The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1872-06-06

Forret not the brave who wrought this release
Though far from our touch and beyond ourar-
plause.
All honor the keroes . no died in our cause;
May garland. Of flowers by fair hands be funy
Der the dust which We honor for the deeds
they have done
And 20 through the years may Columbia hold
As fsirer than flowers and richer than geld,
The names an the deeds OF these patriots bold;
Ard of may We come VOWS 10 renew
Ger these hillocks OF green to this banner &
blue.
We minsle our tears ON this beautiful day
With the tears OF the South for her Alen in
gray;
No taunt for the vanquished, no snecr at her
slain,
lis enough they uere brothers and are broth
ers again
Tor henceforth, forever one nation shall hs
From ocean to ocean, from lake to the sea.
And O. er this land one gag sl,all float.
One song ascs.d from every taroa,-
That Aag, this banner Of the free;
That .ong. the Song of Liberty.
Gen. Miles then introduced Judge Advo-
cate Swain Who came forsard and delivered
the following address, which was received by
freqren, msrks OF appreciation from the a.
semblsge:
am Oppressed with the Improperly OF my
attempt TO utter words adequate to an &C.
casion of this kind. If silence il ever golden,
il must be at time like this, when We meet
to contemplate and commemorate the lofty
patriotism and heroic virtue Of our fallen
comrades. No speech can add to the elo-
quence Of ths,r lives! What music can be
sung to the poem Of their death! They
waited not to count the cost, hut when their
county called, they gathered up all the
cherished purposes Of life, iishopee, prospects.
its dearest Affections, and flung them all with
life itself into the scale Of battle.
They died that their country might live!
Can We hope to add anything to such an
epitaph? Such struggle consecrates every
man who bears worthy part. believe
that no heroic sacrifice i ever lost-tbat the
characters of men are moulded and inspired
by what their fathers have done-that treas
ured up in American souls are all the uncOn-
scious influence of the great deeds Of the
Anglo-Ssxon race from Agincourt to Bunker
Hill. 1t was such an influence which led
young Greek, two thousand yeaIs ago, when
he heard the rexs of Marathon, to exclaim:
1.-THE trophies OF Miltiades will not let me
sleepp'
Could these men be silent, when the Govern
ment-their Government-conceived in lib
erty, and dedicated to the proposition th.i all
men are created equal-was in danger?
Read their answer IN the countless green
mounds in our national cemeteries. For
such men there il needed no sculptured mon
urnent on which to record the story Of their
death. Their fame will outlive the moulder-
ing day or crumbling granite. The history
Of their devotion to their country IL indelibly
written on the tablet OF every loyal heart,
there to remain so long as virtue, honor and
patriotism continue to inspire The human
breast.
The plain Statements Of history IS TO the
electric rapidiiy with which the nation fell
into line at the approach Of danger, is the
highest eulogy which can be pronounced on
the character Of the American people. Re-
alize for moment the fact, that in the be-
ginning of 1861 this wa. the mos; unwarlike
nation on the face Of the globe. For fifty
years profound peace had lent its benign
influence to the material growth, develop
ment and pros perity Of our country; the
entire energies Of the people we're de-
voted to the encouragement Of art,
science and literature which had already de-
veloped beyond all precedent Peace. ibef-
", and personal security, were blessings a.
common and universal a. sunshine and show.
err. The security felt in ,he belief that all
recognized the great underlying principles Of
which the government was established; that
all owed obedience 10 the lawfully ex-
pressed will Of the majority, was 20 gen.
eral that We Lad we'll nigh forgotten the old
maxim, '',hat eternal vigilance is the price
of liberty" With over thirty million Of
people, we had an army Of less than ten
thousand men; our offensive and
defensive power Was alike unknown to
ourselves and unappreciated by other na-
lions. We were nation almost without an
army, bat when the tocsin of war sounded,
and while its firrt shriil notes still fingered
on the breeze, We were transformed into 4
nation Of soldiers. History furnishes no par
alleI TO this; vast armies sprang into exis.
tence. As il BY the magic influence Of some
conjurer's wind
''Like mountain torrents rushing to the main,
The living steam poured FORTH -
But while with grateful hearts We bring
our floral wreatls to crown the victorious
dead, let ms not be entirely unmindful of the
living. One of the greatest and grandsst ex-
bibiiions Of the patriotic devotion Of this
people to principle, was witnessed ii the close
Of the war, after the battle had teen fought
and the victory won, the quiet surrendering
of power, the bowling Of the sword to the
ermine. We search history in vain for an
example. Rome had one Cincinnatus, but
this nation had million Of veteran soldiers
who had proved themselves invincible in
war, now that the exigencies which had
called them forth were passed, stacked their
arms and quietly returned to the peaceful
pursuits of former life, giving, without
shock to the varied Industrial interests of
tie country, the sharpened energies Of their,
minds and the industry Of their hands
making the long neglected furnace to
sparkle with new life, the merry anvil to
send forth its gladstone notes, and our
beautiful valleys TO blossom like the rose
let rs indulge the fond hope that the
great sacrifces of the war have been accepted
as 4 Precipitation for the national eins, that
our future victories may be those Of peace
alone. Let that beautiful hammer which
guided our steps and inspired our hearts dur
ing the dark days and nights Of the war, for
the future represent in fact the great cardinal
principles of our Christian civilization, rs
beqneathed to us by the fathers OF the Re
public-Liberty, Fraternity and Unity. Then
the starr on that banner shall be like those
in the armament, shining with the same Le-
nign lustre upon ill ranks and conditions Of
men, and those stripes shall henceforth and
E.. L.. II. L., al o
fatherhood Of God and thes brotherhood Of
man.
The presiding officer announced the Ciose
OF the exercises on the platform. Major
Gen. Pope was on the platform, and many
were disappointed in not hearing him The
report that he would address the people
somehow obtained circulation and hence the
disappointment. r- --.-
The Chief Marshal and assistants formed
the procession again and moved the column
to the Cemetery grounds adjoining, and per-
formed the decorating service proper. The
ceremony must be seen in order TO obtain an
adequate conception of its beauty. The
pen or pencil cannot justly portray the
scene. Possihly, one fond Of contemplating
the varied charms Of nature ~ seen in skies
half Of deepest blue and half Of tinted clouds
casting shadows upon landscape alternating
with valley and upland, dotte4 with groves
Of clustering trees, may in his Minds eye
still picture 4 cemetery clad in the bountiful
verdure Of early summer, and at the head Of
each grave therein . child bearing an up