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Show I MEMORIAL DAY ORATION. fl Wc urlnt below the address dollv- nrPd on Memorial day at Ogdon by tIwIcp Theodoslus Botkln, and feel certain cer-tain that the readers of Truth will ap- prTjioso who heard the judge deliver ho address to the large audience in t o Ogdon tabernacle, say it was one nf tho most eloquent and powerful of the many addresses delivered on Doc-oration Doc-oration day. The delivery was frequently interrupted inter-rupted by loud applause, which in several sev-eral instances became a furore of patriotic pa-triotic fervor. It will repay the reader to preserve a copy of this address, which is as follows: "Alas "Wo only Know that God is good I And wc ourselves aro blind. " He L'avo us in this low estate To know the good from ill, And, binding Nature fast in Fate, I eft free the human will." ' It has pleased Creative Wisdom to people tills planet with an ignorant, conceited, stupid and contentious race. Why Ho did so instead of en-with en-with wisdom, keen fore- I Right' and pleasant tempers, we may not know. Wo must gain our own knowledge, learn our own wisdom, and painfully and laboriously toil upward up-ward toward the twinkling stars of truth, reason, justice and philosophy, it is not too much to say that all our discoveries of truth have been by accident ac-cident or by unexpected revelation of fact, and that all our progressive steps have been made upon the rungs of pain, contention and wrecked ambitions. ambi-tions. Civilization is the product or the laws of evolution which in their operation know no haste and have no regard for heart strings. Its germ was implanted In the uncultivated soil of human nature. That It may grow nnd develop that soil must bo stirred, and tlio seed grain must die. All life is the offspring of death. And the ilowers of wisdom spring from the dust that covers the graves of buried hopes. As with individuals, so is it with communities, states and nations. All aro governed by the inoxorable laws that Infinite Wisdom has set to direct, and develop His handiwork. Tho operations of tho evils which beset be-set and surround us aro tho school which teaches wisdom to tho community com-munity or tho state, and gives tho op- nportunlty, tho excuse and tho impulse toward Improvement. Iliad Georgo III and his chosen min- istors been wlso instead of stupid and ) loollsh, there would have been no 1 such a nation as this great republic, and tho Lion of St. Georgo would today to-day bo our symbol of authority instead in-stead of tho Stars and Stripes. Had the slave owners and their statesmen been as wise and prudent as they were bold and exulting in their folly, their four millions would bo clanking their chains of servitude at tho present pres-ent time all over tho sunny southland. Hut In either case there would have been very little, if any at, all, of tho astonishing as-tonishing progress 'that was tho fruitage fruit-age of tho conllicts engendered. Tliis mighty republic is tho child of war. Its parents were royal-stupidity and tho exacting greed for political power an obstlnato cabinet. As far as human wisdom at tho tlmo could discern, Its birth was upon tho bed or accident. Neither Major Pltcairn and his British soldiers upon tho ono hand or tho committee of safety and tho Lexington farmers upon tho other, had tho faintest idea on that April morning, 1775, that they were opening a new era creating a now nation, or giving to civilization its greato3t impulse im-pulse since the death or tho Savior. That fateful day closed in blood, and deatli and anguish. Its exciting .events, its crackling riiles and roaring volleys, its cheers and its groans, wero tho lullaby of a now born nation, as still unconscious of its own existence, LZ it rocked in the cradle of a newer and more perfect form of Anglo. Saxon liberty. lib-erty. Upon tho hazy cloud of sulphur smoke that hung above tho line of British retreat tho invisiblo hand of God wrote His eternal decree, "This land shall henceforth and forever be a free and independent nation." But only after eight years of strenuous war could that decree bo written into the statutes of nations. Only after eight years of war, distress, danger and death, and a dozen years more or turmoil and angry debate, wero the American patriots sulliclently schooled in wisdom and toleration to enable them to blend all their mental, moral, and political strength into ono united government. But oven then, greed and selllshness sat at their council board and dictated an unholy compromise compro-mise with wrong. In the land which, forever, they had dedicated to tho dogma dog-ma that "All men aro created equal," they gave constitutional