Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 May 1894 — THE GREAT LESSON. [ARTICLE]

THE GREAT LESSON.

What the Heroes of 1881-65 Have Done --- for the Nation. As we strew the flowers over the restirig places of departed heroes, we have the consciousness that there is no North' nor Stfflth, no Ea t nor West. We have learned the greatest lessen sary to maintain the. doctrine of national unity- Cemented by the best btood of both Buttons -the peace which followed the collapse Of the Southern ! I

eaaaa wW aevar again be disturbed. We who eajqy the blessed fruits of the great ctmfiicl can show our gratefulness to the heroes of 1861-65 in many ways. We ean honor the living and rw'ieitmr the dead. But, bo do fall jrtrtiea, weKius* never cease to impress apoa oar children and those who come to u» from foreign lands that to be worthy of citizenship they must cultivate the spirit of patriotism exhibited by the conn tless thousands who cheerfully hied and died to preserve for future generations the blessings of free govewnanL