Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-10
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TO tn. ,,ditor Hum1anity's Call:
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to ala il bringing ethers to .ns a w realisa haS s OF sle
f fmpsrI %is ow dSty Of our citizens. Having OF
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others on The com%ission viii get /" so MHe' rom rom
nave me @uI srSSaan r of men w ESen , in Russia far w., NE
triumph of democracy. ~
is az un,,sd s,stss. HoSinF :" peace s"s & AND i lovins
sirursie' esS: S Beloved Ger Sou n1Gw, 80 s,re emser ,s this s
sna no a%s r lGssI to The ss, Ifadershin o. sres,
heroic sacrifice wr r. pee TnrG # * EiN NeSia:
TO tho Esi Ss"t Of Tns rTS%d b b'.,styi
'"s hi n ,Se STATE 81 the Of nS viyg kf"'u sna ,se "S city 'io Of
ans'1sPssry 'o Of , Ree rr es" Grass z9a 'w sah'isaion
H it, 'h issues Umio OF n tha gsy the ndteGn;h STATE the
,ress'nsiy nnfortuna.e war obligations nov
!hs mtS S% the nees s'sifs" FOR the 0T Ta'5e f f9ys a an I'd
dior mat nave manifested themselves in days
d%sushtssrr OF the seH Mosher W Sat, not in lag a asb Ii q
rcsllzation OF her momcntous duty. and at the
present again takes heed: and am happy to
say mat she is working INCREASINGLY to main
tani ana establish the, same principles which
II was only through the delay of Virginia in
rccoEhlzinE the independence that the state
iailed 10 take her place along the side of the
thirteen original colonies. During her existence
as state. Kentucky has pla yed an important
par III the nations history. not only in peace.
put also IN war. In every war in which the
United states has been engaged. Kentucky has
nornc her share of the burden. In the War OF
iSlz II was largely through the ability of the
hentucky Sharpshooters that the important
battle Of New Orleans was won. which was vir-
tually the only victory OF the war. kcntuckians
Mexican War.
In the Civil War. the state declared her ncu-
one considers that a kentuckian was at the
head OF each government" Although Kentucky
TOOK neither side in the great conflict. she
nevertheless furnished her quota Of men. send
state Of Vermont and more to the southern
side than Georgia. II was a kentucEian who
first scaled the heights of Mount Chapultcpcc
and planted the United States flag on it's sum
mt; il Was q kentuckian.. Cassius NJ. Clay. who
lea the Abolit;onists III the South; it was our
Henry clay who postponed the civil War ten
years. and when the struggle at last came. it
was =; kentuckian who preserved the Union. I
could go on in many inches of type and
enunerate kentucky's illustrious men-"to-day
Is the beginning Of to-morrow"-will the Ken
tuckians now in Virginia and those abiding
WITHIN the cooling waves of the Blue Grass
take need of tomorrow that their names may
g." down IN HISTORY rerechoinS the immortal
day? MARY DAIRY EJTZ HI';:E
Richmond. June 2.