The Irish standard., 1912-06-01
PAYS HIGH TRIBUTE
IT. ~ Q|ER DEAD
20 >4Ea OO>
Hon. Daniel W. La. DiaI Stir
ring Decoration Da, b
at Duluth.
Compliments Heroism of Men of
Many Lands Who Have Fallen
for Their Country.
Says Memorial Day Orators Should
not Profane the Day With
Partisan Politics.

fdIuSdu EOl1llCS.
Hon. Danial w. Lawler Of st. Paul
who delivered the Memorial Day ad-
dress in Duluth May 80, said in part:
Mr.. President, Ladies and Gentlemen:
Another Memorial Day has come
and the greatest Of the Nations again
pays tribute to its best beloved living
and it's best beloved dead, the soldier
and sailor Of the Union Army. In
ten thousand cemeteries, on storied
field Of battle, in the streets and
squares Of mighty cities, are decked
today the graves Of those who fell,
with spring times fairest flowers and
fairer yet, with the flag they died to
save. On ocean, lake and river are
poured the floral tribute to the un-
known dead and America today
blesses those who have fallen, wheth-
or they sleep on land or in the sea.
Again q grateful people salutes the
living hefo and shows the world that
this Republic is not uugrateful. It
was a happy thought of the Grand
Army Of the Republic to select for
their memorial anniversary this beau
teoust time Of spring, when nature
ssinss4 Of youth and all >its priceless
wealth. The sacrifice which we meet
to commemorate is the sacrifice ten
dered by the youth Of the Republic
more than fifty years ago. In all his
tory sacred as we'll as secular the
highest form of sacrifice for praise
or Precipitation has been youth and
strength. In the Old Dispensation it
was the climax Of human suffering
'when it came to pass at midnight
that the Lord smote all the first born
in the land Of Egypt from the first
born Of Pharaoh that sat on his
throne unto the first born Of the cap
tive that was In the dungeon" and
in that olden time the sacrifice Of
youth was also the supreme test Of
obedience and submission, for Omnip-
otence itself proved the fidelity Of the
patriarch when it commanded him to
offer his only son whom he loved for
a burnt offering upon the mountain.
But after all, the loss and the sacri-
fee are to the survivors and not to
the fallen. Is there a comrade here
today who will describe as incom-
plete the career of those who died
more than fifty years ago? Is there
a comrade here today who does not
realize the glory and the immortal
tty of the soldier dead Of the Repub-
lie who shall live forever in the i'm
mortality of youth? To believe 9TH
erwise would be to rewrite the his
tory of the world, because the proud
est pages in the history Of all the
lands are those which tell of youth
and sacrifice. Is there today son or
daughter of France In all the world
who would strike from the history of
that people the martyrdom Of the
Maid of Orleans who braved the fires
Of martyrdom when nineteen years old
for King and Country? In the story
Of the struggle of Switzerland for lib
erty stands out the name of Andreas
Hofer, the gallant soldier Of the Tyr
ol, who for home and country gave up
his young life OH the scaffold of the
foreign invader. In all the splendid
names of 1relands martyrs for lib
erty the most beloved one is that OF
Robert Emmett, who faced a shame
full death without culver, though
young in years a man in achieve
ment; and in the busiest spot Of New
York stands to day the statue OF
Nathan Hale. who died when twenty
one years Of age regretting with his
last words that "he had but one life
to give to his country"
The Republic stoodA Alone.
The speaker emphasized the lesson
that was taught to America in the
early stages of the Civil War that the
salvation Of the Union depended on
Americans only and that but little
sympathy or aid was to be expected
from foreign powers. He narrated in
detail the position Of the rulers OF
England and France, distinguishing
between the rulers of those countries
Il and the people. The Sovereign o1