The National tribune., 1880-06-01

of the period OF doubt anxiety and suspense which
prevailed at the opening of the particularly the
time OF the first Bull Run BATTLE portion of which battle
the speaker Witnessed and he interesting
Of bis observations of the great retreat OF the Union sol
ders He Followed this with an account of his personal
impressions OF Abraham Lincoln and feeling tribute to
the beauty and nobility of the Martyr Presidents charac-
ter He urged the ftness and propriety of continuing
the observance Of Memorial Day tending to remove the
deay CHASTITY associations from the graveyard and throw
around it an atmosphere of tender beauty noble pa
triotc sentments aud he also urged that in remember
ing those who gaveup their lives in battle for the Union
the great civilians who by their exhaustive labos and
personal sacrifices for the cause did much to aid the
armies IN the field abors from which in many Instances
came exhaustion that shortened the lives of not few who
were in official life during those dark, anxious days
In all the towns throughout the State there gen
ea suspension OF business and the day was devoted to
honorng the dead and the cause for which they died
CINCINNATI
large military procession arrived the Plnm-sree
depot at ten O'Clock in the morning, and, with numer
ous body OF citizens, took cars for Spring Grove,'
where the ceremonies took place An olgtion was pro.
nounced by General Kennedy Would that we had room
to give it entire for it was glorious effort Said he
What grand figures stand out from these old battehest
m epsr @ You 6e can & see s form % h smile
eSaSaea acoB whose N Whole lSrn fs f
sas pSSRsi asIs wss wse!e
fuhlIment d al Anteam Yonder winohester George
win There shing doW1 the TSeH M sRe We xeGf 3
Of victory and withwhp spur dashn on 10 i'm
And on these beaten shotplowed neas quiet
memory and the record Of duty one oe'na the
& am m tho ao 9 . those m tor my
graves her covered o9er and the en
@pasts love Of oan snn.
Every hed that was trapea b eontending every
mountain @ whose sides rechoed the storms Of and every
remain mute but eternal price paid universal
Let me YOU of the immortal lincoln:
s % s GS T3o a s @ d
hS a oa @ aase 81 ny country orsaken BY AL the world
n' spe i9s odag 9Enf 6eST asH
y ss5 ! s 'S 's'is
We look about as and see Nation enjoying a
he isi ss s s on as Of
a m e sfs % @ sey he
aeeging o sss NTH cities
the centinent great manuctoes aed
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harvest SISS strong aaa de n
a. @ e IA gedn m setting OF
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want who not afraid 70 work saTve Who is not
shsil an '6is endure shall purchased by the
and shall the NATION founded
s c6ss 9ss5ag e m e t e ana @
T SsS @ IL E a
remain freenen rather than slaves ~ "
The ceremonies of the day took place at the National
Cemetery where Than 20 600 people attended After
Singing the decoration of graves took place. Hon f. c.
Kerh the orator of the day and quote some of his
remarks:
The bloody which spring 1850 divided the
country into great forgotten Mutdes
of the best youth of the
return Many who escaped excitement the
smoke and carnage had fallen disease brought by
hardship and exposure When the farmer again his
sword for the powhandle the Both apart as s
tya day n memory OF those who fell in the service
The memory q the soldier dead The people had
heads of the living but TO decorate graves of the dead
should lives
them2 Had their lros
perity2 this retem
bered their Thirty place heroes
rest said he sis aned marble pillars magncien
mausoeum, but in the depths of erected
table OF many precious marble The
wther of in ev
but let us keep the memory fresh hearts, n
SACRAMENTO, CAL.
The floral decorations at soldiers graves here were
abundant and beautiful An address was delivered bv
Gen. 3. +. Butler, of Massachusetts, from which we