, 1882-06-03

tombmen. and stood forth in the goiie. san,
| hight Of Heavens providence. The Jirth
throes of this nation were terrible and no:
until m, 4, gazing in the lace o. their fellow
and = h compressed lip AID trembling
hand and ANXIOUS heart. signed the srAnGesi
! instrument ever written by mortal, and
/ when the old bell which to-day stands Sc
mute yet eloquent in ats mutuess IL old con-
gress hail. peaied out It's tiding On the city
air was Il known that ,he rat,on hsd hoen
born As our patriotic fathers pledged
/ their lives. their fortunes, their sacred hon
ors to the lrm establishment ot the princi-
! plss Of freedom 10 the form OF republic,
so the ssins spirit 10 their sons and daught-
ers exists for the perpetna,lon OF oar nation
, al principles.
We were not the tirst, rs people u hr
| impressed that such great governmental
| truths existed but We were the first to
| formulate them ami send them out IN na-
! tionai form TO bless the world
| IL cost = holocaust OF human lives to found
! th,s government aud its Pcrpetuiti was ths
birth right Of all Its ei,ix,ns the MAINTAIN
snce OF which deyoivei Upon every patriotic
soul. Our land stretching from sea TO sea
and iron lakes 10 gulf, was cemcn,ei as enc
inseparable perpetual union, by the hopes
and prayers and energies OF Its founders,
Whiir II has travelled the road OF unpreee-
| denjed prosperity Yet rot always has It's sun
\ -hcs-t out ,: ftly irosn a clear aneicujed
sky. Differences vi opIr'on answer on some
Presumed imp rtant Questions aud uniortu-
nateiy instead of adjusting these differences
| by peaceful arbitration and brotherly sd-
| lustment resor.tC The bloody weapons II
| Wal was had. Ii tho nation stood since the
tocsin OF wsrwassoundei. ItmUSt stand bytlc
| en,rglts2 NJ those who lOYei II rs II WAS IN
heri;sd. aud to this end. the PerPetGa,icu OF
an undIslded nation. millions fell INTO battle
| line 4, d teas Of thousands laid So.sn - di-
! on hsttie fields.
We gather tO-ia, III shis city Ot the dead
to commemorate the dead soidisry o: the
Uuion army. and the question IA asked Why
| do We meet here. Wry are these millions
OF people all over these United States and
! territories gathering On ;his Gay among the
tomhs of the depariei, Why these flowers
s.rexing this and the; si.d the other grave
here and there throughout the cay Of the
dead
We do not do this because We have spe-
cial feelings Of regard tor the men who lie
beneath these designated mounds. II Is not
for the man simply as man that Ne decor
ate There are hundreds OF men lying In
his grave yard possibly IN good men as
they. II is not because tEey we're personal
friends Tor some Il Us may never have look
e INTO their faces or known them In the:r
lives. Our acquaintance may have been
made by memorial services. since they have
been land away 10 rest
Thls action to-day rests upon the iact that
great princ,ple Is recognized tine MAINTAIN
snce OF when vas ia Tie hands 0f oar Union
soldiery Il ~ because We consider there
Was at one t,me 80 before the American
people the question Of life and death and life
these inca chose although III that choice OF
iIie many laId down their lives
Ii was not j question We could srplneiY
permit to knook At the door of our hearts,
aud feel ncGuickening paisa,loLs OF our na-
tlon's loving hearts. L. was one that Gun
frontcd US With the dIr,st calamity, one
that folcod. the death UI all cur hrpus- He
commemorate the defense Of these principles
SIS manifest Jn the faet that these graves
strewn with flowers contain the mortal re-
mans OF tue-- WhO he ped i" gerpetuaie our
national existence
cannot have 1t al nag heart To- tear open
again the almost healed woun,.s caused by
this fr.tncIdal strife. | an n"y hs.e To
heap railing accnsatloG upon tiuse who IL
the dark night OF our national existence
sought L gam recognition Oi their opin
ions must conceIe that It were possible
for thrse rlisguldrd ones to feel .heir honest
Convictions and strugsle Tor the same.
