Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-30

owes to the Union soldier. There should
be nothing but cheers for the living and
tears for the h, dead YOU fought to pre-,
your children might have peace.
But 1t Is said that you did more.
want to repeat. that you were the de-
tenders OF humanity-the destroyers OF
prejudice-the breakers OF chains. and In
the name Of the future you slew the mon
ster OF your time. You finished what the
soldiers OF the republic commenced You
relighted the torch that fell from their
august hands and filled the world with
light. You kept our country on the map
of the world and our flag In heaven. You
rolled the stone from the sepulcher of
progress and left In Its stead nationality
and liberty.
while too much cannot be said In praise
of the Union soldier-ah, the American
soldier, there Is another side to the great
question that should never be forgotten
by the American people.
Wives and Daughters.
81 want to say one word for the loyal
women of my country. 1t is not In the
power of speech to tell of the privations
and sufferings of the wives and daugh-
ters of America during that four years or
rebellion Their influence for good can
not be measured. They were the rein
forced unseen army. They inspired cour-
age everywhere by word and deed and act.
They were in hospitals Of pain. They
administered the cup of cold water to the
parched lips of the dying soldier They
filled his heart with love and hope They
perfumed the air with kindness. They told
him of home-of loved ones They wrote
his letters. They filed his last hours with
peace. They dropped tear upon his
cheek They closed his eyes in death and
kissed the death damp from his brow. God
bless these noble women. living or dead
and their childreNs children throughout
the coming generationsi
cd nrly limo
during that terrible. protracted and
bloody conflict. No eulogy Is complete
without giving to the noble women of that
day the full need of praise OF duty Well
performed
The speaker pointed out that 1t was left
for the American republic to usher IN
new form of government for the world he
added that it was left for the adminlStra-
ton of William Mckinley and the brave
and patriotic soldiers of the Spanish war
To drive the last Spaniard, with his 4oo
years of cruelty and blood behind him, from
the western hemisphere forever. 1t was
left for William Mckinley to enlarge the
area of freedom-to stamp the Unlteu
States a world power, and advance
America in that industrial and commercial
supremacy that enables her to stand today
Mount Blanc among the nations or the
earth-grand, sovereign and free.
Col. Doan concluded his Grafton by say
ing: Let US be men. Let us arise above
the storm of human passion and. unaffect-
ed by its rage. realize in Its fullness that
all strife, all hatred, all wrong shall pan
ish before the onward march of freedom
millions battling for government OF the
people. for the people, by the people, anu
that under the crossed swords and locked
shields of American civilization, the north
and the south. the east and the west with
the isles of the sea and all nations clothed
with justice and mercy. shall meet In ever
lasting union ana KISS each othei III
peace
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