National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-05-31
rALMAeE AT GREENWOOD.

NEW YORK, May 30-At Greenwood cene-
terry this afternoon Rev. DIR. Talmage deliv-
cred tho address. He said; Fathers and
mothers brothers and sisters, wives and
children Of tho men who died for their
country, give you my right hand In brother
hood, coincidence, and congratulation. In
Greenwood to-day three armies are assembled.
The one army you behold. The two others
are invisible. Here is great host of sympa-
thetic souls. Thor hands and eyes and lips
all expressing gratitude for what our de-
parted brothers did for us In agony and
tears and blood. If there be in all this
audience q soul so base as to feel no
Tenderness OF thanks, lot him be
gone now and take his polluted foot out
of this holy dust but hail all tho sympathetic
souls who have como here to-day Hail to
the living soldiery who have como hero to
look upon the resting places of their COM
rades The second army in Greenwood is the
army Of the dead. Walk softly about their
pillow of dust. Their arms Of war are
stacked their march ended; their battle
fought. Sleep on, great host, till the morn
ing strikes through the riffs of the tont and
the trumpets sound tho resurrection. The
third army in Greenwood is the invisible
host that hover above us, the immortals who
minRle in all grand and holy occasions, led
on by the Lord of Hosts who Is mighty in
battle. Blessed be His glorious name forever.
But why should We select these graves for
especial honor, when it is no unusual thing
for men to die in battle? All this is our
family plot in the worlds great cemetery.
These are the men who went forth from our
homes.
After referring TO tho scenes of departure
for the war and the records and results
thereof, he said: LET each one of these
graves be an oath Of loyalty and patriotism.
Loving them, we must love and defend the
cause for which they bled. Look out how
you talk treason in the presence of man
whose son sleeps in this soldiers plat Be
careful rs to what you say against your gov
ornment in the presence of q woman whose
husband fell in the frightful charge at Balls
Blnff Count tho cost before you insult the
flag in the presence of young man whose
father WAS starved to death at Andorsonville.
Malign your country in tho presence of
that old man whose homo was desolated in
tho war. and the blood will come to his color
less cheek and the fire to his listless eye and
strength to his palsied tongue. This nation,
with its hand on the brow of its slain fathers
and brothers and sons, hath solemnly sworn
before high heaven that the institutions for
which these men were martyred shall be
defended forever. Standing here to-day, all
sectional and political differences are laid
aside-north and south in complete brother
hood. When Joseph Johnston's army of
100000 mon and Gen. Sherman's army of
100000 shook hands near Raleigh that was
the end of the strife. Let nothing
ever again be said or done to excite collision.
Surely there was blood enough shed and
RrOans enough uttered and families enough
destroyed, aud If amid these holocausts of tho
dead any hand north or south shall ever be
lifted to tear down the peace established at so
much sacrifice, may that hand turn white with
the snow ofan incurable leprosy." lie referred
m his trim n I.oOly m Cauinu
never saw so far as from the top Of Lookout
mountain. Why, sirs, looked back seven
teen years, and l saw rolling up the side of
that mountain the smoke of Hooker's storm
ing party, while the foundations of Eternal
rock quaked with the cannonade."
Four years of internecine strife seemed to
come back, and without any chronological
order l saw the events. Norfolk navy yard
on fire, Fort Sumter on FIRE, Charleston on
fire, Chambersburg on fire. Columbia, 8. c.,
ON fire, Richmond on FIRE; and / saw Lyon
fall and Mcpherson fall, and Bishop Polk fall
and Stonewall Jackson fall, and saw
hundreds of grave trenches afterward cut into
two great gashes across the land the one for
the dead men of the north, the other for the
dead men of the south. And, standing there,
the future was revealed to me, and look cd
out and l saw great populations from the
north moving south, and great populations
from the south moving north, and l found
marks of the war charges. And l saw the
angel of the Lord Of Hosts standing in the
national cemeteries trumpet in hand. as
much us to say, II will wake these soldiers
from their long encampment." looked and
l saw such snowy harvests of cotton, and
such golden harVests of corn as had never
imagined, and found that the
earthworks were down and tho
gun carriages down. and the war barracks
were all down. Aud, standing there on the
tiptop rock of Lookout mountain, | was so
near heaven that / heard two voices which
some way slipped from the gate, and they
sang: Nation shall not lift up sword against
nation, neither shall they learn war any
more" And l recognized the two voices.
They were the voices of two Christian
soldiers who fell at Shiloh-the one federal,
the other a confederate. And they were
brothers.
He paid beautiful and glowing tribute to
those who arc buried north and south,
whose graves are marked as unknown" and
eloquently eulogized the labors of the women
of the whole country during the war.
He continued THANK God for the help
full institutions established at the north and
south for the wounded soldiers and their
families They need not SO much posies AS
bread. | am glad the time has gone by when
it is necessary that the man who has lost an
arm or leg in fighting our battles should
have to grind handorgans at the street cor
ner, and that women whose husbands and
fathers persisted in battle at the point of the
sword should have themselves TO die at the
point of tho needle"
DIR. Talmage closed as follows: Wheel into
the ranks all ye people, north, south, east,
west, decades, centuries Forward the
whole!" Huzza huzzal For all time ia
come let this immortal day DO kept. Strew
with flowers all the soldiers graves. Strew
them over the heads that ached and over the
hearts that bled, and over tho feet
that blistered in the weary march. o.
ye throng Of departed heroes step down aud
breathe this perfume of nations
thanks! Step down and take the
kiss of nations love Step down
and hear the shouts of a nations redemption
And may God hasten the time when wal
itself shall be buried. The grim old breaker
of hearts Carry him out on an old rusty
shield. Lay down his miserable carcass in
tho most dismal spot in all the earth. Bury
his sword with him. Heap on his grave
stones and broken chariot wheels. Let
widowhood and orphanage clap their hands
over his grave and the winds howl for hii
requiem, ''rhis is the second death %
Then shall our nations song ascend
To Thee, our Ruler, Father, Friend,
While heavens high arch Tesounds again
with peace on GARTH good will to menl
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