, 1879-05-31
ILLINOIS,.
JOLIET.
xnftid3 DixnntcA to Tia Ty1buns

| xnfcfd' DisnafcA 10 1As 7Sfbuns
JOLIET, Ill, hfay yM-Dccorattnn-1)ay was oh
scrvcd here In The usual manner. The attend
anco was mich larger than IN previous years
anu lilo ceremonies most interesting. An lin
posing procession was formci OF Jefferson stree
at o'clock y. IN. by Capt. Mansfield Young, o
INC artillery COMPANY, who noted as Chief Atar
shal, and marched TO Oakwootl, where GOV
Cul'om dnllvcrcd mn eloquent md npproprtat
address, utter which tlle graves OF torty-s.x sol
Oilers were decorated. The arttlcry, meanwhile
nFcd national salute. III tho forenoon tletucl.
monts from tho Militia companies decorated tht
ao'dlers graves In tho o'llcr cemeteries, Til
evening tho Governor was tho recipient Of |
sercnndc by Buync'a B.n,l.
The Grafton delivered by the 0oyernor ia an
| pendel:
Mn. PRESIDENT AND FHtLow- CITIZENS: Th,.
Ia mS arst appearance beforc an audience ot, an
occasion like tt1iA. have welcomed suldtcrs ar
ihetr return home, covered with glory md re-.
!olclng tn NE triumph OF Victory; layc Ionetl
them N their hnppv reunions, frtm wear to vtnr
but this n Tho first ti.no have stood In tho
prefet,ce OF heroes dead, MUl nttc,pt ed Ia tnll,
to the lrtng. Whnt slnll sayi Silence II more
eloquent In auclI prcsenco than any words ratI
utter. ~"''
sloNfFlcANcR or THE DAY.
How recolleclons o, the pnst crowd upon ia
under such circumstances! What a vast NUN
yer VI subjects nse suggested to dwell upon
ntavery, ncrolsn,, patrlosist1.-'he battlefield,
,ne pflson Slavery Freedom. tho flag. the Union,
we. ucNt,1,-nll thcsr, uNd Inany morc, present
tnemselves Tor reelection, ns VIZ st,nd In ,he pres.
enSc OF tsrsc MOUNDS at.i monuments beneath
Wnich sleeps fle dust Of few Of the heroes Ut
tne iaso Ma5. ] f'ave not come here, my fricnla,
TO make partisan political address, but hnys
come to speak words Of truth md sobcrncss
about. eoMe questions In regard to whicl, tic
;Amor!snn amer people are nut Mt aII ngreet 1t f,ns
ocun said o. late that the. annual May dcmon~
s.Fallons Of respect for tho memory i,f tl,o SOL
dicrs o. tnc Republic whu lost their lives in tho
War Of the Rebellion ahould be discontinued:
that Inc custom ot carrying thu beautiful uutt
!raefant uowers OF the sprng:tl1ne u their he.
tue Union, and Of speaking nt,oye thclr patrtutlc
dust words Of pralse fur tlelr valor, cxt,lte,lon
!or tho triumph OF their cause, md hope Tor ,lle
inture of tue un!on they shed their blood to
breach than In the observance,
WIN tn's sentt'1ont l do not nerce. And I
nm sure that tbs patrsitfc elot1ons Of tic Dc0no
WI rebe' agalnst the cold tcaengs Of The men
w1o Bny. "l.et The dead past bury its dead, ii
Every impulse tp favur OF bravery. every con.
*sucratton " gratitude, nill every sentiment OF
patriotism, demands tint tributes uf prasc to
our fallen heroes whO died In defense Of lie
country hhonld hu olEeretl.:
c1EMHNcr OF THE vscToRs.
This uetlon Inns gonu farther than any other
natOt ever went III mcrcIful Jcallnrs III, tIa
etcmlts. After the War closed, uulycrsni
amnesty was declared: the men who Attempted
- lsstr0y Tue Government were rcbapIttntetl
t ",tH ~ 'he Eshts u the citizenship they lind
offended lay, mud returning to their names from
lost hattle.alts the sohltrrs OF the Lost Cause.
sysn j. they DID not tnkc up the implements OF
.iia,n'r iiy s, wnem ''SY laia away the rifle, tm1ne
resisted the logic Of events with all their moral
po"GSt, 20, nnn to-iay tl,g spectase IS pseacntrd ot
une congress ot the linton dominated by incn
w. H,s,. mein e. GCnesa oscrs " Tho Secession army,
Conflrratc e n, te Of tho socalod
v;ieg.rrss!dent Of ,'ls conleicrncv IS ieaacr Il,
tns uouso Oh Representatives, md diseespcct-
lily ~, WoIus M M spokfeh III te Senate by tnen whip
eSo " v ue oop ~ MI ~ dar!s days about
SMn % nronnt1v mu %nn rG saS rs enel rseslle1t have
armies aal now cosca cd with viii ssnatorsl ss sGsl
rh,s oont " ~ uh,on no ,ey attempted to destroy.
us rn,on opi, ot auars sas resulted from tho
nau Az ~ my ne tlnt TUG COURSE pnrsHcd was ior
,me oes!, bils the rsacf!nli against tho constant
uslcnaefa y, u tie unIon should not be pcrntttcd
:" ~ ~ ,nt WIZ necoe necessary TO ap.
THE spIH1T OF PATRIOTISM
ghtrh Indurru tia fro,d, ~ ,h, IT,, 49,.
uualiY pay lloral tributes Of rrsncr, 9c' 10 a.,
,acmor, ot tue men who lost tlcir lives loims
na.l!e ior tllo integrity OF tho HcpuhlIc. rio
NV W ilGFlnlELGu TO fNr
ll,nt u will be necessary to sneak with lot"d
breath und whispering humblcncssr OF Ina
brave dcot!s Of tho men who slecp in iJntoS
graves: Of tho cause they atlyocatel md vin.
dtcatcd With tho convincing argument Of st,nt
and shell; OF tho wrongs, strong IA n,snta
tiloy OyerthruW. We can evsn be- rc1utrcI nv
Tho splrlt of conctlat!on to throw flowers on the
graves VI men who woru tho rray, whose ffnst
is mingled IN our national cemeteries VIII, ii'nt
OF those who wore the blue; but wa si,omiI
not Go denounced as Invokers Of tina nss.
stons Ut tic War when We mtiulv nrotest
tsint our late foes mud present friends ara
anAind, II not lmpertincnt, when tiny rnh,,i,o
the patr'otic hands TINT gather }he 1lor%crs % Of
tue strttgtl.nc 10 decorate fIIe grnycs NJ ~"
uniun soldiers, ntl royl,p the patrin,ic fnnon"o
that say, as these flowers arc huIiIE tlronnrri
upon tho htllocks tint swell above In Iust NJ
,ur eountryfs defenders "rhcross rosoInarrW
mats Tor ren,cmbrauce; :. . !. uutl lhcro ira
,anstcs. that's for tho,ight.'i We cnn conre,,o
much, but tct me saY, In thu hope NAV mi M
:hargcd With tho cri,no Of being prpnIpteI bv
'arty prejudice to tho utteranre. ti,nf W.
:anuot surrender everything. incIuiinT .he
light 10 honor the valor that Stayed tNv ti;le Of
reason, to tho tmpudent iJro III ro,,ci1ia,on n1
which l.n,aNtls sllence about Tho nast ~ ~"
,rcc OF peace IN tho present. tt raoi,frss Tc,,n
II on this subject tho aurrsu0er Ut thn rlcht ~,
REQ spuech. van ''s"' 'A
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