The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1904-03-23
In The Footsteps of Mckinley.

Confederate soldiers buried in
the North, which was increased to
100000 by its author, and passed
ny the Senate as amended. The
measure is now IN tho hands Of the
military committee Of the
House, and but for the ab Jcn se
of tho chairman of this committee,
would no doubt havo been ap-
proved and given n place on the
calendar before this. The propo~
sition has met with 40 opposition,
being supported by tho leaders on
both sides. General Grusvenor Of
Ohio, the Republican leader, is its
sponsor III the House. In an in~
terview of few days ago he SAID;
81 feel Gel Itain that | will be able
to put the bill through the house
at this session 1t would have
been passed at the last session had
not one Nom bsr held out against
all unanimous consent legislation
right at the close, However, / am
very much interested in the propo-
sition, coming az it does as the ro-
suit Of President McKinlcv's fa.
nous utterances at Atlanta, and
shall push 1T both before the COM
mittee and the house.
1t is well to recall the immortal
words of tho martyred Mckinley
on which the present movement is
an ou'growth, were spoken on the
occasion of his visit to Atlanta in
1898. They have been pronounced
the equal of Lincoln's famous adj
dress at Gettysburg. They fol.
low:
"Secional limos no longer mar
to map Of the United Stats; sec
tional feeling no longer holds back
the love we bear one another
Fraternity is the national anthem,
sting by chorus of forty five
states and our territories at home
and across the seas. The union is
once more the common altar Of our
love and loyalty, our devotion aud
sacrifice,
1.-THE old flag again waves over
'ue IA ponoc, with nov gIories which
your sons and ours have THIS year
added to its sacred fold. What
cause we have for rejoicing, sadden-
ed only by the fact that so many OF
our brave men fell on tha field or
s'ckened and died from hardship
and exposure, and others returned
bringing wounds and disease from
which they will long suir,r
'The memory Of the dead will ba
a precious legacy and tho disabled
Will be tie nations caro-. A ma
ton which cares for its disabled
soldiers as we have always done
will never lack defenders. The
national cemeteries for those who
fell in battle are proof that the
dead are cared for, and the living
have our love. What an army Of
silent senLlneis wo have; and with
what LOVING care their graves are
kept. Every soldiers grave mads
during our unfortunate civil war
Is tribute to Amerlaan vaor.
"And while, when those graves
were made, wo dIn.rcd widely
about the future OF this govern
ment, these diiierol cc4 were long
ago settled by the arbtranlont Of
arms and tho timo has come. in
tho evolution Of sentiment an
feeling, undor tho providence cf
God, when, IN The spirit of fratpr-
nlty, we should share with you in
the care of the graves of The Con.
tederate soldi rs
The cordial feeling now happily
existing between The North and
the South promp's this graci us
act, and if it needed further iu,ti-
cation it is found in Tho gallant
loyalty to the union and the Aug.
80 coDspicuousIy shown il tho
year just past by The sous aud
grandsons of those heroic dead.
"What glorious future awaits
us Il, lnitcdIy, wisely and bravelv
we face tic new problems now
pr ssins upon us, determined to
solve them for right and human.
'ty"-GreenviIIc Daily Heald.