Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-30

times. 1t stands. as does the war with
Spain. unia1e-h"th unselfish. Then we
should low those engaged in such con-
flicts for their unselfish spirit.
Resignation. bravery I'd faithful at
tention to duty are among the consti-
tuted virtues of the soldiers. without
which no glory is possible and no army
is respected. The soldiers firmness amid
reverSes Is more honorable than en-
thusiasm in success. His valor. courage
and service should be recompensed with
honor
Self-Sacrifice of Soldier.
They had that love of country that
spirit of enthusiasm. which carries with
1t Il sense of national honor. Selfish
motives have no place in the character
of the soldier. He leaves his property
his wife. his children. or 1t may he his
sweetheart perhaps never to return to
them. and with the spirit that prompts
him TO this sacrifice. believing that the
first duty man owes is 20 his country
he endures the hardships. Drivations
and dangers of the impending conflict.
When we look around us and study
the conditions of the present day we no.
tice and find that selfish motives have
sprung UP in our commonwealth. with
the spirit of entire disregard of the com
mon good or of the law or of the orderly
conduct of business. We are amazed to
think that all those lessons that have
been taught by the sacrifices made. by
the hardships and privations endured. by
the soldier in his support in unfolding the
law and constituted authority, have been
swept aside and forgotten. or if remem-
bered at all wholly ignored"
Long May It Wave"
Mr.. Wilson concluded his speech:
''Paraphrasing a paragraph from a
speech made by Daniel Webster, let me
IN fl.,t ha m
your eyes shall be turned to behold for
the last time this country and its people.
may your last lingering and longing
glance behold the gorgeous ensign of this
republic known and honored throughout
the earth. Still full. high advanced. its
arms and trophies streaming in its orlSl-
nal luster. not a stripe erased or polluted
nor a single star obsCuTed; everywhere
spread all over in characters of living life.
blazing on all its ample folds as they
float over the sea and over the land and
in every wind under the whole heavens.
that sentiment dear to every true Ameri-
can heart. Liberty and union forever, one
and inseparable.
B. j. Northcott Speaks.
An address was made by b. J. North
colt OF the Sons OF Veterans. He said
1.-The heroes whom we are met here
today to honor, because they gave the
last full measure of devotion to their
country, are worthy of all honor. not
simply because they died a glorious death.
but because that death was the browning
and eliminating event of a worthy and
noble life.
NC man can die the death of the right
eous unless ne leads the righteous life
No man can de the death of hero I'M
less life has been heroic
when we contemplate the death of
our heroes whose graves we have this
day strewn With flowers we do not feel
that such death was Il calamity. or an
unmitisated misfortune. Their lives and
death have set an example for patriots
and heroes to follow for all time to come.
I'VE believe that. while memory lasts.
humanity will be the better for the les
sons of patriotic devotion taught by the
example of the brave boys i'll blue who
are now sleeping in the windowless palace
of -est
Those boys. who constituted the great
majority of the army of the Union from
I'll to 6I. were the sons of comfortable
homes. who had everything to make life
desirable and their entry on military
lie was not to escape unhappy or un-
congenial surroundings. Their environ
ments. when The war of the rebellion
came in the spring of 1861. We're all that
could be desired. They had land of
material. social. religious and educational,
10 be found where peace, prosperity and
good government prevail.
The patriots of the land became ami
mated by the thought that unless the
Union could be preserved Fife for them
and theirs would not be worth living.
One People, One Nation.
Then came another call of Abraham
Lincoln for volunteers to fight for the
preservation of the Union and the MAIN
tenance Of its authority. The response
of our heroes was the great uprising o!
the patriots which filled the ranks of our
armies and insured the triumph of the
Union So that today instead of there
being two or more hostile nations within
our limits, we are one united, happy,
peaceful and prosperous people-
But those brave boys could not all live
To see the triumph of the cause so dear
to their hearts. Many are sleeping their
they gave the last full measure of devo-
ton to that cause
AS we are apt to prize most highly
what costs us most. we will ever hold
IN the highest esteem the national Union
preserved by their valor and consecrated
by their blood.
fhe services closed with the paying OF
Taps by the bugler and a alute by
the Boys Brigade. Rev. y H. Miller pro-
nounced benedictIon.