Arizona republican., 1916-05-31
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 .>~ MEMORIAL DAY ADDRESSES

Phoenix with new burst of pa triotism, turned out almost en masse yesterday morning to pay tribute and Sing paons of praise to those of the na uon's heroes who have passed beyond. Memorial Day yesterday, with the mur- dcrous strife across the water with hectic efforts to prepare tho nation dEalhst,a like catastrophe, and with a EoodlN portion of the city's young men on Inc border. ready to do their bit for lhelr country seemed to mean moro than in years past to the English HpeaNng portion of the populacc of ihoe'llE. There was far better out pour'rg of men, women and children. tha'I in years past.
 Those who assembled at the city city hall plaza to listen to the liter arS portion of the program, were aniply repaid. Col. James r. Lavin, and Hon. Thomas F. Campbell. were thc orators of the day Both arc speakers of the first water, and both distinguished themselves with their ef- forts yesterday. A coincidence of their talks was that. although Lavin is democrat and AIr. Campbell is a re- publican, both went deeply into the subject "Americanism." both agreeing that 1t was the most vital and inter- cstinS subject before the American people today, MT Campbell explain cd that "Amcrcanism" could not be exactly defined, but that the two terms Ltncolnism" and "Amercanism" were synormous.
 Plr. Campbell who is a speaker of commanding personality, held his au- diencc spell bound throughout his talk. He said in part as follows:
 Campbell on Americ7nin,
 After reviewing the History of the patriotic celebration in which Phoenix Nnd the whole nation was engaged, Hon. Thomas E. Campbell. of the state tax commission said:
 Tt has taken a great world war to rouse us to the real meaning of Me morial day. In the years of peace shis day has been deteriorating into personal rather than national one. t is a beautiful thing to find the graves of all our loved ones strevn with flowers but l wonder if many of us have not in our selfishness. come
 
 NoH thinking much today of the sol diers and sailors of '6l and '65? Are you thinking of this splendid nation cf ours tottcring then on a principle 'alculated to undermine it? Do you think of the heroes who made famous Bull Run and Manasses? Can you follow them through the flames of shiloh and again up the heights of Chattanooga? 2246 union graves in the battle of the Wilderness with 200 fol low ing at Spottsilvania; and for every union grave there was always one and sometimes more for the boys in gray. Do you dare think of the thousands "n botf sides killed in the battle of gettysburg, that awful battle that has gone down in history beside Woterloo l? That is what Memorial Day means.
 Friends. il is the day of tribute to nur nations sorrow, not of tribute to our own sorrow.
 Never in the history of the uni verse has there been a day of such monumental mourning as that which is npcn us now. Europe. one terrible graveyard. charnel house strewn not "nly with those already dead but raNnirg with outstretched arms for those who arc yet to be. victims of this awful Struggle is prostrate in grief
 We find ourselves in the delicate position of an example to the rest of The world. Our American republic has Leen phenomenal in it's growth Nhcrc else on the face of the earth c1n you find a scene of such stupen- dous and such raDid evolution of ad- Nancement No five centuries of the rrevious history Of mankind was SC Signahzed by the masterful achieve mant of intellect. of moral and phy.i- cal heroism- or Of material progress sion.
 True Americanism is q matter oi inc spirit. noth of birthplace or de. scent. Among the best Americans have ever known are and have beer men and women born in or neal where fathers were born in Germany Ireland, Scandinavian kingdoms ant other European countries. They sta nc on sn exact level with the America n, whose ancestors were here in colonia times. We arc all q part, of the same people and that spirit has moi changed since the days Of civil strif, when:
 "BriSades from tewns+-oach vilIag,
 sent its land
 German add Irish--cvery race anl faith ,s s There was no question then of nativ,
 land
 B"t-love the Flag and follow it tc
 death"
 Lincoln stood for all that was true he stood for all that was right: ht forgot himself for his country h, asked lis God to show him the righ way, and as he saw the right way through God, he pursued 1t and re gardless of what it might mean tc himself, he pursued it until he ran i doWn. In the present turmoil ant various crisis, We hear much O Airericanism and each will give vol different interpretation of the term If it were changed to Lincolnism there would be ro difference in th, interpretations.