recognition to the institution of human slavery, and stipulated that the kidnaping ol native Africans and importing them as slaves into thi3 land of liberty, might continue as a lawful pursuit until un-til tho year 1808. No, do not censure those groat nnd 400I men for that. They did tho very best they could,, Do not censure their 'ack of foresight and their failure to discern tho awful future they wero innocently in-nocently preparing for their children's children. No human wisdom could then foresee that the sparsely settled and limited area of the infant republic repub-lic would grow nnd swell into a gigantic gigan-tic territorial emplro teeming with an ever thronging population of tho hardiest hard-iest sons and daughters of men. They could not know that their experimental experimen-tal government would in four score years become tho model for the world, and that what they wero pleased to call 'The asylum for the oppressed" would at last under the guidanco ot God, become tho arbiter of tho rights and tho -wrongs or earth's inhabitants. But slavery grew with tho growth of tho nation; and from being merely tolerated under our Hag, It beoamo' at last tho motive of political power and tho dictator of governmental policies. Before its shrino tho greatest statesmen states-men bowed and pleaded for favors, and at' its behest armies moved and Holds ran red with tho blood or battle, and that old Hag or liberty floated over tho halls or the Montezumas that slavery slav-ery might have more room for its own and more power in tho halls of congress. con-gress. In its cause treaties wero violated, vio-lated, Christian virtues wero forbidden, forbid-den, exorcise and humanity was outraged. Little did tho men ot thoso days dronm that they wero preparing an awful storm to devastate tho land and dress a million homes in tho habila-ments habila-ments of grief. Compromiso after compromise was effected between the adherents of slavery nnd those, opposed op-posed to its turthor extension. In the .formulation of those political compacts com-pacts our wisest statesmen devoted thoir profoundost ncumont. but each and every effort thus made to stay and still tho rising storm, only intenslllcd the cloud and accelerated its npproacli. Even ministers of the gospel found in the savago edicts of a savage priesthood priest-hood in a savago ago, solace for tho twinges of thoir patriotic consciences, nnd searched tho scriptures for texts in proof that slavery was a divlno institution. in-stitution. Tlioro aro those of us hero at this timo who, in youthful days, listened lis-tened to lengthy and rapturous sermons ser-mons that wero calculated to teach us that a kind and gentle, a loving and merciful Heavenly Father looked w 1 1 favor upon 'tho condition of tho Ah I-can I-can slave in this homo of liberty. Slavery colored every phaso or our American lire. It was tho burden of every legislative debato, tho subject most frequently diseased in inaugural addresses and presidential messages. It throw Its dark and forbidding shadow shad-ow across our court' rooms, and its visage was seen in every mirror of learning. It not only estranged wliolo section of our country, but angered noliihbor against neighbor, and sot lather against son, and brother against brother. But "There is a lino by eye unseen, That crosses every path, The hidden boundary between God's ratlouco and His wrath." unr people, our nation, had conio at last very near to that faterul line. Tho patience of the Inllnito One was about exhausted and the hour of Into was about to strike. Slavery needed more 100111 than she had stipulated for In the great. Missouri compromiso by which sho had agreed that no more territory north of Mason's and Dixon's lino should bo occupied by her. infatuated in-fatuated with her long lino of political successes, deal' to tho appeals of her liiend3, and emboldened by tho sy-ccphancy sy-ccphancy (.f her northern votaries, she struck down tho Missouri compromise and enacted a law creating tho twin, territories of Kansns and Nebraska with the avowed purposo that Kansas should remain free. It was 51, years ago today that President Franklin Pierce, tho unwitting Instrument of God's vengeance, performed a alinplo aot which liko tho tax on Boston's ii.