The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-05-31

Army mon say he was, and that his knowiedge
of the fact that he has excited their resentment
by his treatment OF them kept him away.
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AT WASHINGTON.
A General Observation-Disclosures by Senators
Palmer aud Henderson.
WASHINGTON, May 30-The aag on the White
House was at half-mast, ana the national colors
on the various department buildings. with the
exception of those on the great pension ediace
and the Department Of Justice. were lowered
half way down the staff in memory Of the ma
tons dead soldiers. Rawlin's Post, G. A r.,
decorated tho Rawlins statue and the Rawlins
tomb in the Congressional Cemetery; Kit Carson
Post, the equestrian statues of Jackson and
Washington; Lincoln Post. Lincoln's statue at
the City Hall and the Peace Monu-
ment; Morton Post. the Scott statue; Mead Post.
the Thomas statue and Grsenough's Washingtop;
Reynolds Post, the Dupont statue; Garfield
Post, the Garfield statue; Burnside Post, the
Mcpherson statue; Sumner Post, the Emancipa-
ton statue, in Lincoln Park, and the Green
statue, and Farragut Post. tho Farrsgut status
Thus the revolutionary heroes as well as the
soldiers of the late war were remembered. To-
day the statue of Chief justice Marshal, in the
Capitol grounds, was also decorated. It has
been customary to decorate only the statues of
soldiers. Some one remembered that Chief
justice Marshall had served with distinction as
an officer in the evolutionary army, and so hia.
statue was accorded the honor of decoration. ~,
At Arlington. after the decoration of the
graves. ~orations were delivered by Senator'S
Palmer aud Henderson. The former said, ID
part: ars1
Men have died for liberty in many chimes and lands;
the Swiss in his mountain Businesses; the Frenchman
ct his harricade; the negro on his island; but they hare
been spurred to j. by rights threatened. hopeless copi
ditions or wrongs endured. Many men have died TOR
patriotism, the Slav to resist invasion, the GermSA
to preserve the river whose depths hold the mythical
heroes of his childhood, and whose banks are alive
with the traditions of his fathers; the Spaniard that
the Goth might retain the land bought with the blood
of his race. Many men have died for glory, for con-
quest or for a name; but where, in the whole ranee'of
of men ready to die, and millions of women
willing that light should be taken from their
who were inspired by less noble motives, the army of
the Union included just such q host. There were men
with mothers and wives; there were men with chihiren
and men with gray heads. The debt we owe them we
cannot pay, but we can acquit ourselves of the obiga-
ton in part by seeing that none of the dead soldiers
family shall ever know want; that his widow, whether
he died In the line of duty or not, shall have more
than a ~pittance doled out to her; that she shall
p possible ; e for her to TO comply %sl ?, WITH tbo't that dependent mt
parents shall not be shut off because, twenty-four
years ago, they were not dependent. We can see that
the disabled soldier is taken care Of, whether disabled
in the line of duty or otherwise. We can see that the
IL, 600 surviving comrades in the almshouses ofthe
country are relieved. All these are the wards ofthe
Nation. Let every American strive to clear this
stain from our escutcheon. If the Republic demands
love and loyalty, she must care for those who sacfi-
free. They are the eternal recruiting sergeants oftke
Republic. n Nor heat, nor cold. por hunger, nor
wounds can drive them from .heir posts. They sres
the imm ortal sentinels of the state-patient, tirelesssr
vigilant. inyincible. ,rs
Senator Henderson described most wildly the
opening. progress and closing Of the war, and
then said: 81
would utter nothing to jar upon the finer and
purer sensibilities naturally aroused by the beautiful
ceremonisso of the day, but / would be doing violence
to nay senseiof what is right if / were not TO condemns
with bittss and indignant emphasis. that policy which
repudiates natural obligation, violates the promises
of paternl care made so freely during the dark dayS
of rebellion, and leaving the country's disabled veter-
ans to penury and want. private charity and pauper-
sneers at their efforts to obtain o fair fulfllment of
the contract made with the government. Out upon
such ingratitude! Thanks to God it does not meet
Of the heroic figures of the war there
are yet left to us Sherman, and Porter. and Sheridan.
God grant them health and prosperity long to live!
Our thoughts turn to-day to that sick mans couch
across the river, and our hearts are filed with ear.
nest PRAYER that the hero of Stone River, Mission
LN4bkcs CiC % 1Atc 0OIkS II <appoLuoJtO& ul1y
long be spared to the country he helped to save. The
presence of gallant Phil Sheridan was ever an inspi-
ration to his soldiers: His name has ever been a tai
isman OF victory to the Republic.
Special memorial services were held at the
tomb Of General Logan, under direction OF Kit
Carson Post. g. A. R., assisted by the Logan
Guard of Honor.
Representative Mason. of Illinois. was the or
dress, in which, after referring to. the appropri-
atenees Of decorating the grave Of the great citi-
zen-soldier. he said:
A great lawyer and poet. whom some call infdel
and others atheist, a teacher in the school of patriot
ism and . high priest in the church of mental and
social independence, has likened our life to q trav.
eled road, at the end of which is q quiet wayside inn,
night. Tais cannot be. The night he would de-
scribe is but tae passing shadow of an hour.
The inn i. not q '~windowlsss palace of
wherein hope hath set her many windows
facing the sky, in each of which abiding faith has
fixed an immovable star that shines and shines until
it is lost in the blazing sunshine, in the morning of an
eternal fife. So I say to you. my friends, that in the
INN where all must stop al the coming of the shadow.
we say good night; but in the glad light that drives
Good morning. aye, good morning" Our friend
who lies here, through all his struggles and mighty
On the last day, in his dehrium, he said to his dsvot-
ed wife; Mary. why don't you take me homef"
Poor. dead general! her hands and ours wanted to
stronger than ours; your orders we're from
the great commander. whose name is Peace and
Love. And here by his silent tomb, let Us resolveyto
maintain the p~riReiples for which he fought: In times
of war, loyalty to our country; in times of peace. 10y
atty TO our brave defenders who cannot be with us
long, but are marching daily by platoons into their
eternal camping19round- The sweetest hour of our
life Is when . new soul, fresh from the great immor-
tally of the past. with the soft and tender light Of
heaven In its eyes, Is laid within our enfolding arms;
and the saddest hour is when, holding a loved one by
the hand, he glides away from our grasp into the
shadow we eau death. We call and listen.
Again we turn to the earth-it seems bar
rem; and then to the sky. It's cold and
eheerless stars stare into our upturned faces
and make no answer. Now there Is Q rift in the clouds.
. flight breaks ina strange light 'Tis the light of
the faith and hope Of immortality that springs eternal
In the human heart. promised by our maker and testi-
fed to by every line of nature that lies about rs like
an open book. In that light we look again TO the
earth. where before il seemed barren. Shrubs and
flowers spring up--the type OF immortality. In every
the sunlight Of heaven, we see the fight Of the soul;
and the stars that seemed cold and cherries before
now seem brightly TO say: Here we hang in the
dome of our universe. held By Him who holds the
world in the hollow of his hand. Every twinkle il a
'beckoning' come up higher, and the consultations
say 70 our tired and doubling souls, Peace, peace;
God reigns--ths jewel Of the soul 10 Immortality"
Wherever public ceremonies were held to-day
prayer was offered for tho speedy recovery OF
General Sheridan. ID.