The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-05-29

roe doctrine has been made effective +
IS IN this union that a new hone anr
new hght and a glorious day come:
70 the downtrOdden Cuban. It is II
IhiS union that We become the hardin,
gers OF justice and liberty to the PEG.
pies everywhere Thank God that out
u tnat bloody conflict IN which YOU
participated, men were constrained tC
accept this truth of union.
War lnstiIIed Love of Union.
An eminent statesman of this. coun-
| Try said some time ago. War Iegis-
| rates Sometimes councils are use
less and diplomacy is futile and the
/ appeal must be made to arms The
/ clVil war legislated union into the heart
| Ci TINS nation as nothing else could. It
| ala this successfully Go into the far
/ south land and see men vie with any
! IN the country IN their love for the
| union and in their loyalty for the one
/ nag Two days hence the white-haired
/ men WHO wore the grey will go out
ana gather the roses with which to
/ decorate the graves of those they once
called Yanks' in derision while they
remember that
The graves Of the dead with the grass
overgTOwn
Shall be the footstool of fbertv's
throne"
The spectacle which thrilled the
hearts or the hosts who held the great
parade at the dedication of the Military
park near Chattanooga some years ago
was not the dignitaries from the vari-
Gus states nor the presence in their
MIDST OF eminent representatives Of the
5eheial government. but q group Of old
men dressed in the beautiful confedev-
heroes nf
marching beneath the one peerless. en-
Diem OF the nation. Though the foot
steps OF progress may leave an imprint
OF blood they are ever pointed upward
tlNIlizatIOn has. sometimes. ridden ON
powder cart and virtue and blessing
and love have often been rcsurrected
from the bloody battlefield.
incident of Fraternity.
As we look at the past we are i'm
pressed with the herOism of those DAYS
OF struggle. We appreciate il i'm the
courage and the fighting ability Of both
the blue and the grey. The magnaDi-
NIFTY OF the soldier is impressive There
We're exceptions. of course. Anderson
vile and Libby were terrible eycpD-
uons, but the spirit Of the coutendfng
hoStS mas seldom been eqUaled in the
annals of the world. An Illustration
comes to me which was once given nv
n late secretary of the navy. tt was
III May. 1853 On the north bank of
the ttaDpahannOck lay the army of
me Fotomac opposite FredericIsb17rey
OH the south bank the army Of north
efn virginia Pickets talked and tr9da5
WIN each other At length orders were
gwen to prevent it After these or
'eiS were issued confederate officer
one DAY rode up suddenly on = federal
2eo't oIQ dam. Just as "A soldier with a
Wv AoTh paper IN hand neared the /
, Iio' ( Inc soldier stopped and was
'Dout 10 turn when the officer. pfsfoI /
h hand' compelled him to come /
ashore and told him he was y ]
p ~ ISoIier' The soldier pleaded /
- liie confederate piCkets who were /
=. esIII invited him 10 come over
Yes, said the officer. they yioIatod /
,fdeFS. and YOU violated orders v-bar /
GU came and you are my prisoner
Inc soldier was n big. manly fell
VW. out the tears came as he said
toionei. shoot me If YOU want tn
'uI lot 600 5 sake don't take me prie-
me- nave only been ia the army
ia weeks have never been i'm bat
re- II l am taken now my rer71tg
ION IS ruined. It will he said NJ bcT,,.s
nat ! deserted and can never clear
t UD' N''dI
The Confederate officer hesftated.
hen said.
W ell sir: YOU may go hack. bur
Oil You comrades that you are tho last
nan that VIII ever be allowed To- re
urn II he comes over 10 this side or
erS must be Obeyed'
Then this officer who had so storm
y SAID Orders must he obeved' rode
TdISht 10 his hrigadier and told him
~ Hdd dlSObeyed orders. and the. gen
raj when he heard the story said
on nave done right. ] would have
one the same
Gaines Mill, Fredericksburg. Chick
mag ia NlcksbUrC, Missionary RridCe /
and scores Of other hat
eneids testify every one of them IN /
ne spirit Of the men Of the north and Z
the south Their courage is an i'm
plTaton 10 every one who has the
,untTy < good DIT heart Their sac
h'eS are q warning TO nations and / .
zen everywhere that American Hber- / :
IS nave heen hallowed I'm death. In I
lat struggle was eXempIifipd the bioI, !
81 type Of heToiSm Thprnonviae
utzen and Waterloo were par5ITeIed
TINS mighty conflict. In hundreds
oatties during the civil war men
Inhibited valor equal to that seen !
any Of the bloody fields of history :
mere IS there nation possessing 4 :
80 WIN SutH iISIlTdTipDdI "a ir1rT
nat magnificent heritage vyo have
nat service we ought to render for
-e blessings we enjoy. What tboupbt
the problems which confront
in the throbbing present, We ouvbt
De attentive to the practical duties
clJllenShIp- We ought to give the /
81 service In the best manhood. Grave
obiemS confront us Our dangers
q not past. The Uercenarv snfrft is
iIl abroad We must be on orr e1Iard
81 the blood of patriots he shed i'm
I'M The best thought and the no
est service Is not alone the demand
religion, it IS the demand Of tho
CHEST and largest national life. Re
non Is no mere fire escape huns, ont 3
a back window in hell It's function &
also to quicken and stir the conn
: HoDleSt lime. Study the heritage
men has been given us. can the
mes Of the men VINO have made lI~
eat They are like drum beats to I
lcken the pulse Of patriotism.
Nation Produces Great Men. (
Dur songs. our dramas. our eIo- s.
HHce are insignificant in influence / Il
impaired to the thrilling names which q
We made us great. In the cODsteI- Il
ION Of statesmen where fq there 2 I 81
laNy comparable to that which held / sI
@ destinieS Of the nation during the EI
st ten years of the countrv's Dro- I'll
$50 Greece may boast of the bra7-- I'll