Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1886-06-03

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fail, perishing chapets Of victory, and demand
than mere formal triumph as their reward, faded
away In tho spectacle OF the soldiers quietly resumng
the garb and duty of the ordinary, patriotic citizen.
1t was inevitable, that after such iightfui scene
Of disorder, such as civil war always brings In It's
train, that the elements which now constitute our
great nationality, should remain, for time, broken
up and disorgasixed. Inheriug in every citizen,
however was his profound respect for law Sooner or
later that distinctive element In the constitution Of
every American citizen would and did assert ITSELF
and civil society proceeded to readust itself tho
new basis OF universal personal freedom. Tho live
oak 10 OF slow growth So are great national changes
Millions were Impatient at prolonged local disorders
existing disturbances to the period when the old
things the old preudices Of tho past would disappear
and new republic take the place or tho DID, resting
securely on the foundation Of the Acknowledgement Of
none,
tisin this now era born of great sacrifices, that
We como 20 the graves OF our heroic dead TO cast
flowers upon the sod which grows green over them;
and keep green the memory OF those whose unselhsh
ness OF devotion will be vital and living example TO
the generations after them, and us.
In iormingour Judgments Of tho men Of our own
time, We must take thom we Ind them. We must
not undertake TO create ideals Of manhood whether OF
purity aud patriotism, Of evil passions and disloy,
atty, TWAS inevitable that there should DO lingering
bitterness alter defeat IL was inherent In the very
constitution Of the persons who fought against with
such sturdy Nalor for four years, that the memory OF
their utter defeat should DO slow In being cheated
There can DO no statesmanship In policy which
would waste Its opportunity aud energy in attempts
TO erase disappointment aud the recollection OF their
losses ro tho minds Of that great OF the South
against the Union Time the great and silent a,ruaser
Of grief nearly always sofens tho bitterness aud the
anguish OF Disappointment Here and there, even
after lapse OF nearly quarter Of a century we mud
tew prominent persons In that seeton who st bborn
ly resist the logic of eyents who IN .ilanre nurse
the sad regrets at the loss OF their own cause, and
declare that all IL not vet lost
Tho great sacrifices OF tho civil war; on both Sides
paved the way Tor tue beginnng Of anew chapter IN
me history OF the south Everywhere, not only with
US IN the North but In the remoteSt regions Of the
southern halt OF the Republic witness rapid sau
iary and lasting changes, Old things arc passing
away TO prepare ior tho coming OF the new, new
generation now In null manhood and energy has
sprung into activity on tho soil OF the SOUTH whore
It's hercest battles were fought. Her statesmen are
now side by side with ours IN the public councils Of
tho nation, Her representative men vote oheerfully
and periodically with ocrS, IN pension bills TO make
ho declining years OF our Union soldiefy peaceful,
comfortable aud restMi. Our own sons, and neigh
eors, and friends have gone down IN scores aud
hundreds 10 help build up their waste places In that
beautiful land. Their new cities and towns ara the
partial gt OF northern enterprise aud capital cordial
~ aided by their own patriotism and Intelligent on
orgy. The representative men OF the South and her
masses, whether they fought In tho ranks Of the Con
tederacy or are doing the duties Of generation later
are now loyal TO an indivsibo Union OF indcstruoii
Die states Those Isolated Instances OF old men who
refuse to forget the past aud all that II implied to
them In hope aud ambition, not part Of the real
spirit OF tho new South. They may, now and then,
emerge sngy from an old ago OF retirement, as hap
penod with very ow Of them rcCently they may, or
moment, receive the homage OF their personal adj
mirrors, whose memory Of them has been almost de-
pressed TO the Indebtedness OF tradition, but
when the impulses Of the particular moment have
pont their force In the broSity Of tho OCCASION the
real earnest hopes Of those who have stepped aside to
glance ~ the past, VIII turn, aud do turn, with glad
ness TO the sobcrer and nober duties which the pres
nht assigns thom.
The shirt of tho now south I'm All thea, eyents
has Ito watChful sontines postad along It's halfway
10 the future Gonerai Go,,lop Of c,nrein who
brayely but hopeIe ,sy icd tho aamens az Julson'.
