New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-06-01

fas amocd 10y sorIownS men'Sr OI our srs
And thus uo1 the Que nsna e ne are
ae, we are net by s cooary; the full PROPOSE
ton heiny the statement men and republics
Friesds upon tins closing day of the bndiing spring.
when hoary frcsts have fallen ic The fresh lap o. the
CRIMSON rose our smiling lard presents scene that
shomd forever blot the record the SANDER of the
poet ana the s earning e tho pSS ,n Of rraG
10 their seepng beneftors and with one loud voice 10
chant OF sweet appreciation, that may rise from
earth to heaven ike
"saOsa mo, doors rs , rom, the spicy shore
We have come claim shsto in this heautifui anu
grateful and 10 perform our parts IN an az. W
possesses quality OF tack 70 ne an no o. on
acrn of his country is but second to belng
among those to whom this hcmsge the records Of
authentic history tsan the noble saS s VI Totive
American soldier upon tho neia OIL % b" altar OF his
Assembled countrymeD, quarter Of century has
EN- Arm rrc-nnc rang out the announcenent tat war
Icrrid war Wa tail upon our psopls Mon ana women
are no before me IN the full growth and estate Of
maturity who have como npon the Stage Oh mo ana
In"w ss w n as the actors in tne sad story OF sbat
hlishiing conflict when OF the same n-onaty met
in opposing ranks the field OF battle Ilr uearts
swell w.tn the pride OF country ana papitalc WIN
the same heat OF gratitude as do those OF he men am
who live. through the crucia tpst whereby tne
strength Of the Repubc was tried in the nre OF steel
,und,e Ell and n,tyone pstrots voluntarily left their
lolnes their families and their peaceini pursuits 20
rrincipc then submitted 10 decision under the dread
arbranent OF Of this vast number. as we learn
from a report Of tho AdIutant General 100000 graves
in tuo National cemeteries mark the number oil those
killed in battle and dying in hospitals npon roaiSius s
SHIPS OF exposure Of maltreatment We n not mere
10 talk Of that dcmantel the sacrifices repre-
scented by these figures. yet - narrac thriilng
Incidents OF battle with fascinating stories or gallant
yonnc. useful lives have suffered nfmely eStin,
mt through the STrel fact are to I've
found the moving causes OF tho remarkable scene TINS
day enacted In our country
FLOWERS THE SYMBOLIC LANGUAGE OF MAN.
Jtls no new custom to otter oolations In memory OF
tho dead every Of intelligent man. the struggles
OF life have been sustained by belief in ant longing
after Immortality" There IL no existing record Oh the
human racs that attest this interesting fact
Monu:elts mounds and sap llehres that have ruvived
of nd TuaI and outlasted their more perish
able bodies, alike bear witness OF 1t. .,,r
Homer declares MAT all fola yearn after tho gods
shipped tue creations OF the Nile, the Grantees
The Ganges. the Pagan dees OF Greece and Rcne anu
The varied nycn ions all rude tA-ologies down to the
of the Christian Saviour me pyramids OF
fearful monarehs ami after the gods aud longing Tor
immcrslty. These piles represent an amazng en"r, o,
base within the Lyban chain still reas ITS lofty peak
nace OF tie beautiful shaft erected upon the banks OF
the Potomac TO the father" OF mighty nation one
hundred thousand toed beneath the sun of Egypt
for half century to erect that tomb III order that the
pasTy VINO was to occupy It might. under the ESyp'
For four thousand wars mas n.rN w"ge s b os
Tie win the nTe, M y,s AMI M: Oatoss have
been born and have decsyed the world has emerged
upon the massive pile. recording the OF Khufa
1Kuiu. The probable builder voices the only sound
ro masters coming has been fixed the shift
Ing sands for forty wishful centuries.
