Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-05-31

| suit Of blue, with no slab, nor lettered
monument to symbolic the affection of
surviving friends. They sleep in name
less graves, unknown, except to Him
trat hath numbered the stars and call
eth them by name But the duties of
the day, SO full Of these memories of
the past, are alike suggestive of the
future. We have prepared this beauti-
tul plot as resting place for any of us
that may be called upon to lay down
our arms and go beyond "the pass of
shadows And when the last comrade
shall have been mustered out, and there
shall be no post OF the G.. A. K. to make
its annual pilgrimage to cover these
graves with flowers, then our children
and chldren's children will remember
the humble part we bore in that great
struggle to preserve the union of the
States, and transmit to them the legacy
bequeathed to us--union and liberty
with the dear old flag, without single
stripe erased or polluted, nor a single
star obscured"
Doctor Hagan spoke upon
"THE WIDOWS AND ORPHANS OF OUR
FALLEN COMRADES
AT the close of the war of the Re.
bellion in the United States, there
were fifty thousand widows and more
than one hundred thousand orphans.
These noble patriotic woman, with
enthusiasm, with courage, with devo-
ton never excelled, with a purity of
purpose perhaps never equalled, had
encouraged, even urged their husbands
to join the army in the cause ofliberty
and for the preservation of the Union.
These men, stimulated by the self
sacrifice and loyalty Of their wives and
the love of their children, not
only fought to arrest the insanity
of secession and save the old flag,
but finally to redeem promise, or
compact in the declaration of indie
pendence, that every man should have
the fright to life, liberty and the pur-
suit of happiness. !" They fought and
settled the question of human slavery,
they died to liberate four millions of
slaves. We owe the Accomplishment
ofthese great ends to the devoted patri-
otism of American women. These noble
heroic dead, whose memories we recall
and honor to-day, were the men who
helped to maintain the old flag, with
out the loss of star. Dsheartened
at no defeat, discouraged at no OBJ
stacle, appalled, by no danger, these
men neither paused nor swerved but
contributed their lives, until stain
less flag floated over all our wide do
main, until every human being be-
. meath its folds was absolutely free
, The observance of this occasion to-
; day, gives assurance that time has not
effaced from the hearts of the Ameri-
can people the sense of their obligations
to these fallen heroes. Nor has the
s.aie .... G.gxsSiamsa a... forgotten
Millions and millions of dollars are
paid annually to provide for them the
necessaries and comforts of their lives;
this is poor retribution considering
r the loss sustained, but they have further
the sympathy, love and aid of all the
friends of the Union And to-day the
American nation bends over the graves
{ of their heroic dead, and pays to them its
5 tribute of gratitude and love,
r Comrade Lane spoke upon
"THE ARMY AND NAVY"
Comrades and friends, | am called
: upon to respond for 'The Army ant
!, Navy feel inadequate to the task
I, for, it is a subject replete with gloriou:
4, and patriotic acts on the part of our ar
= my and navy. From the days of Washing
: ton, Paul Jones and Perry, to those o
! Grant, Foote, Farragut, and the marty
Lincoln. The battles of I775-I8I.
! and IS6o-3 were fought for tina
grand principle, freedom A free
L dom which our beloved countr,
s guarantees to all, regardless of col
I or or creed. And she stands to-da,
prominent as 'the land of the fire.,
: and the home of the brave" and tina
: she is so, is due to our leaders, naval
!. military and civilian. To Washington
: name dear to all Americans and hi
: brave army, we are indebted for thu
. colonies. And when in 1861, TIN
: question arose, (which shall it be, dis
|, union and slavery, or union and free
= dom thousands and tens ofthousand
= of brave soldiers and sailors gave VI
!, their lives to perpetuate the great prin
:, ciples bequeathed to us by our forefath
= ers with the answer "rhe Union
= must and shaNbe preserved" By tn
y efforts of our brave army and navy, as
:. sisted by the "God Of Battles" it wa
i preserved and our country is destine'
to remain forever ''the sweet landof lit
j. berty" We have assembled here &c
day to honor our heroic dead--of tn
IT army and navy and may we all striv
u to emulate their patriotic and heroi
&c deeds, so that when our great commar
> der shall muster rs out, may we hav
s. such loyal, fraternal and charitable live
Is that He will say "Well done, goo
u and faithful servants"
u DIR. N. d. Emerson spoke as 70
~ "DECCRATION DAY"
40 Comrades, in order to apprecial
ly the beautiful significance Of Dec
Id ration Day let US transport ourselves
I'd imagination to a land where rigorol
he winter, for half the circuit Of the yea
n. seals up the frozen bosom Of the cart
ms There, when the warm air Of sprir
er breathes again and the vernal sun turn
,at on his course, with what joyful resurre
MT ton does dead nature leap into Ii
ot from her dreamless sleep and forgiving
,rt deck her own grave with memoir
~. flowers. The marks Of war are mo
m cruel and relentless than those Of wints
he But the loving hand Of nature touch
ST. the scared and blood-stained fields
re- Shiloh, Of Charlottesville and Getty
err burg and makes haste to decently GOV