The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-06-06

Union, and that America might be uni
ted, these men have given their lives
In order that the world might be uni
ted.
"ThOse men gave their Ives in order
to secure the freedom of a nation.
These men have given theirs in order
to secure the freedom Of mankind, and
l look forward to an age when 1t will
be just as impossible to regret the re-
suits of their labor as it Is now
impossible to regret the results of the.
labor of those men who fought for the
union of the states. / look for the
time when every man who now puts
his counsel against the united service
of mankind under the league of ma
lions will be just as ashamed of it as
If he now regretted the union Of the
states.
Fight Final Battle for Right.
"You are aware, as 1 am aware, that
the airs of an older day are beginning
10 stir again, that the standards Of an
old order are trying to assert them
selves again. There is here and there
an attempt to insert into the counsel
Of statesmen the old reckoning Of sell
fishness and bargaining and national
advantage which were the roots of
this. war, and any man who counsels
these things advocates renewal Of
the sacrifice which these men have
made; for if this is not the final bat
tie for right, there will be another that
will be final.
LET these gentlemen who suppose
that it is possible for them to accom-
plish this return to an order of which
we are ashamed and that we are ready
to forget, realize they cannot accom-
plish it. The peoples of the world are
awake and the peoples Of the world
are in the saddle. Private counsels of
statesmen cannot now and cannot
hereafter determine the destinies Of
nations.
IF we are not the servants of the
opinion of mankind, we are of all men
the littlest, the most contemplate, the
least gifted with vision. If we do not
know courage, we cannot accomplish
our purpose, and this age is an age
which looks forward, not backward;
which rejects the standard of national
selfishness that once governed the
cOunSels of nations and demands that
they shall give way to new order of
things in which only the questions will
be, is it right? is it just?' Is it in
the interest of mankind?
"This is a challenge that no previ
Gus generation ever dared to give ear
to. So many things have happened and
they have happened so fast in the last
four years that do not think many Of
us realize what it Is that has hap
pened. Think how impossible it would
have been to get body of responsible
statesmen seriously to entertain the
idea of the organization of league Of
nations four years ago!
"And think of the change that has
taken place! I was told before came
to France that there would be confu
sion of counsels about this thing and
found unity of counsel. was told
that there would be opposition and l
found union Of action. I found the
statesmen with whom was about to
deal united In the idea that we must
have a league Of nations; that we
could not merely make a peace settle
ment and then leave 1t to make itself
effectual.
Spirits Not Buried With Bodies.
Ladies and gentlemen, we all be-
lieve, hope, that the spirits of these
men are not buried with their bones.
These spirits live. hope-I believe
that their spirits are present with us
at this hour. hope that I feel the
compulsion of their presence. hope
that realize the significance Of their
presence. Think, soldiers, Of those
comrades of yours who are gone. If
they were here, what would they say?
They would not remember what you
are talking about today. They would
remember America which they left
with their high hope and purpose.
And they would say:
"'Forget all the little circumstances
Of the day. Be ashamed of the jeal-
ousies that divide you. We command
you in the name Of those who, like
ourselves, have died to bring the coun.
sells Of men together, and we remind
you what America said she was born
for. She was born, she said, to show
mankind the way to liberty. She was
born to make this great gift common
gift. She was born to show men the
way Of experience by which they
might realize this gift and maintain 1t,
and we adjure you In the name Of all
the great traditions of America to
make yourselves soldiers now once for
all in this common cause where we
need wear no uniform except the uni
form Of the heart, clothing ourselves
with the principles Of right and say
ing to men everywhere, "You are our
brothers and we invite you into the
comradeship of liberty and peace"
Should Hear Mandates of Men.
"Let us go away hearing these un-
spoken mandates Of our dead COM
rades.
eff may speak a personal word, I
beg you to realize the compulsion that
I myself feel that I am under. BY the
Constitution Of our great country I
was the commander in chief Of these,
men. 1 advised the congress to declre
that state OF war existed. These
lads over here to die apparent omis-
sion). Shall Lean lever speak
word of counsel which is Inconsistent
with the assurances I CAV hem when