The Meeker herald., 1922-07-01

to apologize for none, TO feel regret for none.
So why should not the Fourth Of July he in part
devoted to natiOn-worslip and to remembrance
Of the deeds of the heroes who kept the Flag
victorious from the Philippines TO France! In an
appreciation Of national history 1t Is not
necessary to acclaim war or to defy the fight
Ing man. Hand In hand with appreciation of
Americas vnor In war go an appreciation of tho
evils of war and IN appreciation OF the lessons
Of war.
The Fourth OF July is surely the day of days on
which to salute the Flag. remember the heroes who
have died for 1t, applaud the living who have
fought for 1t and declare again. with the poet:
In spite of rock and tempests roar.
In spite OF false lights on the shore.
Sail on. nor fear to breast the sea:
Our hearts and hopes all with the.:
Our hearts our hopes. our prayers. our tsars
Our faith triumphant DER our fears.
Are all with these. and all with thee
So first thought Of reverent praise for the
I'VE immortals who drew up the Declaration Of In.
observation-disclosures, John Adams, Franklin.
Sherman and Livingston. And then a thought Of
the miny heroes OF &c. from the villagers
who fired the hrst shot at Concord to Washing
the lender of our armies. not forgetting such
leaders Marion and Wayne and Stark and John
Paul Jones. or such patriots us the three militia
men whom Major Andres gold could not corrupt:
Hale. the martyr. and Molly Pitcher. the heroine
of Monmouth
Next, remembrance for Hull. Brnlnbridge md
Decatur and the Constitution and United States
they beat the Mistress OF the Seas" at her
own game, put the American navy on the Seven
Seas and kept the Flag flying: The War Of 1872
was the ocean. And don't forget Jackson
at New Orleans-he won for the United Suites
the mouth OF the Mississippi. None OF the 1872
heroes Is now alive 40 of their widows still live.
In 1916 the bugle blares md the
drum bents-this time against Mexico Have n
thought for Scott and Tuylor-nnd Kenrney and
the heroes who fought their way from Vera Cruz
to Chnpultepec OF these heroes 70 still live All
honor to them!
The himself recoed Against.
When. striking where he strongest lay.
We swooped his thanking batteries past
And Drawing full their murderous blast
S,orned home the towers Of Monterey.
We not many-we who pressed
But who OF us havo not confessed
Beside the brave who fell that day:
He'd rather share their warrior rest,
d Than not have been at Monterey?
: And then came real hghtinr-American against
American! chrisicndom stood as,oundcd at the
yigor Of the struggle ind the spirit OF the COM
bntants. But TINT Is over now.
No more shall the cry sever.
or winding rivers he red:
They banish our anger forever
When they laurel the graves Of our dead
Under the sod and the dew
Waiting the judgment day.
Love and tears for the Blue.
Tears and love for the Gray.
A statue of Stoncwni Jackson wns recently I'm.
,.iI.d mt Charlottesville vn. Senator Pit Har
risnn Of Mississippi. the orator of the day. snid
In part:
"a nation torn by fratrcida strife, when re-
united is like welded Iron. given Increased
strength and durability.
"From the gulf that separated the sections In
sixty.onc hns come nm understanding making for
the progress of each md the common welfare OF
hoth This could not have been but for the cour.
age, conviction, and ideals OF a whole people.
.The shnrp buttles revealed In Its lenders mill.
tnry genius unsurpassed and In Its men md wOm
en- courage and fortitude that reflected credit