Daily Republican., 1881-05-30


to mark us as belonging to our countr,
until our dust mingles with the sol
which we defended, thank God we live
And we forget not those who sleep OF
the hill sides or in the quiet valleys, by
the babbling brooks or by the deel
flowing rivers of the old battle fields
No marble marks the spot where theil
dust lies. Strange flowers bloom or
their narrow beds and strange feet tread
the turf above them, but their spirits
hover around us as we this day gather
by these passionless mounds. Here in
this solemn presence let us renew Oul
pledge to protect sour suffering com.
rades and the widows and orphans OF
those who died that the nation might
live, and to remain unshaken in our
loyalty to our flag and country. Oul
love of liberty was not laid aside whe1
we furled our old battle flags and put
away our arms.
TniS badge is to us the emblem OF
this glorious Union; it is "the pearl OF
great price to the eyes of the widow
and orphan whom it shields with its
mantle of love; it is an eternal monitor
to all men that loyalty still lives; it is
the talisman of an eternal vigiau
which is the price Of liberty.
And comradeS:--
"Our thousands dwindlc yearly year
AS comrades seek the other side:
But when the last command is given,
Break ranks " Let's leave the drill below
To btrOuac in the camp of Heaven.
And ye old flags
We love your tattered remnants, We
led us and waved DER us in many IA
struggle. Ye returned torn and faded
but not disgraced, soiled by dust and
blood but not by treason. Rent by tile
hail of battle, ye hang III honorable
tatters from your stats. Loyalty and
Patriotism cling to your very shreds.
mot a single 'tTipo3 oscu or polluted,
Not single star ObscuTcd.
Every star has a tongue; every stripe
a voice. Ye speak of conflict, OF defeat,
of victory and oftinal glorious conquest.
Ye speak of heroes living and dead. To
day ye speak in trumpet tones of those
who "sleep in memory ever.
And ye immortal dead
Thousand intlamed by your spirit,
swear by Him that sitteth upon the
throne, and liveth forever and ever,
that they will protect Freedom in this
her asylum, and never, no--"Never de-
sert the cause which you cemeuted
with your blood,
God has given thee the rest of bet
ter camp than that of earth. BY day
the flowers, Gods red, white and
blue, and by night the shining stars
shall deck thy bed.
Blessed be thy last sleep; forever
'hHrished thy memory by us among
whom ye lived and by this people for
whom ye died
Friends -
They are not dead whose ashes rest
leneath these mounds. "They are
not gone with the dull herd of men who
wholly die" Such deeds as theirs can.
rot perish; their influence must last
all time, Il shining light to
,uide us to loftier patriotism and no.
Dler action.
"Oh, tell me not that lives are lost,
When spent in Freedmen'S cause,
But rather write beneath their Names
Promoted on Tie lis.d.'" |
Still they speak, stifcthey act, still they in. |
splre the hearts o. the people and,
$50 live in hearts we leave behind
Is not to die"
Ye that mourn -
Your sorrows are Il Nation $ gladness.
.et some ray Of joy mingle with your
1arS.
oh sorrow!ng mother =
Let not thy heart be crushed by grief
II those whom Il nation hOnors, lie
as your son but now he is the nations.
Weeping sisters -
He was your brother, but now he is
rother to US all.
Broken hearted wife -
He was your husband, but now we
ust he is welded to Christ in glory.
Ye orphan child -
He was your father, but in coming
ses he shall rank with the fathers who )
we'd this Union from ignominy and !
sruptiOn. /
And We lovers of the old flag
Ifpure patriotism be honorable, if to +
rye ones country be noble; if to offer G
le's SELF willing sacrifice, upon its
tar be sublime devotion, these have =,
i'll upon us debt ofeterLal gratitude. =
II that the conSccrated wealth Of this
Ltion can do is but u fitting tribute to
g memory ofher slain defenders. Pa
Otic hands have reared such noble II
onuments as that shaft on yondcr hill
memory of the lonely dead who bled
r us all, and $50 their names are
thcred and garnerod.' "
Liberty has vindiCated her divine Ori- " "
II and her resistless power, and tyr u, :,
ny, until all the moral laws of the ~
!iverse are repealed, will never guide !. :.
e course of this Republic to destruc- ', "
IN. .
And now by these wounds of living VI
rOes, by these graves Of fallen mar =
rs, by the hopes of OuI children for 81
3 sake of the saved nation, for the a.
5e of humanity, for the glory of God y =
Il the advancement of his kingdom, let - -
cherish the memories we to-day :"
nor. These beautiful flowers will fade, " "
,se mounds will be leveled, but these III
I'd shall live. The mountains may
lmble, the clouds may cease to weep,
springs to gush, the rills to sing,
rivers to flow the ocean may cease 1T
heave the starry lustre of the W
nament may fade away as wasted ~
ers the sun itself may disappear Z:
ever, but these souls shall still re- nj
in and their glorious deeds shall shine -.
evermore in the armament of glory. l.
CONTINUED IN NEXT EDITION.
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Pastor Appreciated. ca
numerous members of the Household be-