Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-27

Before, closing the meeting E. j.
Euxtable presented Rev. Foreman
and the three Civil war veterans
with gifts from the club. Yells leaG
by H. A. Wimberley were given for
the above mentioned persons. G. -,
Foreman was the main speaker OF
the clay. His speech is quoted be-
low in full.
Memorial Day was instituted iii
1868 by the Grand Army OF the Re
public. On this day the graves OF
che comrades who died in defense
Of their country during the Civil
war are strewn with flowers or other>
wise decorated. But the original
purpose OF tine day has Widened with
The passing Of the years, and now
it is one in which the business OF
the country pauses in order that wc
the liVing-may pay tribute to the
memory Of those who have Journey
ed on. by visiting their resting place
anG leaving there evidence OF love
and gratitude.
Notwithstanding this has become
a DAY when we all remember our
beloved dead; al day especially when
we pay tribute to Fall our soldier
dead. yet I ask to be permitted to.
day to contine myself in an especial
manner to the original purpose CT
the day. That is, would take you
back to the Civil war days and ask
you to join me in paying tribute to
the soldiers OF that War-both the
dead and the living. This is pee.
uliarly fitting since we are so signally
honored as to have aS the guests OF
our club certain of Our fellow ciCi-
zens who are surviving veterans OF
that war.
'1t Is now 66 years since the inci7
dent Of Charleston harbor which
brought 10 a speedy issue conditions
which had been existing and which
had been growing graver for 30
years. Difference in climate, in oc~
cupation, ir habits of life ami
thought, gave rise to strained rela-
tio1s between the two great geo.
graphic sections OF our country. First
there was but an unspoken bitter
ness silently cherished in the hearts
Of the north and in the hearts Of
the south; soon this bitterness rip
ened into a recognized breach OF
friendship; this breach widened onto
a mighty chasm on either side OF
which were kindled fires of bittereSt
hatred and consuming revenge. And
tho first gun fired upon Ft. Sumter
was like mighty thunder bolt
which made the body polite OF this
great natlon to trenlble from center
to circumference.
"Of those who needed the sum-
mons to arms and tented fields,
only hardy remnant remain among
is. Of the 100000 who braved all
The perils and hardship OF war 3oD.~
600 sleep on fields which they help
ed to make famous battlefieldS
which were made the alters OF hu-
man sacrifice and by which were
purchased the safety OF home, the
unity Of our country ana a richer
inheritance for succeeding genera
tions.
Our tender regard for the dead,
the volleys we fire, the flowers we
strew, the grateful words we utter
react in blessing upon the living. We
who live today are the ones who
are benefited; we who move in a
glorious era Of united feeling which
would have moved those sleeping
eyes into joy to have seen. We
remember the dead that we may in
cujcate and cherish in the hearts 0f
the boys and girls-the youth anc
The strong manhood OF our naJlon
a grateful and patriotic spirit Tor all
their fathers purchased with their
own blood. I can see no truth which
brought to our attention today would
be so rich in blessing as the great
law of sacrifice eXemplified i'll all
the trying periods OF our nations
life A law which Teigns in the
home, society, in the state and the
church; law which received its
sublimeSt Vlndicatior on Calvary
the supreme sacrifice OF all time,
That law is, we must deny our
selves and suffer that others may
be blessed One generation lives,
suffers and dies and another en-
ters into the blessings OF their toll
and sacrifice.
Quoting the words OF another:
One mans pain becomes the next
mans pleasure One mans craft
strikes q rock and goes to the bot
ton his death lifts a signal over
the spot and saves whole fleets.
One family mistaking poison for
food periahes; afterwards the gen.