New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-05-31

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deluge could awaken him again.
But tomorrow and the next day the
gentle, fiery tremor of the sunbeam will
glide noiseIessly down from the golden
throne of its king, and lay it's quiet finger,
like the electrical touch of woman, on bis
LAUNDERING form, when straightway You
will hear the short, quick breathing Of the
giant as his drowsy limbs turn over. break
ing his smooth, white covering into thou
sand wrinkles, and he will leap from his
bed with the bound Of q panther. Lo! the
grinding ice breaks, rolls down with the
noise Of q cataract, and piles up towering
mountains along the shores with power
as irresistible and terrific as that Of the
avalanche.
Let the noiseless sunbeam 60 back to it's
chambers. Let the unseen hand which
leads the waters down to the sea leave them
for Q moment, and that raging giant will
to his ice bound slumbefs at the foot Of the
hills.
Thus it is, comrades, with the force of pub
lie Observation-Disclosures, unseen, gradual,
sometimes slow TO move; but when it does
come, invincible. To it We must look for the
remedy for our evils and for the final deci-
sion OF these great questions.
Az it is the low tones, the minor notes,
the quiet colors and the shy faces which
make the heart leap strongest, SO it is the
peaceful influences Of the world which are
the most puissant. The prophets Of
murder" from LNther's time tO ,is have
never triumphed long.
At the Centennial Exhibition in Philadel-
phia on the day Of it's opening, stood at
the door of the buildings erected by China,
Japan and Egypt in our great American
hall of welcome. On the pillars of Egypt's
gate was this inscription:
1.-The oldest of the people of the earth
sends greeting to the youngest nation" As
stood there and read this inscription and
looked upon the strange faces and garb and
my mind travelled back over the way Of the
centuries along which the path of their his
tory had wound as does q mountain road in
the ''dim distance" by the hszy far-off
mountain peaks.
One hundred years ago this our country
was born; these people were as they are to-
day hoary and gray with age.
Two hundred and fifty years ago our an
cestors first landed on these shores; these
nations were not younger than they are to-
day.
Eight hundred years ago William the
Col querer made the final conquest of
England. They still lowered up among
nations, dim and ancient and distant and
mysterious As they now are.
Fourteen hundred and fifty years ago the
Romano abandoned Britain, and ths Sax
ons and Danes took and divided il. They
were etiil the same.
Nineteen hundred years ago our Lord
was born. Our ancestors were savages.
They were still as ancient and retired and
inaccessible as they are now.
Twenty-six hundred years ago Rome was
a village. Isaiah and Jeremiah prophesied
Egypt was just beginning to descend from
the meridian of its power.
Thirty-eight hundred years ago, when
Rome and Greece were eunborn-away back
past Persian, and Mede, and Assyrian, and
Hebrew civilization, when Abraham was
young-Egypt was in the full noon tide of
her civilization, learning, science, power
and prosperity, and mistress of the world.
As thought Of this lncomprehensible an
tiQuity, and then of our own brief history,
l realized that our country was just in the
infancy of its existence, and that we were
not yet even q nation.
Ye people of the elder East. Ys from the noary
towers,
And palaces and pyramids of earth's fair earlier
Ye elder races of whose feet the march and
counter-march
Have made the history of the world, it's realms
Ye from whose lusty fathers sprang the conquerors
You see upon these newer shores no walls or tenn.
PIES hOar,
No cities old, nor dynasties of pre- his OF ic yore;
You see a people without bounds or nation OF q
With neither language, race, tradition history
ahymn.
But there shall be nation here, with history and
hymn,
What storms betide its path what fortunes good
What perils trials sharp chastisements victories
What giories, wreaths about its banner, robed
What royal works Of goodness, bring ging cheer and
veal to men;
What dark. .hued deeds of evil shifting down the
What nance among its sens fame out and light
the earth as stars;
None know, can dream, or prophesy all, all is hid
Within the deep and shadowing darkness of the
time to Come.
CHORUS.
But there shall grow nation here great gorio Us,
GreaI as the lakes the plains the noun tsins and
Free as its far descending rivers and its rushing
Strong as it thus i., noby free and Just as it is
This nation, God Of nations, Thee we pray, the
Az it. from all our widely scattered seed, has
n0bly sprung
Maybe the the bright consumma:e flower of all then
Whose name shall be beacon guidin right the
-, eyes Of men,
W hose deeds shall be forever pure, " hile making
glad the earth.
Set tor the healing of the nations. and whoee
bright starred course
Shall thus make trAight the path for our great
Lord and King the Ch'ist.
The address was attentively listened to
md applauded at it's close Then fol lowed
! few well-timed remarks from Rev. Mr..
Adams, and the exercises closed with
,enediction by Rev. H. L. Pease, of the
Seaman's Bethel.
Present on the platform were Congress
nen o. D. Conger, Of Michigan, and William
Voodburn, of Nevada, of the oongre ssional
with other distinguished visitors.
The entrance to the cemetery was beauti-
ully decorated with flowers. and ever
.reens, as was also the granite column
within the inclosure.
The committees having in charge the ar
for the day were:
Decoration-M. M. Fuller, L. j. Souer
nd John Garstkamp.
Transportation j. B. Ludwig, j. II.
1awlor and c. H. Thompson.
Police-Jacob Gray and c. II. Merritt.
Printing and Music-J. II. Wright, H C.
)ibble and C. H. Thompson.
Grafton and Prsyer-A. s. Badger,
,harles Hill and T. w. Eaton.
The weather was delightfully."- cool and
leasant, and those who assembled to honor
be brave dead, and with loving ha nds laid
arlands Of roses on the graves of our SOL |
iers and sailors, will not regret the day |
D worthily spent.