The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-06-01
DECORATION DAY.
How twas Observed at tho National
Cemetery Of West Virginia, ]
Speech of IN dEe r. II. Cochran, Q
z y this City, at GralIon.

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community, was nevertheless extensively
observed Of various points throughout thI
country, as will be seen by tho diIpRtchel
In our telegraphic columns. At no poin
in this State, We presume, was 1t 90 flt
tingly and elaborAtely observed as at Graf
ton, where there Ia q National Gene
terry, and where some 5000 defenders
Of the Union sleep in honored
grayes. The orator OF tho day was
Judge r. Il. Cochran, of this city, who
at two o'clock in the afternoon addressed
o large audience, perhaps twenty-five
hundred in number, Of the Fair grounds
adjoining the beautiful Cemetery In,
closure. Col. Fleming ,ot Fairmont was
Marshal Of the day, and Rev, r. A. Black
iord, Of Olarksburg, oficiated as Chap
lain. Alter the delivery Of tho address
the large gathering adjourned TO the
Cemetery, where the various committees
proceeded to the work Of deposlting flow.
ers on each grave, the band meanwhile
playing solemn dirge.' lsa1
The following Is the address delivered
BY Judge Cochran. l,oss3f F
Ay Rtlloo- CItisenS: Another year has
gone into the history Of each life and ma,
lion since tho people Of our country as.
sembled at the graves Of Our brethren TO
pay floral tribute TO the memory Of the
dead. -,-. -,.,--.
Another year, with It's lessons needed or
forgotten, brings the heart Of the nation
with one great throb to Gods green acre
10 reap a harvest for the soul and feed
upon reflection. -rth j . q r f'
Let us on this Pentecostal day approach
the pleasant duties Of this sacred hour
with thoughts attuned and affections
glowing, and, communing with each other,
let us realize that one touch OF kindness
makes the whole world Of kin, and that
"like as a father pitieth his children, 80 the
Lord pitieth them that fear him" and de-
light In doing good.
On this day Of al others 1t Is in this
spirit Of national brotherhood and kind
ness that desire TO speak and to be
heard. ~ EJT..H 4Fs a54
Deeper than the bones Of these dead lie,
let all our hates be buried; high as their
immortal souls have flown, let our af1ec-
tions rise; broad as was the measure Of
their devotion, let our charities abound;
varied as the ideas and motives impelliDg
them to dare and die, let kindly acts be
done; heroicly as they died and peacefully
as they slumber, let US resolve 10 live.
Though the shock oI ideas be marked
as was the shock Of arms, yet the combat
ants are brothers all, and friends, and the
world ia better for the fray.
In attempting to select words appro-
PIRATE to this occasion, one-is so over.
Whelmed with floods OF "lond affection
and recollection" that practical uttefAnce
seems impossible and only silence golden.
In memory we live again the ages Of
the last thirteen years. We see strong
men leaving the comforts Of home, the
smiles Of vile and the charms Of children
for the rigors oi the bivouac and camp.
The citizen schooled only in the arts Of
peace is transformed into soldier to
make and meet the shocks Of war. A
war not Tor booty nor for territory, but
Tor an idea-ior love Of constitutional
liberty. Men conscientiously schooled In
different creeds 10 hold and transmit a
common inheritance took different sides.
WHAT MAKES a TRUE soLDrRR.
Nothing but moral sense Of duty
could have impelled men 10 the conflicts
and held them 10 the endurance witnessed
In the war In which these sleepers were
heroes. 1t was not hate. o, mol Hate
OF a fellow mortal makes no man a
soldier. In proportion as the moral traits
are cultivated and lifted up will true
courage develop and hatred disappear,
l have seen strong men bending 10 the
storm Of battle, have seen them man
gled and torn by the bullet and shell; ]
have seen them In the agonies OF death; !
have seen their dead faces on the bloody
feld-the blue and the grsy,-on their
faces / have seen pain, peace, quiet re-
pose and Kindred expressions, but never
on that index Of the soldiers soul did ]
see an expression Of hato.
/ We are here today to forget the ills and
10 remember only the good In the past
10 recall with bowed heads the unselflsh
Iu6fUlUu VI kuOS0 WIZ ulGQ klhk uUGEly
might not perish from earth. a7
Within the recollection Of each Of us
here assembled-save these bright child
, ren OF the later yearS-thelr soldier lite
began and ended. The soldier in blue
went out to msintain the integrity Of the
Union-hopefully carrying and following
the dear old flag, his emblem Of constitu-
tional liberty. TO maintain and perpetu'
ate the privileges We now enjoy, and to
hasten the peace which now illumes the
sky he gave last tull measure Of his de-
Yoton. -
The, soldier in gray, turning, sadly
from the banner his infant lips were
taught to bless, feeling now that Il to him
is the symbol Of oppression goes out un-
der new banner his chosen emblem ol
constitutional liberty, 49,. - u.
Each pledges all, dares all, sacrifices
all, and dying, no doubt feels with the
immortal Hale-"I lament that I have
but one lie TO lay down for my country
NEITHER DRD IN VAIN.
Neither Of them died In vain-their
J struggle said 10 Us then and says 10 us
now-man, know thyself, and know thy
brother also Their sacrifices and death
taught our county and the world q les
son which will bless and brighten with
the ages.
Who can measure the results We have
seen and those yet 10 iolloWi For aughl
we know our recent struggle may be
ffaught with as grand and lasting results
to the moral and political world, as were
those memorable words TO the physical
world when God said, lot there DO light
and there was light''s l.s..- ,7'A
The establishment Of this national Sab
bath was q noble conception. All. l.over
this land to-day thousands ol delicate
hands and cultured thoughts are busy