Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-06-01
LOGAN ON GRANT.
ContInled from TNird Pane.

~WNNf"'N IiVW tNHH = 'N's
His executloncrs, bat flowers strewn by
unseen hands exhale their fragrance
around the cave wherein His body was
laid.
The important feasts OF all the churches
are now largely celebrated with flowers.
Every religion that promises renewal Of
NE AFTER the sleep upon earth symbolizes
lts faith through the blooming beauties
Oh the floral tribes. From the baptismal
FONT 70 the last couch OF man there lies
nut single step; and the rose which un-
folded us crmgon petals TO the morning
air OF the child may, in the evening, give
place TO the gentle amaranth, that unfadlog
emblem Of Immortality, as IL speaks Of
nope from the grave OF the man.
Men and women Of America! we have /
come With beautiful flowers and ever
greens, culled by the eager hands OF our
Drolnerri and woven into speaking forms
bY the ialr fingers Of our sisters, to render
the homage due to patriots, who have
ultq lOr their country, and for all man
KIND. Let that NOT be considered an ex-
trayaglnt expression. The now silent
soldiers, whose life-work is finished, {
cchampioned principle toward which ]
lle warriors and armies OF the world r
nave been constantly drifting from the .
OF Shlnar. a
rms prnclple--the rights OF man and
me liberty OF the individual was 4
planted with the first blood ever shed ia II
Dehalf OF government, has, like the Hover, !.
DIoomed upon the morning DIR OF all the
ages. II has been the task OF royalty TO Oh
uut u down as weed encumberins the d.
Kfaln' waited by the wind of destiny, ra
~ sesu louhd Judgment upon the fertile te
nfoil OF America, where II has grown and ID,
MED the world with lts sweetness our bl
Drolhersi whose memory we honor to- ar
unyi gave loir lives % perpetuate us IN
kIoWth aud progress 10 the end of time
ihey comprehended that dissolution of no
me American union meant a killing frost th,
10 Inc Hover OF liberty and whitening Of Oh,
me cherished hope OF the race. Did these ST
IeVefed warriors hesitate in duty through mi
CONSIDERATIONS OF self No! They spriDg tai
Z" the defense, and from out tho nettle the
danger they pluoked the dover safety for for
thelr country and postefity. of
me world VIII not soon forget the /
couplot OF Slmonides In concentration pea
'l inc men that foil AZ Thermopym: Of
,riluHhHct' me tldlngs TO the Spartans tell han
i""' mere obeylng thclr commands we fell A" VIII,
y were most unjust TO the American frs
oldlcrs, iellow-ctizens, whose memory cole
,e huhor, TO compare I lom with the band ten'
y Iuuv men Wht, 2i00 years ago, accepted stat
vaLb NOT IN behalf Of great principle guit
estlned to follow mankind TO Inc enj Of II
Wv ~. ~ sIulple obediouce TO the Spartan 1t
W. commanding the soldiers to be VIC stan
)rlons or TO die upon the field. unit
Leonidas, with his 800 ,men, saw that patti,
eath lot them vas an unaltera5le con Wen
Nslpn. They must die In the contest for I
IN nylng from their position accent conc
Ie 0eath'penaliy from the hands of me who's
oGIeu laW They selected death by the plgr
ls'an Speari but la dying they sent imm
'eS sno toProach that they had been toa
S,,r,HCou oy command Of their country. In
was any American soldier immoIated in tb
'on blind law Of his country Not from
w. Every soldier Ia the Union ranks, Henri
iVtuc4 ~ lue regular army or not was Land
inc fullest sense, 4 member OF the Jacks
cat the lmpetlshable, the hnmortai and Y
my OF American volunteers Thoya pause
liht Spirits now lie In untimeH semi. wing,
sr' no more will they respond 10 tho to Mi
rec plnsi OF the buglo or thu oall 10 dlrec
ms But let MS believe that they are not aa.ens
Ilont caterpillar Az he ernvvls ON tbe destr
Ound, liable - be crashed by every cCdln
rolusg foot that passes. Ie beeds M Fro
mace, and turns from no danger. r fts'"'
fdiess OF circumstances, he treads his ttlum
ny round, avoided by the little child PIE q
1rtlng upon the sward. He has work, chanc
nest work TO perform, from which he thlght
j not be turned, even at The forfeit OF lanch'
lie. Reaching his appointed place, ave
ceases oven to eat. and bqoins ia enin hosts
$50 delicate Hbers which. woven into pointt
RIGS Of beauty and utility. contribute the ar
Il comfort aud adornment of A superior llnool
o. llls work done, he lies down TO ness u
sleep from which he never wakes In liant I
old form But that silent. motion. the III
: BODY Is not dead; an astonishing auorn'
iamorphoais Is taking place. The gross arms.
esuYe apparatus dwindlos away; tho ina
go pairs OF legs, which served the nature
AZURE TO crawl upon the ground, are ana m
managed Tor six pairs suited for a differ 'ne /
purposes the skin Is cast the form Is oAecu'
'hgcdi pair OF wings, painted like mover
senty the ugly worm that trt,led ne whirly
" length through the dust is trans me 5
med into the beautiful butterfly, hask ne we
IN the bright sunshine, the envy OF pam,
chlld aud the admiration OF the man. uleri
mere no appeal In this wonderful and courai
naming TACT To mans highest reason? ludsm
7s u contain no suggestion that man, raplul
resenting The highestlpinnacle OF crea. wholly
uie upon the globe, must undergo WE
4 metamurphosis, as supremelv mnre an kin
ryelous and more spiritual as mllitu
n is greater In physical came,
itormation, aud far removed In We're i
ntal construction from the hum. portaa
worm, that, AZ the call OF nature, the Az
highway leaves the ground and soars termm
N the gleeful air2 IL TAX
! the fact not n thousand fold mnro cowlct
vlnclng than the assurance OF the his CHI
u ing, p
must bo so Plato thou reasoneth weni ny, hal
Wnenoo this pleasing hope, this FOND de tlfe wa
iensinp affair ,,,,,,.,.,,,,g uouem
whence This dread secret AND Inward h,, leader
.ET gator
on be ,e'9 mugnt5 why shrnks the soul elaine
the divinity tnat stGs within 1 ns peace
heaven itarli that points out tho hereafter. Whe
n ii,s''" 9hon V uinle1y 70 man, Caesar
81 us bring flowers In the sprlngtime. Nn,,,
friends and by their gentle onice- nu,5 :
Their the bodies 81 our comrades and ss,coaS
lndNrA lln hnrlnh hnnnntl, ~. y. ~ - NlIINM