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

And rose to full being an Offspring Of death.
So~ loved ones Who fell on the far hattie sround,
Wherever they lie, are remembered and erowsed
Nov longings are satisfied, jealousie> cease,
And high DER the land hangs the banner " peace
hese isles a delight that have spread their green shore
On this threshold enchanting Of sunsets wide door
Where skies arc sof yelled by the orange and palm
Where sweet breath Of fern fills the air with its balm
Fave welcomed from ear,h's larger nations recruits
Affst meath It's shadows to tsa. its sweet fruits,
New Bits bli,he summer Of flower and song
| All classesery day, every joy to prolons
! This land els3aions here mingle one,
| The sound tina, q conquest by cruel war won
Is the beautiful suri nearest the csnnons hoarse
breaks on the shor.
fu children have brcugh,
The germs Of true loyalty, an the faiherlsHds dear
And nausht can disturb the hon, sincere,
Bu, the hearts OF all patriots leap nee o' y. fame
Hawaii sen, forth in those terrible day.me
| Brave men, to respond to loud calls for ret
And proudly she owns mids, her ei,ren, now
True heroes who fought to crown liberty's brow
| In yonder green valley are sleeping tonight
Dear friends who shared in this struggle for rs
And ours the sweet privilege, granted to-day.
To honor their resting place. tributes to lay
Over heads lands and feet that faithfully bore
Their part in the strife, our s,ea, land to restore
Ave. cherish most tendehy graves that are ours
| And bury them deep with our Ioviiea aovsr,
| Bring emblems Of peace, Of eontentment and rest,
Bring anchors, bring and for the bles
| Bio, out every symbol Of pain and distress;
! Let victorys palms on their sacred sod press.
With hearts throbbing warm heap the flowers SO sweet,
Let myrtle and male and roses there greet;
And under the sunshine and soft summer showers,
We leave to the angels these dear graves Of ours.
THE GRAFTON.
The Athenians, when they selected
lsocrates to deliver an address in honor
Of their cointrymen who tell At Mara
thon, told their orator to take all
the time he wanted to prepare his
address. He took fifteen years, and
then delivered his famous panegyric
which is read to-day by every classical
scholar. If, during those fifteen years,
every city, town and village of Greece
had listened to the story of the battle
of Marathon from their first orators and
poets and historians, | doubt if the
panegyric Of lsocrates would ever have
been written.
i can add no new thought to the
tender words spoken by our comrades
this afternoon by the soldiers and
sailors monument at the graveyard in
the valley. But the lessons of the
great Rebellion cannot be too deeply
impressed upon our minds. There
are many, | do not doubt, who do
not understood the meaning of the
Grand Army of the Republic,
When soon after the close of the war,
the veteran soldiers and sailors of the
United States army and navy began to
form themselves into an organization
known as the Grand Army of the Re
public, there were those who dreaded
the results. To their minds, it portend
ed combination for political purpose.
which BODIED no good to the country
III ssss s. wsary and ne y9nder, We
the names of posts and departments
extending all over the North, grated
harshly upon their ears They though,
that trouble might come of it all, anC
that it would only serve to keep alive
the embers of sectional discord. How
with which our union army and nav,
was made So far from even tending
to produce any Of the evils which wer,
{ prophesied, the Grand Army of the
, Republic has served to promote har
; mony between the North and tn,
: South. The sailors and soldiers VIII.
fought that war resolved that as far al
in them lay, they would make perma
f. nent the results for which they fought
, Loyalty to the Union, common
brotherhood with old comrades, ant
aid and sympathy for each other, ant
}. for the widows and orphans of thos
!, who had fallen-these the objects the
e sought and they were objects to b.
!, dreaded by no one who loves his coun
!. try. 1t was the Grand Army of tn
), Republic who invited the people Of tn
!. loyal North, to join in keeping thi
:. great Commemoration Day of tn
nation.
II is the privilege of this George "
De Long Post of that Grand Army t
be the only organized body Of its vel
Grams outside of the territory of tn
United States.
May not we Americans, who, cas-
our lots among these islands Of the Sc;
take comfort in seeing the gener;
respect which our Memorial Day n
ceives herel The cannon which al
posted at each corner OF the soldier
and sailors lot in Oahu Cemetery wer
gracefully and modestly given ,
for that purpose by the kin
His attendance at our conrad
the Rev. ]. A. Cruzan's memoir
service last Sunday evening" SHOW
that he is in full sympathy with Il
d. objects Of the Grand Army.
1t is not Northern hands alone tod;
that have strewn flowers over the grav,
Of our deceased comrades Our cou
trymen and our countrywomen at Il
South have placed these sweet oferinI
over the last resting places Of the bo
in blue, as well as the boys in gra
Could more be asked to show that Il
victories Of peace may be greater thu
those Of WARP The Grand Army Of Il
Republic has played no small part
gaining these peace victories. Soldie
Of the Union army-while they do n
forget the past-are the quickest
forgive, and to lay aside the bitterns
and passions OF war. No brave M
can fail to do homage to the herois
with which the men Of the South foug
through that war. At Gettysbul
e Chickamauga, Stone River and on
hundred other battle -felds, the chiva
OF the South showed its metal u
they were fighting against men no L
brave than themselves The Southe
heart was more quickly fred, but VIII
the North had once aroused to /
~. magnitude OF the task before it, ths