Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-05-31

ceived its new birth amid the thrOeSa q
civil war, there was little, if anything
in the way of popular and universe
custom that indicated a homogeneou
and thoroughly united people. To b
sure, both in the North and South w
were in the habit of celebrating thu
Fourth of July, as we do now, with thu
boom of cannon, the strains of martha
music, the singing of a National anthem
or two, and the eloquence of speaker:
who grandly portrayed in burning words
the fact of our independence of the Brit.
ish Crown, we cultivated to good de.
gree of development the sentiment, and
if you please, the conviction that we
were free, happy and united people,
and a Nation, though young in years,
yet a giant among the powers of the
earth. This was all we'll, and served its
day and is purpose in the absence of
those more beautiful, endearing and
simple observances that make Nation,
as it were, closely related family,
whose every member bears in the cOun-
tenance those resemblances and express
sions that entitie him or her to unfail-
ing recognition. Strange it is in the
orderof Providence and Of History, that
a fierce estrangement between two Sec
tions of our country should have de-
veloped for the first time the thereto
fore latent family mark that distin-
guishes the American people from
henceforth as brothers at heart, and
brothers, in no improper sense, of the
blood.
The bitterness of warlike strife, the
intensity Of hate, the desperate bravery
of mutual effort for the military mas
terry, the carnage upon many a we'll
fought field, the desolation of hearts, of
homes and of ffresides, drew forth and
developed in its supreme sense, for the
time being, our universal and devoted
for the soldier and all soldierly
The aged ones and the
the fair women and the sons
who remained to till the land feed the
flocks, while they anxiously awaited
for weeks and months and years the
issue of the armed conflict, gave as best
they could every available energy to
the support and comfort of the armies
in the field. Hence came the Sanitary
and kindred appliances and
means of succor for those who endured
the exactions, privations and hardships
of active service. Hence came the de-
mand from almost every home that was
by the casualties of war bereft of some
loved one, that the dear remains should
give that poor but priceless comfort to
the family survivors, that could be
realized not otherwise than by their
deposition in the village church-yard at
home.
Peace came at last, and babe the SOL
1iery array to its dismissal. Armies
dissolved upon those blessed Spring
Of 1865, and sought victories
10 less noble in those avocations that
we're to repair the ravages of war and
in rejuvenating the distracted country
with the long-needed industries that
should place it upon newer and more
glorious career of material prosperity
han ever before. And so the martialed
thousands of yesterday melted from the
,ision of the chieftains and became the
respected citizens of to-day.
As they fought yesterday, so bravely
10 they toll to-day with the modesty
hat but adds to the glory they so truly
earned in the country's cause.
But, can the soldier forget the COM
ade who was taken from his side amid |
he din and confusion of the conflict? |
Does he dismiss the memory of the |
TASTY burial, or perchance the mark for
uture recognition of the spot so rudely |
,laced and quickly planted? No! The
ear rolls round, and gentle Spring
gain smiles with her lap full of flowers.
t cannot fail that the neighboring
contains cOmrade or two
Who perhaps was cut down in actual
attle. What more natural or appro-
'riate than to visit the convenient spot |
nd deck the graves with Springs sweet
lessons? AS does the one, SO by COM
non impulse do they all. In the North,
n the South; all over the land the SOL
Ter is remembered as he stood in his
manhood, and the survivors do him
oldierly honor. Sectional hate, as yet
for the time may be some
What gratified by doing the gentle,
indy act Of decorating an humble
rave with flowers. But it is the in
rinsic virtue Of the act that lives, and
OF the improper motive that may per-
APPS have contributed to it's perform
nee.
Again. Have not they who endured
t home the breaking heart and the
nckness of hone deferred. some inter-