Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-05-26

been able Ia soc even di,nIy the
philosophy of events, u seems 10 ua
,here have been issues In human his
tory which could only bc settled By an
appeal 10 the God Of battles"
started thus under the gracious I'm :
Vor 0s 0ud. tho young giant az tho
West grew great and strong. becom-
ing the asylum for the oppressed OF
all lands
by and by "A cloud arose In the
southern sky. az first no larger than
mans hand. Only few farslRhtea
statesmen saw In Il the sign of the
coming whirlwlnd; but e grew larger
and blacker and from Il flashed Inc
lightning and rolled the thunder
Then. counsel compromise. conces-
sion poured forth the light OF hope In
the gathering gloom and stayed the
storm. but only FOR awhile II gath
cred again more luminous than be-
fore. Lincoln. patient. conservative.
conscientious did an that mortal could
to avert the storm.
Gould Il have been averted? There
are those who say Il could. But I
can not see how and az the same time
Keep tustic. right. honor and nation
ailty upon the Throne. Upon the
bursting of the storm ln the accession
of the South and the firing OF Con-
iederate shot and shell upon the stars
and stripes al Fort sumpter. war was
ON. And for the preservation OF the
Union. Lincoln called for men. Then,
"a .lsrl.
many waters. from Pine Tree state 10
Golden Gate. the answer came. I'VE
are coming Father Abraham. "a hun
dred thousand strong" And on you
came. and you did not cease Ia come.
until million strong; you marched
through the hell Of a quadrennian OF
battle, blood and death. Until seces-
sion WIS throttled. and four million
slaves We're forever free. and Old
GLORY again floated from the dome OF
every capital of every commonwealth
In the land and Liberty and Union,
twin daughters of redeemed nation.
became forever one and inseparable.
And when II WAS an over. the world
never hehold grander spectacle than
the breaking up OF the old guards.
les and their voluntary retiring to the
peaceful pursuits OF private life. dof-
fling the uniform and DOMINIC the
civilians garb. changing the musket
Tor the pen aud pillow. the hammer
and the hoe. the field of battle for
the farm, the shop. the store. the
forum and the pulpit
But they aid not all return. Alas. so
many OF the taires, OF the fair. the
iruesi of the true. aud the bravest OF
the brave, never came back. Mothers
and wives, sisters and swcethcarts
looked and longed for their return,
but looked and longed in vain. You.
my soldier friends left them In the
trenches In nameiess aud unnumbered
graves an over the Southland. there
10 await the trumpet OF God on the
morning OF the resurrection. Peace
10 their sacred dust, Tears To their
precious memory n Is right and
meet that we should assemble our
selves together In church. groves and
gTayeyards Co recount their virtues
ana To hear retold the heroic story,
"a reconsecrate ourselves to the unfln. |
shed task boaueathed Co us. that. un-
Ter God. our beloved nation may fui- |
~ her Provldcntial mission.
Because Of these facts these events |
IRE doubly precious TO as, the present |
md younger generation. We know /
hat peace hath her victories too. A. |
'ou aud your fallen comrades re- /
ieemed our country from the curse |
u slavery, so we who come after must |
cdeem her from the curse Of the |
lavory OF commerciallsm, from the /
urse of demagogism. from the slav-
ny at blind partlsnnship. from the /
lHVery al social and ecciesiHstiCHi /
'iaotry. that all men may be free In |
'ody. mind aud soul 10 work out their /
highest destiny
We. of the present generation. know
hat the only way we can show our
for what has been done
or US Is To continue the struggle
which has been begun until on the
'loodless fields Of peace we win bat
les az great 40 YOU have won on the
loody fields OF war wish to em-
hasixe a few OF the ways and dan
ers TO be met by us. your sons and
daughters. IN which we may best
onor the departed and living voter-
ms Of the war generation To whom we
re under the deepest obligation 10
10 our best.
We have a curve upon our nation
pday which Is as great aud damna-
he 10 cur government az slavery ever
'as, aud which holds more men In
ondagc than slavery ever did ! re-
pr To the liquor traffic The rum
over has organized 20 fasten itself
ermanently upon American ciVlllza-
lon. Il spends mi ions In order To
Increase its hold upon the throat OF
berty. II dictates terms Ia political
ariies, influences legislation. In 9TH
r words Il has gone into politics.
nus II has sought and secured the
'glslation Ut the traffic under which
claims protection IN the name OF
iaticc and law
Mythology informs us that when
be serpents OF the sea had strangied