Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1884-05-30

vermsnt--Anna Back.
Virginia-Jessie Bowman.
West Virginia-Mary Erb.
Wisconsin-Cora Wilcox. =
Arizona territory-Anna Christianson,
Indian terrltory-Gertie McCully.
Ilaho territory-Helen Edwards.
Montana territory-Ella Finnegan.
Washington territory-Nettie Dubois.
Wyoming territory-Flora Thomas.
Utah territory-Lou,se Satori.
District Of Columbia-Co Dubois.
THE FORMAL EXERCISES
from the balcony of the Morrison began
shortly sftel one O'Clock, in the presence
Of large gathering Of spectators.
General w. II. H. Beadle introduced
the programme by saying: "We are here
to carry out the solemn ceremonies Of
the dag IN memory of our dead com.
rades." He then presented Rev. DR..
Ward. who offered prayer.
THE GRAFTON.
General Hugh ]. Campbell, orator Of
the day, was then introduced. He spoke
az folIows:
Comrades, ladies and gentlemen: We
have assembled on this day along with
our comrades, and the people of this
country from one border to another, to
strew the beautiful emblems of resurreo.
tion, and fire salutes of houor over the
graves of those men who, in the words
of President Lincoln, IN that greatest
oration Of the English language, "Died
that this nation, under God, should have
q new birth of freedom. and that the
government of the people, by the people
and for the people should not perish
from the face Of the cartb."
Nlnetsen years ago over ono mil.
lion of our former comrades marched
towards the north from all quarters of
the south with joyous hearts and faces
flushed with victory, in return to their
homes. They laid down their arms, broke
ranks and the grand armies of the re-
public vanished aud were dissolved into
the great mass of citizenship, like the
dew of the morning before the sun.
From that time to this their battalions
aud regiments, divisions and corps, have
never reassembled as separate bodies,
but nevertheless, on this day, three hun.
drsd thousand Of those comrades are at
this hour again in ranks, though not
under arms, and are marching to the old
familiar music upon the same sacred
Two shots have been fred in this
country which "were heard round the
world" The first was fired at Concord,
one hundred and nlpe years ago, on the
10Th of April, l775. At Concord, where,
in Emerson's words "The embattled
farmers stood, who tired the shot heard
round the world" The second was fired
slghty-six years afterwards and twenty.
three years before this. on the 18th Of
April, 1851, at Sumpter. 1t also was
heard around the world. Both shots
were funeral knells and birthday O..
lutes. The first was the funeral knell on
this continent of colonial subjugation, Of
kingly rule and privileges and of the
union between church and state. It was
the birthday salute of new nation of
the greatest republic of the worlds
history and OF equal rights to all white
men.
The second shot, at Sumpter, was the
funeral knell of slavery, of secession, of
dominion OF the slave holding oil.
garchy of the south. It was at the
same time the birthday salute of free
dom and equal rights to all men without
of race, color or class, of the
new national unity aud patlonal pride,
and of broader aud wider democracy,
Then for the first time in the history
OF our country could we say what Eng
land had sung of kerself 60 proudly for
years.
Slaves cannot breathe in America
If their lungs
RECEIVED our air that moment they are free.
They toTch our country and their shacklen
I am reminded here by an incident in nv
own experience before the proclamation
OF Lincoln, of the manner in which the
flag under its new baptism caused the
shackles OF the slave to fall the moment
he looked upon it. While we were
campaigning in Missouri. in the early
spring of '63, while our regiment was
camped in the interior on our way to
join Scofeld's column, one bright, sunny
evening, little darkey about ten years
old rode into camp on large horse and
passing the sentries with the liberty that
contrabands in those days had, he rode
up through the trees OF the camp, passed
the soldiers tents to the colonel's quar-.
ters; in few minutes several soldiers
and officers were around him asking him
all sorts of questions. Some one asked
him where he had come from: he
answered he came from MIR. So and Sos
plantation. "What do you come for p
0I'ao nnpnc IN ho Fr,o :.
Yankies?" "Yes." His face lightened up
and q broad grin spread over his features,
well dat's whose I'se lookin' for
"Ao~ did you know where to come ?"
II seen the flag an went for it,
These results are the fruits of war. War
with its horrors, and Tyranny and semi.
barbarian is one of the mysteries among
the many mysteries of human nature,
High as civilization goes, wide as the ex-
ample of peace is spread we seem to be
no nearer the time when war shall bs no
more than was the world at the time the
prophecy was made. War has been de.
scribed by Ouida in the aptest words
which l have read. She says that war
is fearful tragedy, closely interwoven
with farce. think that sll of US who
have seen any of it's realities can testify
70 thu truthfulness OF this picture.
Perhaps l can do no better in the
fifteen or twenty minutes which our
commander has informed me are allotted
to ME for tEis least interesting part of
the ceremonies Of the day, than to refer
to an incident or two winch came under
my observation illustrative Of this dis.
tinction of war, one which has never
in print and which is short
episode in the history of one Of the
greatest generals of the war, although
he fell too early in its course to reap the
lAurels and to do the service that vouId