The Raymer enterprise., 1922-06-29
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humanity. America has cause to blush for none.
to apologize for none, to feel regret for none.
So why should not the Fourth Of July be In pert
devoted to nation-worship 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 II Is not
necessary to acclaim war or to defy the fight.
ing man. Hand In hand with appreciation OF
Americans valor In war 80 an appreciation Of the
evils OF war and an 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 are all with thes:
Our hearts, our hopes. prayers. tears,
Our faith triumphant o'er 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 a thought Of
the many heroes Of '76. from the villagers
who frod the first shot at Concord to Washing.
ton the leader Of our armies, not forgetting such
leaders as Marion and Wayne and Stark and John
men whom Major Andres gold could not corrupt:
Hale, the martyr. and Molly Pitcher, the heroine
Of Monmouth. i,
Next remembrance for Hull, Brainbridge 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 1872
was won on the ocean. And don't forget Jackson
at New Orleans-he won for the United States
the mouth Of the Mississippi None Of the 1872
heroes Is now alive; 40 of their widows still live
In 1848 once more the bugle bares and the
drum beats-this time against Mexico Have
thought for Scott and Taylor-and Kearney and
the heroes who fought their way from Vera Cruz
to Chaputepec. OF these heroes IS still live. All
honor to them
The foe himself recoled aghast,
When striking where he strongest lay,
We swooped his fanking batteries past
And Drawing full their murderous blast
stormed home the towers Of Monterey.
We were not many-we who pressed
But who OF US hav0 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 fghting--American against
American! Christendom stood astounded 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 banish 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.
yelled ut Charlottesville Va. Senator Pat Har.
rison Of Mississippi. the orator Of the day. said
In part:
"A nation torn by frntricida strife, when re-
united. Is like welded iron. given Increased
strength and durability.
sFrom 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 a whole people.
'sThe sharp battles revealed In Its leaders mill
tary genius unsurpassed and In Its men and wom
en- courage md fortitude that .ellpcted credit on