The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-06-02

We are assembled tolay to commemorate
the deeds OF noble men; we are here to mingle
our prayers and tears with the tears and
prayers OF those who have lost brothers sons
and husbands in q noble cause; we are here TO
offer our words of gratitude to the living and
our thoughts of tender memory TO tie dead.
That our gathering may not be in vain; that
| our praises be not SIMPLY outward empty
honor, il Will be fitting not only that re-
member the glorious work of those who have
gone; but that we ourselves, here in their
spirit presence SObcrly resolve 10 take upon
ourselves The tasks that still remain. As Lin
coin said ut Gettysburg: "ii - for the living
| rather 10 be dedicated to the great task re-
naming before Us, that from these hOnOrCd
dead we take increased devotion to the cause
for which they gave the last full measure OF
devotion III i IN VAIN we SireW their graves
with flowers; it Is IN vain we strive to EonGr
them with words of el0quence; il is in vain
we finger about the story of their bravery eX-
ceDt We ourselves earn with them the lesson
I OF unSeitiShncSS, unless we 100 have high am
billions, unless we pat principle ahead of poi
I icy, and enter some great battlefield III behalf
I OF the OPP -sed, TO give our lives, to spend
our fortune, 70 shed or blood, if need be, for
the cause Of right. Are we TO live forever on
B lie memory II the deeds OF Il score of years
/ ago. Are we forever 10 be satisfied in honor
! ing the graves OF fallen heroes? | speak TO the
I young men of America. TOu fathers, have
4 done Your work We accord to YOU ;tn honor
/ able respite from the dangers of another con
! ffict. But Is there no work for us 10 60? Are
/ there 10 honors for us to win?
"Must 1 be carried TO the skies
!
''Sue l must fight, if I would reign;
/ Increase my courage, Lord!
! III bear the tOil, endure the pain,
/ Supported by Thy word.'
/ owen Lo-cjoy, whose brother was martyr
/ in the cause OF freedom knpelinp on this
I brothers. grave swore eternal bostiIify 10 Afii
! can slavery. Near the close of the war lie
| dIed. And aS congress tarried to pay tribute
10 the dead, Charles sumner in his Orat ion SAID
''Sir,it viii be in vain that YOU pass rcsout ions
! In tribute to him, il you neglect the cause tor
| which lie lived, and do not hearl<en To his
! voice SO my friends | say To yoI; it viii
/ be IN vain that we pay tribute to those who
: have in glory shed their blood, unless we also
/ catch their spirit and do a. they have done
+ In vain DO we build monuments 10 the mar
4. tyrs of yesterday if we continue in sordfd
seifshness 10 wink al the corruptions of to
day.
Has the day gone forever when men care for
anything but gain; l. there no chance for
/ naityrJom today. Ali ! hear you say, the
Gay Of glory has not passed. hesr you say,
there are vet noble causes in which men can
enlist GCtl, fathers, fought 10 maintain the
Union. and To free the slave And what
| Vas that slave? The then POOR IL
noble black man; The man who came
nom naktUiy and Hcathendom. And yet YOU
/ thought him worthy Of your best life blood.
Yours was noble task. q self sacrificing task
I II l. worthy OF the greatest honor But if
tiitse We're N9IJa your saving, are there not
men To-Day who are worthy OF il, are there not
men and boys today VINO 10y teunIat ion, fault
ana crime have come into q lower slavery.
Are not the mothers OF America pleading:
these same mothers. Sho came and nIi1.e1 16u
IN the hospitals, who bound yoIlr wounds who
gave their sons to stand by Your side in the
ciuse Of freedom, do ! not see them now upon
their knees entreatins YOU, are they NOT
I WIihgiug heir hands n very AGONY. are the ?
not crying 10 you, inc fought for slaves 10
night now for their husbands sons ana l,rot n.
efss l. there not an army hundreds Of fnous-
anus strong going Though Il slavery of anne.
lite 10 lSnuBie graves And these not biacl,
men, but Americas noblcSt sons There j. n
system The expense ami horrors uf which
4nnlt;ti!N StTIEt-s the expense and hOrlIls, uf
+ the b3Colae>t year OF war.
Here l. our chance for uartVrtl0mt We will
be martyrs in this cause! We were too vouna
TO fight along with you. Perhaps il is a urpot
mat those things are already passing INTO his
tory hat one " no WIS but a child when they
TOOK place should be called uuOn 10 corrrueln
oraje the events in which YOU 80 noblv took
your part We for ourselves would like IL
take up aims SdlnSt some foe. We wish our.
. / selves 10 he among those whose graves The
generations OF the future viii take delight IN
honui ln=- HeTe i a cause for US Here W.
can nEht, nay even die II need be II bring III
right and temperance.
( - also there are Others that today demand
our effort. No two wars were ever fought
ankle. New foes will take new faces The
next rebels may not be in gray The nexI
battle max not be fought with ball and now
der and still IL must be fought What 10,
instance. viii be our remedy for unVer-tv
How shall We prevent the rich from previila