The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-06-03

| ~! ior 1he wrong-dOing of tha
"nich suDslsts no more"
In the economy of nations tboso NJ,
compose it at any period of It's lie = -,
Chose VINO formerly composed it. are hu
| parts OF one and the same moral horl1,
| Ahose VINO perform acts worthy of nrais.
or piame may have beer dead for ages hn
ehelr acts are the inheritance of their conn
1rymen. Many times in the life Of fh,
Jewish nation, did the people upon whom
Ihe hand OF affiiction rested heavily. lool
PACK 20 time when their fathers, Ion.
ueau had transsressed Gods commands
| ana In lmploring Diyine forgiveness the,
confessed not only their own sins but those
of their fathers also.
30 the sons OF North and South with
suffering and with tears, were compelled tc
undo the wrong their fathers perpetrated
and remove the stain left by the founders
OF this Republic. at the graves of Ameri
can citizen-soldiers, we may
LEARN THE DUTIES OF AMERICAN CITIZENS.
Then comes the thought, with startling
sternness, that both our comrades and their
Toes alike met death as the result of the
wrong-dOing OF their own countrymen. 1t
ls needless to argue the question whether
the blame rests upon the North or South.
the Tact remains: The blood-red sword OF
war that swept over our land, lea wing it
bilowed with the mounds of the slam, was
not nnsheathed by any foreign foe.
Whether any war is justifiable may be a
disputed question, but it is certain fratri-
cidal war is not. 1t must of necessity have
its beginning i'll the wrong doing of one side
or the other and perhaps both. God grant
the scenes OF twenty-five years ago may
never again be enacted on American soil.
God grant that never again within our bor-
ders shall any earthwork or fortification
nVE Jao xX1,n h,.,
against each other for the mastery
Comrades, | cannot in this connection
forbear speaking word for those against
whom we fought. They were foemen wor-
thy OF our steel. We never won a field but
at fearful cost. ] honor their courage. Yes,
l can respect their motives. | remember
that day at Appomattox when the street
was filled with the paroled soldiers OF the
army OF General Lee and lined ON either
side with boys in blue. How friendly the
greetings, how warm the hand-clasps, and
how great the rejoicing of blue and gray
that we still had one country and one flag
| remember how one mornirg, in the city of
Boston, eX-COnfederate soldiers marched
through the still streets to lay their
GARLAND OF FLOWERS
upon the monument erected to the memory
of Union soldiers, their late foes. l re-
member the bravest truest words spoken
in the Capitol at Washington in eulogy OF
Charles Sumner, were the words OF the
gifted Lamar. | am glad that those who
wore the blue have this day, tender1y and
with respect, placed their garlands upon
the grave of those who wore the gray
40 err Is human, to forgive Divine"
We say our comrades fought to preserve
their Union. There isa "Union' grander
than that OF States. 1t is the union of
hearts and hands without which the for
mer may prove a curse instead of a bless
ng. Governor CASTOR, OF Massachusetts.
spoke brave words a few years ago in Music
Hall, Boston, when giving an address of
welcome to ex-Confederate soldiers, the
guests OF the Grand Army posts of that
city: "Foemen worthy OF their steel give
and tala 4,.d II : Il --,e.--.s z-1A-y
itnd when The war is ended, are ready to
embrace each other as brothers and let by
cones he bygones in everything save to re-
spect the memory and decorate the graves
Of their dead-Aye of one another's dead"
If those who composed the contending
armies shake hands who shall deny that their
children will dwell in unity beneath the
Star Spangled Banner for evermore.
Comrades, friends, we offer this tribute OF
flowers to-day to the memory OF the slain
defenders of our country's flag who sleep
IN UNKNOWN GRAVES.
Whethe on land or sea they fell. Whether
they sleep in the wilderness at Gettysburg,
along the Potomac or the James, or be-
meath the dashing waters, we bring these
flowers in token that they are not forgotten
though their graves are unknown. We
make it more than "A ceremony OF remen-
brance or token of gratitude. We declare
that they did not die in vain; that their
lives were not thrown away. These flowers
grew within the borders OF IL land that has
no North or South to-day, and its hillsides
are lighted with the glad sun OF peace.
1t was a happy thought that suggested
the services of this Decoration Day. There
can be no truer, purer Offering than this
Though stern a soldiers life, his heart is
tender Sir Phillip Sydney immortalized
his name, not so much by the sword, as by
that last act of his life, in giving the cup OF
water to humble soldier, wounded and
diving like himself Sir William Wallace in
!, time of great peril, when his army was in
retreat, heard cries OF anguish and on in
ouiry was informed that Il woman in child
birth was being left by the way. Immedi-
atey he commanded halt, and ordered
his followers to keep back the foe, saying:
"Never let men born OF woman forsake her
IN HER HOUR OF TRIAL"
Sir Bernard Burke, in his book entitled
of Noble Families" tells us
how being in search OF the pedigree OF a GER
tain ancient house he visited their ancestral
town. Not one OF the name was left alive
He could find no record and no trace. But
when leaving, an old man; whom he ac-
costed said, "We have something that be-
longed to them," and pointed to bank OF
flowers grown wild, saying: ''Sir Jasper
brought them from the Holy Land, and do
what we will they do not die
f1,apn nnysX nS
the rose. The monument OF marble or of
bronze may crumble and fade meath the
hand of time, but the flower planted by the
hand of friendship, and watered with the
tear of affiiction, will year by year.renew
it's freshness and beauty, and will be found
blooming in fragrance when those who
shouId cherish it have been forgotten. On,
how poor are monuments TO marx
soldiers $ grave! To tell ofthose whose pleas
ure could not live nor danger scare from
duty-who were willing to stand upon the
perious outposts OF nations need; TO
breast the full fury OF the tempest that
nn;at homes and peaceful villages need only
hear the distant thunder OF the storm.
ITnon the granite spire history has written,
s.i'bey gave their lives" Yes, gave; that Is
the word. They did not fight for earthly
reward: they did not receive even head
stone to mark the spot where their bones
do rest. The peace they helped to conquer
r. was not theirs to enjoy, but they have
immortal honor and unbroken peace TO-
dav, where no sound OF balls shall ever
break the stiffness OF morning AR. lhey
40 NOT NEED ANY MONUMENTS,
any tears of gratitude nor our songs OF
nr:,;se. But we and our children need much
from them. In this age OF bitter strlle ana
selfish rivalry when men % s.rnsGr Gina ,,,os snose
an,;I the swelling surges OF avarice and am,
h;t;"n We need to remember that men OF
omr time were great enough to forget them.
seives-yea, that they have Judged an. IT.
better to be brave and die than cowardly
and live. In Scottish history is the ree1rn ,,a
Of a prophecy concerning certain noble MOI; |,
bousc that one OF the name woud VIII ~ -
field when dead That prophecy was 1ul-
filed upon a bloody field, when the brave ,.