Daily Republican., 1881-05-30

udy nave nOn0red.
Alike in holy remembrance the old
years shall continue to ring out, and
the new ring in the plentitude of her
welcomes and the recollections of her
love- They are the nations wards and
{ those whom they left to survive them
are the nations heirs. In vain they
have looked for them to return-hus-
band, father, brother, son, gone, gone
forever. She watched for his face-she
listened, and started at every step. At
the turn of the latch her heart stood
still. Way down the long lane. through
the night, in dreams she hears his voice
-"Pm back again" With tattered
banners she saw them return-still in
her heart was the ray of hope, But no,
no. Hope now lies buried forever.
Here, in our own little State, cluster
recollections that make this day one of
intense interest to us. Small and weak
when compared with the great states
around s,yet she did her full share. No
braver men carried a musket, or drew
sword in the nation defense, than those
sent from Delaware. Her soldiers never
faItered. Her Regiments were stand |
ards of strength and courage. |
10 the men who, in the pride of
their manhood, bade the last farewell to |
homc,to wife, to child, we now here to.
day in the name of their comrades all |
around me pay them that tribute of
honor always due soldiers memory.
Their ranks We're often thinnGd by the
showers of death. But filled again to
again make new-made graves. Brave
men from the little State. Monuments t.
are vain and idle. TO you we owe
debt of gratitude deeper higher and
wider than any monument can express.
Neither did she fail to give to the ma
tlon brave men to command. No ship
atoat ever bore n Drawer soul than the
great Admiral for whom you have nam
ed a Post. No matter how widely men
may have differed from him in their
views, his worst enemy If one he had)
doubted not his courage For the ma
ture of his life h. was loved by all who ,
knew him. For his dauntless courage
he was respected by all conditions of :
men. The name Of Admiral DUPONT !
is inSeparably connected with the his
tory OF Naval distinction in America :
II his life the State was honored. For !
his services the State bows in pride. ,,
The brave General Smyth-The man .,
who fought his way by his sword over y
every obtacle, till his name has become a
The synonym of military greatness, he -
70 OF hundred battles. Gallant Spar "
AN, thy memory we cherish. Fate =,
'ruel fate, dealt so un.uStly with YOU I
Two more suns would have brought n
you back to us i'll the beauty of your, y
'trcng manhood. And yonr name too, i.
he State claims as hers, and rs today n',
t shines forth in the lustre of glorious
leeds and gallant exploits, so will it
i've on through future generations till
he children Of ages to come will bow
Il veneration at Il name SO made up of u
lonor and manhood. X
But let not tO-day'S sun 60 down till st
'Ner the ncw-made grave of the &c
rave and generous TOrhert, we shed Il 81
ear. The hands of friends and COM OF
'anlonS have ere this moment, strewn ol
rs resting place with tokens Of love. | ~
new him well. None more loving, +
one SO generous. To his country he W
ibd been faithful. He had passed IN
Trough the dread storm of battle. Life W
et before him with its hopes its hon VI
rs and its joys. The storm of the great la
"a carried him away, and in its fury Ia
linging to life, us he did to his friend IN
hips, he reached only the land to save ca
II ocean $ grave. May his memory live al
1reVer and be forever green and fresh m
the flowers now budding over his a
rave Wreaths Of AmaranthS let us w
lace there SO that the storm and the III
Try OF all time may never wash away ri
he recollectionS of his life, the gentle so
ess of his love. Brave soldier. Faith I'll
II friend, you have passed away, but Stl
ell carry your life, and your deeds of ca
we Will be forgotten only when we hl'
'c gone. so
'nn valOr'S side the odds of combat lie
ne Draic live glorious, ~ lamrntcd die"
But while with strains Of music and sti
'werS gathered by hands of love YOU m,
I'VE honored the dead here at your eff
Vn homes, oh let us not forget the III,
ouSahdN OF graves, nay not even lac
aNeS, but those who marched from Su
orthern homes, hose bones lie in the eff,
T on Southern land unarmcd rs they ey,
soldiers resting place. No hand to- all
" by the bleak mountains side to be- of
rev their graves. No tear to shed =
'er them in their lonely resting place. Ra
ay lie who watches over all drop from Gle
aVcn the gentleneSS of His tender love, "a.
al by a hand all mercy and sweet vor
IS send the dew Of the fresh morning lrau
keep green their unmarked graves. he
le fields of the golden harvest may No
I'VE ABOVE them, the reaper pass over vii
EN-, but to-day, here ut least, we III
Ike in their remembrance the prayer
a nations gratitude. Left umburird !
the field of battle, thrown aside in ,oc
g hurried retreat or buried ~,
the deep trenches of death, va ,,n,
air records still live in the memory of =, ~ !
eir comrades and as they Went down Jra
their country's cause, to-day we pay Nv
I'm their tribute ofrespect Tho they g. g.
It not in the crowded cities of the Ion
ad where you can thus honor them, ~,
II dearer are their memories dying as F.,
ey did where their duty called them. '',I. noit
e bitter war, with its great load of ,'1i ,I';
rrowing sorrows, has long since lni inm
ied, and all good men now, from all '1o
,tions Of the land, accept its results.
st, soon, | trust, to be forgotten
hatever may have been the dities-
ceS, from whatsoever cause they may Tht
We sprung, now, thank God, they are an
d away. We are one people in ac- Cor
n, impulse, and desire. We have rem
yer been else than one people, and cap
ose who would still keep bleeding the san
,unds Of that war, do not deserve the by
me of Americans. The prosperity of 4th
e North is the prosperity of the South.
'litical misrule, social ostracism,
ate reputation, come from whence it A
ny, alike effects this whole country, twe
I'm the valley of the Mississippi to the ,r.,
Nv England coast. We are one peo- a ",
. of strength or weakness, of credit or ",a S>
none The old world looks at us fro,
rough her glasses of criticism three nan
Ousand miles off, not as the North talr %
d South, but as America. Once fully wo,
complete accord, no power on cal tn imr n(
n resist our strength. Her march