Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-05-31
am FALLEN HEROES.
- memorial Day Was
celebrated in Seattle.
wub sweet Flower the
's'. s,.s.. Of she Na'lsa'' In"
marital Dead.

.:,snt. a nation mourned VIZ
= siioaal emblem lowered a. :. h "a
y s;eh armed men marching to tn
49, ,cneral direes. and with ever
sss' = = solsmnity; and yet she wet
~. . Jingle man. bat for hundred
J, : s,s - of heroes, her own sons
s;.d IN defense Of those prIncipi-
s'0 - s..ured to this nation every bless
e., %, as free people. now enjoy
ar their life's blood strengthens
,,aoaa.ions upon which is bein1
"a, me mos. powerful nation on tn
- 49, d the eIobs-a nation whose powe
= ,aausnos are constructed on free
~ !, thought, freedom Of speech ant
- ,on Of action, and not by the brat
-. u standing armies and navies
- :. mourn the departed ones. vi
ssssb their memories az heroes, AND
IN their grsvcs-nos TO Keep thei
alas .,;ss ore. n, for their memories
p sss,sr be- forgotten. but a. an en-
~ !, The manner in which they per
80 n,d's brightest and most beauti
~ 10 the flowers. We decorst,
u, graves With these lovely yet per
~ iswels 70 r.mind the rising gen
su,s s, n the nobility and self-sacrific'
= hi, ancestors in the highest DATES
: msnbood, q patriotic love OF country
xrxoRrAL DAY IN sEATTLK.
IN. moruinQ dawned warm and pleas
:, "a from a score of fagstaffs IN Cd,
~ And from the shipping IN the bar
~ our nations colors fioated at half
!. noon the yarious business house,
q "a their doors and the mills and fac
80 shut down in order that theil
1 .nsrasives might join in the solemn ser
~ OF the day.
n ii o'clock committee from Ste
..rs Post. consisting o, d. l.. MCGOWAN
WI Hawthorne and M. v. Mills, Wis
Id the various cemeteries and dscorat
a With sweet flowers the graves Of
Iuiou soldiers resting there. After thu
asusl delays the procession was formed
] nd sssk pits
LINE OF MARCH.
Tia column moved down Front stree
N NM. 10 Commercial, to Main. ther
sauntsrmarched to Mill. to Second. &
I]njon.,o Third, and then tn the Uni
vsrsity grounds. The procession VA
fuIly half a mile long, and Contained
cysf thonsand persons, incluct ~ sew
al hundred children from our public
Schools.
AT THE GROUNDS.
Asths oolumu entered the University
, arsunds where the exercises were to be
hsld, an order was given to halt, anC
President Powell. in a few fitting re-
marks. welcomed the veterans To ths
beaniiful enclosure. dedicated TO tn,
asuss Of learsing.
AZ the members of the Grand Army
wss along bright flowers were show
nsd apon them by the young ladies oI
hat school. The scene was very af
fssling and hot tears came To the eyes
d many an old soldier at this touching
mark Of respect.
Fully three thousand people had az
emblsd In the bsautifdl grove TO wit
psss the memorial exercises, whict
opened after music by tbs baud, and
mayer by Rev. q. Herbert Watson, b,
Isfyices over the cenotaph by Steven,
Post 10 memory OF the unknown dead
Hon. EDen Smith. President of tn,
az, delivered an eloquent aud patriots,
address, which ELECTED enthnsiastic ap
pause.
Adouble quartet. consisting of l.. J
Coluian, Vim. Carkeek, James Marsh
bank, Frank w. Clayton, II. .. Chip
pan, Prof. o. r. Lee. j. Nicholas and Q
Z Bowman, followed with that beauti
iul so1g, ''Sleep of the Brave"
THE GRAFTON.
d.. T. T. Minor, Orator Of the day
vas Introduced, and spoke rs follows;
Mr.. President. Comrades If the Crane
Army Of The Republic: Friends and Eel
loo Citizens: The past 10 gone. Tn,
years We have lived can come back to N
no more. The weeks aud months W.
have known, full OF varied experiences
and opportunities, are beyond our reach
This mornings sun. however bright II
Rang beauty, however radiant iss noon
tide glare, however brilliant the splen
doris Of its setting glory. sinking behinc
ponder western m0uutain range, gueI
down forever for this day.
The past 10 gone. The innocence Of
onildhood, the bright hopes Of ambi
Nous youth, the sober thought of ear
nssf manhood, once passed, can ne
more return. History may repeat itself
out not for us /; 10 is only Ia the ceniu
mes OF national development that suct
cainsidences OCCUR, not in the lives oi
Individuals.
Tbs past is gone. Gone not alon,
from ~, but forever gone AZ well frou
the noble spirits whose silent QraveI
nave this day had fitting decoration. L,
we present even We cannot bring then
DICK. The manly form, the merry lest
zoe kindly smile, are passed away for
ever. The silver curd of personal Eel
nsship that made them one with as l.
.-.@ Their voices are no lonRe
uesfd In our choruses, Their places a
,ne eampire are vacant. We miss then
y we mess and on the march. The
are absent on duty.
mere, BY this green mound, 10 wher,
WpaFted from them; and here, through
"u' this chosen land, from east to west
Ifom north TO soath, in crowded OF,
ano secluded hamlet. the choicest gem
- ha'ufe's fairest art are gladly brough
s'eay, sacred Offering IN their memo
t',, os loving hearts aud kindly hands
mere 70 where We parted from then,
sna nsfe on this day sacred Co thei
nemoriss u Is we'll tor u 10 h at awhile
snd ~ sefreshen and adorn their or We
nay .trtnpthen and reconsecrai
ourselves Tor the march aud strife tina
hes before N.
mere Is where we parted from them
ssd batting here, what memories o
s.ast years come rushing back upoI
vi minds like the hox OF a mighty tor
years when they were with us
snu side by side We went forth to IN
m OF battle. That picture of th,
~ wnoss completion took wears of tol
Az sorrow can never be forkuttel
is hohle deeds receive deserve,
a'sss IL was the lightning stroke o
VI mas lmpristed those experiences 3.
o'5 upon our minds that in th
ss s;ip OF years they io,s none o
a. nssit'na here by our eomrad,sf grave
~. ls memorial day. We i've again IL
~. Again We hear the words o
a. uspote and partisan strife. Tn
80. q guns &C Sumter reveals eeun
nag torn down, n nntion,s life M
a. - snsl Nag torn down, the emblem
h,.s,fe e; that nation assaiied. Co
IS, ~ .noeity loving humanity through
fa,~ - again the gathering Of sfurd
insas =, brave hearts aud is,yal spirit
aed oy truest patriofis,n 4, ssva IN