The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1906-10-26

one of the ti4rcest wars of oil time
There came to Us then, as Christ o
Calvary, fiom the thlckets of heI
lucky and Illinois TO the hopeiu
liberty loving people of the counir
God gave TO Us the mighty divin'
Lincoln. applause
For the preservation OF TINS Unlo
two million seven hundred and sevent
eight thousand, marched in the rank
men who had planted their hopes i
this new country, and men who Wer
native born, and it was an army su
passing even that of Xarces. l sa
bows, because of that mighty army
> us. 600 we're under q years OF az
and l 500, GOO were under Is years o
age, and my friends 10000 were unde
! 10 years of age, and never were mel
called into life to render such Cigar
tic service. They served upon th'
battlefield uncomplainingly and III
seltishly, not questioning the reward
sn long as the Republic ord%ued by
God was maintained by men, uhmlno
full of the sacrifice as Of the cOmpensa
ton, they maintained the staud~ro OF
liberty, aud preserved the declaration
forever and it cost 100000 lives, ana
made over 400, coo weeping wives and
mothers ana daughters. 1t rendered
more than 60 900 manned for life VINO
died from the effects Of their WOUNDS.
1t cost this mighty holocaust to teach
our brothers Of the south, or southern
blood that they were wrong, WRONG
wrong in Conceptions, wrong III spirit,
and in conduct, and forever wrong
and the infamous Tlllman shall
never change one single letter Tor
that beautiful Constitution, for If it
is, we will not fail TO give them
another thrashing for it will come, as
certain as the War of the Rebellion
came unless they regard that Constl
tuition, that Thirteenth and -Four
tenth Amendment as sacred, as
the proclamation OF Emanci
patton, as sacred as the life Of Lincoln
as sacred as the AGO. 900 of our com
rades that gave their life on the field
of battle, as sacred as the tears Of
the weeping wives and mothers that
drenched this earth, and he who
attempts to disregard or alter any
part of it. as reasonable and damn
abe as the ones who fired on the flag
in 81 and 65. (ApplauSe.)
The men who preserved this
Republic were not passing incidents.
and they have now taken up the
burdens of life, and the reins of
built machinery, caused
the progress that has made this
Republic what it's to day.
They have crossed the Ono river,
gone beyond the Mississippi, beyond
che Rockies,
They crossed the prairles, as Of old.
Our fathers crossed the sea,
To make the west as they the east,
The homesteads of the free.
And this majestic CIVILIZATION Is due 10
the men of 81 and 65 who preserved
the Republic. They bullded eve
better than our fore fathers.
1t was the grand and godilke Jeffer
son who conceived that it was possible
Under the suggestion Of Napoleon Il
that In the discovery of this contl
leat might be found homes fOT ii
and he took advantage Of the
financial debts of Napolen the IA h
,r 18th. and made the Louisiana pur
,hase that made all this possible. anu
We developed it and made it what it S
1t the close of the Rebellion there
we're fifty miles of railroad west of the
Missouri river, today there are nil
ion where there was one prior to the
Rebellion. there is more production
f the soil, more mining the precious
minerals than there was In the
World prior to the war Of the Rebel
on, there is higher standard of
ivil zation every where than there
vas prior to the war Of the Rebellion.
III due to what? All due 10 the
mighty men who preserved the
Republic. Is 1T any wonder that the
men who participated in that mighty
are proud Of their active
net?
TO my mind there are no men who
al look upward to the sunlight Of
rod 10 the morning with more
ertain hope and greater satisfaction
n their accomplishment than can my
comrades, of the great Army Of the
the noblest army that ever
marched. 1t is not sacrilegious nor is
t irreverent in the least to compare
his mighty achievement with that
4 God who sacrificed his only son |
for the redemption of men