The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1911-05-26

RdtUAh CJq broken column and n
ASAJg6ottH field Of graves, writes
ER2HkH6ZZA Edward w Thompson
In Boston Transcript. Men In Boston
told me not TO go. The place, these
acute critics said, was made rldlcu.
lous by multltudes OF preposterous
monuments. On may. after getting
safely out OF Boston. pity these crit.
les. For the field Of Gettysburg is a
most touching spectacle. noble, worth
travelling across oceans to see. as an
epitome Of the poetic. simple. good.
generous heart OF the American de.
mocracy. Every federal reglmental
line OF the three days OF July fighting
Is marked out by bronze tablets and
Tho immortal army OF northern Vlr.
ginia In placed In eternal position by
the government OF the reunited
states. oh. the wide clrcfed graves
Of the host Of indlstlnguishablo dead
tho little namolcss tablets for each
persisted soldierl one would coyet a
place there. so heroic II seemed to
have poured out life's blood for duty
without leaving even n name, save In
the aching hearts OF those who knew
that their beloved must lie among
the unrecognlzed slain Of Gettysburg
And what is name on any monu
mcnt or tablet Of that field? All the
Inscribed are nearly forgotten Visit.
ors ask about some hero very famous
In his time land mlne). who was
he?' In effect. the dead there are all
alike. essentially unnamed. becoming
quickly unrecognlzed. oven as the
winds OF night and the memories Of
war. And the wholly unnamed. when
the final roll call be sounded. shall
surely be as familiar as any 10 the
Judgment seat nor less applauded by
the shadowy hands Of heaven
There is art, and even great art ut
Gettysburg, rarely, In certain shafts
and bronze equestrian and standing
statues OF the marshals OF the hosts
that wero. But art Ia small, Insignia.
cant. conceited. a toy. diminished,
citined Idea. at Gettysburg. The grand.
natural spectacle and the sense Of
what they did here" reduce TO sort
obviously celebrate the heroes artis.
tically. Strangely proper seemed the
homelier stone figures OF horse. and
gun. aud man, devised lovingly by the
village stone cutter. he striving 80
valnly TO symbollze the man or the
regiment cherished In memory by IN,
humble folk who gave him his com.
mission after putting hard hand down
into poor pockets TO pay his little fee.
They saw In his queer work ali that
was lent TO IT'S outlines By Their vi.
sions Of past agony and tears. In
those almost absurd memorials Won
shall see the homoly. good. awkward.
poetic, loving American people II Won
look rightly II your heart derldos
them, better 10 away hastlly-and
drown yourself-as one devoid OF un.
derstanding. But first try TO get right.
That may be possible by gazing from
almost under Father Abraham's ng.
ure, high on the central shaft. toward
Seminary Ridge. Your mortal eyes
shall see the distant lengthy Blue
Ridge Hills. Your soul may behold. in.
visibly far, the delectable mountains.
where his spirit ranged for the i'm.
mortal address.
A days driving about tho grent
three days battlefield enables one 10
understand clearly what happened. II
was as II the Almighty. even as Ho.
mer understood him to be. had nod.
ded to fix lrreyocably. at the begin.
ming OF the fight, the doom o. lis ia
sue. II Is as he had said, two daya
shall the south triumph: every hour
OF that time shall the north, beaten.
Increase In strength; the valor OF the
vlctors OF the FIRST two days shall FIR.
resistlbly pound their foes into an i'm.
pregnable position: on the third day
will take away tho wisdom OF the
great leader OF the south: he shall
then reI'ire OF his soldiers deed
that mortal flesh and blood cannot
perform: and great shall be their
slaughter and their rout.' For, stand.
ing on Little Round Top. the Federal
left. viewing the ground 10 Culp's
Hills. where the blue right lay, Il an.
peers Incredible that n general 40
msfterly as Lee could have ordered
the third days charge unless he had
come under the doom, He whom the
gods wish to destroy they first make |
mad" That Pickett's. Longatreets.
Hills. Armsteads regiments should
have endured n whole mile OF hell. un. |
III their relies came to hand.to.hand
fighting, Is either an incredible thing.
or an unsurpassable instance OF hu. |
man courage, You could weep there
over the dream OF the charge and the |
carnage Yet Il IA all so strangely blest
TO US: r. J.. 8 gave the very tone OF
the memories;
We travelled in the print Of oldsn war.
Yet all the land was green.
And love We found, and peace
Where fire and war had been,
sword
No more the sword they WELD;
And. oh. how deep the corn
Along the battle neldi
Dost thou love life7 Then do not