Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-05-29

tHc uDlem OF tnelf warfare. IL Ultle
brown button. and we might inquire
What means that little button upon
the coat Of blue, so very unpretcntious
and of plain brown hue? Why is il
worn so proudly upon the veterans
breast? All. yes. it has it's meaning
that little button brown. and It's more
to those who wear it than to a king his
crown. To it the loyal veteran car
point with worthy pride, for it means
that for IL country he would willingly
have died
Three wars have cost the life blood
of valiant men. and the sacrifice OF
noble women. but the three wars OF
the American armies and navies have
saved the nation from division. from
inglOrious selfishness and from foreign
tyranny. The emblem of our liberty,
the protecting flag, is here with these
veterans this day, and calls us through
the countless lives who cherished it
fought for it, died for it, to guard the
flag that flies above us, true to God
and true to man, stand forever at its
service, deaf to every cruel clan: for
there is no dream you cherish, and nc
deed you hope to do. but Old Glory in
it's beauty guarantees to yours and
YOU
Greatest ideaIists
America is what it is today because
it has had great idealists, high souls in
we live. In the era of the great civil
Fathers to the generation in which
we live. In the era of the great civil
war. there were the great orators.
Wendell Phillips, William Lloyd Gar
rison, Menry Ward Beecher; great ed
itors. George William Curtis. Horace
Greedy, Joseph Medill; great poets.
Whittier. Longfellow, Holmes; great
statesmen. of whom Lincoln stands
premier with Washington; great sol
diers, Grant. Sherman. Sheridan. Back
of these leaders were the great mass
of %virtuous. patriotic. gifted, sturdy
common people. and a wonderful WON
anhood which has encouraged every
righteous undertaking. There is also
the God above us to whom We devoutly
make our humble acknowledgements of
His beneficient hand and holy inspira-
ton IN the career of our republic.
Great issues have been at stake.
and in large degree settled. through
the wars in which these soldiers and
sailors of America have participated.
DR.. Josiah Strong. who had a deep alb
Of war. but who. as a great
lover and leader of thoughtful men,
saw clearly the necessity and possihiil-
of arbitration within national strifes
between nations. a few weeks be-
fore his death heard someone say that
war settles nothing, and with some
thing of his old fire and intensity he
exclaimed. why repeat that futile
Did Waterloo settle moth
ing? Did our Revolution settle nothing?
Did our Civil war settle nothing?
"As these terrible wars are reviewed.
while these veterans are vet with us.
let us not forget that they did not
sacrifice. they did not devote their all
to their country for nought. in the long
and abiding results. Let us remember
with praise and gratitude those who
were with these veterans once as COM
of war. but who now lie in the
couch of peaceful rest. rest
from their labOrs heroic and mortal.
that certain issues have been settled
by what they did. Out of the terrible
.lyli war came the nation indiyisible.
From Minnesota to Mississippi. from
east to Portland west we are
one people. and in an indivisible land.
firmly established constitution.
our children with us salute one flag,
with n heart and voice. and bow be-
it with one whole -souled silence
IN our civic reverence.
THE colored man is free. his
shackles fallen from his bound body:
he has n place for self-expression and
he development of his highest self
And the colored soldiers of
Inc world war gave good proof of their
LOYALTY and fighting qualities.
The war with Spain settled forever
tne reign OF European tyrants in the
New World, and gave impetus to the
great challenge to all European exploit
atom of the backward peoples of the
,'rient: whereby such statesmen as
Ohm Hay could insist upon the fair
treatment Of China by the nations Of
the world. and insist upon and prac-
tice diplomacy truthful and above
Made War Intoierabie
The world war settled forever the
reign OF kaiserlsm and czarism from
monarchlal thrones. and wrested die
crowns from all the kings and
queens of Christendom. 1t gave. demor-
its open door in all the earth.
It places truth and honor above equiv
'cation and hypocrisy in international
'tatecraft. II made war eternally in
.olerable in the popular mind. which de
'lares that war must cease forever on
his planet. and the ambitious mill
arism of other times be cast out and
rodden under foot of men who count
Brotherhood as the first interest of
III lands.
I'm these days. when the land has
est from war. il is highly worthy that
praise those who fought so valiantly
or all these great accomplishments.
be loyal to the constitution. which
S the foundation of our civil liberties.
md TO keep in mind the high ideal
which imbued the leaders Of the
'ast. and immortalized their lives.
3enjamin Harrison once spoke about
rue Americanism. and asked. Have we
'ur underlying spiritual concept of
learned that not stocks nor bonds
'or stately houses nor lands nor prod
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