The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1913-06-03

fshness, they declared that all men
are equal before the law. and that
life. liberty and happiness is right
and not delegated privilege They
declared that those who govern Sc
cure their just rights from the consent
of the governed.
1t is a natural thing when one Is
oppressed to cry for justice.
But having founded a nation on
these principles, having created for
themselves the blessings Of self gov
ernment, they forgot that he who en-
slaves-they forgot that be who as
saults the rights and by forgetting The
rights OF a race brought heIe by force
and against it's WILL they left a thorn
10 the side of the nation which was
to tester aud grow till terrible civil
war resulted They left the seed Uf
disunion to their fellow man. AMI
strange as 1t may seem, nation
founded on PRINCIPLES of liberty, JUS
tioe. equality, a nation which declar-
ed as the fundamental law of the
land that ali men are created equal,
was but fifty years ago a slave hold
ing nation.
This cancer of the uations grew
and developed till at length the prin-
cipals of free government we're made
the issue of a great civil war Free
dom was on trial, the outcome in
doubt. The magnitude OF that
struggle we cannot today compFe
hend. The shackes we're at length
broken from the limbs OF four mil
lion bonded slaves, and the American
nation had learned that the triumph
of justice ls the only peace.
am not going to dwell On the
details of that war The pages If his
tory pre- too full of the imaginary
gl8Sl8S of battle aelds. aud tell just
too little about the magnificent
conquest of peace. But IN passing
l want tc say that the Grand Army Of
the Republic. of which we are so
proud, fought for pTincile different
from that Of any other great army
Roman armies fought TO enslaye
Alexander fought for territory; Napo
leon fought for glory and spoilation
- but the Grand Army Qfe., the Re-
public fought not TO er \but to
free-fought not for - ~
for conscience -foR s.e-\e b
troy, but to save mol o~es, "
but for a race of anoe aeea\ ~ Z
the true battle of freed
Because Of the vica ssq,. o6ly
won the sun today. as it goes from
Atlantic to the Pacific passes over
more happy homes than any other
nation 10 the world And today
in this time of peace, prosperity aud
plenty. because of the Grand Army
of the Republic, we can indeai Idir
with them and salute "a flag thaI
waves in the air of libe3ty.
My friends, If weref asked to d.
fine a great man 1 shoN Nld say, 1t
one who does much fd his fellow
man; one who lesseus thesSnlrows5
life; one who strews few flowers IL
the highway; one who plusks few
of the thorns; one swho dries tears
one who makes the world better b!
being here; and the one who doe
the most to iucreae the happiness o
Z bis fellow man, he should say is th
greatest man.
And without deteriorating from
the valor Of American soldiers,
want to say that there are others VIII
deserve as high place in the hall
of fame as the greatest soldier VIII
ever lived. Men who have created d
g much for mankind. Men who hav
, done as much for you aud me
j. Soldiers in a different kind of army
presume one who is about to an
dergo a surgical operation Is NOR
d grateful to the discoverer of ethe
Q and chloroform, than he is to th
Victor at New Orleans. The man VIII
T. discovered an anticeptic for smallpo
WIS a true benefactor Of bis fellow
q man.
IL Aud the pioneers Of inventions,
Ie medicine. 10 music, IN science, an
u arts, are among those who have sea
% tered q little sunshine on llfe's patti
j way. Men who labored to explain Il
B. mystefies of nature; men who solve
ls the science of the stars; men VII
have discovered cause aud cures fl
disease; men who have written goo
'u books; men who have MATERIAL
.e added to life's store house Of know
3 ledge aud comfort are among the trI
- soldiers in the battles OF mankind.
IL While but hfEy years ago this u
tiou was a slave holding nation,
60 also we're we slaves to the many bar
= ships Of life that have been oonque
ls ed by the soldiers of progress.
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