The Grenada sentinel., 1903-07-18

South !.te that solidarity which las ont
conception: and nseonssrTuction. ar ctH '1 q tss
past four decades. and which constitutes
go: From Is 70 e5 years Of .se, you have
composed, the mature citixenship Of ths,
rsst andss the shade Of 0ts the as tsees % With
Lee and Jackson and johnston and Dagis,
yoa 1o Of the
into one. voice, and give that voice utter
reh,ns canop1 Of ro fhe.s orhern the
pleaeing you that your sacrifices in war.
your Heroic nsroic eon.stancy In peace shall never
too M on snns cne foot nFs ca
shore to proclaim that time shall be no
more mo- .s Your r. fame shall light with splendor
Scott and Byron Of the future, who shall
ascribs ,ass to you the double gory-the death;
the eiyiiizstioa Of your n native tive @ South, ef but
srsnt o. m. the
grasping Imperialism. There can be no I'm
msertaiity Of the virtues % Of It's It's citizens.
The virtues and the sins Of q nation are
tee and the sins Of sseh Of its ci
+,oSo SothtnE hing h.: survived to US from the NJ.
great. In silence @ and pathetic til suf duty It" to
:nd and
dors OF vicious materialism faded into
eternal night but over their entombed ruins
He sets to shine As stars forever all that
the spirit wrought, all that the soul Of its
great g and good accomplished for the bet:
What constitutes q state?
Not high-raised battlement or labored
Thick wall or moated gate;
Not cities proud proud with spires and turret'
Not bays and broad-armed ports.
Where 'aqfIhinx 2Iaa at the storm rich n.v'e'
Iss
Men Ns xSn ;tsn tha'I high da1es minded .n"s' men,
But know their rights, and knowing, date
maintain:
And crush the tyrant while they rend til.
These Constitute State"
mortal Webster, in his depreciation:
God forbid that that happy constella-
OF greatness and renown should be shat
tered to fragments and be seen sinking star
Sut that prsser y toa to rees1e certain
answer it must be accompanied by a life Of
national morality In keeping with the lofty
II the horrors Of the French revolution
are not to be re-enacted here on a direr
fest injustice and inequalities marring
its present administration arc to be cor:
an American Cromwell. sword in hand; It
the time Is never TO- come when Maeeu.
Of the Brooklyn bridge to sketch the ruins
Of city ~ gone = the abuses
foFmed @ s 1f These reeet'ons: t my
eouptrymen, are not meant to intimate
soy % we despair % Of the {. union. union W We love it:
We love it's glorious flag We love best Of
m Its we9ster les 1T ito
country-our whole country-and nothing
but our country"
that we hold the blessings transmitted from
! our fathers in just estimation; some PROOF
sSd Of &
to promote everything which may enlarge
Of men. We realize that We stand in the
| dawn Of the twentieth century: We catch
ptn eranscendent ase % day whose light Ike an: n
the earth One must stand with G9iel IL
the eternal to comprehend the marvellous
movement Of the great world drama now
| upon US. nut We tAAc uedEl 1EOul l0S Ec'
| shadow keeping watch above his own"
| Reverently deducing from the past fta
great lessons, standing in the exulting JOY
| Of the present let us make the noble Ian
| guage Of Dean Stanley voice our asptrationa
| ~ we face the great future:
| I'VE 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 tt thread sa
lier epoch :mong:t the remains nal OF which Oh
the turning point p. whence. henceforrard % 5tl
viii dow In another direction: taxing thei'
| rise from another range. destined to com
ninSie with other seas and to fertilize IL ,ns 9th
the best spirit Of our ag: A all ,i that Is be
ened and the most Christian censcis9ce snsa and
| great things which we may trust are still;
/ before us-the great problems which oul
| age. II any, may solve. the great :asks
| which our nation alone can accomplish the
great doctrines Of our common faith which M
| we may have the opportunity Of graspina
with a firmer hold than ever before, tn
| great reconciliation Of things old With
things new. of things common with thinS.
| sacred, of class with class, of man with
man. Of nation with nation, of church. o1
| oil with God"
| Accuracy Demanded.
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