Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-05-08
DAILY Observation-Disclosures


Hor many Of the men vho we're psHs-
sss Ia TIE land during the dark days OF
shs RebesIion are is0v alive Ons By
ous shs names Of the Isaders In thu bed
and IN tina oabinea have been erased
from die list sIf The living. One bS one
bssck sars bare tzfnklsd fofth on the
peess Of army registers Ons By otss
ths hsross VITO visEistood the sheels Of
bsttss have yielded before the Onward
snsseh Of time. Ons bg one tossfiriz
eolamns, lefty Dorinmenis, have i'sen
reared in ss.y squares, and iDsoribes en-
thsir psdsstAls arr names that once
were hoaaehoId w5rds, names wisstss
greatness fIlsd the land. One By one,
hess and there, inodsss commissioners
have been raised in village ohurshgards.
Already many are crumbsing assay.
wsashsr stained, moss grown, you may
stfIl spsiI out on their ones smooth sur
sasss names 10 which we oEsoe pFsfxed
- Gsneral,r Admiral" OF . Senator"
On some you nasy deoiphsr . modest
lsesnd--perhsps sornsthine zboas A
soldisr Of the Union" or " He died hsht-
ing for HE o0sniFy.'' or 50 He trisd to do
bis dufy," sonts simple, broken sentesses
thss meant voIumea once.
who Of the Union leaders are alivsg
There are Grant. Sherman, Sheridan.
Mcclellan, viis we're great In the asbt;
namlin, Davis, Adams, TEuDbaii, vha
we're great in ihs eabinss. Possibly
there fsv, very few, more. You
eaa coant them on your singers. How
nany more, how very many nofe, lie
moaidersng tsneatli those tombstonas.
Thsra are Lincoln and johnson and Sc
ward and CHASE and Wade and Gree
ley and samDet and Stanton and Ste
yens snd Black; and thare are the great
was governors. Morton and Yates and
Dsnniscu and BrouEh and Morgan and
Andrew; and there are she heroes OF
nsld and aess Thomas aad Meade and
Farragns and Burnside and Hooker
snd Fitzpatrick and Caster and Garfield
and MePherssn and Ksarney--and the
nsmes stretch away In Q great list Of
eioriona dead whose life-histories make
up the history OF Thur cgnnsry for many
stormy years The last name 10 be
transferred from tie fast disappearing
list at the living 20 the growing roll Of
the dad IL thRt Of Irwin Mcdowell, one
Of the braveat and mcst patriotic. IL
not che Of The most sglsoesafal Of the
unson generals.
Few Of the great leaders were what
ycu would term old msn ct the time Of
their death. Mos! were In what is
usually the prime Of life. But they
were olSer than thsif years would tell.
The cars,ths terrible responsibility that
weighed down upon them; the slsapleiss
nights and anxious days that made mp
the fenr years cf struggle. crushed ont
their youth. brul.e their spirits. made
them prematuIeiy old. ID wear and
tear Of mind and body those four years
were equal 20 doiIen years Of peace.
Few Of the great bsadars PASSED through
them uniniuFad In body or mind. Some
ragged minds and giant frames were
sbls 10 stand she swn Of another de-
satss, hat the vast majority. even Of
thoss who nsser sa's the camp eg the
hsld. Rsys way ~ soon arthe .ItraIn
was removed, Mary died Within the
fsw years Immediately succeeding she
Gloss Ut tbs war, others lived on with
weakened minds; few continued to be
active leaders; none displayed after the
var the qualities which bad made thsm
great before ard during the struggle.
Thar work vas done.
Il cannot now be many years until We
place the ornins'aa Hack .Itas beside the
name Of ths last igsat soldier. sIf the
lasf great statesman, Of The rebellion.
The great army hrs peisapd over; the
rear guard alone remains 70 tall rs Of
the desds Of th0s, 'Eho hare gone on.