Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-06-06
The brave, the good, the true,
On battle PLAIN, in PRISON men
should. die Tor tUeBnd Won ~

no. s tnai az never be- we would have said with
We hhest FRENZY Of the poets eye" We could
not fancy such an opening scroll to be beyond tho
ven nor could we half Imagine tho prorof; ons of
| lne impending storm. otr long devotion at the
Shrine al rg'Ce Tad sealed orr thoughts md con,
nnoeu eur judgments against ali aniref eus.)n Of
rebellion so glpartiC
hut fhG clrtaln at length rolled up and we look.
ca behind tho scanes. We saw there the emhetfla1
host OF treason "training their deyiltsh enQiuery
emphltu on every side with shalOwiny gnuadrons
9eep anu heightened In their thoughts beyond all
uouot OF we org To u.s. comrades. living ana dead
VINO were then Just passing the threshold OF a
vigorous nlnhOo aud whdse lines o. life mad been
cast thuS lar only at1id the piping times of neoca
W. was yellow StrdnGoleas to the glD Jm winch
mis- Sceue overcast.
Inc historic memories of the story OF the revolt.
lio seemed tC pe forgot m the waning voice of
Washington aud mis- .Ompeers had become SO dis
tant anu grown so dim that it ceased to BE heard
the VOWS pughted to LOYALTY were toypd with am
Ine Old nag was torn from It's stan lard in len
states an 0ns run up in It's pace bearing the
od L2hs star or Palmetto Tree end our own
ett'"F tlOnH te. lne Of higI destiny among ne
IONS IS suddenly cha Ieuged to Hat
is u matter Oi wonderment that this challenge
sioulu nave 1i!edJ e hearts ana minds of men WIN
aston: shInent, bewilderment and confusion? What
rom ms days recollection then seemed 10 ~ to
the outlook for our American rerubilcP WHAT the
destiny of that predetermined ne0plc? How Al. MD
IL - or and what should do to furnish fort me
ilSht III telll Zoe the annalst OF postertv TO make
UP me record OF success or failure %. ice GOV.
trument from Must that Rational being aud
unity f2r Whlch Washington and Greene ana MOS
gan i"' thelr cuunlrymen through the unequal
suueeIe ana ABOUT winch Adams aud Jay aud Mad-
son aud lila ilton wrote much and for winch our
ater orators pleaded in rhelr great orations, b.
dissolved and destroyed aua an Indefinite numh-r
OF pc ty ana Jurng States fDllS IN varied success
sion2
qh5se questions, grave with their startling re-
spunslbllliles, were 10 c answered by tn Sc who
now swell tle vast blvOuac OF nations dead whose
near then beat in comprehensive with YOURS II
Is tLnth OF history mat you old not malt Though
nc preceueit5 oil history and poetry were uuC III
song aud adverse, though experiment, psrI
ana often confusion were before us, though the
vantage ground of the defensive attitude o, inc
zoe, Their unity of purpose and action, tho high
Oruer OF mlltlry genus which gave dire ,,l0n
anu tne,r daripg raised TO- inf4tuAIlor,. yet the
wager or Datl! YVES accepted ana 10 the harvest Of
uedth me redpers fastened and the garnerAd
were not a few. And with what results Tor me
uignny oi oar race and for the god Vi man
Tne one idea which has been made forever
sacred by TINS shedding OF Kindred blood, is the
Idea that these United States are one nat on
without The establishment Of thls idea as the
carIlnd doctrine OF all sections and of ali men
the perpctuy OF Ameri AN Institutions were never
possible. me suspicion that THIS unity can ever
be broken by rig It mas no. been whispered since
we closing scenes Of the war for its preservation
MS Is one OF the results for the good OF MANKIND
Ana another result that last InhrmIty mas be n
removed, "brancheS, body roots" AMI the Ia,e
rna1tei u t,a as one OF US to-day III
through whose bIOOu his free ION was purchased.
ny These Efforts the fabric reared by the wisdom
OF the fathers still - ADDS united free and IN IN
crcisiLg glory. May that country never forget
tl1t II was IN her hour OF deepest distress ana
gloom mat These comrades dled for her. Thcir
hearts never q1dilcd, their eyes never dimmeI
their ialth failed not even In death.
In the services Of this Memorial day, then yyc bat
10 honor 10 those 10 wnJiu honor Is IT, -
me with re accord To "Ic' now L ,,,.nTs M, ~,
tleIr graves ,..i 20 entwine fresh wreAtns arotaI
N'rir monuments our Just auI natu! Il rcspe.t IN
splred by the bravery of the dead Imposes nus
claim upon us. w
Ihe molrnfu gravity of these occasions carries
al au horIty with II whicn commands Us as with
inc pleading voices OF their unseen sprIJsty cynIf
10 purify ana TO ehnOOle our ambition a. cltlyp
anu TO renew,on cur annual return to these graves
lathers and saved 10y the chdrcns' blood TO nose
unborn generations for whom we now hold il in a
double trust. "
Gov. Pingrec's patriotic and eloqucut ora.
ton, of winch the above is an abstract, was
listened to attcutively by the large audience
and WAS frequently applauded. At the con.
cuson the Zerrahn club led in singing the
DoXology and the benediclOu was prJnouu- |
ced by the chaplain. The various organza. |
lions then marched to their respective head. |
quarters. Post Stannard had Il meeting aud |
appointed a committee on resolutions con-
'ising Of Comrades w. w. Walker, II. b. |
Arms, o. p. Ray G. |, Hagar, L. IL. Trick
md NJ, T.. Sculln.
Everything passed OFF pleasantly and de-
'orously, aud the celebration WAS in all re-
poets very successful one.