Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-06-02
CEN. II. G. EoLLIss,

tI..eJ "iLe Men oi hsTlech. The con- mluIer tlel Introduced
 CEN. II. G. EoLLISs,
 V NLo favored the audience with a most eloquent address. lie said:
 lLl. ~ ,uu lIer, cJmraaes oi the s.ati and line, ur9tl5la ol IL- rank and Iiiu of ,hs Grand ar-ly oi 5ls Republic: We have assemble. upon this memorial day Co pLy our yeI-ly tribute Ot respect and alI-c.l0u GO the memory and the heIolsm oi --Ose of our number who fell III the blaze ot Dau.a, pi-ed and died on the luag and weary march or ln the lonely a-I homeless lOspItai, or what Is sadier s..li. ai.vr tue var Was over, paid the debt .L patriotism by tHe yielding of tl.l. Avrs lfuw WOuuls recelved or dis -,.. e contracted ID the honorable seryIce ui a..iT c0Al,rE.
 Ia- Aeuory yi the camp and field, of u.--ts oly0ac and the days contest, may become less v.vil as years roll on, Bu- -le affection with which We recall Che Hogs who have gone before us Is as fresh and green as when the parting salute ui uIr guns lser theIr new made yrIFr, uI,d away Iu the stiffness of the sad hour % bI-Iul. How often have We see. some Ullu and reckless soldier br-tll- dauEe- a- every turn and chal- lll-ur- death whenever occasion offer ei, weep ilks a mother at the loss Of her first bora. as he gazeI tor tue last time Ol tiss bullet rldiied or death-stricken remain, ut some cpmrade who had been as bold and daring as hlmseiE lie re- call. to-day the last sad scene ani sheds a tear and drops a flower where once he strewed the fresh earth over lew made grave.
 By the bill side and in the valley. by the waters of the river and upon the mountain top. the tiOwer-O be eIecked grave of our dead comrades speak to us to-day as We recall the hour when the. eil this world of constant strug- gle and of dusty toll and joined that great procession which Is marching, ever marching, to that realm tO which the nations and peoples of Ine earth are fo-e1rIaued and preiestlulted by She Great Maker of worlds, the Architect Of ;le ulIverse, the Great Father of Us aiL
 War ls cruel and hateful I will not, upon this memorial day, dwell upon its Iustre OF its glory. J will not, Hfrer the lapse of nearly twenty years, say aught that would tend Co InJure the feelings or wound the seusIbilI:ies, or reflect upon the honor of those gallant men Of the SOutn, who, believing in the right eousne-s of their cause, tried to discover the States and divide the Union, wrong as taink ttey were. They fought with leruism ueve- exec. led, and they suffered as martyrs for what they believed to be right. When the conflict was over and tn arhitratI n Cf arms had decided the contest, no grIuder sight was ever seen than tla soldier Cf the lost cause re- turning to tue avocalon of the citizen and assuming his old place beneath the hscof j.e IuiOn. Upon the grave of .he martyred hero of the coufederacy we drop tue tear of regret and strew the flowers of affection as the stars and stripes ki-s the braezes which mingle tsa sweet perfumes of oIr offerings of love anal peace, 9t the magnolia and the rose. a- hes i4l up0u the sacred spots where sleep the boys m blue and the boys in graz.
 This address was received with round after round uf applause, and the ArIon Gias Club 1ael again gave evidence ot their rare musical talents in the beautI- nl rendition of The Soldiers Chorus, from Faust, after which
 PROF. p. D. BAENHAET
 Was introduced, and spoke warmly, ferve4ty, and lnrressiy,ly, with ire queut g.giau-s. lie said:
 L.jles and gentlemen; The brave and noble patriots whose heroic deeds and s4crif ial ath We commemorate this d y, 6o not need, nor can they wear, { aurel wr,a'h- of victory woven by mortal hands. Hi gher honors and brighter crowns Of glory are theirs. He who surrenirrs hl' mortal life Tn defense or a deep, iuborn, or consclen- lions principle. he who dies m the at,,r. t1 maintain the government that secures to him and his, protection and hbertv:is a hero, who does not need the peu ui the historian tO record hls name 4uI his selfish deeds of valor to be read hy s,rvivrr- friends and future genera tIsu for his influence flows unceasing- ly on with increasing power to the end 6F timn 1hIs. though dead, he lives immortal as the law of right and truth, in obediruce t0 which he fell-f-ll, to ris- into grander and more Dotent existence Think not that those brave men whose silent graves all over this vast and beautiful c0un- .rv. have. +his day. been adorned with flowers auI svercreeus, sleep m uncoD- -ciolsuess. \ martialed host are they, whose unseen banner waves OCT 4Il flus land; and as they fought and hlel and d.si, with tbe flag of freedom H1g-1ug OCT them, SO now they live Co swell the army that ever marches on to the conquest of right, truth and liberty. r. mut-ers not which Of the coutendng forces won the ba-tle; they who hravely Tel. were yictors.
 see m these demonstrations ot love and grateful remembrances Of the serv- ices rendered to their country by our deugrted brave ones, the rising sun or freedom, whose setting rays shall never shine upon @ "oNCE glorious, but now broken and dIsbonored, union, but whose brightness and vitahZInE power will increase until the meridian splendor of universal and eternal freedom shall be realized.
 see that grand old emblem of liberty -the e4gle-v with it's taions clasping the Rocky mountains. its left wing reaching 70 the northeastern corner of Maine. its right wing extended ( the southwestern corner of ClIforpil, its tail spread out over Alaska. and ifs beak fastened tO the soltbern extremity of Florida Un- der its lowering care and protection we live. united by love of truth, by patriot