The New York herald., 1869-05-30

BI6tcb Will tueQ uOfd tkADutCr EiOsfucut OIdtiOu5
were delivered, and the ceremonies throughout were
speakers at the different cemeteries included Senator
Wilson, at Nativity; George b. Lorng, at Plymouth;
General General T. Bnney Sergeant a. s Mount Aups;
sell, at Mount Hope pnd Mayor Forsythe.
OF Chelsea, at woodlawn. Post No, 45, Grand Army
Of the Republic, OF Gloucester, accompanied by the
Masonic and other associations or the town and vi
cinity. after visiting the cemeteries and decorating
the graves Of the seventy-1ve dead patriots there
buried were elOquently addressed by General b. F.
Butler. lie said, In commencing
Through all time, IN every nation, savage or re-
fned, the memory OF the patriotic dead has been
fondly cherished. Pyramids were built for the
tombs OF kings; triumphal arches preserved the
fame OF warrior chiefs; pillars pierced the heavens
to point the victories OF nations The mausoleum
was testimony OF the grief OF o widowed queen.
Thus, heretofore in the history OF the world the
tribute OF nations sorrow has idoIized a cheftain
prince and noble or In cOmmemoraton Of
battles fought for the aggrandizement OF power.
TO-DAY tne american republic decorates the graves
grateful tribAte to their most deserving sons-not In
sorrow not IN monrnipg for these, our ceremonies,
VAL the tmperishabe marble, the urn and sculptured
vase, and brazen cenntaph, which in themselves
stand as coldly enduring monuments OF grief and
not the CHOSEN tokens OF our care and remembrance.
In early spring time strew the resting places OF
our soldiers with lowersthe most beautiful of the
treasures lavshed by Gods love on earth. We will
raise over 1t the starry nag Of the nation that is
hallOwed by his blood TO the patriot soldier the
s;an, banner under which he wars has high and noble
authority ana power. II IL the emblem OF his ctun-
try's glorious memories OF the past and bright hopes
OF the future. On Its folds he sees embla-
zoned the great deeds Of patriot heroes who
nave gone before, written for his reverence his devo-
non, ms worship, and sacred to his love. He VIII
follow the flag as the pillar OF cloud by day and the
pillar OF fire by night He viii fight that 1t may be
triumphant and honored; he win brave death and
ne asks no richer shroud than Its folds, and desires
tnat ne be borne to the grave by the music to the
sound OF which he has folded y In victory, and that
his last requiem may be the vOleys OF his comrades
which he has heard in its defence In lie. Whose
ever honors the soldiers nag warns his friendship;
whosoever salutes 1t kindles his pride; whosOever
nres upon 1t r0uses his patriotism; whose
ever lowers II shames his manhood; who
disgraces it shall meet his merited vengeance;
After an eloquent alluslOn TO the uprising IN the
North, East and West when the republic was at
tackled by treason, the General continued:-Pause
Shall ever greet mortal vision than the citizen trained
solely in the arts OF peace, surrounded by the
comforts ar Of OF civilization leaving prattllng babe,
helpless and almost dependent father. We see him
as he steps forth from his hearth and roof to take
leave. all fired by patriotic devotion to the demands
Of his c0untry's need. Follow him through the
dull, wearsOme routine Of the camp OF instruction,
trace him through the perpetual privations Of the
march, behold him in The hardships OF blvOuac and
storm, and rain; behold him, all unused to the hor-
rore OF death, as he bares his bosom to the bullet
ana bayOnet OF the enemy in the field Of battle or
watch him when the fortunes Of war doom to liv-
ing death In the murder0us prison house Of Belle Isle
ana Anders0nvile An He bears his protracted agones
suffered FOR country no better men ever made bet
ter soldiers
General Butler concluded his address as follows:-
The annual return OF this occasion, which should
hencefOrth be holiday, when we gather about these
graves TO again strew flowers upon them will be the
occasion only Of revivlng our own patriotism, OF
pledgng ourselves anew year by year to our cOun-
try and OF teaching children the cost at which
the blessings they enjoy and must transmit to those
who come after have been purchased by their
fathers There is 1t would seem, peculiar felicity In
The choice OF this time, at which hereafter triump
ant festival Of the republic should be celebrated In
the opening spring, when the budding trees and
teeming earth give promise OF fruinon. prosperity
panes a e aa is II ds s
abundant harvest so shall the seeds OF reverence for
the laws, devotion TO duty, sacrifice to principle,
sown in the precious blood OF those we honor bring
forth their fruits In the preservation OF the liberties
0f the people and the just rights OF all men, render
Ing our government M the missionary republic to re-
the departed with sOftened grief, because Of the
great work they have wrought, we may not forget
the wrongs which flied so many OF these graves,
which now have become the very affairs OF liberty.
While we swear our children upon them TO eternal
featy to free institutions, equal rights, equal powers
and equal laws for all men, we may not as dld the
Carthagnian, swear his son to eternal hatred to
Rome. Yet we do remember that government
IN behalf Of slavery cost SO much and 80 many
who lie buried here to-day. We VIII teach our chill
to the lesson the story OF the
hatred OF that monarchy OF republican institutions
which sonaht to strangie the free At It's
the battles OF tyranny against our fathers In the
war for independence; that government which then
faIled 20 make slavery and despotism the rule on
land even against an infant republic, yet vauntng
herself mistress OF the seas and through impress
lnent and search in after years tried but failed to
make the ocean and those who go down TO the seas
her subjects. Let us tell children, too. and call
the spirits Of the gallant dead who hover around us,
10 bear us witness and Impress the lesson teaching
the story how when slavery, her legacy,
to US as 9 nation, had caused treason and rebellion
to raise their parrcidal hands against the nations
life and by ts endish spirits TO arm brother against
brother, England, jealous OF our prosperity In RI
vary OF her commercial greatness, and In hatred OF
herself when sne hoped we were e in a death srappc
with each other, let loose her pirate steamers to
destroy our ships, as she had sent out barbarous
Indians I'm revolutionary times to burn the dwellings
of our mothers and scalp them and their little
Hereafter, when the Gloucester boy shall say 10 his
father, "where are the fishing vessels that you once
had as the dependence or your Old ageT' the man
shall answer, "BOyl do you remember the smoke
you saw from the Eastern point when child?
That was your fathers vessel. burned by pirates
sent out rom British ports BY British builders who
were cheered for so doing by British Parliament"
The boy viii say, 'What shall be demanded for so
great a wrongf- and the old man shall write
the single word, preparation" And shall re-
membrance OF the injuries received be kept alive In
the hearts Of the people: But more ore and an IN more 40
sion because there is not child whose basket IL
hung with blossoms TO place with pious care upon
the green turf OF his father's grave who does not
know tnat he ana his comrades here lost their lives In
a war encouraged, aided and prolonged by hatred
or England to the institutions or his country and
her endeavors to destroy the republic. In death
our soldiers therefore, shall serve their country
In life, for IN their bright example, as the best hope
OF the MARION they s,ii I'VE. Ihey have @ snatened
try. To them and to us for them death brings no
terrOrs.
The Ceremonies MT Worcester.
WORCESTER, May 90 1sc9.
Decoration day was observed here under direction