Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1868-06-10
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itself on the high emiuence of duty.
The independence of .he Government,
when supporting fbers cntwine them
selves around the hearts of the people,
and from that source alone receives its
life-giving nourshment, had been threat
ened by ruthless hands. The peoples
liberties were being surrendered to the
dictatorial control Of tyranny, and that
peoples dignity rose like an upheaving
sea.
And. my friends, these slain heroes,
whose memory we to day celebrate in
peculiar manner were among the foremost
of that innumerable band to bid long,
last farewell to the home Of their child
hoQd, to all its comforts and endearing
associations, to companions and associates
to father, mother, brother. sister. wife
and children, to all that had been so
dear to them in life, before and then, be-
meath the scorching rays of that Southern
sun, amid the din of musketry AMI war
Of artillery, the groans of the dying and
the shouts of the victorious, with their
eyes fixed on the star bedecked banner,
beneath which they fought and fell, they
poured out their lives serenely there as
1.-THE morning flies away,
And meIts to deeper day"
And shall We ever forget to honor them I?
Will proud Columbia ever cease to drop
her tears of gratitude in memory of the
noblcst of her noble sons? Will she not
ever deign to pay tribute of respect to
these sainted dead whose proud spirits
bore them so triumphantly above the fear
of death dealing war and immortalized
the name of american citizens
Will we, while the American blood
shall course in our veins and give pulsa-
tion to onr hearts, We, The recipients Of
the blessings secured to our common cOuD-
try by the death Wounds of thc fallen
comrades, will zoe euer fail to keep in foAd
commemoration their honored characters ?
No, no. Our relation to them was toe
intimate, and what is more, their service
was of too high an order for their names
and deeds ever to be blottcd from the
tablets Of Our hearts.
Let it then not 10 said of US as of 9th
ers:
"As from the wing no scar the sky retains,
The parted deep no turr0w from the keel,
So dies in human hearts thoughts OF the dead. y
But rather let it be thank Offering
from the depths Of our affections that the
Universal Commander has so disposed the
order of things that it now becomes our
humble lot and privilege in this unosten-
tatious way to commemorate the death ol
those whose sacrifices cen never be fully
substituted even by the nations graft
tude
then let their names and heroic career
be honored by US while we have hearts to
feel and tongues to speak.
These, my friends. whom VIC would to.
day honor, are not the Napoleoas or AL.
exanders of history. but they are the
Spartans Of America.
Neither do the marble slabs that tell
us of the spot where rest their sleeping
ashes, bear the names Of kings or philos
ophers, SO called and considered by the
world at large, but they tell US of the all.
honored heroes. the all praise worthy,
liberty loving patriots. who, when
! 1.-The storm of war arose and when It's thunder,
Filled all the happy land with rude alarms,
Filled some with doubts with fears and some
with wonder,
Nobly and fearlessly spranp to arms,
Who firmly marched with the advancing column
Who bravely fought and cruelty bled
But soon their naIaes were written in the solemn
/ anu uCululGsS lSCOlu vi uSdus
And now, comrades and friends, lot us
60 to the graves of our fallen associates,
and then silently above their ashes, plant
this Aag-emblem of the glorious prize
for which they fought and fell-the ma
tion's perpetuity and the peoples liberties
and let us there deposit these flowers
and twigs of evergreen, promising thereby
to keep their memory as fresh and fra
grant in our hearts as these garlands
from the lap Of blooming nature
The Procession then marched to the
graves Of their Comrades, planting the
flag above each and depoSiting their
wreatbs and garlaDds, 6t emblems of
their respect for the fallen. Returning,
the Procession marched to the r0wu Hall.
All Joined in singing the "Star Spl ngled
Banner" After benediotioD, the Com'd'r
of Post closed the ceremony with the or
der "break ranks"
A. 0. GATES, Adj't.
HEART DISEASE old gentleman,
some weeks ago, on western railroad,
had two ladies' sisters for companions.
The younger, an invalid, soon fell asleep,
and the old gentleman expressed his re.
gret at seeing SO charming young lady
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