The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-06-01


which sorrow started for the dead. Then IL
our own green land patriotism has writer
is br 'ghtest and most unpcrishablc annals
and free government has taught civilization
its priceless value by the unsparing sacriiic,
OF the noblest people Of earth for its prescr
walton.
Every battle which was fought, every vic.
tory which was won, was the expression oI
the great thoughts of self-government, Do.
liiical equality and national integrity, and
the result involved not merely the overturn
of the Southern armies but the cause of sc.
cession and human slavery for which they
fought.
And now that our country Is restored,
made one by deathless memories Of the past,
one by the glorious needs of the present, one
by its rainbow hopes Of the future, and
proudly floating over all, one hallowed ban
ner of the stars symbolizing all that is So
cred in human government, every breeze
that unfurls its ample folds carrying the
glorious message that no foot of soil over
which it waves shall ever again be pressed
by the foot of slave, Let us, therefore, in
view of these blessings, gratefully decorate
with flowers the graves ofour Nations dead.
the noblest, costliest, sacrifice ever laid upon
the altar of freedom remembering also our
patriot sons whose ashes lie sleeping on
Southern battle fields in sunken unknown
graves, or under the requiem of the Atlantic
waves.
They perished, some of them beneath the
fiery crest of battle, some Of them after the
wave had passed and only the stars saw and
pitied them, some ofthem in hospitals, some
in the gorged prison pen, some OF them in
the sea, all of them for their country and its
holy cause with patriotic enthusiasm that
rose to sublime faith in their country's ftl-
tnre, and prophecy of its permanent glo-
ry and peace. Beyond their day they saw
piled quietly against the golden sky of the
future mountains of compensation bright
with the hues of glorious peace and hold
ing within their purple bosoms treasures for
the endowment of their children and all the
coming generations Of men. BY their lives
they paid the cost-grandly dying for pos
terity.
''Stoop hither angels from the skies,
For there is no holier spot of ground
Than where Columbia's valor lies,
BY mourning beauty crowned"
At the close of Mr.. Trent's remarks, Mr..
Woolery was introduced and made the fol-
lowing address:
ADDRESS OF ELDER WooLERY-It is law
of our nation to magnify that which is our
own. This principle is no where more man.
ifest than in the love of our country; and
hope that what we are doing this day may
increase this love and strengthen our admi-
ration of what is noble and excellent. We
have right to be proud of our country !;
for from thirteen thinly populated colonies,
stretching along the Atlantic coast from
Massachusetts, TO Georgia, our country has
grown to thirty eight states with a.popula-
tion of As, 100000. Our country is great in
It's geographical extent; great in its re-
great in its achievements, which
have swelled the tide of human enterprise
and made the world its debtor; great in its
battles on rude heath, and in mountain defle,
great in its schools, colleges and churches;
greatest in its civil and religious liberty
" ..ich is intended for every man to enjoy
a over this land great in its heroes, to
whom grateful nation this day brings its
fpTal tribute. Our country belongs to us
all and in its preservation and destiny every
citizen ought to feel q personal interest. 1t
is very appropriate upon occasions such as
his to look back over the history of our
Is untry, state some of the essential elements
.. our national prosperity, and inquire
what is the guaranty of the perpetuity Of
our blessings.
1t is well known to students of history
that our country was settled by two very
different classes of people. One, called Cav
alters, the aristocratic nobility of England,
descending in regular line from the old Feu-
ial Barons, settled Virginia. The other, CALL
ID Roundheads, from cutting close their
hair, settled in New England. These two
classes had been hostile in England and be-
onging to different schools of political
thought, it was perfectly natural for them
% bring over with them their former ha-
red. 1t is not necessary for me to trace
,tep by step the progress of these two diver
;ent schools. The cloud that first appeared
Il, H. xl,.vx y,
iand, but it grew until it filled the whole
political heavens and burst in the thunder
lap of war. The stream Of hostility had
,een checked by one barrier and then |
mother, but it only accumulated additional |
oree and bursting forth bore everything be-
ore it as drift wood. 1t was the conflict of
wo mighty principles. 1t was the contest |
,etween the right of feudal Baron to be |
master of those who till his sol, ION the one |
land, and the right of every man to be q
on the other. During the bloody |
onHict over this, Virginia IS soil was kneaded |
With human flesh and moistened with fra
ernal blood The cause of individual free
om triumphcd; and we are here to-day no
ess to celebrate the success of this principle |
han to crown with flowers those who lost |
heir lives in the attempt to accomplish it.
Cover them over with beautiful flowers,
)eck them with garlands, those brothers of |
ours,
wing so silent by night and by day,
leeping the years of their manhood away, /
ears they had marked for the joys of the |
brave,
ears they must waste in the mouldering
grave,
III the bright laurcls they waited to bloom
ell from their hopes when they fell to the
;vethem the -meed they have won in the
past,
live them the honors their future forecast
live them the chapleis they won in the
live them the laurels they lost with their
life
over them oyer--yes cover them over
aren't, husband, brother and lover!
rown in your hearts these dead heroes Of
ours
md cover them over with beautiful flow
ers'
Our national prosperity to-day is largely
ue to the peaceable disposition Of our peo-
lie, their enjoyment of civil and religious
berty, our wonderful mineral and agri-
lltural resources, and the isolation of our
,untry from large and hostile nations.
And now how can our blessings be secur-
| to rs hereafter? BY encouraging indi-
dual industry, securing the just distribu-
n of wealth, cultivating friendly DISPOSE
ons, fostering schools and colleges, difusing
:elligence among the masses of the 49,