Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1880-06-05
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tendance on this occasion was not
'iT 1.-Two as has been on previous decor
',;nns at that place, there was goodly
',,nresentatiOn from various parts of q, the
,,nntrv. shepherdstown being well rep
lied. The Middletown, and Jeffer-
~ Sands of Maryland, ard Criswells
s;ryer Cornet Band of this town, were
resent, and all being excellent bands
made splendid music beside attractive
PERSONAL display. The programme as
heretofore Published, was carried out
rnder the direction Of Capt. Bamford'
Chief Marshal, assisted by Messrs T.
W Adams, II Ward, Jos. Piper as
.iJs Reno Post, No. 4, q. a. H.
Can't. Walker commanding, was repre-
ssnted by about forty members In full
uniform. =,
\. ono o'clock the procession moved
rom the town to the cemetery adjacent
~. .,V otter marching around the grounds
az" nI strewlpg the thousands of graves
. a flowers, amidst the music OF the
%on5, present, they assembled in front
- the rostrum, where, after prayer by
VI 'n .To,La;n Hon. Geo. A. Pearre de
, u" the annual address, after having
hssn introduced by Rev. B. F. Cronise,
,rssilent of the day. He spoke of their
Zinc been assembled in obedience to
= time, bonored custom to decorate the
raves of those who fell i'll the great
saIr,e of AutIe:am, and were sleeping
,bcir last sleep in this National Gene
,arv We are here, he SAID, not to
gr;;eye, but to rejoice; not to mourn;but
% DO honor. To rejoice that patriots
we're Oh this bloody field to save the
liberties which they felt could only be
reserved as long as we were held TO-
artber as a united people; and to do
horror TO the principles which impelied
,bcse heroes TO leave their homes and
dsar ones, toendure hardships, and final
IL lev down their lives to preserve to
opr prosperity and theirs the benefits We
this day enjoy. lie said the occasion
was a fit one to inquire what it is to be
a GOOD citizen. One of the greatest OBJ
s,rnctions to the exercise Of true patriot
ism the fact that too many men permit
themselves to be strictly bound by the
ties of party. He does wrong who per-
mits his party fealty to carry him to the
sDpport of measures detrimental to the
public interests. If he supports men
Tor Office whom he knows to be unit
for the positions they seek, he is not
acting the part Of the patriot; for how
ever good your laws, bad men will not
administer them well. \ most striking
illustration of this we have in our own
State in the manner in which the regis
tratiou laws are executed in the city OF
Baltimore. This is a good law and
seems to be well guarded. 1t was in
tended to secure the purity OF the bal
lot box and protect the elective iran
chise, and yet the ingenuity of partisan
iudres of election and registers have
perverted this law into an engine OF
fraud. 1t is to be hoped that the efforts
that have been lately made TO redress
this wrong may be effective, and that
the voice of the people Of Baltimore,
when they next speak through the bal
lot Y. may reflect the sentiments OF
the people as truly as it does in the
counties. To he a good citizen aud pa
triot it is necessary that we should rec,
ognize the equal rights of all the States
As constituent members of the govern
mcnt, and accord to all perfect equa ~
in the privileges of citizenship. Our
Southern brothers since the wal have,
with commendable spirit, abandoned
the heretical dogma Of States rights,
Sc, and are fast adopting a line otcon-
duct and opinion which gives promise
that they will hereafter cling close to
the Union and look with pride and at
lection upon common flag, floating
over people whose hearts throb to-
wards each other as friends and broth.
ers. We should cultivate this trater-
nal feeling on our part. Even here mp
on this bloody battle field, We should be
willing to shake hands with the Con-
fcderate soldier who is willing to keep
step with us to the music of the Union.
Put into the hands of your children the
great speeches of Clay, Webster and
Douglas, who fought in Congress the
heresies of secession, of nullihcation;
let them read the farewell address OF
Washington, and from it learn how that
great man cherished love for the
Union; let them walk through this and
other cemeteries and there learn what
it has cost in blood alone to preserve 1t.
Thus educated, we shall no more hear
talk of a disunited people, yankee, as
a term of reproach, will be no more
heard, and "Rebel" will be forgotten.
We shall forget that we were once en-
emies, and think of each other only as
friends and fellow citizens OF a common
country, and each shall work and pray
that the Angel OF Peace may take the
whole nation under the shadow of Ills
wing, and that love and harmony may
everywhere prevail.
At the close OF the address of Judge
pearre doxology was sung, and joined
in by the immense crowd present, ac-
with music by all the bands
present. After the benediction had
been pronounced by Rev. DIR. Dashiel
he crowd dispersed quietly, many OF
them lingering long in the cemetery,
the beauties of art and nature
which it presents from its position and
Ii THREE CHArrERs.-Met in Octo-