The Raymer enterprise., 1923-05-24

rela And did you know that on the pension rolls
Of a grateful nation there are yet 80 names of vet
erans Of that war. though 1t closed rs years agof
When Abraham Lincoln left his Illinois home for
the White House he said to his neighbors, assem-
bled to Wish him Godspeed:
There has fallen upon me q task such did not
rest even upon he Father Of His Country. and 10
feeling cannot but turn and look for that support
without which II will be impossible to perform that
great task turn. then. and look to the great
American people and to that God who has never
forsaken them.
He was a true prophet. All Christendom stood
astounded at the magnitude Of the struggle that
followed and the spirit OF the combatantA 1t was
American against American. Nor did the Ameri-
can people full Lincoln. Nor did God forsake the
American people, The outstanding fact In Ameri-
can history Is the hand Of Providence In the Affairs
Of the nation.
But he Civil war Is over now and Its wounds
are healed Recalling what were the issues Of that
war and remembering that Appomattox settled
those issues right and for all time. we can strew
flowers alike for Grant and Lee for Sherman and
Jackson, for Sheridan and Stuart with:
Love and tears for the Blue
Tears and love for the Gray
As for Lincoln-he stands beside Washington in
the hearts Of a reunited people
II was this mighty struggle Of American against
American that give US Memorial day. And It was
Gen. John A. Logan who, as commander In chief
Of the Grand Army Of the Republic In 1868, estab-
lished Memorial day. Logan has been In the tomb
for 81 years. And now his widow has gone to join
him. She was always his constant helpmeet and
inspiratIon It is likely that she herself brought
about Memorial day. Flowers for her grave; the
memory Of her works will live.
II was only 25 years ago this year that the Maine
VAS blown up in Havana harbor. That meant war,
Of course The summer saw It begun, fought and
won. And It was an important war. 1t saw re-
united North and South again fighting under the
Stars and Stripes II made the United States
world lower over night. 1t showed the world that
America would fight for the cause Of humanity and
could forego the fruits OF victory. II was notice
to the nations that the 1898 American was the
same old fighting man on land and sea.
Wouldn't you like to have been on Fighting
Rob" Evans Iowa at Santiago and seen the band
perched on the forward turret, grlmy and half.
naked lust as they came from the guns, and heard
them blare out:
rherem be hot time In the old town tonight
II seems only yesterday that the Lusltania went
down And that meant war. too-America's en-
trance into the World war, the greatest Of all his
tory, Doubtless the qulntessence Of the nations
thought on Memorial day will be In the offerings
n, the tomb OF our Unknown Dead In Arlington.
Fitting indeed are these words Of President Hard.
inc, spokeu at the burial Of this Unknown Soldier:
ave do not know the emlnence Of his birth, but
we do know the glory Of his death. He died for
his country and greater devotion hath no man than
this. He died unquestioning, accomplishing. with
saIth in his heart and hope on his lips. that his
country should triumph and Its civilization survive
As a typical soldier Of this representative democ-
racy. he fought and died. believing In the indis-
putable justice Of his country's cause. We
rather him to the Nations breast, within the
shadow Of the capitol, Of the towering shaft that
honors Washington the great father. and Of the
exquisite monument to Lincoln. the martyred "a.
yior. Here the inspirations Of yesterday and the
conscience Of today forever unite to make the 70
public worthy Of his death for nag and country"