Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-05-31

Ibis commemorstion Of the dead IL
also pregnant with Lessons 70 the living.
Our cousfry - nov united, happy ard
Tree 10 10 nearly twenty years s.nce the
carnage Ut war ceased with profuse
hand To scatter desolation. serrov and
oath; the sectional fends bare be~r
oosiser.ted. and the prsiudicss enoer-
der>d By the conflict are fat milling
away uhder the benignans RAYS Of the
sun OF good will and fraternAl feeling;
tue great heart of our nation 10 throh-
bling and puIssiing With new national
life. and only nns q q rustles ais.v- our
heads IN the n ,rsh and IN the South
the stme d ~ which oar honored dead,
and 700, the living veterans and survI-
vors ut that frightful conf O., fought IN
msintsin as the sign, seal. pledge, bond
and Emblem of American IA h,n ,lIt,
and union. Although the grave HIS
buried the de'sd dust of tho-e hsr,.s.
vt wast they did 10 rep afed after
them In ever mutt plying and aud never
- asing Itverh-FsiI,Rs. and ali be re-
et-d along The ages, and wust ley
sad has sounded along these years like
the echo ut voices smId tne mountain
RorRes. Aad 81 il is with the living of
today. Ii has been we'll said, "that the
seed sown IN life springs up IN harvests
OF blessings or harv-sts Of sofIos."
wh-ihsr our influence be great or small.
sheth-r u be for good or evil, IL lives
somewhere and within some limit. aud
vhfle the body is dead the character
walks the world, and distributes
Itself as a be1ediction or a curse
among the families of mankind.
how Important it u, then, that sur lives
like good tree should emily produce
good fruit. and that tue good influences
Ut our acts aud lives may be strongly
IMPRESSED apo succ-vdIug GENERATIONS.
how Important that We keep atresh
upon the tablet OF our me- nlories he
heroic acts of self devotion anu p.trio =
lstn Of the countless thousands who fell |
ia that terrible conflict and nov sleep IN |
nonored graves, aau emulate taeIr vlr-
tues, and preserve With Jealous care the |
priceless heritage which they saved 10y |
tnsir blood to be Transmitted by Us v III |
all It's blessings unimpaired To genera |
tluns yet unborn. How Important, thea.
Inat Decoration Day should Do observed |
for ali time ~ ,ine, 80 that the saiutary |
iessoss of the great civil war m ~ reInaiu |
rs guiding stars la our Natio ial career,
~ tue mighty river sv-eplax with mys-
SIC forcs towards ths ocean, bearing
upon It's broad Uos IN the Commerce oi /
- nation would SOON be a useless chan
mel filled up with STACY ant pooi, If not
Continuously ted wiz The pure anu
ne altufut waters Of n thouS suu springs.
uruoks and rivulets-as tue beautiful
Hover which delights our vision aud,
with Its colors faded out, Its blossom,
withered, droops with decay II it had
not tue dew, the rain and tue sunshine
20 make It's givries perfect, 30 would
tue great -sson taught Us by that Con-
hict De lost ~ Us II the memory ami the
saer noes Ut ths dead aud living soldiers
VI that war were nJs euaoiuoed la OuI |
uoirts ami kept coutinuously green Anu
bright Ia our lne,aory.
Aud while the Nation honors it's dead
80 .dlers it ought not u forget its living
ones. Old terans who, by the b md OF |
Providence, have been permitted 10 SUIT
we tue shook of battle aud to reaiiz=
the blessings Aud fruits of your vaior
and devotion, may u grateful eouatiy
not coutent itself 10y sire Wing flowers
on yoor grave, after You are do ID. hut
siay IL reward you by a suost tntiai rec-
ognitl0n of your noble s.Tvlces, 80 that
You say spend your advancing uno de-
Ginning Yeats IN peace and Comfort aud,
Rently gliding down the stream of time,
await the day when, full ot honor aud
Ut years. you will be required To answer
another roll call with those who have
Qono before.
Tue exercises were concluded by The
Star Spaneled Banner" rendered In
spirited manner by the band.