Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1914-06-06
HONOR THE NATIONS DEAD
MEMORIAL DAY ADDRESS DELIVERED BY
MRS. |. B. GREEN AT MOUNTAIN
HOME MAY 80

sredu WAITS, conuDclS WnlcM We're nigh
i eous and necessary, the first for iii
erty for ourselves, the second for th
liberty of q million slaves under on
flag. Because these We're fought fo
liberty, We regard 1t as glorious to b
descendants of the men who too
part in these struggles. We are nc
proud simply because they fought, W
are proud because they fought for
principle that Is dearer to humanit,
than life. These men whose memorle
We honor today, gave us our country
1t IS now our auly to see that W.
make and keep this country worth,
OF the men VINO saved 1t. Peace hat
rs YIclorles no less than war;" au(
40 man needs to 30 to war TO be a
aero or to serve his country. II may
require tar more patriotism TO live
lor one country than TO die for her
ine cheerful sacrifice OF the things
mat make life worth living, the cage
endurance OF things far worse THAI
Ies.h, are not tnose patriotism? Life
and the pursuit OF happiness are some
% the great sacrifices which patriots
aaVe made to make their country pei
lect. But everything done or renounc
10 make her perfect must recognize
that she Is not project yet; and what
Our country chiefly calls on us for. Ia
lot mighty eXertlons and sacrltlc es
out those particular ones, small or
great, winch shall do her good and
.iot harm. That her commerce shoul
"n.ten every sea, mat her SOIL snou.i
Jie-d freely vese'able and minerl
"eaAh; That she should be dotted
With peaceful homes; that her cites
shouid be adorned with all that Is
5ior.ous In art; that famine and poy
erty and plague and crime should be-
fought with all the united energy of
nand and heart; that historians and
Ioets and orators should continue to-
make her big achievements and
.n4gnty aims known to all her child
.en and to all the world; that the
oppressed of every land may find re-
-uge within her borders; that she
may stand before her sister nations
loved and nonored; these are common
Places, PERHAPS, but does not their
accomplishment require high and pat
rlotic endeayor?
Granting that war Is sometimes
necessary; If it is ever engaged In
OR any cause less than necessary it,
IS wrong, and the country Is wrong
hat engages in 1t. In every war
'ne nation must be I'M the wrong, and
generally both are, and If our coun.
ny is In the wrong it Is our duty as
PATRIOTS to say so, and not support
he country we love in a wrong be-
'ause our countrymen have involved
Ter in 1t. OF late we have heard q
,reat deal about possible war with
dexico. Many newspaper writer's,
Who have no desire to fight, them
elves, except on paper, are very an
ous for the United States to exercise
IS authority in Mexico. 1t is to be
oped that We will not permit our
elves to be drawn into so inexcusable
war, no matter what the result
the present peace negotiations may
In times past human life was held
cry lightly. Men killed each other
the throwing down of a glove, and
allied it defending their honor
or did it ever seem TO occur to them
nat under such perverted system,
le fellow with the best pistol arm
r the most Drawn always had all the
honor" Nations went to war over
le possession of few square miles
{ land, and cared nothing for the
len who were butchered or the
ONES that were wrecked In gaining
vat additional territory. Our own
is far from white in that
gard. When we consider that
exas was torn from Mexico without
shadow of just excuse on our part .
e begin to understand why all the
'uth American and Central Ameri-
N states, as well as Mexico itself, r
we always looked with suspicion up-,
our protestations of disinterested ;.
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