The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-05-31

! feated candidate for president. held the
hat Of his successful rival at his inaugu
| ration. and then when the flag was fired
on he swept through the North like q
! tempest. calling on all TO ignore party
lines and support the government. pre-
| maturely dying in one heroic effort 10
! save the Union and crush the rebellion.
After forty years we stand appalled, at
the magnitude of the territory overrun,
| the treasure expended, and the blood
that was shed. A field for military opera
| tons greater than all Europe. a cost that
would have bankrUpted any other nation,
I and a loss Of life and limo that is IN
! paralleled in its awfulness. Beside the
| expeditions Of our Civil war the con-
quests of Alexander were but the raids
+ OF marauders; the achievements OF Caesar
/ could have been confined 10 the bounds
! of a single State; and the slaughter at
! Thermopyle seems Insignificant As long
as battlefelds are studied the centuries
: Will read Of the charges Of Macdonald at
| Wagram, OF Ney al Waterloo, and the
-Four Hundred at Bslaclava. We re-
/ turn again and again to the pages that
! record the deeds of heroic daring But
where in all the world were the cam
! paigns so extensive: the shock Of battle
so terrific: and the individual heroism SO
marked as in the war whose Memorial
We observe today
As we recall those years. how fresh
: is the scene: the whole country is teem-
ing with military activity. The strife
Of words and ballots is ended. and the
battle of bullets is begun. Again be
fore the first streaks OF the morning light
" ? ha mi
OF Charleston harbor We hear the Shrek
ing shell which opened the conflict at
Fort Sumpter We see the North stunned
and shocked. and then with an energy
that was not thought TO be there. making
ready for the fearful fray Again we
see the naarshalling of hosts the drill
ing OF recruits, and the perunss thai
lef1 the hearts bleeding and sore but
more firmly united than ever. Again
we are on the weary march, in the sink
ing mud under the pitiless rain, or the
lone sentry's beat. and in the dreary.,
dreadful prison. Again We see the charS-
ing squadron and the shock of battle.
and hear the Northern shout and the
Southern yell. which once heard is never
forgotten. Again We are in the tumult
and rout and panic of Bull Run. on the
banks OF the little stream We crossed
six weeks ago running now so quiet and
clear. Again We see the Monitor steam
into Hampton Roads a cheese box on
raft. and at the end Of that Sundays
struggle see the Merimac withdraw dis
abIed and broken. soon 10 be sunk in
the harbor whose waters we saw rolling
so peacefully above her. Again We see
Farragut dashed to the mast. as he gives
his order. '- the torpedoes. go ahead
How calm and imperturbable Grant
looks at the supremest moment of his
life He had decided to carry his army
down the Mississippi, and 70 attack
Vicksburg from below. The officers have
given their opinions against the hazard
Gus expedition. When all is said. Grant
remarks I thank you for your views.
the army will move at four O'Clock to-
morrow morning and Vicksburg surren-
ders more men than were in the beseiging
army. We see Hooker above the clouds
at Lookout Mountain, and the army
charging up Missionary Ridge beyond the
limit Of their orders Again We are with
Meade at Gettysburg. and looking over
beyond the peach orchard, the wheat
field and the devils den. we see the
gathering of Pickett's division. The thun-
der of cannon shakes the rocky founda-
ton of Cemetery Hill: fifteen thousand
men charge the western slope; a few
reach the top; all are killed. captured,
or dispersed: the crest of the wave of
the war is reached. and the tide begins
to recede. Lee recrosses the Potomac
and prepares for the final grapple. We
see Thomas stand as the Rock Of Chic
=, ILL NH ~lv nd
turn defeat into such a victory in the
Shenandoah valley that the rebel could
ride on his raid no more. We see Grant
enter the wilderness, veritable wilder
ness of flame and fury. prepared to fight
ii out on that line If it took all summer
We see the Bloody Angle At Spottsylvania
run red and the trenches on both sides
of the breastwork flied with the dead
and the dying Cold Harbor i passed,
and the grip Of the giant is fastened on
Petersburg. We look of 10 the south.
and by the light of the destruction at
Atlanta see Sherman cut loose from his
base Of supplies and swing out on his
March TO the Sea. Soldier. contraband
and hummer made an array never seen
before. The heart Of Carolina is reached.
and the left ventricle Of the rebellion is
cleansed. and the flag floats over Sump-
ter once more. Further north the grip OF
the giant is still unIoosed. Richmond is
deserted and Appomattox appears. We
look again and behold riding through the
Confederate capital the form Of the Union
president. his face mantled with a smile
Of ben4gnity. CARRYING malice toward
none and charity for all. And when
il is ali practically over. the clouds dis
PEELED. and the sunlight come again. we
stand with bowed heads and broken
hearts before the greatest tragedy Of the
world A. these wears pass before IS
we seem L. hear the chanting strain OF
exalted eloQUence. a. sweet as q psalm
and as sublime as Hebrew prophecy,
The words % Lincoln in his second ir-
aug7rral address.
The Almighty has his own purposes,
Woe unto the world because OF offences,
for il must needs he that offences come;
but woe 10 the man by whom the offence
cometh' II We shall suppose thaj Ameri-
can slavery Is one Of those offences which
in the Providence OF God. must needs
come. but which having continued
through his appointed time. he now wills
L. remove. and that he gives 70 both
North and South this terrible war as the
Voc due 20 those by whom the offence
came SHALL vye discern therein any dspsr-
turs from those divine sttributes which
the believers in a living GOD always as
cribe t. him. Fondiy DO we hope r---
ventv do Ne pray. that this mighty
scourge % war may speedily pass away.
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