Gunnison news-champion., 1922-06-30
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or. like Bryant. have sung how
The British soldier tren,biss
When Narton.s nams v told.
will he the bartis of ancient American
history history ever to be cherished
but no longer to nli the foreground
in the national annals. Even Gettys-
burg and Chickamauga recede. and
the bloody shirt, buried deeper than
ever plummct sounded. seem forever
Incapable Of another languid nap. New
triumphs and new ideals all the minds
Of the people who have. in part at
least. realised the aspiration Of the
patriot who declared:
Our banner still defiance nings
To sceptsred power and may not rest until
All peoples and all lands alike are free
Prom threat Of princes and their brood
Of tyranny.
None the less. many Of the old ex-
hortations still ring true. To the end
Of time Americans can. repeat the
words uttered by Daniel Webster. not
many months before his death. when
the republic completed its seventy
fifth year and the great orator entered
on his SEVENTEEN:
This anniversary animates and
slnddens and unftes al American
hearts. On other days Of the year
we may be party men. INDUCING in
controversies more or less important
to the public good; We may have likes
and dislikeA and we may maintain our
political differences often with warm
and sometimes with angry feelingA
But today we are Americans all In all.
nothing but Americana. Ev.
cry mans heart swells within him
every mans port and bearing become
somewhat more proud and lofty a. he
remembers that seventy-ive years have
rolled away and that the great inheri-
tance Of liberty II stiu his-his un-
diminished and unimpaired, his In all
its original glory. his to enjoy his
to protect, and his to transmit to
future generations"
With Webster's rival orator. from
his own state, Edward Everett, they
can apostrophize the nag: g
sAll hail 70 our glorious ensiml
Courage to the heart and strength to
the hand, to which in all time II shall
he intrusted! May II ever wave In
honor. In unsullied glory and patriotic
hope on the dome Of the capitol. on
the country's stronghold. on the en-
tented plain, on the wave-rocked top
mastl Wherever on the earth's sur
face the eye Of the American shall
behold II, may he have reason to bless
i'll On whatever spot II II planted.
there may freedom have q fO0thald,
humanity q brave champion and reli-
gion an altari Though stained with
blood In q righteous cause. may II new
er In any cause be stained with shame !!
alike when Its gorgeous folds shall
wanton In lazy holiday triumphs on
the summer breeze and Its tattered
fragments be dimly seen through the
clouds Of war may 1t be the Joy and
pride Of the American hearth First
raised In the cause Of right and iiber-
ty, in that cause alone may It forever
spread out it, streaming blaxonry to
the battle and the stormi Having
been borne VIGOROUSLY across the con-
tinent and On every sea. may virtue
and freedom and peace forever follow
where Il Leads the wayi"
with Henry Ward Beecher at =
later date, they can stand beside the
graves Of their dead and take com
fort from the truths that an enlarged
vision brings within their grnsp:
''Oh, tell me not that they are dead
that generous, that airy army Of
invisible heroes. They hover ~ .
cloud Of witnesses above this nations
Are they dead that ~ speak louder
than We can speak, and . more uni
versal languagef Are they dead that
yst aetf Are they dad that Ut
move upon society ana inspire the
people with nobler motives ana more
heroic patriotismf Ye that mourn. Let
giadness mingie with your tears. He
was your son. bst now he 70 the ma
lions. He made your household
bright: now his example inspires Q
thousand housaholda Dear to his
brothers and silters. he u now brother
to every esneEUus youth In the land.
Before, he Was narrowed, appropriated,
shnt up 70 you. Now he y aumented.
~ hes and given to IN. Bs1pss, BE-
was y61rs; - = oufs. He ~ died
he3 ~ fhnifly that ~ mleAt uvs
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