Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-06-04
MEMORIAL DAY ADDRESS.
Delivered by Rev. =. =. Morris, Pastor
or The Baptist Church, In the Opera
House IF this City, May 80, 'O3.
Subject: The Patrol OF The
American Engl".

The sapphire arm of night
shonc Respondent in it bespang-
ling of jewels. And the silent
glistening of the far away multi
tudl Of gems made but more in
tensely alone the patrol of a
sentinel on an out post of the
Union Army. The awesome
stiffness finally parts before the
sentries cry "Post No. 5, II
o'clock and all's we'll" The
noble guardian of the night has
long since pitched his tent upon
the camp-ground of Eternity.
That single patrol was but the
individual preventative of the
vast guard-mount on the frontiers
of loyalty. Now that this from
tier has become all inclusive,
finding its limitations only at the
caressing of the water that make
for Ocean, and Lake and Gulf,
the outposts are planted on the
Islands in far off seas and tattoo
woes the warrior of 1908 to sleep
beneath oriental skies; while
through out the entire world
stretches the patrol of the
American Eagle.
AS he makes his rounds our
patrol sends this message ring
ing back ION the frontiers of the
world | find the out post of
American Influence" Honored
Slres, you who wear the loyal
blue, and button brilliant, for
every effect there must be cause.
If, today, there is to be found an
effect, namely American In
tiuence, making itself patent
among the nations of the world !;
then an imparti al finger tracing
the channels along which it has
journeyed must at last find its
rise at that point where the
noblest blood that ever coursed
in veins, went fourth to make
"Niggers, men," and to conse-
crate forever the solidarity of
national interests. Cleaning
bayonet rejecting southern sun,
marching troop on unknown soil,
fallen men in unmarked graves
seemed, for the hour then pre-
sent, to be message born OF
hell. But, Veterans of the in
describable hardships of those
} years. of gloom, what say you to-
, day? Open the graves of those
who persisted, and ask them, II
the light of day in which they
now live, was it.of hell? Speak,
: hero with shattered limb, empty
sleeve and ruined health, was il
5 of hell? With laundering unani
= nifty comes the reply Nay, il
was of God" For by its sombrt
: vehicle has been carried to the
l uttermost parts of the earth, the
: influence of this nation for liberia
r ton of body and soul, irrespec
= tive of hue, from the domination
Y of injustice and of tyranny. I'm
= til your ears resound with the
= petitioning knocks upon the
. nations portals of the wrongeC
: people of every cline. Briefly
= stated, the sacrifices which vol
r have made have become an I'D
' huence which leads the eyes o
/ the PROSTATE of all lands to ligh
Y with the fires of hopeful eXpecta
1 tion when they think of the sol
where lies "the home of the fire,
/ and the land of the brave" A
1 the same time this influence
Y holds in check the british pro
r clivities of the tyrants of tn,
= world.
Not only along humanitarian
lines has the influence begotter
of your efforts forced itself, alsC
into the wide arera of inter
Y national community of interest
: it has risen to be a most impor
n tant factor. When the retro
: gressive tendencies of our con