The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-06-08
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dared aud died, with heroic devotion
to q faith circumscdbed BY state bound
aries. Very unlikesth that broad and
sllsucslcient Gaith which inspired our
comrades here, and which was bound
ed only by the confines of the Union
itself. With these poor lamented and
muck mistaken brothers were buried,
their hopes, their principles, their
causa That is the difference. No,
brave comrades here will dispaFage
thdc courage or speak lightly of their
calor. Those of us who engaged with
them on the field of battle, viii always
everywhere testify to q soldieriy bear
ing worthy of a better cause. But
here the panegyric rightly ends.
Naught more of eulogy Is owing them.
They claim no more for themselves.
1 speak these vords solemnly and fear
not. sta,diag here in this city of the
dead, IL the spirits of the departed bear
vituess to human accent, to call upon
them to witness it.
Be it said to the honor and glory Of
the survivors Of both the Northern
and Southern soldiery, they are be-
coming unit more aud more, day by
day and year by year, (however much
they be divided upon minor political
diffsrences) in the single purpose to
place our country on a more solid
fouudation, the foundation that lies
down deep beneath "the shifting
sands and upon the eternal rock, 1.-THE
foundation Of "tbe Union forever"
to make its possibilities greater and
Crander; to extend it's flag until its am
Die folds Goat out full starred over all
the American Continent. we have
already lived, my comrades, TO see the
benson of day we had hardly dared
hope for, to see the "blue'' and the
"grayp "beat their swords into plow
shares" and peacefully till the virgin
soil of our own beloyed Kansas in
neiglboring fields; to see them in
sweet accord guide their gentle focks
and herds on neishboriqg hills. Even
here, where but few short years ago,
was heard the first clash of arms, that
rent the temple Of peace and precipi-
tated that cruel war, we have lived
to hear these once discordant voices
sweetly tuned in the Hosana:
Huzza for the prsiries wide and FREQ,
He for the Kansas plains.
Where man shall rise In liberty
Free from tyrants chains.
1 say my comrades and fellow eiti-
gems this is consolation. This is a
permauent and valuable result Of the
war. Without the settlement of the
vexed questions which originated
that terrible civil struggl these things
were simply impossible. BY it The
evil spirit of our common country was
smitten, the i'll omened star was strick-
en- from the political armament. Ev-
cry stain In that flag was washed out
with the blood of the martyrs, and il
floats to-day over this whole union un'
sullied in every fold.
Could our comrades whose remains
lie entombed in this beautiful cemetery
epeak to us now. they would say with
one voice, "the redemption is worthy
the saeritieen Go then you who beal
gifts of flowers, and bestow then
without stint upon these soldier
graves. Make no difference if the rest
ing place of some poor soul is marked
unknown" he is known on the roll o
the great company Of redeemed patri
OTIS and comrades in the tenting ground
above. And if their chance to be ont
amongst them who wore the "gray'
think of no difference and make none
in your offerings, for be was our broth
ar