Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-06-06
MORNING, JUNE 6, 1872.
expensive LITIGATION, be tried by a Jury


was the doctrine of Secession coherent
This was the discussion happily termin
ated when the foe laid down his arm
and the flag once more floated over ever,
rood of our country.
1t cost us hundreds of millions of dol
lars, and the lives of myriads of ou
brayest and our best to determine it
But thank God it is determined; thanh
God tor the history that has been made
thank God for the Union Army, which
formed from the citizens of the land
from men to whom the pruning hook
was more familiar than the sword, who
moved solely by the inspiration of pa
triOtism, rushed to the defense of an as.
sailed country; stood with fOrtitude the
defeats of 1861 and 1862; lost not theil
courage at Bull Run or before Rich.
mOnd rolled back the rebel hOrdes al
Gettysburg; entered with radiant ban.
ners into DOnelsOn and Vicksburg
climbed the bristling nights of Lookout
and Mission Ridge threaded the devious
passes from Chattanooga to Atlanta
crushed the rebel cohorts at Nashville
marched from the mountain to the sea
visited the punishment Of war upon the
Carolinas and finally ordained an endur-
ing peace at Raleigh and AppOmatoX.
Through years Of fighting and march
ing. they bore aloft their country's ban
ner and maintained its unsullied honor.
They settled forever the right of the
majority to rule. They made deeper.
broader and frmer the foundations of
the Government.
They saved the nation, a work nObler
90. 1 -
They have lOOsed the bonds of four
millions of slaves, who for centuries
had patiently waited for their freedom.
hut were not discouraged for with a
vision. more than mortal, they had seen
the horses and the chariOts of the AL
mighty. in the mountains encamped
round about them; they heard the roll
ing Of the chariot wheels and they knew
that the time Of their redemption drew
nigh
They who sleep under the flower
deckel graves died for their country: it
is ours to live for her, and take up the
work that fell from their nerveless
hands and secure the future which faded
from their dim eyes.
The old inspiring strain of ''Rally
ROundt the Flag Boys now nOmOre draws
away the young and strong, or quickens
the pulses of those whose feet are staid,
but it needs defenders still not less in
peace than in war
Comrades. these soldiers who calmly
sleep beneath these grassy mounds were
dear to you. They were your comrades
in arms. They toiled with you on the
dusty. weary marches-with YOU they
storms. Cold and hungry they bivou-
aced by your side You knew their vir-
tues. their love of country and their de-
votion 10 its honor.
In the rolling smoke and the sheeted
fire Of the battlefield; amidst the rattle
Of muSketry and the thunder of cannon
in the midst of the storm of shot and
shell yOu have seen them bear aloft your
shot-rent standards in the face of the
clemV, and with their hearts best blood
put the seal TO their heroic endcayors ::
for Il few brief days their memory will
live in your hearts. and in the hearts of
and sisters. and wives and low
prs, widowed at their death, and then
it., with us, shall fade away and be
known no more: but their work shall
live through all time They need no
proud memorial to symbol their dey0-
tiun.
''E'cn blue and legend may fade from the
portal,
may crumble and pillar may
They We're the builders, whose work is inn
mortal.
crowned with the dome that is over us
all"
At the conclusion of Gen. Saaver's ad-
mirah!c oration the gIcc club sang the
Memorial LYNN ''Not Forgotten" An
PRAYER was then made by
Rev. J. Gibson Johnson, of the Congre-
ralional church. after which Rev. Ed
ward Mills. of the Baptist church pro-
notmccd the benediction.
At the close Of the exercises a pro-
oession was formed and proceeded to
the grave of Col. George T. Roberts,
where the beautiful ritual of the Grand
Army of the Republic for these memor-
ial services was used, and the graves of
Col Roberts, and other soldiers there
buried. were decorated by the comrades
selected for that purpose. the band
playing a dirge.
The procession was then reformed and
proceeded 10 Evergreen Cemetery, where
The ritual was repeated and the graves
Of the soldiers, there inferred, were, in
ike manner, decorated.
The procession returned in the same
order as it had proceeded and, on reach
ing Depot Park, was dismissed. The
graves in the Catholic cemetery, at Cen
ter and West Rutland, being decorated
by committees detailed for that purpose.
a CARD FROM POST ROBERTS.
Post Roberts No. IA. G. \. r., De-
partment Of Vermont, desires to return
their grateful Acknowledgements to all
who assisted them in the observances of
memorial day yesterday. The clergy,
the music, the military companies and
citizens. who joined in our procession,
and united with US in doing honor to
our saiuted dead, receive the warmest
gratitude of our hearts The orator,
W ilD biOu5IJ NiNiNliJ " llIllAA buC pllI-
oiples for which we, many of us, spent
years Of our life in hardship, toll and
langer, and for which those, whose final
resting places we thus annually deck
with the floral tribute of our love and
gave their lives; and the
Iuartette club that enlivened our solemn
services with touching songs, are rem
lered dear to our hearts, and will ever
,e held in grateful remembrance. And
specially to the ladies who so gener-
,usly contributed of the fruits of their
oil and the wealth of their conserva-
ories by their donations of choice flow
rs, and to those who with a refined
aste and delicate hand arranged them
nto beautiful boqnets and wreaths, we
xtend our thanks. May God in his
mercy deal gently with all, and may
heir paths in life be none the less pleas |
MT from the recollection that they ioined |