The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-06-05
REMARKS OF HON. w. BUSHNELL,
AT THE GRAVE OF GEN. WALLACE.

He is not dead but sleepeth.
Yes, he "sleeps the sleep that knows no
waking" Look upon his grave! Behold
his tomb but do not imagine that he is dead.
A form so erect and manly may rest in the
grave, but spirit so noble cannot die. 1t is
yet abroad working for good purposes and
ends Who remembers him but as kind and
gentle, yet firm? Exalted in his manners and
example, and pure in all his impulses? Look
through this leafy grove. Can you not see
him walking from that front door TO yonder
gate with form erect, countenance beaming
with Kindness and flashing with thought and
intelligence? Be not deceived, for looking
again you see him not, for here he lies.
Born on the Sth of July, 1921, at Urbana
Ohio, of noble and honored parents, he emf
grated to this county at an early day end set
tied in the township of Deer Park, and for
months worked upon farm. Subsequently,
stimulated by spirit of ambition he formed
the design of studying law, and for while
read with Abraham Lincoln; but meeting
with the Hon. r. Lyle Dickey, who then, as
now, was an active and honorable member of
the bar, he removed TO Ottawa. Here he, on
the 9Th of February, 1881, was married to
Miss Dickey, daughter Of the friend WHO had
brought him to this city.
And here let me say to the widowed wife
lay aside your grief, forget your mourning
for what woman has had bequeathed TO her a
legacy so rich as the name and fame of him
of whom | speak, anG who yet liveth in
spirit to comfort and protect you
The inaninate form which this tomb con
fines was but short time ago the abode OF
one of the purest patriotic hearts that ever
honored our land. He was one of the first to
volunteer IN the Mexican war, and won uneX-
a.. ~ .l, tEra int Ia.
FIRST U. S. Regiment At the breaking our
of the rebellion he was the first of our citizens
to offer his services TO the government.
need not detail his subsequent career, for ii Is
all as familiar as household word. Mortal
ly wounded upon the 9th of April, 1862, he
died upon the 10th. Pittsburg Landing, how
hallowed the name, how glorious, yet how sad
the surrounding Whether making friends
! in the social circle, or gathering laurels in lie
! gal contests; whether carrying material upon
i his shoulder up the bluff to beautify an early
home, or wearing upon the same shoulder the
glitering epaulets upon the field of strife and
carnage TO victory and ultimate death, yet he
was Wallace ever, he was Wallace still. Oh
how the hopes Of true-hearted friends droop
ed, like these fading flowers upon his grave
"a they heard the mOurniul newsl Around
his tomb today are thousands of those who
knew him best and love him longest TC
them and his country Lis death was n calami
lty, but to him 1t was Il glorious fading into
immortality. Fearless aud sefrellani, oper
IN dislikes, warm in friendship, he evel
marched straightforward in the line of duty
and truth. rs a man kbe Judged in privai,
life few were his equals. Never was he charg
ed with broken faith or violated trust. AnC
now at evcntidc as the shadows lengihen To
ward the East, where lac loved To sill 50 well
and from whence We have so often obeyed
his gavel call, let us turn again To the Yves
and behold his Sepulchre, fully realizing tina
the Grand Supreme Commander of the Uni
verse has by His gavcl called our comrade 4
his final and peaceful rest Gentle neighbor
; good friend, true pslrlotand noble hero, hail
and again farewell