New-York tribune., 1877-05-31

,tons imart unusual interest TO the ceremonies OF the
Gav without their death whose graves we decorate no
centennial year had illuminated our annals ana Tue sht
of nations bad been Quonchcd In thc nls.o.,on W @
American Government 10 item ms neVu VJions S ~
Great Lcirs 0i Gne. whose memories Gehu "I'n "So VI
Ifisnow thre Years suce here, beneath this statue,
fbe graves equally Of thr Union aud Confederate dead be
decorated by loyal hands The subject first OF uiehuN
lar heart and now through all the land the grave oi
frnd aud zoe ~ the grca; struggle partakes h' Vl 5e
crnnaon. sympathy should not be relaxed into sItor
We not 70 DC deuded by the false Sare Of an anece
" God knows which was right, and when was WiohSS.
Fun well know the difference; and We MARI ~ Nv .e
despair IN which we Lod that people WAC all 70 sn, M
cusa between LOYALTY ana treason. We decorate the
grsyes OF the Confederate dead because hcy were our
broth To erTng and Tdstraie Du sun our Oolnes, Au
mirng thcr courage and plying Their suilnSS We re
member their virtues. The love that we lavish on thom
Nc invoke 10 respite tho memories of aterna siie,
e. oonsccrate TIE national fame anew, and to
bind the North and South in one united brother
hood The graves of soldiers who crcwhe zen IN nos
tile ranks shall this day bear our tribute 10 ueh com
worth. The asperes OF the fearful years arc mel
ing with the falling dewS and the iadhg mowers o'o
ony charity, suryVes-the charity OF kindred blood
That 1t endure forever we pluck immortal alnatahu
from heaven. where II grows. ana decorate All our heIoes
graves with It's uniading bloom. ,.,.
Three years since. hero beneath this statue Posi- In
Coin Insisted that The lattlcnalnes OF cym war oo r.
moved no national standards We fcpclt M ne
mand today The savage no h'sei's 10 lSai diI @ y
OF his tribe, rejects the cruel ehbtis ol Peo po"
css IN the combat Chnstians We, DC our Uoli'Ss VI
civil strife retired and unsuliied national escucheo
Comrades, We are engaged in the solemn commcmora
tiOn OF supreme national event Inc lncdsultu u'''
OF veteran ranks awakens marital memories. ana lnStun
strains recall the burial of our dead Le the soiA
nmarTed-the SCARED soldier and ms paittIna8
The aDad OF the warrior SnOud not DC uscu W '"'''
tIse the wares Of enterprising traffic.
While tins annual holiday summons us nom the chlos
nent OF easy competence very man! OF QUE o"i' "a @
homeless wanderers and helpless dependents upon
the charities The State Efforts are making 10 retrieve
this disgrace Home for POOR soldiers ana sailors ms
been projected TO be erected ana endowed ny voluntary
Subscriptions Already has a site been secured III Il
PHEASANT aud healthidl region OF the State and large
sum has been contributed FOR the buildings Lei us te
IN this audablc enterprise with sach energy ana %dI
that another Decoration Day Shall not uaWn up"i,
single homeless and destitute soldier or sailor "'h our
borders
BY this time the Garde Lafayette had arrived, ana the
whole body proceeded to the statue Of Lafayette Here
the Gardc post Of honor and was addr ssed by
Prof Charler in French. lie dwet upon the glores OF
Washington the father of the country OF the ardent
zero LAFAYETTE and Of the Martyr Of Liberty Lincoln
siany of his hearers FrenChmen. They should not
.orget that in they represented France;
hat they owed to France to do their duty TO America
They should remember what Lafayette had done for
America. ana what America had done for Fance. SO
long the American Republic existed so long N3iu II
De ready 20 The countries would be united
5y friendship united by love of liberty, united by the
Ommon memory Of the great names OF the eVgiuu9h'
Major H. G. BOyd also spoke briefly. Gea Joseph {.
nckncy made short address at the foot OF the statue
u Washington, urging the duty OF creating Ne"-AofH
oldiers' home
MADIsON-SQCAEE SERVICES.
/. A. Kimban Post No. 100, commanded by Col James
a. Turner conducted the decoration OF the Worth monu
in nsdsOnSquare, and the veterans Of The Mexi
~: war attended the services The Grafton was deliy-
.red 10y Col 7. B. Thorpe, and was review Of Gen
H0rth's career
At the statue OF William II. Seward Thurow Weed
presided. AID made brief opening remarks He was
escorted by the Veterans OF 1872 Charles p shaw
,ration characterized Seward q who occupied the
.sne rofir in tis country which Percles occupied III
Greece, Rchclicu in France, and Pitt in England. A
wreath of auYl then placed upon the brow OF the
aue ami after bencdcton the crowd dispersed TO see