Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1922-06-29
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humanity. America has cause TO blush for none,
to arr'logfze for none 10 feel regret for none
SO why should NOT the Fourth Of July lie in pert
devoted to nation-wocshp and to remembrance
of the deeds of the heroes who kept the Flag
victorious from the Philippines to France! In an
appreciation Of our national history It Is not
necessary to acclaim war or TO defy the fight
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 VINO
have died for it, applaud the living who have
fought for it and declare again, with the poet:
In spite OF rock and tempests roar.
In spite Of false lights on the shore.
Sail on. fear to breast the sea:
Our hearts and hopes are all with thee;
Our hearts hopes. prayers. our tears
Orr faith triumphant Ger our fears,
Are all with these. and all with thee.
So first thought of reverent praise for the
five immOrtals who drew up the Declaration of In
dependence-Jefferson, John Adams, Franklin,
Sherman and Livingston And then thought Of
the many heroes of &c, from the villagers
who fired the first shot al Concord 10 Washing
ton, the leader of armies, not forgetting such
leaders as Marion and Wayne and Stark and +'ehn
Paul Jones' or such patriots as 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, Brainhridge and
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 1912
WAS won the ocean. And don't forget Jackson
al New Oreans-he won for the United StnteS
the mouth of the Mississippi. None of the 1912
heroes is alive 40 of their widows still live.
In 1916 once more the hugle blares and the
drum heatS-thiS time against Mexico Have a
thought for Scott and Taylor-and Kearney and
the heroes who fought their way from Vera Cruz
To Chaputepec. OF these heroes 73 Still live. All
honor to them!
The foe himself recoed aghast.
When. striking where he strongest lay.
We swooped his Ranking batteries past
nd braving full their murderous blast
Stormed home the towers Of Monterey.
We not many-we who pressed
But who of US have not confessed
Beside the brave who fell that day.
He'd rather share their warrior rest
Than have been at Monterey?
And then came real fghting-American against
American! Christendom stood astoumded at the
vigor 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 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
statue of Stonewall Jackson was recently un
ypiled at Charlottesville, Va Senator Pat Har
rison of Mississippi the orator Of the day. said
in part:
"A nation torn by fratricidal strife, when re-
united is, like welded iron given increased
strength and durability.
"From the gulf that separated the sections in
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the progress of each and the common welfare of
both This could not have been bur for the cOur
age conviction and ideals of a whole people.
The sharp battles revealed in its leaders mill
tary genius unsurpassed and in its men and wom
en- courage and fortitude that reflected credit on