While drte>t eve = paEpoae " disnn'on,
and look upon II ~ clsastrrous and uhiy DIS
asterous IN th6 extreme, | may reach out
nv hans to the offender and feel toward
hIm, personally, r0tfIug bat th5 kutdiIest
feelings. God, trum his pnre ana fo!v char
acter must ever i"t.st all sin, all dIscOrd.
AID all wrong, Vet ont q. his loving heart
goes the goat feeling Of pity, compassion
ami lhr deepest love Tor EIs offending sub
ects. This If our hn- OF HE laid down Tor
u aud We can n1ot fraternity demands, do
sny thing less. We ever psrpetnate the de
yotIon to uyality. ever cherish the lives of
these whv stood "a, Its offenders. aud because
4 :he principle for which they eon.ended,
W. will strew their graves with flowers
We are interested to-day not IN a question
Of administration hut of government; not OF
politics bat Il patriotism; n"t vf policy bat
of prInc.p',s: question too broad Tor party
and too great for sect Onai striiS>; Il IL a
question between .xisfrnce sui destruction.
Oar uniar vas formed Under the constItu-
tion by an assertion oI equals, each IndI-
viiual 4 sovereign; MT sIch az may display
the trapiRgS OF royalty hut peO IL created
IN the iuase oi ;heir Maker aE.d bearing IN
their bosoms the crow. jewels OF imInortalI-
ty This personal individual sovereignty
manifested IN the facts that call u- here to-
days shall have our greatest esteem. The
cbieftain and th warrior the captain and
the common soldier he side by side in the
earth and We give them equal adjoining and
IN the mind II the living to-day shall also
live the grand truth ''our Union snail last
and it, praises shall he heard when those
aho defended snd those who asssailei It
shall sleep together in the dust.
Is name shall be heard with generation
amidst the roars OF Pacific's waves, by the
siie Of the flowing river OF the north and
east where liberty Is divided from n:onar ;hy
and be waited hack in the gentle brssze
from the Rio Grand- IL shall rustic in the
harvest and wave in the Standing corn, and
b. heard in the blee:in2 folds and lowing
Lerds upaL IL. Thousand hil l. shah b.
! Win lEu-e no uc-'t lb HllET-, anu su@i4
hum III tine manufactures Oi Nex Enslaat
and in the cotton gins Of the south- Il
shall be proclaimed by taa stars al siriIes
on every sss oi r;,-'h ~ tae American union
one and in@iyis.bie IL shall protect me III
the rI.ht to dwell anii the everglades Of
! FIor.da- Sit under the palmetto OF Csrol'-
n, gaze uron the granite bills oi New
England OF .irive IN the mines oi SevHdas
gold ribbed range.
II shall hive N the stern resolve OF mar
| hacd and ri-e 70 the mercy seat upon NO
| H.an7 g-n;.e svaiiins prayer. Holy men
shali iny IKE us perpetaIty a. the alter Of re-
legion AMI II -hail be .hl-pered N the last
accents o. expiring aye We do no, dwell
! on sc-ne, Of s;,i:e nor n-lds of carnage red
With human gre, Vhe.e friend and Toe r.der
! and horse IL one red burrel blend, bot when
the busy hum 0f industries axe heari, and
| the r-ps,! march u Industries are seen and
then with. memories Of fal.ea comrades, Nc
tara oar hearts Heayenward and in OaE
glad-oms ae,:isim praise God from ali bisss-
| iugs flow.
After music BY ihe band, C,mrade c.
NJ HoIron, made the following address !:
CoNEADEs OF THE GRAND ARYY or TBg
! REprgIIc :-Lsqdi.s and CentLslieH: IL 4.
| .ess than q score OF y-ars since The gram. 81
armies ever marshalsd Oh the Ansncah con-
tintnt were battling one another III thus re-
| public with bravery. determination and
! iiery ieTceness unexceiled IN the annals OF