The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-06-01
NATIONS GRIEF
FOR BRAVE SONS
WAS AGAIN TOLD
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stand by you. our llow-countrymen. unit
And the oft-repeated message has gone bacl
from the North: Let by-gones be by-gones
We cherish no ill-will. The SCARF OF ciyi
dissension are but sacred memories. You have
no better friends than we
There h ample proof that something rea
lies beneath those words. When again the cal
fought side by side with the boys from tho
northern states in all the battles Of the Span.
ish-Amepican war. Brave young Bagiey oil
e Maas With His thi fat q
Brumby, OF Georgia. raised over Manila the
flag Of our own Dewey. and the memorial
service in New York. last year. honored South
and North alike for the sacrifice at Vera
Cruz. Two years ago the Blue and the Gray
encamped together. as friends upon the bloodi-
| est battlefield Of the war. ut Gettysburg. How
memorable July days Of so years before No
boom of cannon, except in reverent salute, no
| rattle OF musketry. no bayonet charges, no
carnage. no bloodshed; but everywhere over
those sacred acres, among the scores of mon
| unents which mark the positions of the vari-
| Gus troops in that awful three days battle.
fought on both sides, now arm in arm. in
peaceful reunion, relating their tales and Elk
changing Memories scene far more glorious
and affecting than the CORY charges of 80
years ago.
From Raleigh, N. c.. ON May rs, last year,
was printed in the papers Of the country the
following item: For the first time. In the
history of the national Decoration day. the
Confederate veterans from the North Carolina
soldiers home this year will attend the exer-
cises at the Union cemetery, headed by the
published last month. on the 50th anniversary
of Lincoln's death, | cut the following: Flags
ut haf-nlast in all sections of the union, In
honor OF Lincoln. show once again that wars
and the passions that make them and carry
them on, can be outgrown. There were hymns
of hate in the North and South so years ago.
as there are now in Germany and Great Brit
ain. but hymns and authors alike In obliv-
ion to-day"
Yes, the time has passed when we sloat over
the victories Of the Civil war. To-day, our
triumphant And our tears on this day Of
tender memory are not alone for the martyred
biue-ciad heroes, for we realize full well that
beneath the sod sleeps many a southern SOL
der, as noble best
To-day, at this moment. standing hand in
hand. in endless human chain. stretching |
nifcent chorus OF 100000 voices chants. in |
harmonious unison. My Country. It's of |
Thee" One flag floats in every state. that |
glorious emblem for which you men of the
brothers died: that beauteous banner which |
always has had star for every state. and
which. to-day, through your sacrifices, and the
blood poured out by your comrades in arms,
still has "a state for every star"
Az we leave this assembiage, as we bring
these exercises to close as we tread with
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oedeck with garlands the grassy resting places
II our bonored dead and as we take up again
,ur usual tasks. let us realize the full measure
u our country's debt to these true-hearted
patriots who kept all the stars In that blue
ield and the full meaning Of the fact that the
tripes run horizontal in every state to-day II
War In all about us. We prayerfully hope
may be honorabiy sverted from the United
,tates. but we all afraid our neutrality /
will be strained to the breaking point. before ,
he international conflict shall see its close
When that time comes II come 1t must and 1t 1
nay come soon. America shall give a good {
ceount of herself. and then to you, honored
eterans. who kept that America whole in J
hose days of internal stress, will be due an s
dded tribute of praise.
We of the present generations have much :
efore us. Just what one can foretelL $
Tut you. who wear the eonsecrated blue to- /
ay, have wel-nish finished your Isbors here ).
lost of your comrades already sleep in the
itadels Of silence. You fought a good fight /
nd you kept the faith. II as much can be
aid of us, so years hence, the future of our
ountw Is secure and all viii be we'll