The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1921-11-25
WAsnINGrON LETTER.

washington. ID. q. Nov. is.-I stood
the other day on Pennsylvania Aven-
lne, that great thproughfare a tne
Capital City, and watched. e y nofee
SLOWLY before me, the grandesf funefal
that has ever taken place n the world
4 since the angels of God took the pohl
LOT Moses. and. with THE stars "
Heaven for tapera tall" buried that
great leader in p valley in the land
lof Moab. over against Beth-peor'. AZ
4 stood there recalled some Of the
magnificent funerals 81 history q
Caesar, Of Peter the Great, Of Louis
THE Magnificent, Darius Hyssaspea and
lCyruh. the phmroahs and the Great
khan. hut ali faded into nolhlngness
before the tremendous eigniacancC Of
Ifhls procession passing before me.
with She highest and greatest of ell
eiwillzed lands moving hmmbly rev.
erently and sadly along IN the wake
I Of the dead body of the simple I'M
known soldier who had given his life
All no had 10 give N order that
We, bis copntiymens might win The
war that Meant. II We DO our duty
the end OF an wars for Us and those
who come after US.
One sould not escape the reflection
that no other hero since the awaken
ing mind Of man frst began 20 ap-
lpreclate the higher actions of the IN
/ livlduai had ever received honor
equal "a this Here one boheld the
greatest nation of this Greafcst age
/ comforting the highest and most sa-
cred honors The human mind could
i devise, while joining with as the ma
lions Of the world bad sent their
chosen heroes. called from the high
est stations. TO cross the seas and lny
their ancleus donors and decorations
AZ the feet cf this soldier collected Il
lsypify al Of our heroic dead.
IN thinking Of these things Il wac
impossible 10 keep the mind from turn.
ling 20 The possible Identity Of this one
Once Ne had an individuality, q Hafna
"a local hAbiiati0u. int today they are
gone. lie d our dead, our golng men
that We lost IN the great and craal
war he Ii John, our neiwhbur's son
be ID George, who lived Ia nearby
town be il Henry. who played bah On
the town lot he IL al 81 these he Is
our own personal sacrlfee 10 The
cause Of liberty and civilization.
And we love to think 81 him ne be
went ehUerfniiy and earnestly 10 do
battle for the loved ones 81 home; we
ran wee him dning hia simple dutiee IL
lthN catnus and battleHOlde 0f the army
i.~-and then the heroic end, with his
/ lace 10 the impiacahie foe dying NJ
/ he bad lived. brave. clean. eonfsKsOus
and with simple faith ia his God And
/ ne has fitting sepulchrr. ia . great
white tomb crowning a beaatiful hill
I looking dowMOn the placid and his
3tpfir Potomac flowing broad and free
% the ocean hack 10 him the great
white nmphitheatfe where, IN thg
isprinEtlmc 81 each year, the people
gather IL do honor 10 the dead who
/ have died IN the service 81 thsir couu-
TRY. hsluw and across the liver ne
Capital CITY lying white and grecn 10
the afternoon sunshine
The corteKe passed With PRECEDENT
lrabinet ministera. ENJOYS and pientt
p0trntiaFiex. held marahals. generals
admirals following aiicntly. rpyefent
/ IS. as tia coffin was borne onward a.
I the tomb II II n0w Cat ahead. bot
there COMES stirring IN the deer
crowds. hareheaded that fhfong the
T pavementa along tia great avenuc. n
nurmngs @ltere he rpmnFs tho War
President Handkerchlefs are nut
hats are ia air. low, restrained cheers
aad yet the simple. horee-d4aWn open
{ Victoria i almost a block away
Cheering IA fuaeFaig What can II
meant
I TO me Il meant a complete reaction
from the ignoble impulses that droRe
from this White House ii seeming reps
inilation the War President. who had
guided the country through one ~
the most BtriIons periods IN all It's
+ history. The political lies. the Sian
4 dcrn. the personal viiiAeaiion, eueh
81 we're suffered ~ Washington. JET.
I fers0u. jackson and Lincoln duflng
their ilYea. are being forgotten, The
great crowd nav IN him cur living
casualties Of the war, and these he
typeficd, pale, ~ lHlnc wreck OF hia
former self They thought ~ his ef.
< forts 20 avoid war, ~ his resoiute
conraRe Ia golns ia when Il could no
longer be agoiG2d, 81 bis CAIN, 81 bic
nnfllnchlng insistence on the princi
pleA ui real democracy ~ aKhtins tht
war and making ths peace They re-.
TnembeFed the great treaty which WA
apuFnea for political purposes BY
some 81 those now riding In the
war and making the peace. They re-
memhered Article $, providing for the
calling 81 a Conference Tor tho Re-
anctlon Of Armaments such - Com
farance now Ia session called bg an
Antagonist Of that same treaty and
without reference 20 ~ provisions or
the provisions Of the legislation 81
/ Mr wilson's party which authorized
II 10 me Il meant that the tide 1T
fufred, Iylng and vilifcati0n had roll.
"a back. had reacted. and len its
pale victim On pinnacle OF honor
from which no set OF politicians can
ever take him down
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