The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-07-11

| anu SOIlClCuuo III mdlly HlllluS, Jnere
are duties which come to us all-duties,
which we, as individuals, must dis
I,charge in the hope that He, who gave
us our independence in the beginning,
and who, later in such q marvellous
manner stood between us and the at
tacks Of treason, will cause light and
order to come out OF this darkness and
confusion. But this only as we shall
prove faithful to the sacred trust which
has been committed to us.
And now, as to the observance Of
this day. have to affirm that it is
mot What it was twenty or thirty years
ago. 1t has seemed as if it was gradu-
4 ally becoming thing OF the past. This
is seen in the fact that in many parts
of the country it is observed simply as
an occasion for drunkenness, and law
! |1Lessness of every kind and in scores Of
i our cities and towns there is no ac-
count made Of it whatever. -
/. It is a grand mistake-it is ruinous
to the minds Of those who are just COM
ling on the stage. It's an injustice and
deep wrong to our children In order
then, not only to make sure the preser-
REatlon Of our institutions Of which we
l,>oay- yr-nIl I,o ,,,.o,,d ln+ to o,ro ~, oy,,
their proper value in the estimation Of
the boys who are to be our legislators
and statesmen in the first quarter of
the goth century, the journey Of the
| nation through the wilderness to the
/ promlSed land of freedom, must be
9 lifted up before the minds Of the peo-
ipla as on canyas-the marches and
s hand fighting Of the brave boys i'll blue
: )mnsttbe put into the most stirring dis
s course on every return Of this day. o
: 60 our: minds nothing else will, I'M
f der God, continue to impress upon us
: the responsibilities which deVolve up
$ ION us-nothing else will keep before
the minds Of our children, and oul
4 chiklFeas clliatsfen, their solemn trust
y in connection with the civil and polit-
, zeal privileges and blessings which
> come to them and to us as the fruits
} Of victory on the field of blood.
Wnh the stirring events which have
= TRANSFERRED since the close of the Re
bellion, infull view, the duty Of every
loyal citizen is patent, and must be rec
: ogniZetl, (which is answering loyalty
, to the fundamental principles of the
Z Constitution.
We haveSspoken of duty here; but
there is .alp1iVilege as well, to be per
mitted in THE years following the
. struggle iQrnational existence, to me
morialiZe,6zl ssuch services as these, the
lofty courage Of the mighty host who
:, counted not their lives dear unto them
- that they MlsgIl5 stand up before the
= murderous aim.Nf Treason and receive
the blows tllalt,Mere directed at the vi
= tails of the Republic
Heaven has s,ayGished no example OF
nobler spirits i2 amy age than those
whose deeds axe aauded to the skies by
millions who at this hour, come up
from the farm, the @yorkshop and the
cloister Of the student, to do them hon
or .,fl
: Millions gathered last Decoration
= Day around the graves of the immor-
= tai dead and streWed the emblems of
: their affection and loMe, culled from
natures garden, on their last resting
: place. Children around the graves of
fathers, parents around djhe graves Of
! sons, sisters around the gfaves of broth
ers, wives around the graves of hus-
balds, and maidens around the resting
4 place Of those who, though removed,
y are dear to them yet-dear because
: Of the sacrifice and the cause which
/ claimed their young lives.
While myriad groups gathered at
the tombs of their departed, teaes were
shed-tears of affection, and yet of
gratitude; for they turned from their
4 loved and lost to regenerated land.
and, beholding what God has wrought,
they were enabled to say: It is enough !,
G that harvest is worthy of the precious
/ seed that was sown: the result. grand
and glorious, repays all the sacrifice a
thousand-fold; and they would not
S have their dead recalled if they could,
Y but oratnf,lI1U thny raoo Op;1o 41,o ,,r;1-