The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1913-06-05

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year ago today Thousands of those who
heard the call to arms when Fo-t
Sumpter was fired upon have been
mustered out OF the ranks OF the liv-
ing.
you have done well to strew these
graves with beautiful flowers. which
are emblems of the virtues OF the
brave; yea the brave boys who wore
the blue and fought for liberty and
anion. and the boys who wore the
gray and fought just as braveiy for
what they honestly believed to be
right. and. with their antagonists on
the field OF Mars. stamped imperish-
able fame and honor on the American
soldiers name. We wisely call this
Memorial day. memory day. and may
IL ever remain a tender memory, for
there can be no greater day observed
in the chronicles OF American liberty
than that which brought to a culmina-
ton that four years OF frightful car
mage. when the flower OF southern
chivalry gave up its battle sword to
tho Silent Soldier at Appa,omax on
April sth. 1866.
We ought 10 do everything In our
power to keep green our sense Of
gratitude for what these citizen SOL
diers accomplished In the interest OF
human freedom. not only for them
selves and US. but likewise for th.I
very people against whom they fought.
even more than the black man him
self whose Ehackles were saIoosened
forever. II Is appropriate the; We
should stand today amid the tombs
OF the volunteer soldiers OF the nation
and pronounce on encomiums OF their
and their bravery. for In
these graves are written the history
Of the titanic struggle over the slav-
cry question half q century ago.
III is one OF the surprising phenom-
ena OF history that he who was the
center OF the furious storm that swept
over the land from 1861 to ise5 be-
came the most potent factor In Its
Our brothers OF the South
have come to see that the great heart
ed Lincoln amid the most pitiless
raging OF the storm meant the best he
knew and could do for both sections
Of the country. The great. the patient.
the resolved. the tender Lincoln has
become the hero no, only OF the North
alone. but the South as well. What
priceless thing Il Is to so be. 30 do
and 30 live that you unite. rather than
divide. and bind into brotherhood.
rather than separate.
The frztricldal strife OF a genera
lion ago Is changed into fraternai un-
lon: union that will last as long
as constitutional rights are respected
aud ''old Glory represents a eivilixa-
lion that shall refuse to grant special
privileges TO favored classes OF peo-
pie and shall refuse to consider cash
above character. Old soldiers. We
would this day express to you the
gratitude Of our hearts for what you
have accomplished for your country
Dur sentiments towards you are re-
nected In the words of Daniel Webs
Ter and dedicated TO Joseph Warren:
'wrhercsoever among us a heart shall
be found that shall beat to the trans
psrts of patriotism and liberty ifs
aspirations will be TO claim kindred to
Ihy spirit"
I'VE rejoice In a reunited nation
md pledge ourselves 10 keep the iires
brightly burning upon the altar of our
honor. 80 that Tho Star
spangled Banner forever shall wave
per the land OF the free and the home
,f the brave"