Cheyenne Wells record., 1922-06-29
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to apologize for none, to feel regret for none.
So why should not the Fourth Of July he in pert
devoted to naton-worship 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 hght-
ing man. Hand In hand with appreciation OF
Americas valOr In war 60 an appreciation OF the
evils OF and 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
In spite of rock and tempest's roar.
In spite of false lights the shore.
Sail on fear to breast the
Our hearts. our % hopes. our - prayers our tears.
Our faith triumphant oer our fears.
Are all with these. and all with thee.
So first Il thought Of reverent praise for the
five immortals who drew up the Declaration Of In
Observation-Disclosures, John Adams, Franklin.
Sherman and Livingston And then n thought Of
the many heroes of &c, from the villagers
who fired the first shot at Concord to Washing
ton, the leader of armies. not forgetting such
leaders Marion and Wayne and Stark and John
Paul Jones, such patriots as the three militia
men whom Major Andres gold could not corrupt;
Hale, the martyr, and Molly Pitcher, the heroine
of Monmouth.
Decatur and the Constitution and United States
they beat the Mistress Of the Seas" at her
own game put tho American navy on the Seven
Seas and kept the Flag flying. The War of 1912
was the ocean. And don't forget jackson
at New Oreans-he for the United States
the mouth Of the Mississippi. None Of the 1872
heroes is alive; 40 Of their widows still live.
In 1916 once more the bugle blares and the
drum beats-this time against Mexico. Have a
thought for Scott and TayOr-and Kearney and
the heroes who fought their way from Vera Cruz
to Chaputepec. OF these heroes 70 still live. All
honor to them!
The foe himself recoiled aghast.
When. striking where he strongest lay.
We swooped his hanking batteries past,
And Drawing full their murderous blast,
stormed home the towers Of Monterey.
We many-we who pressed
who Of us havo not confessed
Beside the brave who fell that day;
He'd rather share their warrior rest.
Than not have been at Monterey?
And then came real tighting-American against
American! Christendom stood astounded at the
yigor of the struggle and the spirit Of the com.
batants But that Is over now.
No more shall the war cry sever,
Or the winding rivers be red;
They Danish our anger forever
When they laurel the graves our dead:
Under the sod and the dew,
Love and tears for the Blue.
Tears and love for the Gray.
A statue of Stonewall jackson was recently un.
yelled ut Charlottesville. Va. Senator Pat Har.
r,sop of Mississippi. the orator of the day. said
in part:
strength and durability.
"From the gulf that separated the sections in
sixty-one has come an understanding making for
the progress Of each and the common welfare of
both This could not have been but for the cour-
age conviction, and ideals Of whole people.
.aThe sharp battles revealed in its leaders MILL
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