The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-05-31
THE BlV0UAC OF THE DEAD.
goy THE rNION's CREATES CITY HON
ORED THE UNION'S HEROES.
o.ccretion Dny In New York-The Union
sannrs statues -Fireen Thousand Soldiers
Marching Through the Rain-Gen. sher-
urn's Address -Hrookiyn's Celebration.

Yesterday morning broke dark and
hre,t.ning. and before tho procession had
o,srl,rl more than hall tho length OF Broad
an, the expected rain fell sharply; still. the
p,or.tlun Day parade was more imposing
ham ANY 81 ~ predecessors. and the cero-
monies throughout were more complete than
ever Doforc.
u an carly hour tho lower part Of
Union square was thronged with men.
women. and children awaiting the docora-
zion Of the Washington and Lincoln monu-
n,nis The former had been assigned to the
butchers and attaches Of Washington Mar
let ami right we'll did they discharge the duty
fonl l"l 10 them. The monument and its sur
rounlius railing were converted into n sort Of
a..Al chapel II cvcrgrecns and roses. from the
midst ~ which rose the dark. heavy pedestal,
har.ng tho inscription in floral letters a foot
teh The Immortal Washington. ITS
ls7,.' On the reverse was Tho Father
Of His Country Both inscriptions were
aankrd by miniature sheais Of whcat.
guarded by floral sickles. and surmount-
el hy white doves bearing appropriate
emh.oms. Adjoining the statue. on the right.
Wis pavilion formed Of cloth of red and gold.
from which a band dis CURSED music during
Pie passage ~ the procession. The cost Of the
whole was over $1,000 At \ o'clock re-
li:ious services were performed by the Rev
Halsey Knapp aud addresses made by Robert
Il. Cornell and Senator Eccesinc. Lincon's
monument, On the other side Of the square was
decorated by Abraham Lincoln Post. No. 49,
Iosrlh Forbes. Commander. The decorations.
though not lavish or costly. were in equally
good taste The base of the pedestal bore red.
white and blue floral shield two feet high. sur
mounted by the single word Emancipation"
An address WINS made by Gen. Schuyler Hanil-
ton grandson Of Alexander Hamilton.
Fred. Douglass made n speech. In which he
paid glowing tribute TO the memory of the
mariyred President. Lincoln. he said. was the
first President of the United States brave
enough Ia invite colored gentleman to sit at
table with him. when the war broke out New
York was tho grand centre where the patriot
legion- rallied from the Empire state. from the
Bay state, from New Hampshire with her gran
IT, hills. from Maine with her icy slopes and
beetng cra.s. and from the mountains Of Yer
mont. where no slave. painting for freedom was
ever returned to his master. But he was not
there 20 revive old animositics. In the Ian
gnige ot the great soldier who had been twice
hgnor"d with the Presi dency. he would say.
Le, us have peace Let us have peace but
ei us have liberty. law. and justice nrst, Let rs
have the Constitution. with the Thirteenth,
fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments. fairly
Interpreted, faithfully executed, and cheerlully
obeyed. both In letter and spirit. lie would not
say that Rutherford Is. Hayes was not Justified
In stepping to the verge Of his constitutional
powers to conciatc and pacify the old muster
Glars at the South, but lie would say that some
steps by way Of recnncillntion should come
Jefferson Davis that their cause was Just. and
nat Just cause was never to be abandoned.
having changed his nature and become unnat-
urallv prone 10 crime. violence. and outrage.
had lost confidence in the ruling class Of the
South. II was because Of the conduct Of that
cns- since the war and since his emancipation.
The position OF the Democratir party was the
same in 1878 as In 1850. The chosen man then
was John c. Breckinridge Of Kentucky The
chosen man II that party to-day Was Samuel J.
Tidcn. The man to be kept out II the Presi-
Dental chair 10y threat Of revolution was Abra-
ham Lincoln. The man TO be driven from In.
Presidential chair by the machinery of polit-
i.M Investigation was Rutherford b. Hayes.
