The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1911-06-16

his great wealth is bcncfting mankind.
There will always be North; there
will always tie Il South; there will al.
ways be an East, and there will always
be a West. But we are now one com
mon country, and will always stand as
band of brothers; and never again
Will any man or set Of men ever under.
take to dlSrpt or impair this, the
best, greatest and finest government
the world has ever known. And You.
Union soldiers, here today, should feel
pride in the part you took to make it so.
But why should not the Union soldier
feel proud? You won victory over
as brave as true, noble and courageous
a people as ever inhabited this universe.
1t required brave and gallant men to
win such victory. The late war with
Spain, called by some "the tin-horn
war; has settled for all time that
blood and tears will never again be
shed in fratricidal strife in these Unit
ed States of America.
When General FtzHugh Lee and
General Joe Wheeler crossed the river
of life clad in the uniform of the Unit
ed States, the people of the South in
dorsed their course and will ever honor
their memory.
While we honor the memory of the
Union soldier here today, let us not
forget that there sleeps in this beauti-
full little cemetery gallant soldier of
another great war, whose memory we
will honor and whose name we will
never forget | refer to the late
James Austin, who was gallant SOL
der in the Mexican war. trust yon
will pardon me for referring to the
present Mexican war and Francisco |.
Madero, Jr., who has just won for
Mexico what Washington did for the
colonies. When the true history of
that great country is written, MaderO
will be known and called the Washing
ton of Mexico. If the reports in the
newspapers be true, and they have
never been denied or even questioned,
Madero is the most human and gener-
Gus victor known to history, with the
single exception of General U. 5. Grant
When Grant refused the sword of Lee.
and told his ragged and barefooted
soldiers to keep their horses as they
would need them on their return TO
their homes, this act alone Will ever
cause the Southern people to honor his
name and revere his memery.
The assassination of President Lin.
coin was the greatest blow that could
have struck the South, and the South
ern people, fifty years since his hirst
inaugural address, now see what they
could not see hem, that Lincoln was
their friend and the name of Lincoln
is honored today by all Americans as
second only to Washington y.
| want to thank the members OF
Kirk Post No. l3 of the Grand Army OF
the Republic for the kind invitation eX-
tended me, and | only regret that am
not able to do you or your cause JUS
tice. for no orator, however eloquent,
and no artist, hswever, great, can tell
or paint in their true light the great
victories you gained and the great
YOU saved. | have never
heen invited to speak on any occasion
or on any subject without paying my
RESPECTS to the ladies'. Your presence,
whether in war or peace, always brings
cheer to the hearts and smiles to the
faces of men. and should kind Provl-
dence permit me to reach that age in
life. known as the bachelor age, ana
continue to allow me to speak, | Wouiu
always say God bless the ladies': Would
that nv heart were Il wreath Of flowers
| would willingly pluck it from my
bosom and humbIy east it at your Feet
and | hope that You will not become
offended when | say that the fora OF
our Southern cline is more gorgeous
and yaricpatcd, but occasionally there
springs up in the cold regions OF th'
North a flower Of as delicate aperture
as any within the tropics. ...;o.
Tthank You for your kind attention