forget all that Is behind
the best spirit of our age, all that is be-
hind the requirements Of the most enliyht-
ened and the most Christian conscience and
reach forward. one and all. toward those
great things which we may trust are still
before us-the great problems which our
age IL any: may solve. the great ASKS
which our nation alone can accomplish. the
great doctrines of our common faith which
we may have the opportunity of grasping
with a hrmer hold than eyer before. the
things new, of things common with things
sacred. of class with class. of man wiki
man. Of nation with nation, of church, Of
all with God"