The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-05-18

rels. And did you know that on the pension rolls
of grateful nation there yet 81 names Of vet.
Grams of that war, though it closed rs years agoi
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 a task such did not
rest even upon the Father of His Country. and SO
feeling cannot but turn and look for that support
without which it will be impossible to perform that
great task. I turn. then, and look to the great
American people ard to that God who has
forsaken them.
He true prophet. All Christendom stood
astounded at the magnitude of the struggle that
followed, and the spirit of the combatants 1t was
American against American. Nor did the Ameri-
can people fail 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 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 for the Blue
Tears and love for the Gray
AS for Lncon-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 1t was
Gen. John A. Logan who, as commander In chief
of the Grand Army, of the Republic in 1865 estab
Iished Memorial day. Logan has been in the tomb
for 81 years. And now his widow has gone to Join
him. She was alw ays his constant helpmeet and
inspiration 1t is likely that she herself brought
about Memorial day. Flowers for her grave; the
memory of her works will live
II was only % years ago this year that the Maine
was blown up in Havana harbor That meant war
of course. The summer 1t 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 q
world power over night. II showed the world that
America would fight for the cause f humanity and
could forego the fruits Of victory 1t was notice
to the nations that the 1893 American was the
same old fighting man on land and sea.
wouldn't you like to have been on 'Fightng
Rob" Evans Iowa at Santiago and seen the band
perched on the forward turret, grimy and half
naked. Just as they came from the guns. and heard
them blare out:
There'i be a hot time in the old town tonighti
It seems only yesterday that the Lusitania went
down. And that meant war, too-America's en-
trance into the World war. the greatest of all his
tory Doubtless the quintessence of the nations
thought on Memorial day VIII be In the offerings
nj the tomb OF our Unknown Dead" in Arlington.
Fitting indeed are these words of President Hard
Ing spoken at the burial of this Unknown Soldier:
.'we do not know the emnence 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. uncomplaining. with
faith In his heart and hope on his lips that his
country should triumph and It's civilization survive.
AS typical soldier of this representative democ-
racy he fought and died, believing In the ndls-
putabe justice Of his countrys cause We
gather him to the Natiofs 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.
vior Here the inspirations Of yesterday and the
conscience NJ today forever unite to make the ~
public worthy Of his death for nag and country"