- was tho knoll of destiny. On tho IlUtli of May, 1851, he wrote his signature ol' approval to tho Kansas-Nebraska Act. The torpid consciences of men began be-gan to arouse them from their long, cruel lethargy. A linrdy few gathered on tho eastern borders of Kansas and boat, back tho slave owners at tho Missouri Mis-souri line. The coi'lllot was on at lust and was long and bitter. Where one free slate man fell a dozen others look his place, and at last freedom won and Kansas by decree or Inllnito Justice, in splto of presidents and statesmen, became a land ol' Intensest liberty. Tho infamous "Fugitive Slave Law" which forbado Christians from applying apply-ing tho Golden Itule to tho case of a runaway slave; tho "Died Scotl do-csion," do-csion," by which our Supreme court declared that under our Constitution and laws a black man had no rights tliat a whlto man was bound to respect, re-spect, tho repeal or tho Missouri Compromise, Com-promise, and the Kansas-Nebraska Act there wero the last political triumphs or slavery. Carlisle tells us or an old Norso warrior whoso sword was or such magical mag-ical sharpness that with It, ho could cut a foeninn in twain and tho victim would not suspect his condition until he shook himself and fell nsundor. In tho hands or God thai the I fcxott decision was tho mystic blado that severed tho corporeal institution of human Flavory. Out argued by tho Charles Summers and Ben Wndes if tho north, baffled on tho sunny plains of Kansas, and smarting under tho slinging blow which a majority ol' voters vot-ers dealt her at tho election or 18G0, she, in passion, throw asido tho cloak or loyalty and stniked madly from tho halls or congress to shako horseir nnd tho continent on two thousand ilelds of battle, and lo fall to pieces at Ap-porhattow Ap-porhattow Ono would suppose rrom hearing some or tho survivors talk at this time, that in thoso days In tho 'COs wo who woro the blue, wore clamoring tor tho opportunity offered to I'reo tho victims ol slavery. The naked truth or history is, howovor, that when that war began (hero wero l'ow men, indeed, In tho National armies who thought they wero lighting for anything moro tlinn a perfunctory restoration of the Union. Kmphntlc wero our denials or any purpose to glvo personal liberty to tho slaves, although hero and tlioro in our rnnlcs was somo radical abolitionist aboli-tionist who longed for that consummation. consumma-tion. Kven Projidont Lincoln to whom slavery was most hateful, had no purposo pur-poso against tho institution that had caused the conflict. In 18G2 when n Kansas colonel by military order thought to cmanclpato tho slaves or confederate sympathizers in his mill- , a lary district, Mr. Lincoln compelled j ,jM him to rescind tho order to tho utter M diPinay of tho abolition taction. But 1 1 HI over all was a directing Deity whoso i I H own purposo was involved In tho strife. M lie who caused his prophet to ex- it II claim, "Ho makctli tho anger of man 11 In to praiso (or servo) Him," hung over Mil the nation His keen sword of von- If II gcniico cnnonled our armies with H la tho gruesome mautlo of defeat. Mc- 11 till Clellan's mighty host of Union heroes IrKI was rolled back to tho national cnpltol lllll and a victorious enemy crossed his llull triumphant legions into Maryland. lam Buell's army in Tennessee worn out by j rill constant and .iilllcss marches, anil I HI baffled in U10 object of all its cam- i!ftH palgns hastened eastward to save flM I)ui3vl'.ie. Grant's heroic move " II 11 tliwnited on overy sldo in their efforts (IH lo open the Mississippi, ami all tho dl- ", llll visions In the Inlormounlain region ifjl Voro driven for refuge to tho Ohio I fill river. Swelling discord throughout 1 tlH the north, and incessant clamors from llll pro:;s ami forum for "poaco al any I Iff price," all these, were telling upon III tho courage and fortitude of tho gov- III eminent. Tho tlmo was ripe I'or I'rov- IB Idence lo slrlke. , IE . lu. wlio with Ids chosen liistiumenl III turned mddo tho .Ivor's flood and lyj smote llelshu..ar at. thu bouquet. M board. Ho who laid his hand in wrath Ijjv upon llio Seven Hills and opened tho Ijfjj gates or imperial Homo to the bar- Jjft barian hordes whoso rights sho had ,Jt outraged, lie who swept with a von- Iji geanco tho mighty oinplro ot Chnrlos IwJ V, in responso to tho cry from perse- IH cuted Huguenot and Prolcslanl. lie III who paved tho way for American con- III slltutionnl liberty with tho stupidity II and Ignorance of ministers and tho IN lolly and stubborn conceit or a king. Ifij Ho traced lor Abraham Lincoln nnd I 1 tho discerning people, tho exaltations I ol- eternal jusllco upon the foreboding I I wall of defeat and wrung froi.i that I i great soul the prayer lor victory and I w tho bravo promiso that should fciiccoss ! g to our arms conio in tho next battle ho W would strlko tho manacles from overy jj slavo beneath our flag. Hjj Anlletam's victory was God's an- K swer to Lincoln's prayer, and then U that great man arose and fnc d Ills HI duty. The emancipation proclamation M was the fulfilment ot his plodro and Hfa thenceforth the national cause