The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-05-31

fortress OF the brain and binds fast
the sentinels Of grief and care"
To the sport Of kings, to drill the
hearts and tense the muscles Of thou
sands OF breathless spectators, she
has given the wild tatto beat by the
flying hoofs Of Kentucky's thorough
breds as they flash like light beneath
the wire. To gladden. and glorify the
hearts of men we have given (when
we had toy the perfect, gracious, beau
tiful gift-the roses out of paradise
the women of Kentucky.
II there had been in all Kentucky
but one travail Of birth, and that in
miserable, pitible log cabin, but one
grooming love song to a babe held in
the hollow Of Mothers shoulder
and that mother, Nancy Hanks, and
that babe, Abraham Lincoln-this
birth alone would have been enough to
make every foot of Kentucky soil holy,
sacred ground forever.
In every struggle for our existence,
in every hour of our country's SUI
preme peril, from Bunker Hill to Cha
teau Thierry, Kentucky has kept step
and heartbeat with the Nation. In
the Revolution the long rifles of the
Kentuckians helped to circle Kings
Mountain with ring of fire. In 1912
they died at the melancholy Raisin".
and under gallant Richard Johnson
they found revenge at the battle of the
Thames.
AT New Orleans they stood by the
side of "Old Hickory" and with uner-
ring aim shot the redcoats where their
white belts crossed above their hearts
until they broke and fed. On the
lakes they furnished to victorious Per-
ry more than one-fourth of his COM
mand. 1t is almost unbelievable, but
true, that in the total casualties of
of this war Kentucky suffered more
than one-third In Mexico they sane
titled with their blood on the fields of
Cerro Gordo, Chapultepec, and san
culinary Buena Vista, where fell Nc.
Kee, young Harry Clay, and gallant
Kentucky furnished the commanders
-in-chief of both armies-Lincoln and
Davis-and to the two contending
hosts she gave more soldiers than
the total of her voters. Like plumed
knights to lead the hosts of battle
she gave Morgan and Wolford, Breck-
inridge and Rousseau, Kelly and Han
son, Duke and Adams, and at the
close she was the first State in the
Union. by legislative enactment. to
take back to her war-scarred breast
her children-no matter whether they
wore the Gray or the Blue.
In the greatest, and we pray God
it may be the last struggle for free,
dom, Kentucky, with unmixed 10y
atty, met every demand, filled every
quota and oversubscribed her share
of every Liberty Loan. Thank God
the old State glad, proudly made
the great sacrifice-iesh of her flesh,
bone Of her bone and core of her
hearts desire; she sent her sons to
meet like knights of old the great ad-
From the waters of the
she sent Howard Kinney
to die like an eagle above the clouds
for freedom. From the Bluegrass low
able Reuben Huthcraft to fill hero's
grave; from the proud city of Louis
vile worthy followers of her old Leg
ion, and to the role Of the heroic dead
she gave HUMPHREYS, noble-hearted
Charlie Gardner, gallant Rumler and
many another to find a grave in the
land of Lafayette.
On Fame's eternal camping ground
Their silent tents are spread,
Where glory guards with solemn
round
The bivouac of the dead
Tonight, thrilled with the memory |
Of our glorious traditions and the re-
of our deathless dead; in |
this hour consecrated by the men,
Dry Of Abraham Lincoln, let us solmn-
y rededicate ourselves to the service |
Of our State. Let us solemnly determ-
Inc that with the help of God the flu
ture Of Kentucky shall be worthy of |
her past. Let us highly resolve that |
our country shall have our full devo-
lion and the best service of our hearts
and hands. In this spirit we send our
greetings and divide our hearts with
he sister States of the Republic. And
Tor the welfare of all we devoutly
pray:
Lord of the universe! shield us and
guide us,
Trusting Thee always, through
shadow and SUM-
Thou hast united us, who shall divide
us?
Keep us, oh. keep us, the Many in
One!
Up with our banner bright,
sprinkled with starry light;
Spread Its fair emblem from noun
tain to shore;
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