Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-05-30


at this very hour as at any time during the
last decade. This, however Is neither the.
time nor the place 20 dwell upon its details
Sunce IL 10 say the radical fact of al
Is that allegiance and protection must 90
toEether That whether We cast the rpSpODSi-
olhty upon the state or national government,
whatever pody polite sptZeS the prOperty
takes the body or commands the life OF the
citizens for its defense, must i'm return give
protection ample and comp etc; and III in can
not do this, there is a vital defect i'm the GOV
| ernment itself which sooner or later will shake
IL TO Its foundations. We have undertaken To
| do this through certain constitutional guaran
tees. First, we have guaranteed to each state
| republican form Of government Second we
| have provided for repelling invasion and sup
pressing domestic violence. Now IL these pro-
visions fail through maladmniStratiun such
| administration should be corrected: or IL they
IAN through some defect in the grant OF au-
thorlty then such defect should be supplied
and the power made complete. But IT, with n
republican form of government guaranteed
ah9 provision made 10 maintain pubic order
ana protect the citizens. there be no public
| opinion IN state which will enforce these
provisions, then I'm such state republican insti-
1utIphS In us are lalluIe, and the fact might as
We'll be admitted first as last.
tlNll war, under any form of government is
dire calamity. Its wounds heal SLOWLY its
scars never entirely disappear. In our own
grtat struggle, virtually two civilizations
clashed together. The north, with It's small
farmS Its district schools its educated masses
trained from youth TO participate in public
affairs, IFS hardy labor TO gradual but sure
thrift, confronted the south, with its baroniaI
acres, its ancestral traditions, ITS private tn
tors, its universities, its able, eminent, edu-
Gated few and ignorant many, with the fixed
habits OF imperative command on the one hand
and unquestioning obedience on the other
-, heSe Two mighty forces, generated under
the same constitution and laws met face 10
lace, and grapped TO the death. IL the south
succeeded, II meant diSmemberment of the
iederai union or the embodiment OF slavery in
The national constitution. If the north sue.
ceeded, IL meant the overthrow of slavery and
.ne uiinlate dominion OF northern ideas and
iheInoos-not 10y arbitrary enactment, but by
ihe natural workings OF inevitable forces IL
meant educatlon and citizenship for tha
masses, homes Tor the MANY, dignity of labor
uIhlSIon OF lahdS community OF interests and
COMBINATION of effort. 1t meant better roads
and stronger bridges; more fruitful fields and
thllfly towns, mills. forges. factories and
ships; and, best OF all, assured freedom and
eenel al prosperity.
thus was the issue made UP, and thus was
II accepted, and there be Justice on earth or
honor among men the result should be secure
~ aDlded. The price was fearful one it was
pald IN tears, IN treasure and in blood.
III was Tor this that not only the dead who
res! here, hui ali who lie in the village GENE
terleS and on the hisides of the republic, gave
up all that men hold most dear-home wife
and child, the hearts fOndeSt affections and
Ille heSt ambltlonS-and accepted hard ships
captivity and death. that their country NIGH
live.
We may forget the long march. the dreary
mghl, me weary Seige, and all the horror and
hell OF the battlefield: We may forget those.
who, torn In limb or mangled in BODY, found
death by bush. bog or along the lonely W.
side. But lust God viii never forget them.
1hGSe thlngS are as clear 60 undimmed vision
Today as when the wild fires of war lighted mn
the southern sky in terror. Call you this
empty sentiment or idle eulOgy? Then ask the
next surviving soldier you meet hobblinp on
canes or crutcheS, and dragging a diseased and
mutllated body on into the darkness of the
grave, IL he calls it empty sentiment? ASE
hln, as he sees those who sacrificed nothing
and even those who struck the ferceSt and
deadlieSt blows against the cause for which ne
fought remembered and rewarded, while he
1eeIS himself deserted and forgotten ask him
ii IneSe memories have any meaning for him.
Empty sentiment, indeed. Walk down these
long lanes OF heao-boards and read the omin.