moved U unhnniporod by a great national sin. M Our Union, our nation, was saved, and after Appomattox our 1 overn- .. Ira ment was no longer an organh. d lie. H In its cause there wero onrollol from M first to last two and a quarter minions of men. Ono out of every seven sac- M rlJlcod his life in tho service to save IN tho Union. And perhaps as man. morj IK died at home from wounds an I ills- H easo contracted that required thoir H discharge. Hair a million others sur- III rored years or torture and CIsU'obs In from lncurablo wounds and chronic HI nilmonts that finally tormliiate.l their Hf torments. Hundreds of thousands or H others still linger roluclant on toils of M suffering awaiting tho trumpet call of IB "lights out." ! And while wo remember our host of n Union dend, lot us not forgot nor deny III our tribute, or respect to that other Iff army of dead heroes who suffered and M died in tho causo of tho confederacy. fpJf No braver or moro devoted moi tlinn Bf. they over marshaled upon tho Hold ot , B battle. Thoir rortltudo was almost superhuman. B "As men may tlioy fought thoir fight, N "Proved thoir truth by their on- Fl dcavor." K With gun nnd snber they wroto 8 I' chapters of valorous deods tint aro B among tho richest and choicest horit- 8 ages of all American citizens. Thoy wrung respect from you, my old com- jit rades, at tho cannon's mouth and at j tho bnyonot's point. And for r.ll time jf Continued on Page 0. I I'll I MEMORIAL DAY ORATION. Continued from Pago 3 to come, loyal, country-loving Americans Ameri-cans will point with admiration to Pickett's assault at Gettysburg, and to Pat Cleburn's charge at Franklin, and proudly exclaim, "Those bravo men were common Americans 1" ! Tho dlflorenco between them and ourselves In those years of blood and travail was slavery and slavery only. True that they and wo then thought In our blindness that thoro wero other causes or differences; but wo know now in tho tempered light of a calmor philosophy, Hint those other fancied i causes wero but tho brood of political ; phantoms that sprang forth only to ; tho assault or defense of slavery. All differences are now ,thank heaven, swept away, and our country is moro ontluringly united than It could over havo been without that war. Tho sons and daughters of those old confeder- ate heroes aro now as loyal to tho old Hag as tho needle to the polo star, j Hut tho work was not yet done to ' ; place this nation whoro heaven In- tended In the lead of all the powers 1 t of earth in all that elevates and on- I . nobles mankind. A savage tyranny I j was violating tho sacred and eternal 1 I rights of humanity. Our people of all 1 j sections heard tho cry of distress that j f came from Cuba and tho Philippines ! i and bestowed upon tho oppressod a ! generous sympathy. Wo could not then go further on their account and i ! retain our position in tho respect ot j nations. Again did Jehovah interpose , in our nffnirs to shape destiny. Into j tho placid mind of tho benign William i McKinley thoro camo a thought that j duty and tho world's peace demanded !that something bo dono to placate Spanish resentment of our peoplo's sympathy for tho Cubnns. Our government, gov-ernment, by a worthy representative of its sovereignty, must pay a friendly visit to a Spanish fort as a token of ' peace and good will. Ah! Wo know now that that thought In McKlnley's great mind was tho Hag slgnnl of heaven's purpose to glvo liberty and . '. all tho blessings of our higher civil- I; ization to ton millions of oppressed islanders and to pavo tho way for our ! peoplo's participation In His Infinite ! plans. Tho noblo ship, painted Immnc- ulato white as a robed nngol of peace, swung at hor anchorago and all her crow except tho silent sentinels wero enfolded in tho arms of slumber. Jo-i Jo-i hovah's hour to striko had come, and In tho awful explosion that shattered tho vessel and swept 2GG of our bravo American boys into eternity, Ho heralded her-alded forth onco moro His divine will: "I will make tho wrath of man to praise Mo or to work out my supremo purpose" All Christendom was up-! up-! 