Early's and Ewcl!s old divisions against tho living
Gordon of UnonIsts for the Last time al IN, Anpomat
ox Court House, voiced only a few weeks ago nj
ontgomery the living sentiment OF tho new south
in the presence of tho aged and feeble impcrsonaton
II the dead aud hostile paHt Ill, smoke elo1uenty
AZ statesman who had now duties IN tho energies
md possibilities OF tho present and future Ills words
ere not 10 tho people Of his own section eniy but
10 tho ntlro nation In counseng in tones of wisdom
md Ia accents Of fire. an untrlng aud nolt
DEVOTION to rehablIitatud union Of states aud oi
hearts represented In their unity by one sainess
md untnrnIsbed flag Our Union Ia hound touotbor
With bands OF iron and of commerce Our great
ysra naw To tho soe past their doors and ous carry
ng on their bosom tho wealth which their onerriss
md ours create Their sons and ourn again oompsto
ide by side In our universities colleges and schools
or those pris,a which taIent and Ind.try with the
applause which comes OF success win under our fr,c
Their wors hjppers and ours minuIa AT
he same sacred shrine oil rrllpious deyntIonY and
merge their prayers aud ours for the liability Of
epblio whose ensign Is tho especial uymbol 10 tho
world Of the onllpltcued and God-sIy,n liberty of
no indi yIdual citison Their common. schools and
urs arc Jointly extending that Intelligence which
makes the hunblest citiscn the truest guardian of
IFS own liberty and ours They recognize tho man.
lood Of the bondman which they once held ia abiect
nd heplesa soryitude and rejoice with sincerity OF
cart that the blight and cugae of what thew onc,
eld sacred and dlyineIy ordered has been forever
went away They unite with us In tbeao nomorialp |
ours to our heroic dead and ask TO share our graft
udo for the devotion and sacrifices which heroes
made for our peace and happiness and theirs, We
ON with them not In memorial Of tho Righteousness.
4 tho cause for which their heroes fell and for which
hey fought, but in sorrow and sadness over the
raves Of theirbrave men, too, whose personal courage
IA no dlshOnor ~ the hamo OF the American soldier
Hatred and vindiotyonoss eau claim no just share
the work OF restoration which tho intervening years
ayo accomplished. Whatever wounds still remain |
nheaod, are due 10 lingering passion which refused
0 DO subduod by tho mider and more humane In
tincts OF our race. Happily for domestic and Lasting
once the Instances OF THIS prolonged bitterness, are
solated aud unpr0mising As "A generous people, We
an afford 10 pass those unhappy individual instances
y. They are not 50 much as ripple even, now on
he great ocean Of human kindness which has swa
owed up the most bitter reColloctiOns Of the civil |
var We are here with new duties, all Of US, and
ifo to u.s. Is too short indeed and duty too plain for
Is TO dissipate what Ii left In uitless reflection
Yer the painta, features Of the past while We are
rewing these flowers upon the graves Of our heroic
lead 70 keep green their memories, as signal TO
hem, " they are now looking down out OF heaven
upon us upon those acts Of pioua devotion pledged to
hem, We have the keeping and comfort Of tho rapid
y-growing feeble survivors In charge, Al this hour,
II this moment az We surrounded by every eyi.
enco Of the bounty Of nature to great state the
living presence OF our comrades, reminds that
great commonwealth has not forgotten what Is due 10
10 those whose wounds and disabilities appeal TO the
loyalty and generosity Of u patriotic and grateful
people. Tho graves We cherish In these memoi al L
services, are the simple monuments Of men, who gave
The highest pledges Of their devotion TO duty. The
State soldlen Home whose walls viii soon shelter Il
hose needing such kind and solaciBg relief will bo
moth lasting Of tho gratitude and Justice
" generation which In 10 pront by the yaor aud
devotion OF men who knew their whole duty and I'M
did II.
While these slmpIe plous oxerci..s denoto the
yroat trials througb which neonIc earnest 10 main
ain FREQ Uoye,nment baye passed xbiie The nnre
rgis of peace Las again settled ali over our land Gent
y spreading ont rs broad. white wings; willis The
resources and energies Of the millions Of toilers
,broad are taxed to their utmost to maintain more
han a million of men In armies, In a more truce |
ctween powerful nations; aud while are exempt
rom such oneIous exactions and oppressive and
threatening conditions we arc not entirely free from
ppreheBsion Of internal dangers. False theories |
human relations have through the abuse OF the /
reedom u the press poisoned some OF the avenues OF
nbllc Intelligence. Anarchy has been taught and |
ractced by means Of open aud lawless riot AZ the
ext step In so.caIed human progress; and vile men
With vile purposes are attempting to transplant to
ur fertile and hopeful soil TO fructfy In our free
tmos tho doctrine that the virtues which make
no real pride and strength Of American citizenship
no only vices In the most oppressive disguise The
,sson which IL taught In the sacrifices made
the brave men whose graves we honor In these sad
Ioorial services will lose vastly OF It's
we 20 hence with no additional strength of reaoI,
on 20 resist the encroachments of such insdo,s effort
, make wreck of our republic. IN anarshy' There
ro great wro,g. vel Ia ia IN ro,,h ia seo,,