Gus VOID nknown!" Stand by this granite
monument, beneath whose pedestal sleep two
thousand unknown dead, and remember that
each one o1 these was some mothers boy sent
10 t.5;, me teld WIN mothers blessing, strug-
love. But from whom, when the clash of arms
was Silent and the roar OF the conflict was
dead, there came back no word forever!
ASK her at the annual return of this
day, when Others strew flowers upon the
graves OF their loved ones, if these ceremonies
have no meaning for her. Oh, God! shall this
country, whose morning and whose evening
song Is that It's institutions are based on ius-
tlce, ever forget the sacrifices of these dead
% or the claims @ OF these living? Look at these
orphan boys before you. Perhaps the father of
each one OF Them once Snatched a kiss from
his darling child, and with swelling heart
m nlaTGnea iI our 70 death. Now you lead the boy
10 his 1atherS grave and tell him of the no
blllty OF his life and the heroism of his death
and then you meanly withhold some pittance
Si pay or pension; and in doing this you do
but mock the dead and taunt the living
speaking by the graves of these heroes we
have another act of generosity to perform To-
day. We must not forget that the true soldier
never cherlsheS any narrow feelings of hate
toward fallen foe. Nor must we forget thar
the south, as well as the north has its manned
aud dead soldiers that its homes were made
deSolate and It's fields laid waste 10y the rayages
OF remoTSeleSS war. We must rather remember
That lt was touched by the keeneSt disapDOint-
ment ana wounded In lis most sensitive pride
Far De IL from us TO utter aught here which
cOUQ De construed into taunt or an eXuIta-
ton. We can respect the filial feeling which
strews flowers upon the graves of its dead. or
rearS monuments to their memories, Rnt We
can never Justify any attempt either by word or
act, 10 revive or perpetuate the cause thai went
down In the c0nflictof arms. Nor can we ever
cohcede tnat he who attempts to destroy his
country engaged i'm a cause as high and bnIy
as ne VINO nights to preserve it. Were we ~
say aught else here TO day our late opponents
would know that we uttered what we aid not
mean, and would jnstly credit us with nratan
uous assumption or hollow hearted hynocriSv
Inc two sections of the country here ALREADY
SuHefed TOO much, not to deal with each Other
nencetorth with the utmost franknpss AMI
good faith: Like the southern bride wedded
10 lne horthern husband We have no right tOeS.
pect that these questions of section of 3nceStry
or OF interest will not come up between me Jay
by day. But we should rather remember thai
the POSSIBILITIES OF peace and union do not
hut
upon the question whether we can so school and
educate ourselves, that all shall result in mn
tual 1rankneSs, mutual federation and muiuaI
respect, and these again depend Ip0n the fact
Whether all things shall proceed between ne
upon the principle OF eOnsiderate fairness and
unquesti0ned sincerity. anu
In this spirit and 10 this end would TO God
that this shower OF blossoms falling like The
dew OF Heaven upon our country today, could
Dury beneath 1t the last yeStige of Sectional
hatred or ill-will; and that the nation under
this new order OF things might leap forward
In career OF prosperity and growth which
should fulfill the hopes of Its founders and
prove an unmixed blessing to mankind But
Whether good or evil counsels shall prevail
whether peace shall remain or whether tumuIi
and violence shall drive it away those who
sleep here have done their part and done IN
well. Here let them rest near the CanitoI
they defended, and let this be the patriots
Mecca to which our children and our child
ren'S children may come 10 do homage. Here
let the dead Sleep amid the glories of the dav
and IN the solemn stiffness of the star-Iit
nlght-seep, so long as yonder dome shall
Detoken freedom yea, SO long as this bright
Polomac sky shall bend above them or these
blue waters flow outward to the sea- Soldiers
OF the republic sleep on The inspired LytaI
before he too was numbered with the slain
most fttingly described thy last resting place
''On Fame's eternal Camping Ground
Their silent tents are spreag,
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