Far back in the uncertain light OF an almost vanished
av " rhr renujon with the spr evidence Of
the belief meets in uneauvocal forms. The
mumInes OF Egypt we're PROVIDED with means OF sub
taken from tomb sealed from the OF for three
,s tae oisary cereal. The prehsorc RAGS Of
America to us with interesting Testimony upon this
point. Who the mound buildersf We do not
know certainly bat the evidence accessible to us
shows their belief in future. and provision |
Central and sonth America demonstrate the existence
people whose antedaes the period OF the Amer-
world by the Spanish conquercrs. The nnmmies OF |
people in some localities perfect as
10 analogous religious belief The tomb, contain cook
Ing utensils articles Of provision. implements for the
The monument peroi OF America represents still
and sculp;ucrs OF raienque In Mexico IN IGeatan. In
f.re state thai had constantly budded from the
OF hope-froin the day mans voice vibrated
upon The CHEEKY air Of morning -,
The universal crrdencc III an uhieVeaed future songh
fitting yprcssion. IN tac earliest times. IN tender regard
o. the living for the dead Before The iu development
of LANGUAGE communication consisted arsev oi symbolic
expre'si9 and by TIN, mode OF spc ,Alng some ~ the
tate 10 isno less natural than poetic 10 cdlI I'D ire
Vegetable and noTs worlds to represent the verdict OF
The erowth OF flowers in spring indicates the revival Of
thu uitfu earth after period OF quoscence which
ing utmaton OF life after apparent death. was the
offspring OF the earliest thought; and its susceptibility
enlargement been made to or less
1oS ,iienjshp Iate and almost every human emotion
through the symbolism of the vegetable world Flowers
in seal ture form part o tho head Il esscs OF the
Egypt an srnxes while the worship Of tho sacred bull
W IS largely an ovation OF these beautiful embems of
Tie Greeks among the first 10 Introduce
the free use OF flowers rar Of the symbolic language
Of mankind The Phrygan festivals iag eiy cele
brated with them BY one poet flowers nave been called
tho propaets Immortality" They have been largely
Became an ornament II crowns of royalty ana Of tic
dress and aImor OF the nobility In such countries as
req and the wlo sgnaEed the warning honses OF
Lancaster and of York The fetr DE- lis became tine
national emblem OF France the thistle OF Scotland and
the shamrock OF Ireland.
But the beautiful ceremonies OF love and remembrance
universally performed with flowers came 10 their
fullest expansion THROUGH the growth OF the Christian
religion. Braneh9. OF palm were thrown u tho patti OF
Christ received crown Of thons from His executoners
fragrance around the wherein body was laid
The im or,ant easts OF all the churches now largely
celebrated with flowers Every religion that promises
renewal of life alter the sleep upon earth symhozes It's
faith through the blooming beau les OF the floral rihes
From The oapiiSna font to the last coach OF man there
lies but single stef and the rose which nn'olded It's
petals TO the morning OF the child may In the
evening give place to the gentle anarantn that uniad
Ing emblon OF Immortality as II speaks OF hope from
Men and women Of America! have with |
beautiful flowers and evergreens culled by the
Idnus OF our or"there anu woven mo spoahhS ioihis
by the fair fingers OF sisters, TO render the homage
due t. patriots who have died for their country and |
for all mankind Let that not be considered extrava
gnn expression. Tho now silent soldiers whose life |
work is flushed championed a principle toward which
the warriors and armies OF the world have been con
stanty drifting from the earliest recorded struggles
upon the plsn of shiDar.
THIS pnncplethe rights Of man ana the liberty of the
indivdual-w was planted with the first blood ever
shed In behalf OF government has, like the flower.
doomed the morning of all the II has
been The task OF royalty to cut it down as weed encu
beIiug the Waited by the Wind OF destiny. It's
seed found lodement upon the fertile soil OF America,
where has and filed the world with its
our brothers, whose memory we honor to- day,
their lives TO perpetuae its ana
the OF time They comprehcnded that dissolution
Of the American Union meant killing frost to the |
flower OF liberty aud whitening OF the cherished hope OF
the Bid these iev-red warriors hesitate In duty
through considerations of self MOI They spiang TO
uefence and from the nctte they plucked
The DOweI safety for their country and IOstcIy The
Nnri WI tnrgct fhe Cnnplet OF Snnnides La