Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-31
DECORATION DAY.
Ex-Confederates Join in the Ceremonies
of the Federal Survivors.


, WASHINGTON, May 30.-The weather
all over the country north and west OF
this city was too chilly for comfort out OF
doors, but this was the only drawback to
the Decoration day ceremonies. The in
terest displayed was everywhere as great
as in former years.
In Washington all the Departments
were closed. The President and all of his
Cabinet, except SECRETARIES Lincoln and
Chandler, were in New York participa-
ting in the ceremonies there, and Secretary
Lincoln was at the Arlington Cemetery.
At the Soldiers Home and National
Cemetery at Arlington, where are buried
the greater part os the soldiers killed in
this vicinity, elaborate programmes were
carried out, and the participants and
spectators were very numerous The
ceremonies were under charge of the va
rious posts of the Grand Army of the Re-
public, and committees from the same or
ganlzations visited and scattered flowers
and evergreens on the graves of their de-
parted brethren in the other cemeteries of
the District.
At Baltimore no organized celebration
was held, but the cemeteries containing
the dead were thronged all day and flow
ers were deposited in profusion.
At the National Cemetery at Gettys-
burg the largest crowd ever assembled
there oOk part in the proceedings. Dele
gate Martin MacGinnis, of Montana, was
the orator of the dav.
At Annapolis the Union and Confederate
veterans united in the decoration cere-
monies. Hon. A. j. Warner, member of
Congress from Ohio, was the orator of
the day.
At Frederick and Antietam due OBJ
servances OF the day were held, Gen.
John A. Logan delivering speech at
Antietam.
AT NEW YORK.
AT New York the display was equal to,
If not greater, than last year. President
Arthur reviewed the procession on Fifth
avenue. Among the orators was Judge
Tourgee. Rev. DR.. Talmage was the ora
tor at Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn.
In the procession on Fifth avenue and
Broadway were Gen. Butler, Gen. Sheri-
dan and staff, Gems. Sherman, Grant and
Hancock, and the Siamese embassy.
At New Orleans the graves of Union
soldiers in Chalmette Cemetery were dec
GRATED with the usual ceremonies by the
Grand Army of the Republic posts.
handsome and elaborate floral tributes
were presented by delegations from the
associations of the Army of Northern Vir-
ginla, the Army of Tennessee. the Wash
lngton Artillery and the Continental
Guards. The weather was rainy.
AT Richmond the day was observed by
the closing Of the Federal and State pub
lie offices during the afternoon, and a
parade of the cOlored military and civic
societies, who proceeded to the National
Cemetery and decorated the graves. De-
tails from Phil Kearnev Post Ofthe Grand
Army of the Republic did similar duty at
Cold Harbor, Seven Pines, Glendale and
Fort Harrison, while detail from Sage
Post, accompanied by large delegation
from Robert E. Lee Camp of Confederate
Veterans, went from Richmond to Freder-
lcksburg and participated in the cere-
monies.
EX-PRESIDENT HAYES ALIVE.
SPRINGFIELD, o., May 30.-At the Dec
Grafton Day ceremonies here to-day the
address was delivered by ex-President
Hayes, who spoke in behalf of government
aid in the education of the illiterate in
various portions of the country, and urged
the people to exert their influence on the
House Of Representatives to pass the
Senate bill to aid in the establishment and
temporary support of common schools.
EX-President Hayes said that had it not
been for ignorance there would have been
no rebellion, and that the blacks, having
been enfranchised, it was the duty of the
government TO so educate them that they
could vote intelligently. He then said
"when the war ends the duty Of peace
must follow. The slaves are yet but half
emancipated. The thraldom of ignorance
must be broken. Freedom and privilege
OF voting are education, but are not COM
plete in their work. Universal suffrage
should be based on education" Ex-Presi-
dent Hayes then alluded to the managers
OF the John Slater fund of million dol
lars. Mr.. Slater, he said, provided that
manual labor be taught with educational
branches. The bin, which has passed the
Senate, was not perfect, but it was good
beginning in the right direction. There
are difficulties to he overcome. Almost
half of the voters Of the South were lately
slaves, while the other half were not
adequately educated; now more than
million voters cannot read the ballots they
cast. The case is urgent. Continued
ignorance may put in jeopardy the nations
life once more. The address was entirely
non-partisan and produced profound i'm
preston.