Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-06-02
AMERICAS VET
ERAn SOLDIERS
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neither God or The Eternal Right ever
gives to any man or men, to order
men to MAIN and kill each other to
gratlfy their caprice or to gain the OBJ
Jects of their desire. These veteran
soldiers of the Union Army answered
the call of Abraham Lincoln whom
they respected as their president and
whom they recognized as their bro
ther man with his great tender heart
filled to, overfiowing with love for his
fellow countrymen and charged with
the fire of zeal for the establishment
of justice, right and freedom. They
fought for sacred principles; they
fought to stop the crime of slavery
within the boundaries of this land,
they fought to preserve and maintain
the greatest Republic on which the sun
of Heaven ever shown and they
fought that government of the people,
for the people and by the people
might not perish from the earth
They accomplished that for which
they fought and to their lasting honor
be it said when the task was done,
those who had not fallen in battle ex-
tended the hand of good fellowship
and fraternity to their vanquished
foemen and returned to their homes
to take up again the industries they
had dropped to respond to the call to
arms and to resume the fulfllment of
their duties as citizens.
When the story is told, as it often
should be, of what these veteran sol
diers have done let it not be forgotten
that they paid the price of the fifty
years Of peace which all the people
Of this nation have enjoyed, a peace
which has given to all, wonderful op-
portunity and unparalleled prosperity
They paid the price! Can that
price ever be measured in figures
Can it ever be told in words? Can
they ever be repaid by any thing OF
in anyway within the power of men?
;. America has not been slow in paw.
ing in the only way possible for mer
to pay such debt, by honoring the
: memory of those who have passed on
: and giving honor and care to the liv.
ing.
"The nation that holds in honorec
and affectionate remembrance the sol
: diers who braved even death for hel
will never lack for loyal devotion il
the day of her peril"
I wish to close with the words Of
General John A Logan in which ht
voices an appeal to which every true
American will heartily and cordially
respond:
AS oft as the 30th day of May re
turns with times annual round let {
grateful nation remember its dead anC
with floral offerings decorate tn,
tombs of its fallen heroes while tn,
dropping tear moistens the cold sot
that covers their sleeping dust.
To them we owe the liberty we en-
joy; to them we owe the preservation
of our institutions. And shall we no
hold them in grateful remembrance?
Let this beautiful custom be perpe
tuated until the day shall become hal
lowed in the history of freedom. I
carries with it the idea of our los
and the dear cost of liberty. It bring
!. fresh to mind the deeds of our cour
try's martyrs.
It keeps alive and warm the great
7 est principles for which our sires poul
. ed out their blood, on which our re
: public is based.
Let US do this which was asked b
valiant soldier and let US as we fac
: the great national questions which cor
t front US as citizens bear in mind tn
S lessons taught and the standards sc
e by the deeds of Americas Vetera
t Soldiers