Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1867-07-09

l6th, and Capt. John Cover, 25th and /
Doth, 4. II. Bushnell, 7th, were as
sislant marshals, Capt Chas, Ii. Bax
Ter being officer Of the day Lieut. |
drindell officer Of the guard, and
Lieut.. IL. B. Keen, commanding the
artillery. After the band came a
delegation Of forty members Of the
Grand army Of the Republic from the
Platteyile Post. then q collection of
lovely, white robed young girls.
grouped on car 10 pyfamidai form
with fair haired maiden in the ccn~
ter as the Go iless OF Liberty. then
the State officers, officers OF The day
and invited guests, followed by about
200 each Of Masons and Odd Fellows
ii regalia from different parts Of the
county, followed BY citizens gener-
ally, After short march through
town the procession was dispersed
ut stand erected on the Court
House square, where the proceed
ings Of the day took place, under the
direction Of the following officers;
President-Hon. John II. Roun>
tree.
Zee Presideats-W w. Field, J.
W. Seaton, Geo. II. Laughton, NJ. K
Young Addison Burr
The exercises at the stand were
opened with music uy the Germinia
Sand, Of Dubuque, which had been
procured ut q large expense and
which lead the procession and emily
end the exercises throughout the day
Gen. John III. Rountrcc, one Of the
oldest settlers of the county, Presi-
dent Of the day called the audience
to order, requesting that the vast
concourse present during the exer-
cises with which it was proposed to
celebrate the day, commemorate the
services Of those who had died that
the country might live, and congrat-
uIate each other on the present state
of the country, would keep silence
and promote each others comfort
and convenience as far as possible
Rev. s. W. Eaton, the Congrcga-
tional clergyman OF Lancaster, who
for three years served most faithfully
and acceptably rs Chaplain Of the
9TH Wisconsin, in the Iron Brigade,
then offered u prayer, brief, eloquent
and singnlarly appropriate to the oc
casion, thanking God for personal fa~
vors blessing Him for national mer
cies in the beginningsof our existence
and througho, t the history of the
country; thanking Him that lie en-
ablcd our fathers to endure 50 much
for the rights Of conscience and sus
tanned them in the war for independ~
ence, and us in the recent struggle
for life and liberty, when, though of,
ten the nation seemed trembling on
the brink of ruin, He gave us victory
and final triumph in the preservation
Of the Union and the establishment
Of liberty throughout its borders
praying for comfort to those bereav>
ed By the death Of those whose suffer
ings and sacrifices this monument
commemorated; and By whose blood
the priceless blessings we ENJOY were
purchased; praying that our future
may be better than our past, and
that the Lord would make us glad
according to the years in which we
had been afflicted.
/ he Declaration Of Independence
was then read in q very impressive
manner by Judge S. O. Paine, Of
Platteville, and, cfter music, the
Emancipation Proclamation by VII
liam j.. Garter, Of Plattevile
Matt, II. Carpenter, Of Milwaukee,
the orator Of the day, was then in>
PRODUCED, and spoke for about al
hour IN his most able and eloquent
manner, his audience listening with
closest attention, and frequentlr APP
plauding him HIS remarks were
not Written ont and as no short band
reporter was present, only brief nc.
count Of il can be given, the same to
appear next week III the Hcraid
After dirgo by the band, Cover.
nor FairchIl most impressively de-
| livered the following very appropri-
ate and eloquent dedicatory address,
which was warmly aPplauded:
M FRIENDS We are here to-day.
this day sacred as the anniversary Of
our national birth, dearcr than ever
before, charged with a solemn duty
We are here to dedicate this monu-
ment to the memory Of friends and
comrades who gave their lives for the
nations life. Dying for the nation,
those departed heroes died for each
OF us, that the priceless legacy which
our fathers handed down to us might
be transmitted unfinished to coming
generations.
Hundreds OF you within the sound
ofmy voice were the immediate com
rades upon the field of those to whose
memory this tablet is erected; they
were your brothers in arms during
the long, weary years of bloody war
through which you passed; with you
they shared in the glory Of triumph,
with yon they shared in the bitter
ness Of defeat. Many Of you damp
ened with your own blood the same
fields where they went down to
death, thus ccmenting the brothcrly
love which had bourd you one to
another.
What we say and do here today,
will, when q few short years shall
nave passed, be scarcely remembered;
but the deeds whichthis monument is
to commemorate, will last until his
tory is dead and the works Of man
have been forgotten. Your children
will recount those deeds to their chill
drcn's children, and thus they will be
pcrpetuated forever, serving to stir
those. who shall come after us. and in
herit the legacy OF freedom, now per-
feet, to valorous loyeot country.
To lose friends by death is the
greatest Of all human Affections, and
we monrn for them, refusing to be
comfo~,ed, until time has healed
somewhat the wounds and softcncd
our sorrow. These soldiers were hap
pv while or earth ia tho possession
Of friends almost without nurnhnf - F