The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1865-07-06
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The year we are now passing through,
this eighteen hundred sixty FIVE. stands out
in grand, bold relief from all its predeces-
sors, star of the first magnitude in times
constellation. ..t,...-e-
1t saw the end of the imperious slayehold-
ers' rebellion. ir..
1t saw the end of American slavery.
Its earliest flowers covered the bier of q
nations murdered hero.
The sun and showers of its young months
freshened the green grass over the martyrs
grave. .,. ....- -
Its springtime witnessed the grandest flu
neral pageant that ever honored the dead
or graced the living.
1t saw nation, thirty millions strong
drop scalding tears of SORROW on the tomt
of their slain Chief.
1t saw his murderer's dishonored corse
sunk in an unknown place, ere the the vic
tim reached his grave. ase.a
1t saw procession of grief struck mourn
ers two thousand miles in length.
IL saw the Great Dead carried to his
home by nation, in whose funeral train
cities were pail bearers military chieftalns
the corpse watchers high civic functionaries
guardians of his bier, great imperial States
chief lnourners millions Of uncovered heads
bowed in fearful grief, as the mighty cor
tege wound its solemn march under the sun
ligh: of day, and the torchlight of night
from the scene of active duty, to the quiet
rest of an honest mans grave. t..
1t saw millions of down-trodden race
lifted to the dignities and responsibilities Of
humanity. t..s s-h..s. =.
1t saw those mi lions bowed down, anC
their heads bent with grief, as sorrowing as
children feel at fathers grave.
1t saw villages clothed in mourning
Towns draped in Deaths insignia, great cit
les suspend their traffic, the busy narts o.
commerce hushed with awe, with the silence
of loving death covered an Empire, fit ex-
preston of grief for a martyr.
1t saw the dwellings, of the rich covered
with costly badges Of VICE. and the homes
of the poor draped in more simple and elo
quent symbols of a peoples sorrow.
1t heard holy ministers Of Christ's Gospe
speak words of peace for the murdered
dead, and of comforting codoolence for thu
living. dal 1., - ass.
! lions for the rest of the Departed and tina
/ Ills uSdLll iIOt lCIfC Liz laIlOI ~
! utter darkness of des0lation. ,.- mos. g.
1t heard nation of nourners chant sol
emn dirges in accord with organ peals AM
the thunder of artillery, over the passing
body of the nations martyr.
AS the days of Sixty five rolled int
weeks, and the weeks wheeled into months
the meridian of the year saw the people Q
other lands meet in sorrow for the stricke
union, heard their grief utterances, say
their amounted rulers bow their heads i
the awe of sorrowing sympathy, and 70
once child of Time saw
"A world in tears"
i Sixty-fve saw in the mourned one tn
incarnation of freedom loving, liberty -prac
ticing people, the impersonation of the ca
u pabilities and possibilities of institution
} based on the voice of man echoing the voic
} of God in the recognition of human right
and manly duties the Emancipator of arac
the Guarantor Of their liberties.
1t saw in the ''deep damnation of hi
! taking off the possibilities and capabilitie
: of the barb ,us sys EN- which the great ma
tyr had, with pen inightier than conoueror
r sword, condemned to utter destruction
1t saw the world old conflict between lii
erty and slavery, end in favor of liberty reg
7 ulated by law. of Justice founded on human
ity, of civilization based on right. sifs's
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