Pueblo chieftain., 1921-11-12
HARDING'S ADDRESS
At HERO'S BURIAL
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ing. Win ull my iHedTl WISH We
| might say to the defenders who sur
| vive, to mothers who sorrow, to wild
| ows and children who mourn. that no
7 such sacrifice shall be asked again.
| 1t was my fortune recently to see
demonstration of modern warfare. 1t
| Is no longer a conflict in chivalry, no
| more test of militant manhood. 1t
| Is only cruel, deliberate, scientific, des-
| truction. There was no contending
enemy, only the theoretic defense of
hypothetic objective. But the at
| tack was made with all the relentless
methods of modern destruction. There
was the rain of ruin from the aircraft,
! the thunder Of artillery followed by
| the unspeakable devastation wrought
| by bursting shells; there were mortars
belching their bombs of desolation;
| machine guns concentrating their lead
| en- storms; there was the infantry ad-
vancing, firing and falling-like men
with souls sacrificing for the decision.
| The flying missiles were revealed by IL
| Illuminating tracers so that we could
note their flight and appraise their
dead lines. The air was streaked with
I tiny flames marking the flight
massnd destruction; while the effec-
| tiveness of the theoretical defense
was impressed by the stimulation OF
dead and wounded among those going
| forward, undaunted and unheeding.
As this panorama OF unutterable de-
struction visualized the horrors of
| modern conflict, there grew on me the
| sense OF the failure of a civilization
which can leave its problems to such
cruel arbitrament. Surely no one in
authority with human attributes and
| full appraisal of the patriotic loyalty
| of his country men could ask the man.
| hood of kingdom, empire or republic
| to make such sacrifice until all reason
l-l f,tla ent tn itIC
| understanding had been denied. until
every effort of love and consideration
| for fellow men had been cxhauste
until freedom itself and inviolate
honor had been brutally threatened.
speak not as a pacifist fearing war
but as one who loves justice and hates
war. / speak as one who believes the
highest function OF government is to
give its citizens the security of peace.
| the opportunity to achieve and the
pursuit OF happiness.
The loftiest tribute we can bestow
today-the heroically earned tribute
| fashioned in deliberate conviction. out
OF unclouded thought, neither shad-
owed by remorse nor made vain by
fancies, is the commitment of this re-
public to an advancement never made
before. II American achievement is
cherished pride at home, IL our unself-
ishness among nations is all we wish
1t to be and ours is u helpful example
in the world, then let us give of our
influence and strength, yea, of our
aspirations and convictions, to put
mankind on a little higher plane. ex-
ulting and exalting with wars dis
tressing and depressing tragedies
barred from the stage Of righteous
| civilization.
There have been .hohsand defenses
Justly and patriotically made: n
| thousand offences which reason and
| righteousness ought to have stayed.
Let us beseech all men to join us IN
seeking the rule under which reason
and righteousness shall prevail.
| Standing today on hallowed ground.
| concious that all America has halted
| to share in the tribute of heart and
mind and soul to this fellow American,
| and knowing that the world Is noting
| this expression of the republics mind
| fulness, 1t is fitting to say that his
sacrifice. and that of the millions dead,
shall not be in vain. There must be.
\ there shall be, the commanding voice
| of a conscious civilization against
armed warfare.
As we return this poor clay to It's
mother soil. garlanded by love and
| covered with the decorations that only
nations can bestow. 1 cap sense tho
prayers of our people. OF all peoples.
| that this Armistice Day shall mark
the beginning of new and lasting era
| OF peace on Garth. good VIII among
/ men. Let me join in that prayer.
| Our Father who art In Heaven. hal
lowed be thy name. Thy Kingdom
come. thy will be done on earth as 1t