The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-05-31


are this day strewn while loving an
gels keep watch over their beds of
rest and peace
We are doing ourselves more hon.
or than we can possibly do those
whose deeds of heroism, self-sacrifice
and glorious victories are this day es-
pecially remembered and most fitting
Is and tenderly honored. We are ex-
pressing our abiding regard for those
that fought from Fort Sumter to APP
pomattoX, for those that fell in their
desire that the folds of Old Glory
might never grow less, and that the
cry or the eagle should ever be heard
IN every part Of this nation. We are
also expressing our belief in those
principles that throbbed in the heart
OF every patriotic son and daughter of
columbia. and that was expressed
during the years Of one of the most
stubbornly fought wars of which his
tory speaks.
And yet let it be remembered thai
america has never believed in war for
the mere sake of conflict Americana
however, have always believed in en-
oeaVoring to secure their own lust
riSntS and have none the less stood for
rlgnt ana justice as the common herit-
age or all men. And in nearly every
instance from the Revolutionary war
10 the Spanish-American war there has
peen some right or privilege or power
the days of bloody conflict, that has
meant the slaughter of splendid man
MOOD and want and sorrow at many
firesides.
War a Necessity.
But long before the stars fought
p hoe l.
necessity, and the soldier has been a
recognized force and factor in national
ana human progress So long as un-
righteous ambitions actuate men 90
long as colossal and uncircumcised
Philistines stalk defiantly at home or
abroad, Just so long will the bayonet
continue TO glisten and the cannon to
oeich forth rs stream OF destruction
and death.
Every nation has had its coura-
geous, loyal and fearless soldiers, and
IN some manner their deeds of herotsm
have been remembered and perpetuated
in song and story. The daring heroism
Of the Spartan is familiar to every
SchOOlbOy, the intrepid vaIor of Napo-
leon and Washington are unsurpassed.
the audaciouS bravery of Horatius
Coolies who opposed the entire army
OF Porsenna, and having withstod IL,
ultimately jumped into the Tiber and
escaped to the other side The con-
tinued fidelity of mortimer and south
men to the cause in which they be-
to the calls that came from a DOWN
trodden and suffering people, has given
TO the American soldier place sec
ond 10 none in the proud ranks among
the nations Of the earth. Why not2
They have dared, endured and died, not
only for THAR own country's veal, but
also that suffering men might enjoy
the blessings of liberty rather than to
ism.
Environments Delightful.
"Ours is delightful meeting this
morning Our environment is delight
full indeed beyond description. There
stand the glorious old mountains, the
silent sentinels Of the ages; over there
spreads out the valley of beauty and
fertility untold, while just beyOnd-ffcs-
and without a rival. Here we are in
the midst of friends and in the silent
city of our loved ones over whose
grassy beds flowers are strewn in
piciouS hour. Blessed moment. Every
American should hail with ever-in-
creasing delight and thanksgiving the
return of our own Decoration day.
TT serves to remind US Of unQues-
toned valor and unexcelled heroism.
1t serves TO remind US Of the yawning
of America was snatched before her
fatal and suicidal plunge into the abyss
of disintegration- 1t serves to remind
US OF the value of our heritage, If meas
up on the affairs of war. Noble lives
they-both mortimer and southmen-
NObler men never fell in battle. Better
blood never soaked the soil of any
country than that which was poured
out between Fort Sumpter and Apo
mattox. From 1861 to 1865 were days
that tried mems souls; that tested their
worth; that measured their patriotism
and determined their manhood. Love of
home and fireside doubtless inspired
II
to national life and national security
urged them on.
Government Is Supreme.
Two questions had arisen in this
new country that were of paramount
Importance. They must be settled, and
correctly settled. First, that the nation
is sovereign al the state is subject.
That the unit has no fundamental right
to break away s-om the brotherhood.
The federal COVE lInent is supreme,
and state government must not be in
conflict Herewith. II so, the state must
yield.
Involved in this principle of govern
ment was that one of which every
citizen of this government boasts and
for which they would again fight. to
wit. the sovereignty of the majority
Not that majorit'es are always NOR
ally right; but that for purposes of
growth and security. and the granting
to all the greatest amount OF freedom.
such form of government is the most
feasible and practicable thus far es-
tablish. And this principle OF govern
ment the loyal American is ever
ready to defend as a sacred heritage
received from the fathers, and there
fore worthy of transmission to their
children. The Union is sovereign. Ma
jorities must be the supreme power in
our government, else we go to pieces
Question of Slavery.
The second question was that of
slavery. Human slavery IS contrary to
the principles OF our government, life,
the pursuit of happiness and the teach
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