Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 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 T~ennysoh dreamt-of this
race which stands and has 50 long stood lin the
foremost files of time-in they came trooping
to the rescue of ravished Belgium, of torn Serbia,
or bleeding France, of expiring democracy, with
eyes front and Gods unseen hand on their
shoulders driving them forward in high emprize
to do or to die They proved in the old land
and in the new 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, herOism, or endurance from those of
their ancestors who demanded liberty at Runny-
mede, or stood with the Black Prince at Crecy and
POitiers or followed Richard of the lion heart
on the deserts Of Syria and over the hills of
Palestine, or summoned up their courage with
heroic Prince Hal at Harieur and Agincourt. or
from those who fought and won religious liberty,
with Drake and Howard as their ships met the
hosts Of the Spanish Armada and with the help
Of Gods winds sank it in the North Sea, while
their glorious queen, Great Elizabeth hurled
proud scorn at Philip and at Spain; or from those
who, under HaveIock, bearing the white mans
burden under the heat and glare of an East
Indian sun, entered Lucknow to the martial
strains of The Campbells are coming and saved
its wounded men and furnishing 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
fish law, making it today the most priceless level
in the crown of the races possession. These BOYS
of ours proved themselves worthily descended
from those who wrested our coasts and noun.
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savage nature, and made Of this continent the
broadest 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 or 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 Englishmen 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 a
falling state and leaving fadeless names and
unconquered renown for themselves and their
cause. Our boys, the descendants of oil these
your boys and mine-'proved the metal of their
pastures at Chateau-Thierry on the Somme, at
st. Mihiel, and in the Argonne, and proved that
they had in them the blood of all of these. their
glorious sires, and like them knew no count of
self when duty or country or liberty or justice
or civilization called"
What is now the spirit Of Armistice day in
America? This. at least, can be answered in
part. Its outward and visible sign Is honor Ia
the f"Unknown Dead" ,,' 't..&H
This is of course a symbol for many things
Read into it the things you and yours did for
your country and you have at least q, part of its
meaning-if you and yours did your best.
The spirit of the day is in no small part a
Qualification of the "~Fighting Yank.s But no in.
telligcnt 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