The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-05-31
THE RUTLAND DAILY GLOBE WEDNESDAY MORNING. MAY 81 1876

with greater self-sacrf1ce, affirms that for
ones country II Ia sweet and pleasant to
die. Compute then, II you can, the price,
less worth of nations sovereignty and
existence since they are bought at such
cost Hence, in mourning for our soldiers,
we must be thankful for the preservation
of our Union. The orator here referred to
the dead soldiers of Brandon, and quoted
the well.known lines of Collins, commenc.
ing, " How sleep the brave who sink TO
rest" &C. Next was wildly reviewed the
stirring scenes of the war, wherein a battle
was portrayed as If the she devils dam
ed had broken loose from the pandemon-
ium Of Millions hell, and In one avenging
swoop had swept the field" Next, refer
ence was made to the great Grafton Of Per-
icles to the Athenans standing in the midst
of the unburied dead. We stand here to-
day not in the freshness of individual grief
to weep concerning those we have loved
| Over their graves the green grass 10 wav-
ing, and flowers are cheerfuly blossoming
Time has dried our tears; we come not as
a mother or daughter to weep over the be-
loved remains not yet committed to tn,
tomb. But VIC come to reflect and be
thankful that in our great need and danger
, cur patriotism was sufficien for the hour.
We come here to garner up the fruits of |
the war and learn valuable lessons. |
We must now faithfully perform the |
duty our comrades have helped |
to cast upon u.s. We must keep
the lamp Of liberty trimmed and burning. |
The orator next referred to the superiority |
of educated intellectual power over mere
hired toOls-mercenaries in war; and of
!, the guiding hand of Providence which
finally caused right to prevail. Our men
= fought to break up the thraldom of slavery
they fought to succeed, they knew they
! must succeed-must succeed Think Of
the direful consequences that must have
resulted If the rebellion had succeeded
u this powerful union ot states would have
l. been broken all iha. our fathers fought
d for in 1776 would have been lost-lost for
II ever petty natonaltles would have ex-
listed where one great power now alone
holds sway standing armies, with the &C.
n companying evils would have been neces
= STATED wars, political affiliations, in
a trigues, etc, would have been the order Of
the day slavery, the curse Of nations,
would have stalked through the land,
81 marching its victorious column and erect
g ing its ghostly banners over the bloody
A., corpse of our national existence Z; the doc
trine that all men are created free and
d equal, ETC., would have been submerged in
he the vortex of rebellious success the gov
ID eminent of the people, by the people, for
q; the people would have been a mere thing
'e great Caesar of old, stabbed to the heart by
e. the devilish hand of treachery, would have
III gathered its mantle about its body for the
7 last time, and have expired in the very
midst of its friends and supporters the
ls great problem of European nations as to
the stability and perpetuity of American
Is institutions would have been most tragically
r.. solved. However, by the help of an over
ruling Providence, the old ark of liberty
fol, ~.u1 st,A 81.
waves of rebellion TO a safe haven at last
a TIE speaker next spoke in terms of praise
q of what had been accomplished by our
soldiers dead and alive, and of the Joy that
10 was felt by the lovers of liberty throughout
q the world at the successful termination of
in our struggles. The close of our war found
:, US staggering under an immense debt.
- How many thought we might prove some
IT, Atlas with shoulders of strength, but the
re debt would surely prove the weight of a
vc world, and in addition to the debt, what a
4, mass OF questions presented themselves to
!" US for solution. Time, the great healer of
all woes, is slowly closing up the gap of
the late war, and in the midst of the ora
tons and paens, and rejoicings Of this oul
ry centennial year reunited north and south
he will exchange fraternal greetings and re.
oil. new their pledges OF allegiance and devo
ton to our reconstructed Union. The day
X of envy, hatred and strife, let US hope, hai
W. departed There is no north, no SOUTH NJ
Eat east, no west for the American people
All technical differences, let us hope, have
II. been cast forever into the bloody chasn
III which Yawned, ghastly and terrible, for 81
sic | many years between the north aud south
req Fraternity, love, stability and unity should
y. be the corner stone OF our new temple o.
's- liberty, erected by reunited people. Lee
icy the past be buried and the future Is ahead
Id, Peace, mercy and forgiveness should actu
- ate the hearts of all our people TIL,
~" speaker next referred to the order Of thu
nj Grand Army of the Republic, and said !
should be a continuing organization Xix
,bt the knights of the Cross or of the Garter
;,, II Is necessary for US in times of peace t
"n be prepared for war, and in regard to thi
VIII last assertion and its accompaniment, tn
ut speaker quoted from Bacon, Aristotle an
Plato-trom the claws" of the latter, II
of Prof Burges, and also from the "Re
port tr. of Henry Davis, M. A, afte
h q which the orator closed with brillian
of peroration on the duties Of the hour, an
Gro ~ future of the Republic.
civ The address, of which the above is
" ,Xicf abstract, occupied about thirty-fiv
~, MINUTES in its delivery
~ 'At the close of the exercises at the hal
II tho procession formed and marched
an, Evergreen and the Catholic cemeteries
decorate the graves. In the processio
"a. was company of forty veterans under I'll
a.. command of G. w. Carr and o. Meachan
,,n The floral carriage was very beautiful. I'll
vas exercises were great success, and those
charge are to be congratulated on the r
nd. suit of their efforts
ID. At Castleton.
on brighter morning or fairer day new
DIR dawned on our pleasant village than tn
ta. of the nations Memorial day. Immed
.rly ately after noon the people began to Coz
fol- gregste in our streets from this and neg
Ire. boring towns, TO unite with the CastietC
V. memorial association in the sacred obse
vance of decorating the graves of oil
de- seventeen soldiers of the late war that q
reposing in our lovely bill side cemeter
and over the remains of our four fallen I
,oe- evolutionary soldiers, who rest in the bril-
the church burial ground. The ceremoni
ople were not as imposing as on some previo
!, Of Memorial days, but they we're full as inte
ex- esting ard inspiring as any that have pr
ling ceeded iA.m. The Grafton by Capt. 10
O .;,h g. Baker, ( Rutland, was all that cou
oral NC ues'fed OF asktu lor on such all oce
lose sion, and reflected honor and credit on hi
and as a citizen and a soldier, and the imprs
'u NV sion Is that he ranks we'll with other Rr
,nor land orators that have been heard hero
SOL, memorial and political occasions. The fl
nlry lowing 10 an abstract of
:, to