The Holly chieftain., 1922-11-02
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Wales, from the States of this glorious American
Republic, from all the islands of the sea, from
wherever live the sons of the glorious race that
speaks the language Shakespeare spake and
thinks the thoughts that Milton thought, and
dreams the dreams that Tennyson dreamt-of this
race which stands and has so long stood in the
foremost files of time-in they came troopng
to the rescue of ravished Belgium, of torn Serbia,
of bleeding France. of expiring democracy with
eyes front and Gods unseen hand their
shoulders driving them forward in high emprize
to do or to die They proved in the old land
and in the lands that those had cruelty
slandered them who had said their religion was
the idolatrous worship of dollars pounds shill-
ings, and pence. They demonstrated, on the con-
trary, that they had not changed in character,
courage, heroisIn, endurance from those of
their ancestors who demanded liberty at Runny-
mede, or stood with the Black Prince at Crecy and
Poiters or followed Richard of the lion heart
on the deserts of Syria and over the hills of
Palestine. OF summoned up their courage with
heroic Prince Hal at Harfleur and Agincourt, or
from those who fought and won religious liberty
with Drake and Howard as their shIIs met the
hosts of the Spanish Armada and with the help
of Gods winds sank 1t in the North Sea, while
their glorious queen, Great Elizabeth, hurled
proud scorn at Philip and at Spain; or from those
who, under Havelock, bearing the white mans
burden under the heat and glare of an East
Indian sun, entered Lucknow to the martial
strains of The Campbes coming and saved
its wounded men and famshing women and chill
dren; from those who climbed with Wolfe the
Heights of Abraham and by his victory at Que
bee completed the dedication of this continent to
the English language English literature, and Eng
lish law, making it today the most priceless Jewel
in the Of the races possession. These boys
Of proved themselves worthy descended
from those who wrested coasts and noun.
tains and valleys from savage men and yet more
savage nature, and made of this continent the
broadcast domestic hearth on this EARTH around
which the sons and daughters Of the race can
now gather; worthily sprung from those who later
at Lexington fired the shot which was heard
around the world, with Washington starved
and died and endured and prevailed at Valley
Forge, or, finally with him at Yorktown carried
to final victory the cause of American and English
civil and political liberty. inherited from their
ancestors across the sea and reasserted by them
here. not only for themselves, but as is now
clearly seen. for Englismen In England Itself
and In every English colony; worthy of their
fathers who won with Sherman and Grant or
lost with Jackson and Lee. greatly falling with n
falling state and leaving fadeless names and
unconquered renown for themselves and their
cause. Our boys, the descendants of MI these
your boys and mne-'proved the metal of their
pastures at Chateau-Thierry, the Somme at
st. Mihel, and in the Argonne, and proved that
they had in them the blood of all of these their
glorious slres, and like them knew no count of
self when duty country or liberty or Justice
or civilization called"
What Is now the spirit of Armistice day In
American This, at least can be answered In
part Its "outward and visible sign Is honor to
the unknown Dead"
This is of course symbol for many things
Read into 1t the things you and yours did for
country and you have at least a part OF Its
meanng-if you and yours did your best.
The spirit Of the day Is in small part
glorifcation Of the Fighting Yank." But no in
telligent lover of peace need shrink from this.
To be ready to fight for his country is the crown
Ing touch of that service and sacrifice which Is
the foundation of society and the salvation Of ma