The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1868-06-11

HONOR TO THE LOYAL DEAD. - In San
sion proceeded to Lone Mountain for the
purpose of decorating the graves of soldiers
The proceedings were held under the aus
pieces of the body Of Union soldiers known
as the Grand Army of the Republic. The
procession arrived at the Cemetery about 8
o'clock. the San Francisco Times says:
On arrival, the Rev. DR.. Cox, who had
been appointed Chaplain of the Day, and
who, in company with General o. II. La
Grange, had occupied a carriage in the pro-
cession, proceeded to the grave of General
Baker, and there, surrounded by the vast
crowd that had been gathering so long,
opened the proceedings by an imprisoned
prayer. The military companies then
marched through the cemetery, TO the sound
of solemn music, and covered the graves of
the loyal dead who fell in defense of their
country, with flowers.
Foremost among the honored departed,
was the last resting place of General Baker,
whose marble monument was SO hidden BY
the offerings of his countrymen that. amid
the pile Of flowers raised above his grave,
it was difficult to realize the existence of
any record of mortality.
General LaGrange being introduced to
the multitude there assembled, spoke as fol-
lows:
COMRADES: We come not here to honor these
sacred graves. 1t is not in the power of mortals
to do that. We come to gather inspiration IN
this presence, to make our actions worthy Of
men To whom it was given in the past, to hold
companionship with the ilustriDus dead.
These flowers that will fade TO- morrow are
i
rise from their winrv graves in beauty each
succeeding year, the emOry Of departed
brothers, like themselves immortal shall quick
patriotism in the hearts of each succeeding
generation through all coming time. Even the
FL quence OF Baker. by whose dust We stand,
though it became the wonder and the glory of
the nation. taught not the truth to which he
gave his life, potently row the speaking |
silence Of his great example teaches
We reverently thank the Author of all bles- |
siugs, that the peril to our country, which bound
together for SO many years OF toll and danger,
has passed away.
We thank Him, too, that ties of brotherhood, |
formed in the bivouar, and on the battle field |
cannot be loosed or broken until our hearts dis |
solve, at being called to join that nobler band Of
brothers who have gone before.
Our arms returned to the Government that
placed them in our hands our swords rust in
their scabbards, and our tattered battle banners
hang in triumph in the halls of our capitols.
Our regiments have been dish aided, and we have
mingled in the stream of civil life, to make its
wider and deeper without diminishing
its purity. Success crowns every well directed
effort, and plenty and prosperity smile on our
land. eoIen wide our arms to our late enc
mics and pray that the fair picture of peace
may never be revers d again in all our countrys
history. But, in prosperity we will not break
the associations abandon the principles by
which we triumphed in adversely. Standing in
the dawn of this new era. with its glad light
gliding the future of reunited nation. while
our eyes bend forward our hearts will turn to
the dim night Of sorrow. and mourn with the
,hildless mothsrs the fatherless children and the
rue wives welded TO the nameless graves of
owed ones who shall come no more on earth.
Comrades We have fights to win, AMI
noble duties 10 pe"form in civil life. Let us form
,ur lines in circles facing outward, and wide
enough to take in all who battle fjr the truth.
let us uphold falling broth er would have
,pheld him on the field of battle. Let us so
guard the fame of those who died. that no shadow
hall ever fall up n it, and let minister so
enderly to their b-reaved oses, that the tears
hey shed shall be as dew upon the blessings that
pring up around their ptthwayas they journey on.
AMI here, upon this double hallowed ground,
Ii comrades, let us pledge each other, and these
ilent ones once more, by the baptism of fire that
las made brothers by the communion of
Hood that has cemented orr eternal fellowship,
o cherish and maintain foreusr, the principles
# those who fell forward into g the burrows of
he fight, - and lay with smiles upon their calm
lad faces, because they knew their feet were in
he path of duty, and their eyes were fixed upon
he right.
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