The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-05-31

fore us, that from these honOred dead
we take increased devotion to that
cause for which they gave the last
full measure OF devotion, that we here
highly resolve that these dead shall
not have died in vain, that this nation
under God shall have new birth of
freedom and that government of the
people by the people shall not perish
from the earth"
We must preserve, protect and ue-
fend these inestimable blessings, we
must help make it safe for democracy,
as president Wilson has splendidly
said, the world around The whole
clear Their is the eagles way; the
whole earth is the brave mans faith |
erlandi We must help to make tyr
amy in every land as insecure as
snow upon the volcanoes lip
The way for the French revolu-
ton of 1889 had been cleared curiOusly |
enough by the sword of Lafayette and |
the guns Of DeGrasse's fleet; just as
the revolution which these men came |
to assist George Washington in maxi !
ing effective had been prepared by |
the Puritan spirit which drove the
Pilgrims out Of England and inspired
the ranks of the CrOmwellian Iron |
sides. What is going on in the world |
today is merely the gathering impetus |
of the storm which shrieked over the !
barbados in France in 1898, which |
hurled King Charles standard from the |
armies of Wallenstein and lilly at
each others throats and which began |
its ravages according to ROSSeau when |
it first occurred to an individual to |
say Of something, This is mine" The
shot fired at Lexington in freedoms /
cause went reverberating round the
world and found its gigantic echoes /
on the banks of the Somme As the
centuries have passed by the struggle
has become more intelligent, what
men call mental, and any person can
see for himself what this means if
he will compare the sings of Uzz1ah
with the guns on the SOmme; or the
chariots of Sisera with the air ships
of count Zeppelin. And the 10 cent?
meter guns and the Zeppelins are only
superior to the sings and chariOts in
asmuch as they represent a greater de-
velopment of human thought. The
flags as they flutter on the autOmo-
biles or from the windows or on the
mast, speak of a unity in the cohorts
of freedom which is to some a dream
come true. They are UNFOLDING an
ideal which is stronger than treaty
of alliance. 1t has been well said;
AN alliance is a business matter
treaty is a business matter-cold
and without force"
Friendships such as we have found
need no alliance; no treaty Hit any
one of the three of us and see.
1t is a privilege in this crisis to
give to care and chance the keeping
of ones life in this mighty struggle
for the freedom of the entire human
race:
Whether on the scaffold high
Or in the battles van
The fittest place for man to die
Is where he dies for man."
The flag of our country as it floats
! in the unclaimed air typifies an ideal
and means and speaks in inarticulate
| wOrds"just what it means to him who
! looks.
This is the song that it perpetually
sings in my heart when I gaze upon
its starry folds: It's blue typifies the
vault of heaven, its stars placed there
by the infinite Father, there to for
ever stay and shine until the angel
shall stand triumphant with one
! foot on the land and one upon the sea
and declare that time shall be no
more It's stripe of white represents
and typifies republican institutions
| It's red typifies the record of my
cOuntry's history, its struggles, its
high hopes; its ideals; it's defeats and
victories. When L gaze upon it hear
! the reVeille of freedom sounded at
Lexington, 1 see Paul Revere on his
midnight ride, Nathaniel Hale and his
! youthful sacrifice, Warren pouring out
his lbation of blood at Bunker hill.
] am with Washington when he cross
es the Delaware at Trenton, 1 see the
blood on the gliStening snow
from the unshod feet at Valley Forge !;
/ am with the patient host at Sara
tOga and the Brandywine, l am with
Washington and Lafayette at York
town, l hear the boom of Paul Jones
guns as he wakes the echoes of the
English channel with the thunder of
his cannon and shouts of victory
hear the dying Lawrence with the
death battle in his throat gasp out
Don't give up the ship" 1 hear the
dauntless Perry shout I'VE have met
the enemy and they are ours" 1 am
with Taylor and Scott at Buena Vista
Cerra Gorda and Chepultalpec, and ]
see our starry banner waving in tri-
jumps over halls of the MOntezumas
! see the surrender of Vicksburg and
freed mississippi; am with
Sherman on his march to the
sea, with Grant at the bloody angle in
the Wilderness and hear him say al
Appomattox. Let us have peace" 1 see
the corporal at stiff attention as
he says, "Sir, the Maine is sinking,
and / know that the Eagle still keeps
watch over the uncOffined sailors OF
the Maine. 1 see Lieut.. Blue plungine
into the jungle to carry the word .tc
> Garcia" as he gazes with tear-dimmed
eyes upon our starry banner. 1 an
with Sampson and Schley as they pur-
sue the fleeing ships of Cervera anC
! see the black bones of his squadron
bleaching on the ipbOSnitabIe shores