South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-05-30

OF the fallen soldier-the laureis OF d Coiii eue .
4 love- nations gratitude.
For four decades and this beautiful national
custom has been observed throughout the land Our
interest in it has not diminished Our gratitude to the
nations defenders has not waned
Tine haIlows but despite the fercer worldstruggle
of this hour it does horrors of that
terrific slaughter.
Time sobers but to us as reasonable men, it does not
lessen our gratitude for the soldier living or
the soldier dead.
1t is fitting on days this, watch the totter-
ing footsteps boys who the blue; their
numbers diminishing; their work nearly not alone
that we recall herdships Of their fighting days, but
the principles for they fought and reflect upon
the destiny of the Union which they saved to us.
We believe they would rather prefer this. The tor
lures of war they would rather forget and that the
whole that the battles Of the future
might become battles Of minds. not Of missiles not Of
swords but of prfncfpies,an undeveloped method Of
settling disputes. to which they. and those whose
graves they decorate, martyrs.
Pioneers these in bringing into fun recognition the
second great triune truths Of American history
and introducing third. which when fully estab-
iished promises to create the basic trinity the
worlds political destiny.
Tho first ideal of distinctive life in this world,
was 20 make part of the British empire
the good right of Englands king. For hundred
years and more. loyalty to England taught from
platform pulpit and but for the excessive tyranny
OF George his bigoted advisors finally provol-
ing remonstrance after remonsrance and then indie
pendence we might today a colony of Britain and
sending our boys &c fight for her the European
continent,
But the war OF independence over. and victory
for we must pass decade in sentence-the colonies
found themselves confronted by condition and
ominous mob of independent states had won a
freedom that likely prove a peril Naughty
pride. distinctions, religious bgoy, threat
a separation and dissolution and international
alliances OF great danger.
We owe great thanks to washington. Jefferson.
and Madison and Hamilton with of others who
conceiving the idea ndssouble union welded those
colonies together in grand fraternity of states
under the federal consutution-and the Union be
came the ideal OF our American life.
Union spells about all that there was to American
life from Washington to Lincoln, but meanwhile an
other question had arisen. Of the Union had
begun plead Hbertyliberty for all beneath the
Nag For thirty years the great debate re-
public n which every tenth slave had come
TO be a travesty within progressive minds
In the name Union. the of tradition
in the name commercialisn. and in the OF
the Bible religion sometimes the enslavement OF
the African in America was defended.
In the name of the Union, and in the name Of hu-
mainly. also sometimes the of the Bible and
/ Christianity IL condemned
The republic cannot remain half slave half free:
"a house divided against itself stand" the
warning the people by Lincoln. and Lincoln him
self at outbreak of the wrote Horace Greeley
that his purpose preserve destroy slavery
but to Unionand with that ideal before them
the arst two years Of the Great Rebellion fought
out BY the troops.
Could pathcs logic. poetry or eloquence. have con
verted southern and northern politicians
war would never occurred, but both deaf
the cry o liberty, the people were dumb-unti
Gettysburg wrote the radiant motto, Freedom for ALL