The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-05-30
FLOWERS STREWN
BY LOVING HANDS

struction. Notwithstanding that her
early doom had been fol etold, the new
Republic resisted every effort of tyr
amy to fulfill the prophecy. and rap o.
iy grew in strength and national & eat
ness. The United states of America
had come to be REGARDED by the OPP
pressed of other and as the Redeemer
of those centuries of misrule that hat
filed the world with woe. Free her
self and governed by her loyal citl-
zens on equal terms, she was expected
by the influence of her example TO
lead the way to Universal Emancipa-
ton.
character with a mission of that high
nature became involved in a struggle
for existence, it presented a crisis in
human affairs with no parallel In the
past.
If the danger had been threatened
by some hostile monarchy or other ex-
ternal cause. 1t would have been less
APPALLING, for other generations might
have overcome any disasters that ]
lowed. But is was the principal It.
self that was menaced with death, an !
from a crucial test of its practicable
.ty.
An issue of like Importance was
never tried between men end men. A
result more beneficial to liberty and
its inseparable rights was neve
wrought by peace or arms, thar tina
obtained through the fiery ordeal of
the Civil War. If the Federal cause
had failed, we, who today enjoy more
national blessings than any other race,
would be without a country from
which those blessings flow. Her terri
tory rent in twain by that calamity
would have soon passed under the
dominion of some foreign power. Only
he memory of her former greatness
would remain to render the loss of GU
,'rthright less endurable. A lot more
ntolerable cannot be ina gined in all
he various vicissitudes of life. Not
My that. but the very spirit of free
'om would have been broken and it's
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oppressed.
Who would again dare to proclaim
ne inal'enable rights of men in the
ace of such disastrous ruin, or agar
eek to erect such another constitu
'on? What Washington. what LIN
DIN. what patriot could hope to u
aed where such illustrious nanesakes
lad failed? Not one. The present
md the past would he hopeless-the
evils of earthly past all human re-
iemption. And when. my friends. on
these Memorial Days, with these cor
-iderations in our minds, we turn in
thought to the veterans of that ter
rible struggle-to the men who pre-
served the Union through that long
turmoil of war-its years roll before us
With all their deeds; deeds so mighty
that the glory they shed on them, on
US, on our children forever, seem
scarcely to be bounded at all.
Had this speaker power
of expression he could not describe
their deeds. He who could feebly
hymn their praise must have a har.s
of lofty tune. The %eloquence that
''fulmined over Greece to Macedon an6
A~rtarxeres' throne" could not sound
a fitting tribute to their fame.
When the call for troops was made
they reckoned not of peace, of home
of kindred ties, but turned at the
clarion note and rushed n the field.
When the crisis came they cuailed no
from the shock and never once de-
SPARED of the Union Resolving to
perish in "Glory's grave" rather thai
tolerate the division of Freedoms
SOIL" they fouht the battle to the
end and established constitutional
liberty on an everlasting foundation.
Envlable men. Your reward lies not
alone in remembrance. in the living
imperishable remembrance. but in you
fortune to be chosen as the Saviours
of your Country.
And there are others whose Images
should be forever viewed In the sam.
halo of greatness. Thos heroic WON
en- who stayed at home and watched
and prayed, or went pravely forth to
the battlefield to alleviate the suffer
.ngs of the wounded; whose owing
hands closed the eyelids of the dead
and whose tender voices revived the
spirits of the living-they were soldiers
too. and entitled TO the same full
measure of regard.
How many intrepid souls were In
spired to deeds of heroism by their
s~upplications? How many dying mo
ments were made sweet BY their pres
anoo9 Tha~a 10 nnno IN toll the HOllnt-
less number. Who can say what vic
tories were not gained and what glor-
ious destiny was not wrought by thef:
influence about their memory Is
laurel entwined. For them and every
veteran of that terrible war this day
is a perpetual monument that 1t set
deep and sure in every America