Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1905-06-01
IN MEMORY OF SOLDIERS
Who Died That the Nation Might
Live.
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Reading OF orders, Adjutant Shepard.
Prayer, Chaplain Hurd.
Song, Flag without One Stain, male quar-
tette.
Commanders address, G. spensley.
Lincoln's Gettysburg address, VIII Bohan.
Song, Tenting on the Old Camp Ground,
W. w. Hurd.
Roll Call OF the Dead, $. f. Shepard.
Response, j. G. Martin.
Decorating column with flags, by three
comrades
Presentation OF wreath for unknown dead,
by Corps President Mrs. william Treweek
Song, They Sleep In their Country's Blue,
male quartette.
Address, by Hon j. b. simpson.
Song, America. by audience.
Benediction, Chaplain Hurd.
The address OF the day, by Hon.
j. B. Simpson of Shullsburg, was
able, patriotic aud practical, and was
we'll delivered. 1t was listened to
with close attention by the large out
door audience, and called forth fire.
quent applause. Mr.. Simpson spoke
Of our holidays aud the reasons for
their observance, and of the noble
part which the soldiers of the civil
war had taken in the great struggle to
save the Union. Decoration day."
he said sis not day for lightsome
sport; not for booming of cannon;
not for thanksgiving, not for gifts of
friendship; not for good resolutions;
not for praising the great; but it is
day to humbly commemorate, with
fitting emblems, the death of those
who died with slavery that we might
live with liberty to learn from their
deeds the duty we owe our country,
and to teach our children that great
lesson of patriotism, which this day
affords" Passing on, the speaker
said of the soldier dead:
"They have died as patriots, but if
we, the living have not learned the
lesson, and have not taught the les
son, then we have not lived as patri-
OTIS. There is another patriotism than
that of war. 1t is the patriotism of
peace, which, too, has its victories.
| We of today must teach the citizens of
tomorrow the lesson of yesterday.
Let posterity learn that lesson, and
the necessities of the past will never
arise again. Teach them that the
battlefield is not the place for the de-
termination of dispute and that true
patriotism will ever avoid the car
mage and horrors of war. AS the
soldier of the SOS did his duty in war,
so should the young man do his
| Of |,
nation takes the lead of the world in
freedom and liberty, and that he be-
comes an active volunteer In the ranks
OF progress that will lead to the high
est perfection in law and govern
ment.
'The young man of today has the
same chance of success as did those
of fifty years ago; If there are more
competitors there are more avenues
to follow. The young man who has
no spirit of patriotism is as useless
as the lamp that gives no light. He
can be a knight of today as were
those who wore the armor centuries
ago. Let him be actuated by the
endeavor to do something for others,
and he will aid state and nation. To
be selfish is to be traitor. Only in
working for others more than self can
the highest honors be obtained. Love
for kindred brings you the happiness
Of home. Love for country and
fellowmen leads you along the path of
honor and glory, path that can be
traced from the White House back to
the log cabin of the rail splitter, back
to the mule tracks of the canal. The
road to honor is strewn with the
rewards of etfort-it is not strewn
with dice boxes, poker chips, cigar
stubs and whisky bottles. There is u
difference between the smoke of the
cannon and the smoke OF the cigarette,
the one denotes force, the other fool
ishness; the one displays power, the
other weakness; the one destroys the
life in front the other the mind
behind AS each star makes its part
of earth's ornament, as each small
violet does its part to make up the
honored wreathlet Of today, so each
small deed goes to make up that
character which may lead to any goal.
The young man must preserve and
guard for his children this country
and its laws as it has been preserved
by those whom today we honor. II is
DebbGI tldI Ilc CuGIlSn Tue sGeuS OI
patriotism, planted in the southern
battlefield, than that he cover with
flowers the graves of those who plant
ed, Let not erratic partyism tell you
that all wealth is criminals let no
riches create u class that would de-
priye any man OF his just rights
Remember that the law Is made for
the poor as we'll as the rich, but do
not forget that it is also made for the
rich as we'll rs the poor. He must
insist that each man has an equal
chance, and that each dollar has an
equal chance. He must see that
proper laws are made and proper men
are selected to enforce them. May
that day be FASTENED when the man
and the issue, and not the name of the
party, shall influence that great privi-
lege of American citizenship, the
ballot.
"Young woman, to you comes at
least an equal responsibility; time
has only widened your opportunity
for success. No vocation is barred
to you, and you may make your
individuality felt in every walk of
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