The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-04-27

the one upon the graves of the other,
| in recognition of duty performed to the
| fullest, to the DEATH This good fellow
ship was firmly cemented a few years
ago, when a common patriotism
aroused those who fought under the
Stars and Bars to rush to the front
in defense of our nag, flag equally
respected, honored and loved by those
who dwell upon the granite hills of
Vermont and those who live in the
orange groves and jessarnine clad wales
of Florida.
What a spectacle to do down the
ages! Here a Lee, there a Shafter,
on this side a Joe Wheeler, yonder
Chaffee-Americans erstwhile enemies,
hurting their legions at each other in
f1ercest battle. now. IN friendly emula-
tion, proudly defiantly carrying the Star
Spangled Banner amid dead and dy-
ing American soldiers, gathered from
all parts of our common country, up
to and over the breastworks bristling
with Spanish bayonets and flaming
with Spanish fire on the crest of San
Juan Fill.
A flag so much and so well loved
that it's flying in defiance aroused TO
wild enthusiasm the patriotism of our
navy. flag that IVES so sturdily up
held by that navy, composed of men
from every state that by reason of
the laundering guns of the chivalrous
Dewey on the Bay of Mantle and
those of that other heroic fighter,
Schley off Santiago. coupled with the
brilliant deeds OF Bagley, Wainwright,
Hobson and Evans reverberating
around the world, caused the crowned
heads of Europe TO sit uneasily upon
their thrones and startled all the world
to wondering at the young giant, the
United States of America, a United
States with no longer dividing line
between the North and the South. but
reunited. fraternai, grand. invincible.
The survivors of the soldiers who
wore the grey and those who wore the
blue, who magnificently, gloriously
fought for what they honestly and pa
triotically believed to be the right, now
elated by victory, now despairing in
defeat, yet ever ready to enter the
fight again on tomorrow, then to fight
to the death, should and will set an
example to the present and coming
generations, by intoxicating and ex-
hibiting a sincere and unreserved
friendship each for the other. Truly
brave men honor and respect other
brave men no matter how often nor
how seriously they may differ.
dead past bury its dead and obliterate
their deeds? Why deep alive the mem
DRY OF that past so filed with gloom,
untold misery and suffering, ravished
fields, burned homes. thousand upon
thousands OF wounded, dying and dead
The answer Is because we are human
and it is human nature to appreciate,
laud and applaud the good, the brave,
the noble, and no flag that ever waved
since the beginning of time was sup
ported by grander, a more heroic, a
more chivalric people than was the
flag of the Confederate States.
The war between the states practic-
ally ended at Appomattox, and with
its end, all thoughts of vengeance
should have been annihilated, but many
wounds. both physical and mental were
fresh and bleeding and time and a
better understanding were necessary to |
accomplish this. Now the accomplish |
ment is perfected and we all rejoice !
that loving husbands from the one /
side Of the bloody chasnn clasp In their |
arms loving wives from the other and |
that their children may, with pride, |
honor both.
The people who upheld the Union !
and those who defended the Lost I
Cause should understand and fully i
recognize that each defended what he !
believe to be right, that now, they
are citizens OF the United states, I
equals. socially and politically. with a !
common country to love and honor /
and a common flag to uphold and de- |
fend: with like hopes, aspirations and |
ambitions, and should not only feel |
but know that the North and South /
Joined in truly fraternal relations. |
with the antagonisms and sectional /
isms OF the past blotted out forever, |
will as a united nation not only take /
q foremost place among the mighty /
powers of the earth. but may without !
a foreboding or a tremor defy a world /
in arms.
Honor to Confederate soldiers, whose |
ashes lie in our cemeteries; unlimited. |
spontaneous honors be theirs, and may |
the spirit Of Robert E. Lee and of L.
S. Grant and those of the immortal /
hosts they led forever enjoy a COM |
mon happiness beneath the shades of /
the same trees across the river.-Yon-
der.
At the conclusion of his eloquent adj /
dress. Mr.. Semmes was heartily ap- |
plauded and congratulated by the old
so.diesr and others.
Mrs. r Pope Reese, president OF |
the United Daughters of the Confed-
eracy, then presented crosses OF honor |
to j. " Carter and J. y. Eubanks.
Mrs. Anita Osborn Benn then sang |