The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-05-31
VIM. H. +, CURTIS IN ABLE MEMORIAL
ADDRESS At PENINSULA GENE Terry

the wars ever fought by III" American
people should 3c r"v"rcnc"d next ~
that of the cross. for il ia TN" Oh" en-
hlcm in all Gods universe that stands
for riis fathcrhOud and tn" hr"th"rhood
of man There arc other banners That
hodge about tho divinity nt kings. put
ours, thank God, proclaim the dlflnlty Oh
men.
Yes. we should reverence II, because
il comes down to us through Elori-
Gus past Of peace AZ well as oil war. IL
is made glorious in legend and tradition
IN four famous wars for liberty and
union. and two for humanity at large.
And We predicted that in that second
Humanitarian war that our flag would
be victorious as il had ever been IN all
the wars ever fought by tho American
people srnc" the landing of III" Pilgrim
Fathers. And our predictions come true.
Our Nation Greatest.
Our NatIuu--the greatest in the tdc
Of timr-has. say without fear OF
contradiction. the greatest banner 'hat
ever spread it's cOlors under any SKY.
For since II was first flung 10 the
hrCczc at Princeton, and first unlurleu
above tho buttlc-dcck where the peerless
Paul Jones commanded. and above the
army where the peerless |. :. Grant
commanded. and nj San Juan hill where
the intr, pid Teddy Roosevelt commahn-
cd. down to this very hour. every othcr
banner lifted up against it. has been
hauled down in disgrace and dctcat.
And our Yankcc boys made no cNccp-
ton TO that general rule with the en-
blcm of tho bnaStcd imperial govern
ment of Germany.
And il our boys had not won that
victory. what do you think would nave
happened in this country, ] Will tell
Won what I think-that everything Am
orleans can boast Of would have been
Eonc-your wealth. your property ana
what is dcarcr. nearer. swceter IMAM
all tho wealth OF Crocsus. Rockcfeller
or a Morgan would have been gone per-
hans never TO rcturn-our democracy.
And now I wonder what tho Union
veteran Of the Civil War had 10 do with
the great conflict just ended. Where
did they figure in tie great world war?
7 will toll you where. Had tn" Union
veterans of tho Civil War allowed II
to he terminated differently from what
il was VIC would have had in this coun-
try n southern Confcdcracy, northern
confcdcIaCy and no doubt an eastern
and a western confcdrracy. And Hlll'
tho kaiser. with his it'll" old submarine
neut schland and few dozen IcppciihS
could have come over here and captured
the whole darn"d bunch of little con-
fsdcraCics in six months time.
Do you think tho kaiser had any idea
Of invading this country? When in the
Zrnith Of his power; when he hchcNoo
he was going 10 conquer tho world; long
before we over entered the war. h" Sald
70 Amha ssador Gerard. After this war
7 intend to stand for no nons"nS" from
America" TIL" kind Of "nonsens" Blli
had to eventually stand for from Amer
lea was little dreamed Of when he made
that remark.
The Beasts Mistake.
The biggest mistake that old R"aS'
Of Berlin ever made IN all his unhnllow-
"a life was when h" kicked tncf" sam
mel on tho shns. For our uncle Will
stand for no nonsense Tx" that.
Yes. my friends il was through inc
services and sacrifices Of th"s" mon
here today. and tho thousand tens OF
thousands Of their comrades who arc
sleeping IN crasS-g grown graves. scat
tered all over this country from IN"
great inland seas on the north To tn"
gulC-many of whose graves. perhaps