1 palled at tho awful tragedy and ovory tyrant on earth shuddered as ho watched tho avenging storm gather Jnnd break over poor doomed Spain, i Tho war that followed was short In i- duration, but swift in its events anil fijl i orld-wido In Us results. The call for jftj 250,000 bravo men to avenge the insult PI ' to our flag was answered by 1,300,000 W who had to bo turned away. In no . fa section of our vast domain was thoro S.J ' hesitation. Our pcoplo, happy, pros- mi i porous and contented In all tho walks H I and callings of pcaco, showed onco ! moro that if thoy must fight they S would, and wtoo bo unto tho aggressor. $5 On board our fleets and In all tho U , armed ranks of our country, tho sons and grnndsons of tho men who in the I GO's wore tho bluo and tho gray, touched elbows and wore proud to call each other "comrades." Upon them was tho samo uniform, abovo them floated tho samo flag, in their bosoms throbbed tho samo desiro to provo themselves worthy of tho heroes of Gettysburg and Chlchumaugn. In two naval engagements and in two short land campaigns, and all in tho short period of 113 days, thoy struck Span-1 Span-1 1 ish power and prldo to tho earth and j J compelled that onco overmastering i'.7iTtfJf emplro to sue for pcaco on our own terms. Wo lost no ship nor boat no flag nor gun; but wrested all tho Spanish Isles of tho East and West Indies from hands that knew not how to govern. Our new army gave liberty to all wherovor It marched, and our government, setting tho noblest ex-amplo ex-amplo over oxhiblted, made of Cuba a freo and constitutional republic, and gave to Porto Rico and tho Philip pines tho bill of rights of our Fcdera. constitution and all tho substantia, guarantees of orderly liberty and scattered scat-tered freo schoools like llowcrs on ovory island over which we raised our flag. If our army In the civil war gave personal freedom to four millions of bondmen, our army In tho Spanish war gave liberty to ten millions of op pressed. If wo and our comrades in the 'GO's saved tho nation, our young comrades of '08 glorllled It. No other nation In all tho world's history over set such an example of unselfishness before men as ours had dono in relation to tiio islands from which our American navy and armle3 drovo tho Hag of Spain. Spcndiiii many millions of dollars and sacrllie-lng sacrllie-lng tho lives of hundreds of our best and bravest young men to give freo-dom freo-dom to tho oppressed Cubans, we made of that noblo island an indo-pondend indo-pondend republic and have guaranioad that we will defend and protect her constitutional liberties and domestic pcaco forever. All wo have exacted from hor is the privilege of one or two of her minor ports to bo used as naval basts for our fleets. To Porto Itico and all the Philippine archipelago wo havo voluntarily given the blessings of tho "bill of rights" of our Federal constitution, and aro otherwise treating treat-ing them with tho greatest display of national kindness and consideration ever exhibited in history. Among tho numerous poetical legends leg-ends for which our present day civilization civili-zation owes so much to the early history his-tory of tho Roman Catholic church, thoro Is none moro beautiful or pleasing pleas-ing than the ono which accounts for tho origin of tho Easter Lily. As tho Savior tolled up that stony trail toward tho summit of Calvary, bearing upon his shoulders tho heavy cross and suffering untold agony from tho pricking, lacerating thorns of the mock crown upon Ills head, tho beads of prespiration mingled with tho ruddy drops from Ills wounded temples, and running down to tho point of His beard, fell hero and there upon tho insensate dust at His feet. Tho legend leg-end tells us that on that early Sabbath Sab-bath morning following tho crucifix Ion, when that littlo band of loyal heart-broken women issued forth ti find and anoint tho body of their Groa Friend, they started along tiiat same trail of agony, and that there anion, tho stono3 in tho pathway they beho'.i what at first seemed an apparition but which, upon closer examination became a revelation of beautiful ami hcarl-insnlrinir truth. Thnm in ti, night time of this sadness and sorrow, wherever those mingled drops of the Master's toil and agony had fallen upon tho earth, there had sprung up and blossomed a beautiful llowor, which was turning all its ohrystal i.Jls toward the reddening oast to catcli and greet tho first golden beams of tho now-born day. It was tho E'aster Lily tho emblem of tho resurrection, tho promiso of a higher and a holier llfo beyond tho grave. And today, remembering tho prevailing pre-vailing conditions in tho old South at tho beginning of tho Civil War, and seeing tho mighty changes that have been wrought thoro as tho result of that conflict, and noting tho mighty progress which tho now South is making mak-ing and destined to make remember-lng remember-lng as wo do tho awful condition in which wo found tho Spanish islands, and noting tho changes that followed as tho result of that strife, hearing everywhere the hum of machinery and tho myriad voires of compensated laborlistening la-borlistening to the clanging and ringing of school bells in every town and hamlet, and thrilling at the joyous laughter and care free shouts or. tens of thousands