The National tribune., 1883-06-07

the files lie in close order in this grsat army %
three hundred thousand Of tie Nation 5 deal.
There are many here who remember the words
OF florence IN 1851, when the aG was presented to
his commend; Before this flag shah De dsesraced,
my wife VIII be widow and nly children orplans
That was the same Thoughts which, prompting tho
movements and quiekeniug sac energies OF tke
Union troops. led them 90 triumph. He sleeps but
q few steps from US with Curtis, and Reid, and
Wofthinston, and Rankin, and Archer and New
tcn and others Of the heroic oeaC, bat their words
AID deeds VIII never die.
THE LIVING.
OF the living, the youth Of 1851 sre the men Of
1888, and those who were Of mature age then. era
IN the declining years OF life It seems but As yes
terCay when drums beat and bruTes called when
march, or charge, OF camp, fight were the elasly
cOInpaniOnship OF The solder; but as yesterday
when wreaths crowned our leaders and we march,
ed in final review when for thelast time the ranks
were broken, and men who had been n9essuaates
said the last farewell, and IN thoughts i've
again in minutes the lives Of years. Bat the world
W&t It's moving IlqllitIie ana rs cODilelng cres
goes on, and by the fight of time the y0uthful
soldier - the veteran Of to-day. The roll has not
SO many names upon ~ now. Inc ives Cf the
living grow shorter with tie touch Of time and
soon there viii DC but few tell the story Of the
war But their brave deeds Will give them honor
III the world until the end And ss hereafter with
falling step and eyes made iusterieSs by ace those
who left meet to revive the memories OF mar
tal scenes, little children viii gather around them
rs they talk 70 each other Of the great rebellion.
When the men OF coming year. collect around the
weakened limbs and marks Of age tel what they
have heard and read of those days; OF personal
VaiOT, of loyal patriotism and OF tlC c0HGtry'S
peril, the hearts OF the old heroes, fius though tleir
beatings be viii throb more G1licI-ly and their
eyes win Ninde again with martial pride when they
feet t!it they are cneeTed and iOVeG and hOGOred
for what they did IN the tnat saved the Union.
There IS pr0Iapting Of the heart which leads
to hope that when our summons comes we can lie
down forever BY the side Of those loved in life
To rank, grade. station il las confined
Over the entrance to th = tom ~ N-ar0eor bs,,e+
( the gilded dome of the Hotel des Invslides IN
Paris, are the words of the great soldier, spoken
| at st. Helena: Bury me on the banks Of the
Seine among the people have loved so we'll Fer
years the old soldiers of the Empire have marched
to military mass in the chapel near 10 the sound
| OF organ and rolling drums while on mosaic
wreath Oh laurel with the names OF hls battles re-
corded on the pavement, he Hes in solemn silence
/ and, as he wished, at home.
/ The attractions OF home were strong with the
/ soldier of the Union and yet he knew thss should
/ he fall in the field his comrades could only give
/ him and bis blanket On unC8ffIled crave
I There are about eighty National Cemeteries In
/ them three hundred theusa93 men lie buried TIE
fFstiuterrent in thsISeoizui- genseiervas
ofs soldier Of the Tiird iowa cavalry on tess3er
% isGi may be pardollet Tor saylss th'@ irl1'e-
dateIy after the close Of the war took some pcr-
/ sonsl interest II having this ground declared q
N2Si0nat cemetery II n;ad bee propse % trans
fer the remains OF these sn!4lt nlcEs 20 aEo her
locality, possibly outside the state Agaiasl tas
earnestly demonstrated, but had great fear OF the
result when t happened tat fortune gave me She
opportunity to order thst It DC made a Nas0ual
I Cemetery. NIr. Clayton Hart brave soldier Of
the seventh Iowa, %s5 appointed sUpeFfTtaaceEts
additional iand was purchased the improvements
/ which around Us followed in rapid succession,
/ nls1e . besd5lIGl resting place Tor cur beloved
\ dead. Here lie buried six hundred and four known
| and tfirty-three unknown Union soldiers There
are, too, the remains OF eight Conederates They
/ were the champions Of mistaken cause, braFety
/ ssttled for and lost. Those Of us who we're IN
action know how well they fought but their can
ner Is laid away, and over Sll the States Of
| united and JJnbroken Union EOw fsats, we GTust
| forever, the flag of the free.
Attached. therefore As I ana TO the spot On which
we stand, it IS aiIecitiOn that should be grateful
for your invisation 20 be with you on tbs sacred
II, - T~7- a t.
to be absent from ksokuz at times still my home
Is here. Beyond that little valley lie these bound
to me by ties Of kindred and affection. Thoughts
ana memories attract me % tl5 the pace Wfefe
my msnhoods life BEGAN, and where / hope all
that Is left OF me may resi- when am dead.
THE FRUITS OF TIE WAR.
The advance of the Nation since the war is a
marvel to ourselves and a wonder to the world
ShTewd men, whose sagzleious judgments conn
nlanded the attention OF the people had predicted
prosperity but there were not many who grasped,
IN their minds, the resJst it has been proven by
reality. 4 national debt OF magnitude so large
as 70 appal the best ;inanzi1i minds had gradually
grown until approach TO It's payment seemed
beyond the bounds OF prophecy. Il line OF iron
road across the eonsinent was driven through By
the sheer force and VIII OK men who, with real
| wisdom, thought that they eOulCsAsee something
III the future Of the lands great growth and then
. another and another line was formed to rise IN
prosperity and faH in disaster and revive again,
until now the hemisphere Is ribbed with roads,
Science, with Its perSstenb reaching toward DIS
eOveEy, has opened 20 US new aveaffess sending
miles away not only written messages, bs5 spoken
words and when the light of the sun goes oGs as
the day declines, the darkness disappears as
quickly when Is eOFaes within the bisze 81 eec-
tire light which though III the very infancy OF its
development, turns night to day New lands.
teeHling with nleSe treasure, surprise Is - thefE
great production; new fields, IN regions Unknown
twenty years ago, where ali then seemed desert.
bloom IN al the Glness Of their fertile wealth.
and, with she years that great dead welghS OF debt
falls, month by month, until what has been LETT ef
it makes mark with those W whO now forecast the
! future. Science might have It's victories: IN
ventiOns might have moved the world, and the
| future might have been as prosperous; but the
hands on the dial would have gone back IN cur
Own land, and the present would have been the
| far-oH future had the men IN whose honor yCu
come here to-day failed IN doing what they did.
The bonds which tied humanity and made it work
without reward, they broke. The last gun which
they fired, as chains parted and slaczies leal, wsS
salute TO freedom, and their advancing columns,
as their shouts of victory filed the SIR, made The
hope OF the far future the fFUitiOn of to-day.
What these dead men lived for and worked for
and died for has been achieved And the progress
the land has made since the echo OF the last gun Of
the war faded into silence is beyond the prospecs
Of our highest hopes. The days Of war are done.
The stars the flag seem brighter and the blue
seems deeper and the stripes crimson IS It's
ing divisions and cleaning guns bus over united
Nation; over people living IN peaceful e0nn2uniQns
over bound Dy the ties Of patriotic love and
land made stronger by the recollection Of dangers
triumph won by the Union arms was Eot Tor years,
but for al time.
Young men and maideus, cover these graves
with 3CwerSi old men and rnatrons, unite 70 DO
them hOnOrl children, read Of thens think of them
and never forget them. for they secured ycur hertz
age. And, Is devote this day TO those who lie
around Us here II quiet rest e their memories and
their graves forever. Ike the sacred poets 6elds
beyond the food, stand dressed in living green