Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-05-31
TOUCHING Tributes
PAID TO HEROES
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le9ge cf ths great esensx thar frsns
piEea in the elsll var. serve or uakht
10 serve. 10 make each of yoa a better.
. mere pstriossc mesnesr ~ soelsss
Yen are psyinx homage 20 soar
foreaesrs and comrades Who fsaghs
and dsed that the coaaiTy might lire:
thsa fhe rag might sani xsse essr nj
nnitsd people. I
coahiet Taught Lessona
THAT great eenrlrs taught many
lessons. one Of the greEtest a. shich
n patriotism. and In these later dsss
When she republic and the principles
sf iss founders. Is belng attacked and
undermined by misunderstood condE
tions. the call for patriotism xhaeh u
equal 10 that demanded by the cali 60
arms. is present ind upon as
~The incubation of that sense OF
narrlntic duty which refuses the very
Thought AZ the commission % q ~rons
In the execution of a public trust. or
4. the use Of that power which the
,aws az o.. country repose. shout
he-tn With the children In the pahlse
srhaol, n the nreside. ia the church
ana 10 MI our institutions where y
n,.nre citizen Of the republic receives
~. esneatIon which fits him for the
administration a. government. the.
nv 'ng Of laws and thar enforce
ment.
Stories N Pictures.
when those Of my are we're at.
teading the schools OF the country.
orr school books contained pictures
OF the deeds u the crest men u the
nation. Haetures make impressions
upoa thef owing mind of The souns
that psgss q printed matter or stories
told cannot produce.
III my judgment every school
house should have hung upon IL
walls, pictures 81 the great deeds IT,
war and IN civil life 81 the great men
az the nation. Gazing upon these pic
lures and told the stories OF the
greatness there displayed. creates an
impression upon the youthful mind
that speaks for right. for justice. for
honesty in the after years Of grown.
m manhood.
"Poifucai developments III this
country during the past decade are
showing how small IL the attention
Maid by the masses o. the people 20
those policies upon and under which
our government has grown TO its pre-
sent magnitude.
"Hasty may he considered the az
tion Of the congress In Its iegisia'
tive pronouncement controlling the
greatest Industrial enterprises OF AM
age Of the world, and yet the pre-
dominant factor In bringing about that
legislative consideration has been one
whose motives and ideals have been
set through that patriotic love Of
country and humanity.
/. Loyalty First Duty.
To-day, IN never before in the his
tory of U country, the American
citizen has duties TO perform. The
consequences belong to God Almighty,
"The first and greatest duty Of an
American citizen is loyalty. That 10y
atty Is not alone creditable when dis
played In time Of war. . IL Is equally
and well displayed In times Of peace
and civic administration.
"Then. o. ..ding here In the domain
OF the dead--as with loving hands
we scatter flowers upon the last rest,
ing place OF the heroic souls who
served their country well, even though
with sorrow We recall the days when
they took on that other life. do we
not rejoice that their everlasting re-
ward, for themselves and for posteri.
~, was a sense Of duty well perform.
ed. Let loyalty and patriotism be our
guiding stars In peace. as well as
war. Let that standard today droop'
ing In sweet memories and ~recollec.
lions OF fond ones passed beyond. to.
morrow unfnrled rom the mountain
heights Of freedom and set with the
stars OF national glory and greatness,
be a Joy and an i~nsDiration 70 the
youth OF the country"
Spoke extemporaneousiy. =:
Mr.. Larrazolo who followed Col
Twitchell. delivered a short address
extemporaneously. He was not intro
duced 10 the crowd. and began speak
ing az soon an the colonel had con
cluded. He said In part:
Humanity has a destiny 70 fulall
and everywhere there Is discenable
the hand or an nmnipotent Being d
the creation. Nations, like individuals
have a mission on this sarth. How =
this destiny TO be worked out by man !
Much OF It has been worked out witf
tears. sighs and bloodshed.
The speaker then took the liberties
of Enelishmen, beginning at the Mag
na Charta, and following the success
sion OF wars and political strife down
to our " civil war. He rave q.
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