Now Ne them this same rcbellious spirit was
first instance II was the policy TO scatter. now il
Was u 7'arve. The potters of mischief hated
tho conclusion ot Mr. Douglass's grafton. n
poem was read entitled Lilies and Roses." II
yAs written for the occasion by Col. Latham
Cornell strong. late Of Coy. Tilden's stan. and
WIS received with marked approval Prof l..
Charter made speech at the decoration OF tho
delivered AN Grafton. The Worth monument
and the seward statue. in Madison square, We're
decorated at o'clock by the Veterans Of the
BY 9 o'clock Madison square, Fifth avenue,
aud the adjacent streets We're crowded
and 'n 5sod %l%s'' pa Shs F Hass Aye2Ss
Hotel. the Hoffman House. Brunswick. and
tie avenue fairly overHowed with gayly
dressed spectators; Fully two-th.rds Of the
children. and the gay colors Of spring toilets
were brilliantly SCI ~ by the deep green OF the
park and the white marble walls u the hotels.
through the centre of the throng the police. 10y
great mort. cleared n passage wide enough for
tue military. The latter had formed in Fifth
avenue. the First Division. under Gen Shaer.
occupying the avenue and side streets from
Ihriy-lrst 10 Ihirty-fourth, and the civic and
olner orSanizail9ns falling into line aiter the
son, Mayor Ely and TIL city officials arrived at
the reviewing stand at Fifth avenue and Tween
b-isurth street. and the long line set In
mQunn First came the city regiments 81 the
National Gnardr,the Seventh, Sixty ninth.
Eleventh. and Ninth Infantry. in the order
named. Separate Troop OF Cavalry and the
Ihiri Regiment OF Cavalry were assigned
positions between the different regiments.
Several batteries Of artillery with their pol
hhel bronze field pieces, were sandwlched IN
between the infantry and cavalry. The Seventh.
Ninlt, and Twenty second Regiments were re-
eeivei with especial enthusiasm. Grand Mar
shai Con Henry A. Barnum and stan followed.
founind 10y an escort Of nifty Generals, includ-
~ DK Burnside. McCOOk. Sickles, and others.
Nhrral display 81 enthusiasm, Gov Robinson.
Mayor Ely, and the Aldermen removing their
has A. he passed, the general standing w and
sh'o'eriug IN return. Tho biggest lions OF
tao irdnng ship Minnssoia. The litls fellows
Wheeled. marched, and cOuntermarched with
discipline and precision which evoked
storms OF applause and outriyalled the
dest 81 IT'S Of their militia competitors.
The tinrie Lafayette the colored companies,
We nremens display-eight engines and two
sook aud ladder companies-and the Hawkins
LouAyus were singled out for particular ap-
k'u-" Iattered aud smoke-h lackened battle
nass -noticeahly that Of Phil. KeArneys com
Annd were especially popular. For hours the
lpAg array If bright uniforms. glistoning bayo-
pets, SHINING cannon, and gayly- caparsoned
hQl"s poured down the avenue, and worked
snowy down 10 Fourteenth street, and around
I'M! mon square. More than 100 organizations
sll l'oQJ mon Wore IN line. kain fell before
Ne march NM over aud rendered the second
Ieylew al broadway and Warren street a failure.
ll.len Post Of Morrisania DECORATED Farra-
Guy grave a WoOdlawn. al 10 A. NJ.
h"n0 Post No. A. decorated the soldiers mon
lheni On Harris Island. The Grafton was de-
hyried hY Gen. Joseph 9. Pnckney
me announcement that the Rev. I. De Witt
damage WAS 10 deliver the Grafton At the sol.
u!ers monument. Greenwood. drew n crowd
several thousand. mainly women and chill
eIen' 10 the cemetery. Alter they had stood for
sohours and a half in the drenching rain
PORN the reverend gentleman appeared, fOl-
WWTd hy the Fourteenth Regiment, in red and
PNs uniforms and white pants. Mr.. Talinage
hql prepared an eloquent speech, beginning
nbaniliul Greenwood Queen City OF the
uaal &c., hut was induced TO omit i and sub
stlu" boned iction IN its stead. The graves
" ug soldiers plot wore decorated by Posts
t.a'i gri, 80. 2; Frank Head. No. 10. aud Nal