Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-05-29

| The looms are hu,h Il, idle the waterfall
And these, the a-ts Of peace, WAC q caly ka'pa.
Atmorn, they kiss their babsz A. sht ara rs1s
Their liie sweet hops, ike scattered t.J-s0 ns
| blown
| Why need we ten. again. .h- 90 talf tal4s
Those years Of e ARIA struggle, tor tlf strain:
| oFIho -t y'srs az home u sccrff We aud gal7
VI hope deferred, - yi-a-" MARRIED aud , lt
To day. the fields those red month cannon pl,yy
| Are ING ntt with troops. bui Win ne gram
Serene aud fair, the bloody battle plain,
| Where late way haryesters were holly bowed.
| For, victory comes AZ lac. rebellion Yields
And when the overhurleued land hgl res:,
The nation gathered t. earth kindly breast,
These scattered remnants ui a hundred h.las
| u hon ring them. a sacred debt We nav
Tan We who live. forget ~. men who did
M ~, boi' war 9runi and s;emueI - merry q o..
No malice do we bear the hostile dad
Ihey raised fheir hand against the nation life:
| They persisted in the sad, unequal strife
fcr' how, against such odds, could they msSe head
| With old time wrongs and tyrsnnics allied.
Confronting thus be progress II tn World.
Gai1sst man aud God The standard they uuf1rld
HE future and the past alike dehed'
With most. perhap~. a grisyous. sad mistake,
With some, alas, dark, unh0ly crime;
We are content To leave 10 after time.
ID. measure u the men and deed e take.
But, do not ask, that they with these shall share
me nation f. need OF ggatitnd- and praise,
IhRt she 70 th'ni, pr nd monuments shall raise,
| Or make their dust her special pride and care.
Az; do not ask that shah =tultify
The heroes sleeping In dsath'- silence here;
Shall make s 3 The right agi wrong alis, appear;
They fought like heroes Az TOO well they fought
But do they fight The battle e the race.
p 10 IN their fellow man q higher place,
To make hlm more 2 InBCs Was thi- their thought
Had Hampden been 20 Hampton = cause untrue,
Were he the Hanpder, that We HOW revere.
And " Arlington valisn: warrior mere,
W hat we're hi name, this day L. DE and youy
Not men alone we honor here a ca-se:
The cause offreed1In, all the earth around.
For this freedoms --latest battl--FrouuI:
The foice If arms against her holy laws.
I'll: true, Gods ways were higher than our own.
We night, ~ first the nation : iifA go save.
BE made the war give freedom % the -s.e'
We won wiener war tTprn pet took that tone
Amid these graves. we pray, God give ne peace,
But, should the cause cf freed IN ha BETRAYED.
Whoe er her foes, God give men like these
- God aive Us peace we pray amid these graves;
God make our children 20 their country true:
And secret treason, may il ne'yr undo
The land o er which fair freedom banner waves.
May man 10y nan no more in dust be trodl
No more of high and holy rights denied
Ard may the cause for which these heroes fieI
BE reckoned still the canse Of man and God
Speak out once more. " lips c2bwebbed with peace
send 20 the welEin' once again, the notes
That treHbcd welcome from your redh0t thrOats
That day ye gave the troubled land release.
Speak out once more, and let man lips he dumb
1e have pow 30 mortal tongue can reach,
We have a simple eloquence of speech,
To which no art Of feeble man may come
le can not wake the silent seepers here,
But We can plead the cause for hich they bIed;
be can transmit II down each coming year.
And ye can STIR the hearts Of living men,
Les they in time t. come, thankless forget,
hat tbs, when battlefclds with blood are vet,
To have wall Of fire around them then.
And these, the nations dead. here let them sleep,
Each snoT White slab, a. twere lifted hand;
That all they fought for, she would sacred keep.
A beautiful chorus, entitled Two Roses, q"
was now sung under Prof. Richter direction
after which Rev. John p. Newman, n D.,
the orator OF the day, delivered an eloquent
GRAFTON, Of which we present the following
DIR. SFwMAN's ADDRESS.
