Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1888-06-03
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Of being given to tho |eatlcf(
HERALD fer Sunday toGiiuf -
space prevented siving II tpore
Pursuant to 4 custom ia the
ton Of which there II nerllnra 4
commends itself TO the lieAyt... t
ter part Of mems nature. tha1I
in any other one ot the lpany
that call for . popular expression
feelings; we haze TO day a7sel|
the purpose Of doing honor TO X
Not alone do those whose 4
buried before us, bnt II conn I
tens Of thousands 81 olhei8imtN
blages scattered o cr This broad III
the great army OF thoae Nhp IA
drafted into the ranks II tllHS "A
hort beyond tho tomb, DrntI4
because few indeed ara mo Nh
hat have enrolled tha,nNel 4ba
.he bAnner OF It's coinn'AiB3ec
To-day, from tho rusfka,'
hound shores 81 tile feA,iess
tho more calm and peatef'ii N
lhe placid Pacific: from the 4
most portions Of the NORTHERN 4
the limpid waters that Lave tho + l
the SHORES Of tho Gulf of Me]
found, Ike our own. groups 81
Of that vast and silent army
70 do honor to its monofy.
chanted 10 their PRAISE pen
shadowy palmeltcs a I'VE pe
Florida arc re-aehpeA haek
solomp and Iiant fagests of
Wa4hlug'on leyilpgy, wbiie
anthoas That arise from R1l1l{|4
groves ~ stonl end rock-rl Qpo<
meet with 4 responsive aiid Hyi{l
STRATA from tue flowery Valley
own beautiful end sunny Soufi
fornia. ~
All, all united and intend up1j
complishment Of a pleasazl1
ead and solemn duty. \.
And how shall we best acco1l1
Not, | conceive, by anil a21@
bitter sectional anilnosi66s "a
most rent asunder this beoQ
not by words calculated t0 inf
souls with remembrances q 4!
now buried in tho grave q
quarter OF q century 4
Ii, unlike Antony, We aI Z
praise we are, like him heE
Caesar to bury all our ankmoa
our heroes We're brave IA g
enemies on the field Of battle
admit, and should We not
luster Of that bravery wexe 70
the fact, or close our eyes TO IN
that they had foes to meet
their steel? Would il shed
luster upon their record k
if true. that they we're the ~
towards only? 4;
With all nations and anon
the memory OF the soldier
his own life in his hands
went forth to do battle ia
for q common cause, has n
especial regard; not that 4
assert that in every instel2{
ceived that just and paeriteQ
he SO often richly deserved
our own instance, notnitheI
oft-repeated assertion totho
we see. in a measure, THY ex5
ingratitude of nations toWa<
servers in the hour Of dxn8o
danger has passed from
This, however, must not det
the contrary, rather stimuli
newed efforts in perpetua(in
cries Of our dead conlrade
therefore, briefly review VIA
characteristic features belong
the living and the dead deien@
Union, in order that We a
them their proper status
heroes.
The history Of the world fail
us with q perfect parallel. Q(f Z
have fought and won and Loe1
ties; have maintained iinfntp
and maintain them still, and
one of the chief points d 6t1
which / would 0liEect yot5F
! The rank and ne Of their arm
have always been educated n
sion Of arms, and almost, NE
in that alo1a{ did their educ4I
The soldier Of the war IA Ihf
was, with some few exception
ucated soldier. He came frofIz
OF peaceful avocations lot war
tendanS hardships and horTQ
ignorant. Since its birth, and
than three generations, with n
ruptions, had the Natiop y 4
peace, and notwithstanding
ional rumblings in the far =
political sky, the Yar-clo 4
burst upon it with suG{ 3
suddenness that only III 4
young to understand and =
situation, escaped that eer l.
anxiety that for = inoment ~
whelmed thcM elders. So =
they understand the tfue q
the best informed and most
among them asserted with q
ance that 5000 men W01I
days drive the last rebel intd
Mexico. The same error 4 +
manifested itself among our
they so boastfully prodldiu1e
valor and prowess Of o1e 81
| was more than equal 10 thn< z
their Northern brethren
let along the, oRs
| sary Of be nj Nh q bin
ness thd Z cafederate
the dome Of the Cap{f
Alas How little f|5a 4
other; or, rather, ho1 4
| past peaceful exisfend
The realities and po6
They learned to know ~
in alter years.
1t is not our purp9as
| recount the causes
bring about the wan 61l|1