Durango semi-weekly herald. (Durango, Colo.) 1899-1907, 1905-06-01

cheerful contentment OF happy homes. |
We have shown to the world that we
are unexcelled in peace and irwin
chile in war, and that Phoenix-like,
We can rise with increased vigor and
splendor from the ashes Of our own
misfOrtunes Today we are proudly
conscious that there dweIls not nm
der toe protection OF our flag single
human being who breatnes not the
air of freedom. Our country has ex-
banded beyond our widest dreams.
II has become world power every
where honored. Its influence reaches
every country in every cline. Its
navy plows the waters OF every
ocean. Its flag Is seen and respected
in every port.
Above all II has been shown that
though Americans may have their
differences. universal reconciliation
speedily follows. No voice could now
be raised against the sentiment.
The Union. now and forever, one
and inseparable." When in 1898.
war was declared against Spain, the
men Of the confederate South, sons
of the men who followed Lee, Early,
Hood and numerous others wno led
in the gallant, but hopeless fight, to
uphold the stars and bars, were as
clamorous for enlistment as were
The men Of the North and West,
When but few days ago Fitzhugh
Lee, a distinguished general of the
Confederacy, passed away, he died
proudly wearing the blue uniform and
he star of general In the United
States army, and grief and sorrow at
his death was confined within no
sectional limits.
All bitterness engendered by the
war has been buried and forgotten.
II is recognized by all that the nero
Ism displayed on both sides Is the
common heritage of the American
,'eople. When the English youth of
To-Day reads OF the heroic deeds of
ais heroic ancestry, his bosom swells
with patriotic pride and 1t boots not
to him whether the hero wore the
white or the red rose, whether he
followed the fortunes of Lancaster
or of York, whether he served In the
Puritan ranks under Cromwell or
rode with the Cavaliers under the
Stuarts So with the American youth
of today and the future. AS he reads
OF Inc heroism displayed In our Civil
war II will not lessen his pride or
| ey,iltant pleasure whether the hero
e. NJ,
| were Americans all What the charge
| of the Six Hundred under Cardigan
at Balaklaya is to the English youth.
| Picketts charge al Gettysburg Is and
ever will be to the American youth
What American bosoms will not swell
with pride and emotion at reading
| the history OF the last hours OF
| Stonewall Jackson As shot to death
upon the field OF battle, ne lay walt
ing for the final summons. he said
Tell General A. p Hill to move his
division rapidly to the front" and
then softly added wife. let us cross
over the River and sleep under the
trees"
And there are they whose patriot
ism, valor and endurance achieved
these grand results and who survived
The carnage Of battle? The lapse OF
forty years has sadly thinned theil
ranks, but many OF them are Still
with us, some filling high position,
of trust in both the political anc
business world, and all exhibiting tn.
highest quality of Republican citi
zenshlp, their ability to lay dowr
their arms and return to their usua
Iavocations without hesitation or re
gret
But what of the great army Of the
voiceless dead? Some sleep beneath
The shadow OF their homes. the sou
kept green and flowers upon theiI
graves tended by the hands of love
Some rest in those vast and beauti
iul cemeteries provided for them and
faithfully cared for by grateful
country. Some lie where they fell
upon southern fields covered only by
natures verdure, and natures breez
es as they whisper through the mag
nolia and palmetto leaves, each day
sing their requiem. Some rest be
meath sculptured monuments Others
fill unknown sepulchres. Alas! how
many! In tint ational Cemetery at
Cnalmetti near New Orleans there
are 1900 graves. upon the headstons
of each of which is inscribed I'm.
known u s Soldier"
| In Arlington, that most beautiful
| City Of the Dead" resting upon the
lovely banks of the Potomac, within
sight of the National Capitol, repose
the remains of the $1,000 soldier dead
and upon many thousand headstones
the visitor reads with sympathetic
awe the word Unknown" Upon one
massive granite sarcophagus is in
scribed, Beneath this stone repose
| the bones of two thousand one hun
bred and eleven unknown soldiers
gathered after the war from the fields
of Bull Run and the route to the Rap
pahannock. Their remains could not
be identified, but their names and
deaths are recorded In the archives
of the country and Its grateful citi-
zens nonor them as of their noble
~ In H.,