of children swarming to t.ie tree schools tuat icllowed our nag, and seeing the light of hope and ambition ambi-tion In all tho eyes of men and women that onco wore abject hi their despair we can joyously and truthfully claim that wherever the American .soldier marcnes and bears his heavy jresa ot duty, wheiever he has suffered suf-fered and bled, there out ot his blood and sweat have sprung up the flowers of liberty and civilization, the mih and tue factory, the tree common school and the tree ciiiircn the em-Dlems em-Dlems cf llbeity's resurrection and the guatantees cf a higiier and holier existence ex-istence beneath the stars of heaven and under those other stars set in the blue held of our uear old Hag. For all who nave tolled and suffered suf-fered and onered their sacr.ttce, to save our Union, and whose lives have gene out in battle or in hosp.tal wards or in the sweet and sacred precincts ot homo as a lejult of their service, our loyal American hearts fill and thrill with gratitude, and we deck them today with U.o cno.cc3t flowers from tho bowers of memory and love. Tho sailer who steadied the rolling ship in tho shock of battle, the .ma rlno who stcod by his gun as tno engulfing en-gulfing wave broke over t..c deck, the soldier who loll in battle or who died in camp cr hospital, tho army nurse who overtaxed her strength and vitality vital-ity in administering to the sick and wounded, the aging father and mothei whoso son never came back, or came broken and bleeding to be nursed back to lielatn or to a lingering death to all these today we pay cur honing honi-ng of gratitude, admiration and lovo. Our country is great, strong and in-dissolubly in-dissolubly united. Our flag, the world over, is tho synonym of liberty and law, of peace and prosperity. But that Hag la also the emblem of the greatest great-est national energy in the world. Mora men will voluntarily rally to its defense de-fense than under any other flag In the world. Pause a moment for this re flection: Let us say that our population popu-lation is 75,000,000. One-fifth of that, or 15,000,000, Is tho number of men of military ages. Two-fifths of the 15,000,000 are exempt from a multitude multi-tude of causes. Tho remaining three-fifths three-fifths of 15,000,000, or 9,000,000, are nir lighting strength i03ldlng between the two great oceans and between Canada and Mexico. And yet had not the Union soldiers fought and won, instead of one magnificent nation with 1,000,000 of men able and willing to 'Frond in its defense, wo would have in tho land today four and probably a ozen weak and jealous nations, read o fly at eacu other in fierce and fr( a zled passions, and all of them the prey jf piratical or Insulted powers beyond be-yond tho seas. In this tiuth alone thoro i3 ample Justification for every drop of blood, for every life and limb, for every tear shed to save our Union. And so, today, to-day, as wo stand by tho graves of our heroes, let us in devotion to them and to our country, let us apply to our country, let us apply to our ceremonies, ceremon-ies, the ennobling verso of Percival. "Hero rest tho great and good; here thoy repose After their generous toil. A sacred band, Thoy take their sleep together, while tho year Comes with its early flowers to deck their graves, And gathers them again when winter comes, Theirs is no vulgar sopulcher; green sods Aro all their monument, and yet it tolls A nobler history than pillared piles At tho eternal pyramids. Thoy need No statuo nor inscription to reveal Their greatness. It Is around thorn- I and tho joy Ulera! fi With which their children t ead f)lo H hallowed ground the I That holds their venerated bone, 1 the peace ""ues, t That smiles on all they fou -ht f ! and tho wealth M for ! That clothes the land they rescue these, though mute, 'CoCued- As feeling ever is when dem)est ) these i'tsi , Are monuments more lasting than h V fanes lue Reared to kings and demi-gods of ni,i Touch not the ancient elms that bXd ' their branches Over their lonely graves; i,eneath their boughs ath There is solemn darkness, oven at noon, Suited to such as visit at tho shrino Of serious liberty. no No factious voice Calledthem into the field of generou3 But consecrated lovo of home No deeper feelings sway us. 'when li wakes In all its greatness. It has told Itself To tho astonished gaze of awestruck kings At Marathon, at Bannockburn and hero Where first our patriots sent the Invader In-vader back Broken and cowed. In tho deep Sabbath of a heart too-full too-full For words or tears, hero let us strew the soil With tho first flowers of spring, and make to them An offering of the plenty nature gives And they have rendered ours perpetually." |