The New York herald., 1874-05-31
The Lincoln Posts Tribute.

The Abraham Lincoln Post No. Ia Department
OF New York, met before sunrise In the armory Of
the Twenty-second regiment in order to do honor
to the memory OF Abraham Lincoln. They marched
up Fourteenth street to Union square, preceded by
the Governors Island Band; company L, Eign.y-
ond regiment drum corps anu accompanied by sec
ton or artillery. When the statue had been decor
ated with the most lovely wreaths Of flowers,
among others an inscription IN white nowers on q
bed OF leaves, Welcome TO AL" Commander Oscar
Tompkins addressed the post. He SAID they were
gathered here TO honor with appropriate cere
mony and TO adorn with the returning flowers the
statue raised TO the memory OF the martyreu
leader who brought them through the iunereal
days-ay, the years-of their country's fearful
agony into the steady light OF peaceful quistude
not for pomp or show, out IN sincere and ahecton.
ate remembrance to bear witness to the truth OF
the sublime sentiment OF Pericles tnat ol Illus
trous men the whole world IS the toino.n
Commander fompklns then introduced General
John Coclrane who spoke substantially as Ioi-
lows -
We come 70 commemorate our Kindred dead perhaps
70 retrieve the national rhaps TO kinde
Mn the OF ,sa a
s Sfinss an sad sae@ her graves with flowers
Ss hey hs ous % s hss where 9 r9m y he noo o.
snd abOys it; aary and We vail Sr e
maine should renew the laurels on his brow lnns
breathe our earliest incense To the larg At, truest
ani geDnest heart Of all that suffered and
endured IN the dire stress OF war Behold the risen sun
lighting ali the in his comng The signal presses
and hasten 10 srew with spray and hop the etgy
OF Abraham Lincoln in his station he livei Ana now
the verna hours lead the day Through all the land
the procession moves to martial strains with floral
OF country AS departs let faction sleep, feuds dis
solve and enmitie expire. These flowers symbolic life
without its bitterness They plead its charities not to
its hates They are gathered from all the earth they
should be widely strewn. The dead do not re-
member war; and thoughtful state smanshp surely
does not disapproye the suggestion Of The heart
that reconciliation consists with decorating the graves
OF both the Union the Confederate dead. They only
nourish the hareds OF war whOsc interested schemes
turn on them The soldier holds the prowess OF his
enemy in respectful remembrance. lie does not exuit
venge spites his cherished ensig make record
OF the feseEiments. but only Of the honors OF battle.
Civil war national catastrophe, and no Mt
has Yet found ITS account in commem0rating It's
carnage. Retire then Its trophies From the NATIONAL
standards let its battle names and from the tomb Of
the martyred Lincoln let the Gospel forth that with
malice toward none with charity to alp olds III equal
embrace all kudreds and and coiorsthe blue the
gray and the black together.
From the Lincoln statne the Post proceeded,
in company with the otner posts IN the process
sion. to st. Paul's church, where they decorated
the grave OF Major General Montgomery, who fell
so glorlOusly IN the attack quebec, on December
81, 1915. They were received by the Rev. Agernon
S. Crapsey, vino extended to them hearty wei.
come. The decorations consisted or wreath OF
flowers. geraniums. tearoses, &c., and little tag
bearing the following inscription