Daily globe., 1879-05-31

monplace and Oratory ls dumb IN the attemp-
to render them fair measurement and do just
tice to the superb merit of their achievements.
These mighty legions have melted away nt
the command 6f the government, and We speak
of them now as matters 9f past history still II i
is fact of pleasant reflection that the men
who filled and made these legions are still
within hearing of the bugle calls of their
country.
Days of war and deeds of valor seem like
dreams gone by, but if ever stern justice shall
call for them there are those tented thousands
within easy reach of that call, who can develop
and invest those dreams with all the vivid force
and vital power of grand and genuine
reality.
Whatever views wc may entertain upon other
subjects, Of side issues, upon one sup3eet we
arc united, and that is pride in the n1em9ry Of
the army Of which we were d patt--pride In the
fact that we stood In its RAM ks when the nation
required our services, pride in the fact that
the rebellion was suppressed, and pride e1ult-
ant, unchecked, and unmeashrable PRIDE that
the "banner of glory and Of beauty to-day
floats unhindered and undisturbed over the
whole dominion of the American Union.
When the rebellion was. crushed and its
legions dispersed, our dead slept within the
lines of our own army and beneath the shadowy
sheen of our own banners. Anders0nvllie,
Salisbury and Belle Isle had been redeemed.
Our dead were at least vindicated from the
slurs and ISLANDERS of detraction and purified
in the eyes of the world. Can the day ever
come when these dead heroes shall be dishonor-
ed, and the faith of their lives be desecrated
Shall fever be said that they died ignobly and
in vain?
Never, while the American government ex-
lists in the hands and hearts of it's friends, and
loyalty, and truth, and honor leaven and sancti-
fy the minds of the American people.
To-day we enwrap the memory of our dead
with our love, and reverence and place upon
their graves flowers furnished by fair and low
ing hands, and this we do in remembrance of
their services to our beloved country. To our
own hearts we enclasp the memories and
honor Of our dead. In our own souls we build
their enduring crypts with blended tenderness
and triumph northumberland to the painter,
the sculptor, the poet, the gratitude of a re-
deemed republic, and to the glowing pages of
our national history, we commit the trophied
glory of their splendid deeds.
Mayor Rand then introduced d veteran Of
the war of 1912, named Sprague, who said
he was 80 years of age and had fought for
his country ii three vars; and if occasion
demanded he would even now giyb what
little strength he had to the cause of the
Union.
Capt. M. j. O'Connor, of ST. Paul, then
spoke in substance as follows:
Ladies and gentlemen, being on a short visit
to your hourishing city, few of my old COM
rades requested me to partake in the cere-
monies of the day. feel it my duty to re-
spond, be my speech ever so brief. 1t is we'll
to remember my friends, that in few days or
years at most, and we too shall hear the sound
of the last tattoo. To visit this city of our
honored dead and eulogise our departed heroes,
is certainly work of lovej the memory Of men
who died that their country might live is en-
titled to place in the hearts of those who SUR
vive theIM, and who reap the fruits of the sac
riff hoty ,o1o Nbo ioffo ovh Nv
presssve of the love we bear their memory. But
a few short years have passed since these men
marched shoulder to shoulder with many Of us
to the inspiring strains of martial music, in
answer to call in defense of our nation S
honor. The sacrifice was great and was worthy
of an after dedication to the eternal God Of
justice and freedom. The following lines of
the. poet sound as if inspired:
"Oh, if there be on this earthly sphere
A boon, an off ring Heax' holds dear,
Tis the last ibation liberty draws
From the heart that bleeds and breaks in her
cauee.''
The men we hohdr to-day Washed, with their
life blood, the only stain ON the escuttheon IF
their country. They died that their country
might be free in fact az we'll as in name.
1t is meet and proper for US to hope that that
power that holds the destinies of men will
receive the patriot soldiers as good and faithful
servants, whose work was we'll done. And that
the last order of the great commander may be,
that their names and memories may be enshrined
in letters IF living light in the archives of
eternity:
The procession then tefofned and
marched to tho cenietery; when the soldiers
in two detachmsrts decorated the seventy
five soldiers graves. 4 large cross had been
erected on the lot belonging to the grand
army of the republic, and after few re-
marks by Rev. E.. D. Neil the exercises
closed with the benediction.
In the morning tho graves of the soldiers
in the Catholic and East side cemetery were
decorated by a detachment of ex-soldiers,
under command of Capt. b. F. Cole, and at
the conclusion of the ceremonies at Lay
mans detachment visited Lake wood cem-
etery and decorated the graves there.