The Detroit times., 1917-06-20
hilities OF the commonwealth. ~
concluded as follows


concluded as follows
But We are especially proud o.
those deposits ~ liberty and self
government which " are issuing
without stint q other nations and
nstionalists who are dtng extension
work on the great house Of dsFn0c-
racy Freely We have received free
Is we are giving in response % all
OF these ante beilum appeals As
the prusSian shadow projects ITSELF
athvsrt our threshold. this mighty
and prissant nation rCuses itself like
strong man after sleep. u knows
II ~ with q nation as With an in
diviGual, he that would save his life
must lose IL.
Let ~ ali confess thar bioodless
devices for guaran teeing world peace
have failed utterly For long We
cherished the belief that the cross
had won the field or that the pen
or. these failing. the banks would
never permit the desolatinG arblta-
ment or the sword. Vain hopes all
Not by the sign % the cross the - IN
have we been able 10 lay the hi6eous
spectre OF PruSsian desDotism
There remains the sword as our
only reliance in our dealings with
the blaEpheuous pretenEions OF the
Teuton. and By ali the 500 hailowed
spaces OF the south baptized by
Michigan blrod 81 wears ago the
Wolverines viii not be FOUND want
ing IN this nohiesf - all crusades
one fair giory-fillef day ! elm bed
the sleeps OF Lookout mountain and
contemplated the rugged setting Of
the battle above the ciouds-the drst
serial engagement ~ American. war
fare. The smiling valley unfoided
below. tranquil and unlocked a spec
taclc Of neace. The reapers were
singing on that old battle ground
as they ERrnered the grain thar had
been growing in the burrows q the
There frinrinr the southern sky
was Mission Ridge. where the ffs-
venth Michigan infantry Tons etf
into the hurting death IN Septer1 Der
National cemetery recalling Scott =
arostrophe 10 the heroic desd
Soldiers rest--thy warfare DER
or hghtiug aeids dream thou no
But sl:ep the sleep that knows no
Moon ~ toll and nixht - breaking %
Then. in the bush - the fading
bloody field and read in nonur7entaI
srlendor the story Or how tre Fourth
Michigan cavalry held Reeds hrtdro
like Horatius ~ old. when the
the Chickamauga. how vaiiantly the
Thirteenth Michigan hattied az
Stonny River and how Battery A ~
the sF'irst Michigan artillery preferred
annihilation 20 tho surrender ~ itp
precious guns on that CORY ground
It's all glorious memory
7 said Impossible ~ repetition
And now resign as prophet
but renounce not 5ot o. title Of
the prudeful Joy 81 being native
son ~ superb state that shrsrk
from no sacrifice hair n century aro
and which fronts eager and unafrn iG
any vcquirenent the nations ~anse-
Grated adventure now puts upon her
The condition ~ Michigan sir ts
true blue whatever hetiSe-true hiu~
begotten ~ the lustro 81 her inland
sears. and n ever refuse 70 acclaim
her as the land ~ my birth may NV
tongue cieavc ~ the roof ~ rv
mouth and my right hand forget her
cunning
Aitho not scheduled 70 make
speech James T Kenna. president
81 the Peoples State bank. when
called upon By the POSTMASTER. re-
sponded in happy vein.
Patriotism was the keynote % the
dinner. beginning with The singing
of America" by the diners and fol