The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-04-27

effect on US than single dew drop
llas on the tides of the gulf. The lion
regards not the loud braying of long
earned donkey; the eagle scorns the
vulture below him and disdains the
hiss of the vile serpent as it craWts
through its filth and slime. So much
of the past; what of the future? Is
there a silver lining to the cloud that
has so long overshadowed su? viii
our foes ever have manhood to do
has so long overshadowed us? Will
wisdom, Justice and moderation so
guide the-"Old Ship Of State" that she
may be safely and securely anchored
to her moorings under the constitution,
as established by its founders? The
answer is in the future.
And man forget his brother man to
slay,"
If yea, then in this country
peace will hold her easy sway"
And thus proving ourselves greater
in peace than in war, We will truly
exclaim that this is still our country
Jealous, yet modest, innocent though
free. patient of toll, serene amidst
alarms; inflexible in faith, invincible
in arms If any, then an avenging
Nemesis will haunt the footsteps of
IuOS6 WIN NOuiu IOhSSl PiO StAo
from becoming the grandest, greatest
government on earth for curses, like
chickens, will come home to roost."
Tribute to Flag.
Clasping a Confederate flag to his
bosom, he continued:
Grand old flag! Typical of purity,
it never trailed in the dust nor was it
ever unfurled over an unrighteous
deed. Do we love it? Does the mother
love her tender babe as it fondly mes
ties in her arms? Does the smile
from it's dimpled cheek, the first word
Mama" from its cherry lips arouse
feelings and emotions which she can
not express. So does the sight of this
flag stir our hearts to their very
depths.
On many a hard fought field, against
overwhelming odds, mid sabre stroke
and bayonet thrust, when millions of
whistling minnie balls sung high alto
to the deep, death-dealing bars of the
artillery, we have seen it borne to vic.
tory. It's life though brief was bright,
brilliant and imperishable fame will
linger around its spotless folds as long
as true manhood and noble woman
hood shall dignity and ennoble life.
AS we furled it in honor, forty-five
years ago, so today we fold it stained
only by the blood Of its martyrs who
died to defend it.
Then let fate do her most, there are
relics of joy.
Bright scenes of the past, which she
cannot destroy;
Which come in the nighttime of sor-
row and care,
And bring back the features that joy
used to wear.
Long, long be our hearts with such
memories filed,
Like the vase in which roses have
once been distilled,
You may break, you may shatter the
vase, if you will,
But the scent Of the roses will cling to
it still
And as a diamond whose brilliancy
neither time nor age can dim is a dia-
mond forever, so will this flag and its
hallowed memories live in these hearts
until earth of US shall claim its dust.
Comrades, standing hard by the
echoless shores of time We fully real
ize that with US the evening shadows
of life are fast gathering in the west;
the frosts of more than three score
and ten years have whitened locks
that were once browner than the
robins breast, blacker than the raven 5
wing. Thus are we adomnished that
ere long at best we, too, must Join the
<ilanS maiarikE Of pRr comrades tHue