The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-06-25

/ which PervAdes Postmaster Oeneral
/ villas Ornnd Orotton IN DecOratlos
| Day-Isonor % the Forglvtng. brave
| Conausrors and Honor 20 ths Brsvs
| Observation-Disclosures Tribaess % 0rsnt
| Mcclellan and Hancock.
President Cleveland and his Cabinet
attended the meeting ~ the Academy
Of Music. New York. which was held
upon Decoration Day. Postmaster
General Villas delivering an affecting,
ad-minded aud brilliant Grafton,
from which the following extracts arr
selected:
sMr. President. Comrades OF the war. Ia.
dies and 0enticmen; The day has bonn takeu
from our eager labors for the future 70 tcsti
~ our reverence for the past. In decorous
solemn pomp and show amid every circum.
stance Of honor. the people Of the Nation
have repaired 70 hallcwed graves aud cele-
memory OF the Nat on's saviors. And now
that we arc gathered by prayer, by song and
speech 70 flttlngy finish our share In the hon
ored ccrcmonIai. tie spirit q the day rules
OF century has sunk into the grave Of time
since tho dread alarm Of civil war rang
through our land. A new era has begun. :
new generation " upon tho stage OF life. You
see now everywhere In all your daily walks.
active men. whose hands are on tho lovors Of
affairs who carry no useless memory OF the
fires de. amid circles OF blooming children.
cit happy mothers who can tell OF the great
war but as tronblous anrightment OF their
By millions. were in that period not existent
horc or possess no remembrance OF Its scenes.
than all. OF every class and age. then within
the compass OF the Union. History has fore
closed upon your great achievements. com
rades. and 70 the Nation OF to-day they are -
: tale 70 be told. swiftly. oh! how swiftly, do
the actors OF that mighty drama now fall
years more. and none shall be 20 bear person
81 witness To the children OF the great Repub-
lie OF the trying hours OF her delverance
value 10 recount and emphasize the FEATURES r
OF the patriotism. purposes aid grand results
BY which our Union soldiers gained thor
title 70 the vencration OF their counfrymen
and the world: first. % them. In the keeping OF
their rightful glory bright and pure; and then
20 living men and 10 our children. by cnulous
quickcning and better understanding OF the
love aud duty due our country.
1t Is not from their sold crship alone that
the sheen OF their rcnOwn Is 30 bright: their
labors. privat ons and dreadful sufferings.
arms. for these were not distinctive IN their
ennoblement These they shared with their
advcrsarieS whose sold ership. approved on
many nard- fought and bloody Held worth
lily compctes for its equal place on the page
Of military fame. Beyond the soldier quail
ties. though unsurpassed In them. the men
who wrought by arms the salvation OF this
Government raise robler claim to gratitude
and remembrance in the unselnsh chivalric
spirit OF their sacrifice for the liberty and
progress OF man. and IN the vast, far-rcach-
Ing benefits bestowed by them on their
countrymen. Their need OF praise rests on
their acceptance OF conditions never before
imposed In human AFFAIRS; conditions cxigeut
Of more generous self-forgefting national
and personal sacrfice-for fruits 10 be gath
cred chiefly BY other men in after times
than liberty or philanthropy ever demanded
or e had entered into the heart OF man to
conceive could be offered by any numerous
wide spread people to such cause alone. In
the calm of history. now that the clouds or
coutemporaneous turmoil have disappeared.
we may distinguish. in clear view. the
height Of the great argument % which their
ooule responded
at was noble study. surprising spectacle.
the demeanor OF this great people. long &C.
with such fateful war. The Overwhelming
magnitude of the interests. involving every
man in person. engaged and concentrated the
lntense.t attention. thought and passion:
snow expression. became quick OF decision
and mpatently incisive in declaration Hut
partially reused and still sluggish with lin
gering confidence at the first call to arms.
the initial disaster effected what mere threat
cning failed 20 produce Then. In colossal
form and feature. majcstically rising in clear
lines. the spirit Of the frcefnen Of the Repub-
lie came out 10 view. towering 10 the North
ern sky like an apparition from above. Upon
Its aspect. Amusement had given way 10 I'M
derstanding. sorrow and pain were ovcrla a
BY the nush or noble rage. and every iinet-
ment kindling with inward fire. told Of stern
and unrelenting resolution. while the rising
murrnur OF united voices broke into shrill and
and courage
by Gods providence our fathers delivered
this land from bonds. and dedicated IL TO be
established under Divine guidance. che consti.
Eutional union OF these states, 70 stand before
III mankind an example and q proof how men
NAY live IN seli-governmentw with the highest
happiness and the noblcst development
They left II to us blessed legacy and sac
red charge. To divide il 10 destroy H. Other
divisions will follow. and liberty disappear
ready smile 1T our threatened catastrophe.
while fear casts gloom and horror on them
who love their fcllow-men. Away with
ss. psa 70 so 90 sss
cloud our clear perception OF manly dutv
We viii hear no argument. put nothing TO the
~ Ls - o sha cons'uer ~ 70 c0mpromse.
over the downfall Of this Government. The
union Of these states shall not fail: not Z
state shall be lost to the great family OF the
azure 1eld Of the dag o. our country. We
seek no conquest we will invade no right.
But rocking no cost no sacrifice, no peril.
heads against this government there we win
|trike them down. till the last foe bends his
knoo In duty ss1 allegiance.
This was the plain and simple issue ten
Tered 20 the arbtrament Of hrms: this the |
all to battle TO which the Union soldier an
wered. He went out TO no campaign OF Dip
omauc policy. BY the events or VIII Oh |
,eace might be better or worse negotiated:
70 went 70 desperate war. 70 do battle TO the |
lcath- until the peace OF exhaustion came
He went on this awful errand to shed blood |
n the cause OF humanity. BY war 70 maintain |
be dominion Of brothcrly love among men. |
When before In all the past or Garth did pa- |
tir up q vast widespread people. free OF |
hoice and will. unbound 20 any sovereign but /
he impulses OF their henrta. to such q struR-
|Ie To such sacrifices. for such ends. since
,hrist and his apostles strove for mans re-
|emptiony Whatever the whirls and gusts OF |
Individual passion rising on the flames OF 1
var. that nre was kindlcd and sustained BY |
rous philanthropy, that over animated .
|reAt people TO heroic undertaking.
II nave spoken Of these facts IN the Ma.
ion history ~ peculiar titles of honor to the
oIdicrs Of the Union hut. comrades. X
you'd DO false a. vain-glorious to arrognfo ~
heirs alone any feature OF these honors They
re the property OF the Nation. Patriotism.
{ war wore shared by ALL however varying
q degree. And for moro than twenty years
he outcome OF results has been incumbent
molly on the patriotism and conduct or
americans as citscns and not ~ soldiers Not
hose or the faithful States alone. lot Il be
Justly remembered. but Of the South - well
'anquished ~ well - victors had 10 bend |
han TO bcst0w, forgiveness and magnanimity
equires the generous mind. The trial OF tenn.
or, wisdom and character has been unex
implied. but the issue has been tr1umphaur