Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-06-02

their country's altar. What base ;no,,,;,,a,
10 withhold from them the highest and hoi;s.,
,rioute possible for US to render. Those ~
Ieei vet the anguish of sundered ties. have no
neeo OF this service to help them recall the
ioseo ones that are gone. The world forgets
tney never can. In all your homes are hid
away some little keepsake or memento n,
smaii value In themselves, but which Won
cnerish as priceless treasures; not for what
they cost but for that they express and symbol
to your hearts. They enshrine a nrec;ou.
memory. Now one of the sweetest exnras.
sions of this sentiment is in the form ~
MOWERS. They wither soon, their beautv
fades, their odors die. They are fragile
things: And yet they live. The flowers that
aeck the graves Of those you would remem-
Der to-day will scarcely survive the ceremo.
MES OF the hour, yet their fragrance will Iinper
In your memories forever
Inc necessity of fostering patriotism, ip-
s'nilng love OF country, especially in the
minus OF the young, should be recognized by
an. here rests the perpetuity of our nations
NE. Our children should have the story re-
hearsed to them just as we repeat for their
instruction the deeds OF the forefatbers who
died to give US the country these men we
honor to-day died to save. The children of
Israel might have forgotten the passage of
their fathers over the river Jordan, had thew
not, centuries later, seen the twelve stones ser
up oy Joshua as memorial of that event.
fatrlotism, love of country, was a passion
with the Jewish people. How mauy stones
you see sat up to-day all over this land. in
great cities, in country towns, in remote
places, some of them marking the spot where
sleep the fallen, some rising in form of statue
or monument with graceful carvings-and
they all stand, repeating the story so familiar
to us, but not to our children.
The hard, lifeless, speeches. stone is given
voice to speak to coming generations. The
Grand Army of the Republic will, in few
years, be mustered out" The last veteran
Will be gathered to the silent camping ground
OF the dead, and no one will remain to recte
the story which we know so we'll 1t will he
read from these monumental stones
1t is great thing, not only to have a coun-
try, but to have tree country. This the
men who died have given US In this land
of boosted liberty there was direful bondage
before the war. We had brethren who were
slaves The war broke the last fetter, made
real and actual the grand purpose of the dec
laratlOn of our fathers. that "all men are
created free and equal" Slavery was dead
lv virus in the veins of the Southern people
Those men in bondage wanted to be free. 1t
is an instinct of the human heart Here Mr.
Shinn related an instance of the whipping of
slave boy near his home which made him
abhor slavery: and he paid tribute to the
black man in whose cabin the poor prisoner
trying to escape from the prison pens of the
South was sheltered and fed.
He continued: 1t is said by some that the
observance of this day should be discontinued
They fear it will tend to keep alive the old
spirit of bitterness between North and South
Thew want reconciliation. SO do l. But,
am not willing to consult the feelings of men
who did their best to overthrow this Union,
before go out olay my wreath of FLOWERS up
on the graves of men that were slain by the
bloody hand of treason. Who is to be recon-
cled? Who is to repent and seek forgive
ness? Surely not the Union soldiers Com
rades, no reconciliation is demanded of YOU
Never repent for having put down the rebel
lion. There should be no hate rs of our flag
to-day. State rights doctrine is dead, dead
forever. Your muskets shot it to death. This
is a nation. 1t took great sacrifice to dem
onstrate it, great libatlon of blood to con-
vince our brethren of the South. But now
they must all be glad that they are in the
Union; though it would not be human for
them not to repine over the lost cause, and
feel keenly the sad humiliation of defeat
Hence the wall of JEFF Davis extending
through two large volumes, and +. A. Pol
lards feeble defense-strong from his stand
point-of the right of secession, in his history
of The Lost Cause" Let these people who
still hold to abe doctrine of State sovereignty
enjoy the delusion all they can. and continue
writing books; it will not disturb anybody.
We compelled them to be forgiven before
they repented They never would repent
so it is just as we'll. In the spirit of forgive
ness and charity the North has ripened fast
but not yet has the time arrived for palliation
and compromise. 1t should never come.
TIE price of our victory WIS too great. The
sentiment that applauds JEFF Davis, the en-
bodiment still of the old treason of '6l, is
mean and contemplate, and deserves the ex-
ecration of all mankind. When Longstreet
puts on his old rebel uniform, the act re-
ceives not my sanction. Yesterday three
ex-confederate officers we're present at a me-
mortal service in New York City with their
rebel uniforms on. This will continue, and
displaying the old flag of treason will con-
tinue, just so long as it has the sanction of
loyal people. When the loyalty of our coun-
try condemns the weak and foolish sentiment
thus expressed and resents the gross insult,
then this practice will cease.
When the speaker paid tribute to Gen.
Conuor and the MANNED present during the
day, the congregation responded with astorm
of cheers. as they did also when he paid a
tribute to Grant and Lincoln. He spoke of
our duty in caring for the families of those
who fell. He spoke of remembering those
who sleep where they FELL whose graves will
be unvisited on this Memorial Day. He
spoke of the sacrifices and sufferings endured
by the comrades living how it was sometimes
harder to live than to die for principle. He
spoke of the women of the war, how they
came into the smoke of battle to bind up our
wounds, and closed by urging the necessity
of being true and loyal to that country and
that liberty. without which, to a true Ameri.
can life is not worth living.
Law Court.
The Lewiston City Marshal case was pre-
uan.na IIndnr the Lazy the CITY of Iawist