St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1861-05-16
The Patriot Dead of Massachusetts.

he iunCfai Oh TWO Oi INC MaSSd-
chusctts volunteers, Whitney and
Ladd. who were killed in Baltimore,
was held in Lowell, on the 9th inst.
with imposing ceremonies. The busi-
ness of the city was suspended, and
the twenty-five thousand operatives
of Lowell left the mills and workshops
to minglc with the other citizens and
pay homage to their dead in battle"
The funeral address was delivered by
Rev. w. r. Clark-Text IF | for
get thee, oh Jerusalem, let my right
hand forget her cunning. If | do not
remember thee, let my tongue cleave
to the roof my mouth ; if prefer not
Jerusalem above my chief joy
The discourse was able, eloquent
and impressive. We give one or two
extracts:
"Thcy left us, followed by the hopes
and prayers of all, and in every one
who saw them the conviction was left
that they would do their duty. And
when but q few days had passed and
they were attacked, with soldicr-likc
spirit and discipline, they form a hol-
low square and pass on in double
quick time, through a shower of mis-
siles and pistol shots, bearing with
them their wounded, without return
ing q fire until ordered to do so to pre-
vent being borne down by the MUIR
dcrous gang.
"Not a tangible grievance are the
disailcctCd States, who are now DEFY
ing the Government, able to set forth
and yet, before the Administration is
inauguratcd and its policy declared,
they break allegiance to the Govern
mcnt and steal its forts and arscnalS.
And all this is done by men who at
the time of doing it, were under sol
cmn oath to support the constitution
of these United States. Such sneak
ing pcrfdy and black hearted treason
must have been set on fire OF hell
The curses of their country, not loud
but deep will follow those Official
miscrcants to their graves, and torev.
or haunt their memories, making them
spcctres from which the good Of com
ing generations will start back as
from 'goblins damned
ever since the light.
ming flashed over the country the
news that these brave men had fallen
in murderous mob, our city has been
in tears. To-day she sits in mourn
ing. Her closed marts, mills and
workshops her minute guns and toll
ing bells; her long and solemn cor
tGgc, headed by the military and mu-
nicipal government this vast con
course, oblivious of sect or party, In
fearful silence around these biers all
attest the impassioned grief which
Lowell feels for the fallen heroes.
"Both of our fallen brothers had
enlisted from high sense of sol
dicr's duty, and the last words ofLadd
when his friends attempted to dis
suadc him from marching on account
of his youth, were, Il shall go for the
stars and stri pes, any way They
have fallen in the service of their
country, on a day precious to every
American patriot-thc seth anniver-
sary of the first blood spilled in the
struggle for our liberties at Concord
and Lexington Their spirits are gone
to God who gave them, and who ad-
ministers his awards with impartial
and uncrring regard to the fidelity
with which his creatures shall have
discharged the trusts he has commit
ted unto them.
IIenceforth the heroes of Concord,
Lexington, Bunker Hill and Baltimore
shall blazon together on the pages of
their country's history. like the stars
in the flag whose honor they died to
uphold"
At Lawrence, Mass, the funeral eX'
erciscs over the body of Ncedham
were equally solemn and imposing
with those at Lowell.