Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-06-01
Governor Pays GtoWing
Tribute to Blue and Gray

uufI the enewg WAS routed or until
the advancing columns met vith such
stubborn resistance. that il was i'm
possible Tor the men - 10 further.
1T was au awful siEnl - sec the
4 ground covered with dead and wound
ed. 10 hear the piilful cries ~ the
wounded for water and assistance.
Sometime some wounded soldier
when Supported bp tNe arm 70 "a com
rade - that Do might take 2 drink
Iuf water 10 relieve the agony which be
suffered from thirst Hlth glazed eyes.
would speeak ~ hts mother or az his
sw eetheari in some FAR or town -
cliy. and ask his comrade a. tell them
that he thought ~ them hen dying
ana that DE WAS ready e. die for his
nag ln Sire defense ~ his country.
Some 70 fou men maE have had.
TIRE misfortune ~ have been captured,
uu8 perhaps for months weFe c0nfin-
GOVERNOR PAYS-TW0 TOO To
ed in f8bbey prison or within the
stpt kade 81 Andcrsontiile. Il amy 81
you were sou can describe 70 your
comrades. while seated around your
amp fire. the real horrors ~ war.
Nor do the sailors deserve less
credit for hat they did than the sol
dierH. many ~ them were for months
on the ~bieckadiug fleets. With an the
cnnui that that entailed. They fought
the first battle between iron clad
ships at Fortress Monroe. The Mont
tor and the Mcrrifnac were the pre-
cursors ~ the modern battieshipH The
IDEAS embodied in them have been ex-
banded and exemplined and the pres
ent terrible fighting machines now
aflo8t IS tho result Of such expansion
and ampuNcaiion.
"ff ever we ara called upon 90 use
them ln the defense 81 our country !
feel sure hat both the men OF the
north and tho south viii respond as
readily to the call Tor arms. and fight
aR t%allantly as they did against each
other
Each side hpd its great command
cra. Tie name Df Grant, sherman
sheridan VIII go down to history
coupled with tho names Of Lee, stone
wall Jackson and Longstreet. all Of
these ana countless others were great
ana good men, battling for the right
as they saw H. None of them would
have drawn their swords 10 support
"a cauae which they did not believe %
be- just
"The war " over Tire great sec-
tioue Of our common country have
been drawn together again. Swords
been beaten INTO pruning hooks,
ana riffs barrels into plosYshares. We
are again brothers. and the great
common people are reads 10 fight as
one man, for the preservation Of the
q MON. and 70 keep our flag the cm-
blcm Of = reunited nation unsullicd.
Never before, W for ar disclosed
By the pages Of history. have people,
50 soon after the close Of a B%iHatuic
war. come together and become a re-
united people Nowhere else does the
spectacle exist Of those who fought
zach other. coming together and joint
w making and Interpreting laws for
.hc common government 1t Is strange
indeed - sec 10 the halls Of congress
those who wore the bin and those
who w0re the grav. making laws 70
govern q reunited country. God works
n G. mysterious WAY His wonders 20
perform. M He had some good and
leufffeient reason Tor %pluugiug the
nation into war. Perhaps 1t was that
might realize our strength. and be
ibir to throw n into the scale when
arise between nations. 50 that
Justice might be melted ont with am
hand the weak protected, and
mankind As "a whole uplitted and made
lcttor.
"Our nation went through the dread
of "a which rs The greatest
90 which a nation can be submit
and came u purified aud better
or the conflict ana today if left 10
fair vote. ] do not believe that any
would vote FOR secession or dis
tuition or the union.
et.et us then today las "a flower up- +.
,n the grave OF every departed hero, /
whether he wore the blue or the gray
upon each grave which contains
lac unknown hero and let us also re-
to mind, our fathers, mothers,
,rothcrs. sisters, relatives and friends
Who have gone before the great un- f.,
snnKu, ana rcVcrcntly place upon b,
aleh mound that marks their last i
place. some Matchmaking
lower. the scent of which may Ike
ascend o. heaven. So that our
'reator may know that we think of
hose who are gone. u that we hope |
day "a pc reunited with them in |
he Kingdom uf heaven.