The New York herald., 1868-06-01
THE UNION DEAD.
Confirmation Of the Decoration of Soldiers
:, Graves at the Cemeteries.
Large Gathering at the Cypress
Hills Cemetery.
THE REQUIEM OF THE DEAD.

thE HEQ OiGW VT 'VC OCHC'
sunday at Cypress Rills-Larse Concourse OF
veterans-AssembIagc OF Mourning Cit'-
zens-Addresses by Doctor norris ana for'
ter and Father Malone-Dec>S So"on VI '"e
Graves In Brooklyn and Jersey
The great Mirabeau when conversing onpe on tne
subject OF DEATH said, "Let me fall asleep 10 TIE
sound Of sweet music let me breathe sweet per-
Tunes and crown me with flowers" II the French
2itt6rateur and sybarite had lived to-day and seen
now American citizens honor their heroic dead, he
would have witnessed the fuflment to the letter Of
hs poetical conception The great mortuary festival
anaugurated on Saturday was concluded yesterday
and some slight acknowledgment has been paid by
the people towards the debt OF gratitude owed by
them to those who offered up their lives for the sake
OF Union, undivided nationality and freedom.
II the celebration had been memorable on Sat
urday, yesterday 1t was far more imposing; and
although 1t not so melancholy In Its character it
was far more general and effective. On the previous
day the weather had been gloomy, and any one who
visited the cemeteries then would have thought that
some large funeral was taking place. Yesterday, on
the contrary, the day splendid beyond descrip-
light; the summer winds breathed gently through
the atmosphere, invigorating nature with their tonic
properties; the birds sang and the trees bore them
Selves bravey in their fresh, green foliage and the
cemetery at Cypress Hills in Consequence had sort
participating in it were rather celebrating the gories
Of their fallen brethren than weeping like children
The different roads from Brooklyn and Williamsburg
TO the cemetery were crowded with vehicles OF every
AFTERNOON there was perfect rush Of trafc in the
same direction, the street cars being also lncon-
were also to be seen trudging along on the same
course and led by the same motve-to pay tribute to
the by the hau and New York
veterans; the Williamsburg regiments, however, took
charge yesterday, and whether from that reason or
from the fact OF its being Sunday, when more people
were at leisure and able TO come, the gathering was
threefod that of the previous day The Mansfield
co. besides the New York Post 49, also partook OF the
muster At four O'Clock headed by Myers band the
around the principal spot in the cemetery where
the Union soldiers are inferred. Hundreds
around on the outside, and thousands. Of ladies,
men and children, among whom were also great
standing ground in the vicinity some carts were
laden with flowers and wreaths, and one wagon In
particular had plaster bust OF abraham n Lincoln
tire OF the group Of graves. The band having per-
formed solemn dlrge and prayer nn 9een onered @ up
rector of the Committee Of Arrangements proceeded
to read the address delivered by President Lincoln
vember, 1858. The Rev. DR.. Morris then spoke at
length on the subject of the days celebration. He
in philosophy or science on which two men could be
found to agree, there would be no difference Of opin
OF the nations mourners here on the present occa-
sion. From the fact Of so many OF the citizens of the
United States coming together for TINS
OF the fact Of the nation being the one espe-
cially selected by Jehovah from among the
was a design marked out by Providence in It's es
tablishment among the other nations of the world,
and from the Declaration of independence down to
the present day this special design Of Providence Is
every day more and more apparent The prophet
Daniel spoke OF this ed chapter 44th verse when he
God OF heaven set up Kingdom which shall never
other people but it shall break in pieces and con.
sumo all these Kingdoms and 1t shall stand forever"
to destroy this nationality which the Deity had
created; the stars on It's nag would ad,s never
diminish Snat vora SO leHs as Although an English
minister, an Ex-Governor OF Canada once SAID that
the republic OF America us1 q, oe rS on any
throne and he suggested that our noDlest institu.
tions must be undermined hy the dnmigra,i;Gn M OF
up of nterneclne strife, still our country had tr
umphed through all and would triumph through al
10 the end There was another battle to be fought
vet however that OF Armageddon, when countless
hosts OF foreign armies would be thrown upon our
shores then soldiers, our men aud our citizens
would have to fight as valantly and as generously
as those whose loss we now deplore and whose obse-
quies we now celebrate, and then an equal victory
will be the prize Of our struggle for the right.
At the conclusion Of the reverend gentlemans re-
marks Father Malone addressed those present in an
eloquent and stirring discourse. He said that al
though some might accuse MN OF lack OF duty III AZ
tending the present celebration anu neglecting MS
parishoners, still he thought, IN the grand and uni
versal spirit OF catholicism he was mindlng his duty
in being present now He spoke not with regard 10
the special creed he advocated, Tor the cause IN
which those soldiers fell whose graves they now be-
held appealed to every religion and set aside every
principle Of party feeling aud party prejudice "a
triotisIn was the grand motive which brought every
one to Cypress Hills today 1t was not to shed tear
over Tie graves OF the lost heroes, but to
synpathize in the cause in which they ell-that OF
freedom, Independence and nationality. lone toucn
of nature makes the whole world kin" ana the
present occasion, said the reverend gentleman sets
aside every sectarian dogma, for II Appealed 10 the
catholicism OF the world.
The Rev Dr. Portor then addressed the veterans
I'm the most eloquent language, IN which he traced
the history Of the and spoke OF the four thou
sand graves in front OF which his audience was now
assembled the band then Payea, another 40 aFge
ana the celebration concluded Thus ends this great
acknowledgment OF a great debt owed by sympa-
thIzing nation.
Meeting of Posts 81 and Is, G.. A. X.
Last night the lodge room Of the Grand Army Of
the Republic Greenwich Hall, Hudson street, was
the scene OF services OF most solemn and Affecting
character The occasion the memorial services
for the deceased soldiers Of the war. The hall was
decorated In very neat manner. The walls were
enveloped In days draped in mourning colors Of the
Tenth New York Veteran Volunteers, a portrait OF
the martyr President In mourning hung over the
chair OF the Post Commander, and bier, draped IN
appropriate colors, was stationed III iroht Us well as
two stacks OF arms
The services were under the auspices Of Post No.
"a, Major Constan, and Post No. 2s Captain Cursa,
The chant "Tell me, ye winged winds, that round
my pathway roar" and other gems were beautifully
rendered by the Quartet club. ,. g.
brief address was made by Rev. DR.. Lynch, In
which he euogized the foritude and heroism OF our
soldier dead After the solemn ceremony OF strew
by the b\thren and the audience, Colonel A. ]. II
Duganne delivered an eloquent eulogy upon the
MANY instances of individual heroism performed by
soldiers in the battles OF the rebellion.