Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-06-03

now before H., the perseverance, the
energy aud the fidelity that made
them rs soldiers the peers of the bravest
And now, my comrades. in conclusion
let me adjure you, as you prize the results
which your valor and the sacrifices of your
fallen brothers have won, az you love this
land which your struggles and their blood
have redeemed, see to it, that to the dis
charge of your duties as citizens you carry
the same measure of devotion that marked
your career as soldiers. Renew every May
at this shrine the fervor of your patriotism,
and carry from this spot to your every day
life as civilians the spirit of usefulness and
loyalty that Is here immortalized. The
flag that floats above you to-day, with not
a star obscured, nor stripe torn away still
has claims upon you. These homes of the
dead that are found in every State are 50
many links to bind this Union together
in chain that can not be sundered.
Strengthen that bond by fraternal SYM
patty and the spirit of love. We need
patriotism that State lines can not circum.
scribe feeling of fraternity as broad a.
this land bounded Ivy the seas and the gulf
and the lakes.
These silent sleepers in our beautiful
| East Tennessee have bought for their kim
| dred and countrymen, East and West the
| right to call this home. Their blood has
| so cemented this Union that everywhere
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| breadth, every citizen who has sworn fealty
| to its flag is at home. Teach that truth t.
your children, teach it in your lives so
that there shall go out from this sacred
spot a patriotism which shall pervade this
| entire country and make us one people In
| sympathy and purpose, all alike labOring
/ to transmit to our children unimpaired the
government our fathers left us. And then.
wv hen the long years have rolled slowly away
| Fen to the dawn of earth's funeral day,
When at the archangePs trumpet and tread
| Rise up the faces and forms of the dead
| When the great work its last judgment awaits
When the blue sky shall swing open its gate,
| And our long column march silently thro',
| Past the Great Captain for final review,
Then from the blood that has flowed for the
| right,
Crowns Shall spring upward untarnished and
| bright;
Then the glad ears of each martyred son,
Proudly shall hear tie good tiding well done:
Blessings FOR garlands shall cover them over,
Parent and husband and brother and lover,
| God tciU reward those dead heroes of ours,
And cover them over with beautiful flowers
REMARKS OF RX.FREsIDENT JOHNSON
In reply to calls from the assemblage
present, Mr.. Johnson in substance said
that he was pleased to meet his fellow cit
liens on such an occasion. He did not
propose to harrow up feelings by reviving
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of peace and he desired to see a better feel
ing between the sections. He said thai
e mothers of the land had great trus
, 81. ihe work of educating the young. Like
,,nelia of old their jewels We're theil
CAildren and they should be taught to love
their country and revere its Constitution
/, and laws. He thought it time that mer
were striving to unite for the good of thei
country. He said he was no partisan. nj
. fanatic and no sectarian.
| His remarks were appropriate and vel
received. His presence on the occasion
added largely to the interest OF the day.
AT the conclusion of Mr. Johnsons re
: marks, the decoration of the graves wa
proceeded with, and in due time buncl
of flowers marked the resting place o
= every hero buried in the National Cen,
Z etery of Knoxville.
Sargent Ridge, who has charge of tn
Cemetery, was fully prepared for the oc
casion, and the grounds were in goot
+ condition.
e Everything passed Off quietly, and tn
o decoration being over, the benediction wa
l. pronounced by Rev. Mr.. Bachman, and al
:, returnd to the city without anything hay
), ing occurred to detract from the solemnit!
o of the occasion.