Connecticut western news., 1885-06-03

marshalled, kept in solitude and den1ed the use of his own bible. Such Is the power of corruption in the United ! States army that for soldier to public ly speak of that corruption costs him his freedom. Such is the want of manhood and 8 noble spirit of freedom in our United
 States military academy that in order to
 crush and drive out poor, weak black
 boy, they set mp the plea that he has
 fallen into the habit of chewing his own
 ears.
 To achieve liberty the work of these
 fallen heroes and of these noble men
 who live was largely physical courage.
 Our work IS largely moral courage.
 They fought to free men from the chains
 of slavery and rebellion; we to free them
 from the chains of ignorance vice and
 fraud. They faced the cannon; we face
 corruption.
 The great problem of human liberty
 is not yet wrought out. Thus far it has
 been grand success. They began 1t,
 our work is to finish it. And grand in-
 deed will be the "Grand Army of the Republic" if she will set her face against
 the ignorance, drunkenness, fraud and political corruption that are eating at the nations heart.
 While there remains black man who has not as much of liberty as any man;
 while Chinamen can be driven from our
 shores simply because they work cheap;
 while government agents are allowed to
 rob and shoot men because they are red; while in any part of our fair land a bal lot box can be stuffed or a voter bought,
 there is work for us to do. If corrup- tion at the polls cannot be controlled it will do to our nation what rebel hearts
 and muscle and muskets failed to do. We devoutly thank God for the brave men who died for their country. We give high honor to heSe men who, if necessary, aoould have died for us. But , our work is no less important than that of these who have fallen.
 , Indeed, my thought is this: The F highest honor that we can give to these r. fallen heroes is something better than
 the sound of bugle, fife and drum; some r. thing better than the sight of flags and e banners and flowers. The highest pos r sible honor that we can give to these e fallen heroes is to incarnate into the na. g tional character and perpetuate to the g coming ages the principle of liberty fol n eUery man; the principle which these 5 men loved and for which they died. ~ In justice to Rev E. F. Barlow wt d will state that he did not have a manu @ script of his address He merely had l. few notes or headings of the principa
 points and he virtually spoke extempore He did not anticipate that his address IS would be published, but he has kindl,
 yielded to the many urgent requests fo l. its publication and he has reproduced it as nearly as possible from memor, ;, and the brief notes in his possession lt ED. NEWS.
 n Just as the procession entered tn is B Ist Canaan cemetery 8 few drops O IF rain fell. Nature even seemed to sheC
 few tears over the soldiers graves. ,f Had the day been pleasant one tn e church at East Canaan could not hav' e contained the congregation who wonlt l. have assembled. Although but ittl, n rain fell, the day was dark and gloomy 6 Nature seemed to be in sympathy witl
 the sad occasion.
 l, The stars and stripes were nailed a }, half mast on flag staff erected besid' n the highway in front of "The Grove, y the boyhood home of the late Colone ?. David s. Cowles.
 u A physician who has just returned n from Europe was present at the exer 7. cises in the church. After hearing Re g. Dr Eddy's patriotic remarks he said t le the writer, "What pity it IS that D s. E ldy must die. A man with his patriot 'e ism ought to live forever" T. A noticeable feature of the occasion
 HhS LuC pECSCuOC oA SO hAoAy ShAAlLCI The destiny of the nation will soon b in their hands, but We need have n !" fears for the future if we can instill int F their minds and engrave on their heart N' just appreciation of the sacrifice mad
 by the soldiers and the principles fo n :, which they fought.
 h Michael Keane was in Hudson, N. Y. ,+ on Memorial day, as representative c
 David s. Cowles Post, and assisted tn n, Cowles Guard of that city in decoratin ~, Colonel Cowles' grave.
 le The chaplain of David S. Cowles Pos is ascertained the name, age, regiment an ait rank of all the soldiers buried in th
 cemeteries visited by the Post, also pro ,y cured 0 list of the graves that are witl of out headstones. The record will 500 m be published in THE NEWS. Headstone
 will soon be placed at every soldier it's grave.
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