Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1886-06-03
IN MEMORIAM.
Dol, j. II. Keatley's Address, - A
Well Executed Program Of
Exercises,


Well Executed Program of
EXERCISES,
The memory of the present gener.
alton has been again revived with
the recounting of the heroic deeds of
the grand armies of this nation.
The facts given in the text books
have been intensified by repetition
OF the stories of their victories by
their admirers and the testimony of
surviving veterans themselves. Crate
full tribute has been paid to the S6o,-
600 soldiers who have met
their death on the battle field or from
disabilities contracted while in the
service, and the nation has looked
with an eye of forgiveness and pity
upon the mounds which have raised |
over those who siormed the advan.
tageous position of Right. For them
no word of Gliding or reproach is
heard, but only wishes tor their por.
tending prosperity from the accruing
benefits of an indissoluble Union.
The priceless gifts which we have
received through the deeds of the
forefathers who laid the foundations
OF the government on Independence
have again been gratefully acknowl.
edged, and their memory perpetu-
ated in its untarnished brightness.
An unpropitious morning last Sab
bath made 1t impossible to carry out
the program as it had been prepared. |
1t had been planned that the indoor
exercises including the memorial adj.
dress should be held at 1890 a. M,
but owing to rain all was postponed
till two o'clock p. m. AT that time
the procession formed in front of the
6. A. r. hall on Lower Broadway.
The attending bodies were formed in
the order following:
Phillips Martial Band.
City Council, Mayor and Health
Commissioner.
Speaker and invited guests.
Sons of Veterans.
Audubon Cornet Band.
Allison Post G.. A. II.
Allison Relief Corps.
Children of Schools.
Citizens.
The procession marched to Court
House Opera Hall, where a large
assemblage was already in waiting.
Ladies had provided profuse floral
decorations, which filled the room
with their sweet oder. The first
exercise was fantasia of gospel
hymns by the cornet band, in which
several of these well known hymns
were introduced, the change from
one to another being made by well
executed cadenzas by Mr.. &c. Moore.
"Nearer My Col to Thee," was
vocally rendered by the band boys
with excellent effect. Divine bless
ing was then invoked by Rev. Cous-
ms. The audience was then favored
with selection by the choir, after
which II. F. Andrews, Esq, as pres
ident OF the day, made an appropriate
address, and introduced to the au-
dience Col. John II. Keatley, Of
Council Bluffs, whose speech is pre-.
sented in full below. 1t was deliv-
cred in a very pleasant and forcible
manner, and its sentiment echoed the
spirit of the vast congregation, which
listened patiently and with a manifest
interest throughout.
COL. KEATLEY's ADDRESS.
Comrades and Friend,; A grateful people have
made II a custom Of laying aside all business cares
and anxietes, once year, to devote few houn TO
the solemn memorial Of those who fought In the
civil in defense Of the Union. You have selected
this peaceful christian Sabbath upon which to bestow
this act Of piety and patriotism. The solemnty Of
the day is added to the solemnity Of the occasion;
and aids with Its impressvness the beautiful cere.
mony ofstrewing flowers to recall the priceless services
Of those whose graves thus garlanded Tho boun.
tful earth has put forth It's smiling and refreshing
green again, and Its wealth and profusion Of rica
coln nd tha dnw andl aaf
that new life beyond the grave, are again In all
their glory and oveliness. The chsplets themselves
will fade away aud wither but all nature, when
another summers sunshine shall come, will renew
this profusion Of its beauty So will IL DO with
us; and so with dead comrades. New lives
will come and take their places and ours; |
but as the flower Of today takes Its form and
richness from that which faded and wlthered yoster
lay and In the past. will the lives which
after ours take their inspirations, their hopes their
examples, their ineorruptblo patriotism from the q
'rave men and women Of that iluslirous bygone.
II Is always So that those who survive any great.
ragic national event, such recent civil war
iesre to mark their appreciation and appreciation,
tther BY the erection Of costly and eyor.durabie
or by the srewng Of garlsnds Of flowers
lpon the graves Of those who took their noble
tumble share In the struggle. II a holy cause
n which brothers fell Before the first shot was a
ired against our flag at Fort SUMTER mankind look
d upon our experiment In the formation Of govern
nent for the people, by the people, the last trial
hat kind In the history Of the world. II our trial q
we're to be failure they thought all else would be
wallowed up In despair. II had been declared and a
considered by the enemies Of such a government a.
'urs, that II the Federal Union should then 20 TO
,eces upon the shoals which seemed to threaten IT,
hat II Its destruction seoud through the armed
esistrnce Of Its own citizens, tho claim Of kingshp
md imperialism rs the only means Of controlling the
urbulance Of men, would be made finally and FIR.
ver good 1t was felt by every loyal hest In the s.
forth, no matter what hopes Of uro personal liberty
nntaed those who soush 20 disrupt the Union that
ree soyefhmen' I'D .ae form ola republic like ours,
I IN '!s a rial. IL tho safety Of the Union
u,oh appeared at stake In the minds Oft he great
Of the people who felt the emergency offs imnent
peril. There few indeed, compared with tho 70
vast aroused by the alarm Of national danger,
who realized that before the contest should end, our
country whole, would utterly cease to be half %
,aye and half free-woud witness the shackels fall u
from the limbs Of the black bondsmeD, and that the 70
pirit Of emancipation would watch the grand ~
,ort TO restore the complete integrity OF the FEEDER
II Union Men, In their weakness may light the torch VI
II domestic conflict and invoke the wild and angry M
a. at0 hat