Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-06-01

shone very warm, and the plants looked
g sick" in the evening, but last night they
were invigorated and this morning stand as
straight as soldiers. On Henry Kurtz' S
farm fifteen acres were planted.
THE PATRIOT DEAD.
Eloquent Grafton Of M. isrosius, esq, at BAL
more.
The Baltimore Sun gives the following
abstract of the address of Marriott Brosi-
us, esq, of this city, who was orator of the
day at the decoration ceremonies i'm Balti-
more yesterday:
He said ''Silence Oh occasions such as
this seems better than speech, but custom
bids us assemble at the hallowed shrines of
our dead and give utterance to expression
of tenderness and sentiment. AS we stand
in their midst memory, the SOULS cup
bearer, brings back the past with its grieis
and sorrows, its parting and pain. Nine
teen years ago nation S heart was beating
with quick and mighty throes, as the story
was told of a nations peril. To-day that
nation bends in love over the graves of it's
martyrs. Nineteen years ago nation
was busy subduing the foe to-day it
is bringing flowers to deck the graves
Of those who achieved its freedom.
The memory of the soldiers who have thus
died is sacred to nation thus saved, and
to care for their memory is the indulgence
of sentiment that does honor to every
heart People of all ages have shielded
the resting place of their departed heroes
and rendered. them respectful homage. The
Egyptians embalned their dead in fragrant
ments, but we have embalmed ours in
ed them in the folds of imperishable graf
itude. We are not here to-day to revive
unpleasant memories, to open closed
wounds, to harrow your souls with stories
of battle and carnage. The dark period
through which we passed was the shadow
by which the sun of American history
marked its advance Oh the dial-plate of civ
iliZatiOn. We had to choose between the
foul breath of miasma or the fury of the
storm, and underneath, the scaffolding of war
was reared the temple of freedom. Your
loved ones died in the fittest place for man
to die-at the post of duty-and brought
us from darkness and bondage into sun-
light and freedom. Never before did SOL
diers draw swords in a holier cause, and no
hattie fields were ever cOnsecrated as were
Gettysburg, Nicksburg and the Appomat-
rox, which saw forever fixed the founda-
ton of freedoms empire. The deaths of
t nese brave ones was ministry for good.
From their graves bright creations spring,
/. hundred virtues rise, and every
tear we shed over them falls like
a sweet benediction upon the living.
The chief thought which the day
brings out is the great value and moral
grandeur of their achievements. God
teaches us to-day that as We paid so
dearly for a country redeemed, and for the
equality of all, our fidelity to the princi-
pies fought for should be commensurate
with the achievements we commemorate.
And if we forget to be virtuOus and just.
heaven.may again be angry with us for
nations which daily with the patience OF
Deity find at length the Damascus way,
and through thunders and lightnings are
brought to cOn>ic Let us to-day re-
new our faith to those duties, justice to
the surviving, honor to the dead, integrity
in politics, incorruptible morality, obedi-
ence to law and order, and loyalty to the
public veal.
The common infirmities in forms of
government in which the sovereignty
speaks through popular elections are cor
ruption in politics and partisan idOlatry.
The people are the source of authority,
and ii they exalt themselves the repub-
lie will be exalted. From the graves of
our dead another inspiration also springs.
Reconciliation and forgiveness are as
important to-day as were herOism
and valor in the past. 1t is right
that those who have borne the brunt
of the battle should strive now to
promote sympathy among all, and to knit
our people together in bonds of patriotism
more indestructible than ever. There is
something in the human breast that war
cannot kill. Sixteen years ago, while lying
the recipient of the kindest and tenderest
attentions from many who did not have
sympathy with the flag under which
l fought. These ministrations testi-
fed to our humanity, and showed
above the Union and the Confed-
eracy the compassion of the human
soul illuminating the dark precipice of
civil war. Let the resentments of the past
now be buried in the graves of the past.
Dispense Divine charity to all. Thus may
the true unity of the faith be restored in
hearts that are now loyal until they rise
above resentment and hate into the sun
light of their better nature. Let the men,
ory of the noble dead be to Columbia pill
lar of cloud by day and pillar of fire by
night, glory that is fadeless and a light
as perennial as the stars. We can leave
these graves now with the reflection that
over them the green grass grows, the
sweet birds sing, the blue skies bend, and
the place is hallowed. But greener than
the grass, sweeter than the song of the
birds, fairer than the blue of the skies will
be their memory, enshrined in supreme
tenderness in our heart of hearts"
Our eloquent townsman is the subject of
high titular distinction by both the Sun
and Gazette of Baltimore. The former
designates him as "Hon. NJ. Brosius,"
and in the Gazette's notice he is called both
"Hon." and "Col.''
fax Receipts.
Tax Collector Warfel sat in the county
com missioners' Office yesterday to receive
county taxes. His receipts during the day