The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-06-05

may the day be far dis tant when the ceremonies
when the tombs of these dead shall not be witness
es to the holiest tributes of the living.
The Of hOse who s
min alton and unselish courage of such an sleep
beneath yoDder hillocks have given us a new COW
enant of peace. They fought in obedience to the
laws and for the yindcation of the national unity
No cause could be more sacred 's sasss- e,asse,aa
When Napo leon cred at the scanty armies of
the American Revolution, lafayette made the adj
mirable reply, Sire, It was the grandest of causes
or the struggle which this days services renew
| in our thoughts as we gather where sleep the sons
of restored Republic, we may appropriately say,
it was tie grandest OF causes won by the achieve
ments Of people possessed of patriotism and
| government. t~@
A heroic and unselfsh life warmed by all the
ardor of this eager existence bound to other lv ea
by ties so passionate and tender that withoutthem
imam is but the image Of desoation, such a life
given up that nation may live, how it thrills ev-
cry heart to witness and eaize its sacrifice as we
Witnessed and realized it in the long night of CT
lamIty and storm which brief time ago shadow
ed the land. The morning OF peace brought re-
lief and eXultation, but can never forget that II
was mellowed by the sadness Of many sorrows
which years of the future shall rot In our genera
| ton completely efface.
| They who fought for the maintenance of our gov
rnment loved freedom not only for themselves
but for all p'en as WELL That oppression and those
Systems of wrcng which oppose the advancement
Of men TO better positions and conditions i'm life
and which restrain intelligence and manly citizen
ship within prescribed limits, were their antago-
nists. and when the issue came they manfully laid
down their lives for you and me and we to-day
survive, the possessOrs of an Inheritance of life
and home and happiness secured to us BY their
| self sacrifice And So, with resentments buried
and animosties turned into love, we assemble to
express our remembrance and thought in the
| beautiful language of flowers Not trust in the
spirit of hollow pageant, nor in the form and show
of ceremonial for Ceremo ntal'e sake. But in the
true simplicity of honest reverence for the charac
tiers and memories of those whose deeds we com
memorate.
J We love these dead because they still live. I
adopt the sentiment lately go eloquently expressed
by one whose talents profoundly admire:
Nearer than neighboring nations sometimes are,
| "the dead and the living are one people and one
kindred. Their communion Is closer than that of
father and unborn child; In one sense perhaps,
"c,os er than that Of unborn child and mother
THE dead and the living have no sensual COM
"munion. We cannot see them; it may be that
'kuow their love for us and tn ey know our love for
them"
In giving their fortune and their lives that there
| by the best securities OF government and lie
might be preserved these men fought not for fame
or glory, bat they indeed achieved rnnOwn that
shall not fade from the history OF the world. Who
can doubt that he who died in camp or hospital
from langushirg disease, in his last heart prayer
gave silent uterances OF regret that his soul could
not rise to the life immortal from some great
victorious field, that thereby his duty might seem
more fully done. But il the death OF such these
was less glorious than that of those who fell in
| The ranks their devotion TO the nations welfare
| gives them equal place among the nations dead
The lesson which these men taught us is that
as men and women, citizens and patriots it be-
comes us in all the relations and circumstances OF
life to perform the full measure OF private and
public DUTY. You have read the story of the Lobe
engineer who lost his life in recent railroad dis
after In New England. He saw The danger before
him, he might have escaped but he stood firm
shut off the steam applied the break and went tn
HIS death with his face to the front and when his
| charred remains were found his hand yet grasped
the throttle. These are the deeds Uf duty whether
done in common life or on the field OF battle that
make the names of men worthy of remembrance.
1t was the consciousness that duty summoned
| them from peaceful homes, to the dangers of the
field, which made those men OF the repub IL whose
resting places you hallow with memorials Of
affection, recolute and strong and brave. 1t ls
now du-l that we owe to their names and me M
cries, that we mantein this government which
they preserved for rs, in purity in strength, in
simplicity, shifting CorruptOL in whatsoever high
places it may enlhrone itself and cultivatiug the
virtues thai will most adOrn the national charac
1t was the Roman custom to crown soldier who
had saved the life OF citizen, with garland of
oaken branches. More touching and expressive
still Is our custom of strewng beautiful and fra
grant flowers upon the graves OF our patriot dead.
None so lowly, none poor but may say of some
dead soldier III the language of the old lines:
i Full cansters of fragrant lilies bring,
/ Mixed with the purple roses of the spring, .
/ Let me with funeral flowers his body sIrew;
l. This gift which parents TO their children owe
This nnavaiIng gift, at least, L may bestow."
And when think of..aIl the dead whom we would
dened by the RECOLLECTION of Whose warm greet
ing miss, whose friendly smile has passed from
which none waken to this mortal life. He died in
the service OF MS STATE respected 0r his virtues
grief whtn he passed away but he is only gone little
before us to the better land Peace to his ashes no
or to his memory, and love blossom for the grave Of
PETIT.
The procession then reformed and march.
ed slowly to the Cemetery, where the sol.
diers and benevolent societies formed q
square. A short address was made by Rev.
DR.. Gridley, followed by Rev. G, A. Smith,
who for nearly fifteen minutes spoke most
eloquently of the dead and the pleasing duty
i of The living. Rev. II. NJ. Simmons then
briefly alluded to the affection Of those who
survived for their dead comrades, and the
| graves were then decorated. In addition tC
4 the boqueCs which we've supplied by the la.
dies, vase OF Towering plants was placed on
each grave. The names Of the soldiers whose
graves were decorated are given below
Augustus Quarles E L Vinegar
J w Wilder & Stetson
| G Fl Waldo Smith
j Newton D L Winters
4 j Winters Fl H0lderness
T L Carpenter Carey
j Y Henry Eastman
w w Campbell A Davis
} e Scribner Marshal Davis
= Wade Martin Davis
II w Petit T Marches
D Kinney gar W Overacre
= Myers j. - sJ.
Irish Catholic Cemetery
Fl Mcintyre T Taft
German Catholic Cemetery. I
? Krethen j Writ
The procession marched back to the
square, where it dsb:nded. Much credit Il
dua ho