Gratitude is the nobleSt emotion Of the hu-
| man soul-a virtue OF the highest eXcelenc 2.
| 1t is Il sentiment inspired by favorS con-
/ ieTTed; il j. disposition eNcitel by con
| scious obligation. 1t is duty imposed by
| benedictiOns received, a bond OF union be-
| tween the creature and the creator, the child
| and the parent. the subject and the govern
! mcnt, the benetactor and the beneficiary. il
is the golden link which binds one genera
ton 10 another To the dead we are indebt-
Ell for the nObleSt examples OF whatever i
J pure in morals, exalted in patriotism, sub
| lime In SelfabnegatiOn. We are indebted C.
/ them for their great and benevolent labors
. for their country and humanity: for the sui
/ fering they endured for truth and justice, for
! law AID liberty for the Union and enamel
4 patton. II i the law Of Providence
/ that humanity advances 10 a letter fortune
! through the trials and Su1ieringS OF Others
! As the attacking column moves forward q
( the objective point. over the dead bodies OF
+ fallen comrades. until the banner OF victory
+ il planted on the citadel of the enemy, so the
/ human race advances along the path strewn
Z with the ruins of the formative efforts Of
! other days, attended At every step b. a.
/ company of martyrs. LoQl-l"' must stand
: ~ Ius II trinOns .;e; Iell must fly befOr,
/ Ges SleE Warren must fail on Buneer Hin
I ELLSWORTH must die for mis- cOuntry'S dag
and the immortal Lincoln must perish FOR
the Union he loved so well. Speculate q,
! YOU may. argue IS You please. dcay il II you
I Will, yet the better future lies beyond tba
1 fields Of toll, ard is reached through paths
! stained with human blood. War is a Caam-
/ ity; IL is dreadful ScOurge, IL l. a monster
/ who marches to the music OF the widow
signs and the orphans cry. Yet OF
all evils which befall the human
! race, ] know of nale out Of which
! GCd in His infinite mercy has brought "a
! much good to man as out OF war. He has
made the wrath of man 10 praise Him.
! The SpeaKer drew illustrations from the
! all Of tOnStautinOple in l45S. from the battle
| OF SolferinO in 1S59; from the battle vi Sadowa
1 in 1866; and from our war of i716
lie then described the beneficent results OF
4 the late war for The Union. Had 10 not been foI
! the death and sUfleringS OF our heroic dead We
could not have a centennial celebration. lie
/ then described what that centennial would
! be when representatives from all nations
! shall be gathered on our continent. Our
/ gratitude 10 the dead is 10 be manifested by
( perpetuating the blessings they secured foT
! rs. And this viii be done by q sim
( cere and intelligent fraternity throughout
| the land. But this differentiation will
| not be sublime fact until churches north
and south shall unite as before the war, and
| truly create healthy loyal public senti-
ment. To-day the soldiers of both armies are
in advance of the churches in good fellow
ship. Our soldier President, great in peace
as he was great in war has set the example
of fraternity. Our statesmen are more fra
ternal than Christian ministers. Let the
churches follow the teachings of their King
of Peace and the Union shall live forever
A chorus entitled Farewell TO the Forest
was now sung, and the services closed with
the pronouncing of the benediction by Rev.
Russell y. Bellows, the Marine band playing
selection from the Sicilian Vespers while
the audience dispersed.
GENERAL NOTES.
! The exercises were as usual under the aus
pices of the q. A. r., and the officer OF the
day Gen. f.. Corson, assisted by his aids,
Michael Corey and L. Schmidt, were quite
courteous and attentive to all who had occa-
sion TO meet them. The same may be said
of the general committee: James 7. Smith,
,chairman.) VIM. III. Kuhns, secretary and
reasurer) Theodore l.. Lamb, Timothy Luz
hey, Harrison Dingman, Aug. Ridgeley, and
| Horace II. Brewer. Also, of the other COM
mittees-On decoration, Timothy Lubey,
| chairman; on finance, j. I. Smith, chairman,
| on transportation, W. II. Kuhns, chairman.
/ The management, with commensurate fore