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By these suggestions TIE 3eet &c owa
70 tho men buried here. Sho carried
On the successful sruEEI. ska, Fc-
suited ln the abolition of The raao.r
81 slavery aud wh!ch seemed Gao~AAs-
cable ssve by s9rh an awTai s1aaKA-
ter o: the brightest and hrzveas zaa
best 81 the nations youth snd mAa-
hood
i shall not stop 10 discuss whegh-
er Il m.ghg have been possible 20 ac-
oomplish the same great reforms ay
milder methods Whether that Be
true or act. the supreme Azcriaoa 90
these men wbo lie about -. IL The
cause Of advancing humanity ean
never b. lsssened or obseureA b. such
a suggestion. Bat the thought a.
which l would bu; hint this morning
Is that even ia the hAliowea presence
Of these dead whose ideals Of patriot
ISM and love OF their coautrymsu L
needed a war 10 make cYeriaatingiy
evident. we should abaie no effort
and should strain every nerve and
avail ourselves OF every honorable
possible device 10 avoid var In the
future
Il am not blind 10 the aid in Great
ing sturdy manhood that the military
discipline we see IN the standing arm
les OF Europe and In the regular army
Of this country furnishes. nor DO |
deny the incidental benefits that may
grow out OF the exigencies aad Sc
quelae of war. Bat when the books
are balanced the awful horrors OF
either internecine or international
strife far outweigh the benefits that
may be traced 10 IL.
Let US leave this beautiful city OF
the national dead, therefore. with the
deepest gratitude 10 the men whose
valorous deeds we celebrate and
whose memories We cherish, with the
tenderest appreciation of the value
of the examples they have set. but
with a determination in every way
possible consistent with honesty and
manly and national sels-restraint to
avoid the necessity for the display OF
that supreme self-sacrifiee that We
commemorate to-day In them
1t was not so long ago tho PresI-
dent said. when an Insult by one
man TO another In the same social
class could only be wiped out In blood
and il took more moral courage TO
avoid a duel than 10 fight But We
have progressed away from that idea.
he said.
"If that be true nov. Why may Il
not be true in the near future OF
nations? Why will IL not show more
patriotism and more love Of country
and TO submit 10 the arbitrament OF
a peaceful tribunal. than 10 subject
a whole people to the misery and suf-
fering and burden Of heavy cost OF
national war. however CLOSED over
by the excitement and ambitions and
glory OF successful conquest