The Arvada enterprise., 1912-06-06

ly Our new government is founded on
exactly the opposite idea-its lounda-
tions are laid, it's cornerstone rests
upon the great truth that the negro is
not equal to the white man; that glay-
characterization to the superio!
race-is his natural and normal coudi-
ton"
In the North, during the great de-
bates between Stephen A. Douglas,
the Little Giant" and Abraham Lin
coin, the rail-splitter," Mr.. Douglas
propounded a series Of questions to
Mr.. Lincoln, among which was this:
"Do you believe that the black man
is the equal of the white MANI"
And MIR. Lincoln's reply was sue
Cinct and characteristic. 1t not on'y
completely answered the question, but
It answered Mr. Stephens contention
it expressed in few words the whole
Northern or abolitionist view OF the
matter. Mr.. Lincoln answered:
"In the right to eat the bread that
he has earned with the labor of his
own hands and by the sweat of his
brow. the black man is the equal OF
Judge Douglas, or any other man"
How clear and convincing are those
words to us today. Yet it cost our
country thousands and thousands Jf
lives, sacrificed upon the altar of Lib
erty the braVest and the best; millions
and millions of treasure, and untold
agony and sufferings-wi widows and or
phans and the homes made desolate,
to establish the fact that no man can
enslave another and himself be free;
to make apparent that while the slave
is ironed and fettered the master Is
just as securely bound to the other
end Of the chain. The boys in blue
breathed into the Declaration Of In
dependence the breath of life. With
the point of the sword they wrote in
blood, so that all men and all nations
may read and understand ALL MEN
ARE CREATED EQUAL, not equal
Intellectually, not equal socially, not
equal morally, but equality under the
law.
And only a short time ago the
American people declared that they
would not only forbid slavery in
America, but that they would not al
low Spain to starve and murder de
fenseless women and children at our
doors. In that short conflict General
Joe Wheeler, in a blue uniform,
fought side by side with General Law
tom Fitzhugh Lee was on the staff of
General Fred Grant; George Dewey, a
Yank from Vermont, victor in Manila
bay; Winfield Scott Schley of Mary
; land, at Santiago, flying from the
masthead of the Brooklyn There is
glory enough for all We have in
very truth one country, one flag, one
Union, now and forever one and in
separable.
The Civil war was won by the vol,
unteers. 1t was the most remarkable
army since the days of Peter the Her
nit; recruited, drilled and seasoned,
they were soldiers in war; in peace,
they were again the mechanic and the
artisan; the teacher and the preach er.
lie us profit by their example and say
with the poet:
Lives OF great men all remind us
, We can make our lives sublime
| And departing, leave behind us
F., Footsteps uh The sands Of time.
"Footprints that perhaps another
. Sailing Ger life's stormy main
Some forlorn and fuotsOre brother
Seeing, may take heart again"
Soldiers, you are about to start up.
on a long jourEey-a march toward
the setting sun. The trail is well
beaten; the landmarks are easily dis
cernible; the goal is certain, the re.
B suit inevitable. For you, who climbed
the flame-swept hill at Lookout, the
order to charge has been given for
the last time; you who marched with
Sherman to the sea, have shouldergd
arms forever; you, who rode with
Sheridan in the Valley of the Shenan.
doah, will ride alone through the Val
ley of the Shadow OF Death, but you
will be unafraid you who stood with
Pap Thomas, the Rock of Chick1-
mauga; who served the guns with liz
tie Mac at Antietam; who s'ormol
with Burnside the stone wall a;
fredericksburg; you, who held on that
gray April Sunday the broken line At
Shiloh; who planted on the Fourth
Of July Old Glory upon the ramparts
of Vicksburg, you, who buried back
Picketts charge mp the slope auI
held with Hancock the bloody angle a.
! Gettysburg YOU to whose ears was
music the voices OF the captains an
j the shoutnE-you are going to fight
d the last fight, but no cannon will
roar and for once you are going TO
lose the battle; you, who never sur
rendered must at last strike your col.
ors You will be defeated--but you
{ will not leave the field My friends, !
know you will meet this enemy brave.
ly-thls enemy in the West-just as
% you met another zoe under southern
skies, just as your younger comrIdc-
in arms met them upon foreign
B shorc-with your face TO the front
P You are going 20 say with brave old
Admiral FarraEut. 81 am GOING into
Mobile bay in the morning, II God f.