The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-06-01

old soldiers as they stood before that record
Of the heroes of La Sale county, Craven
upon its many faces were the names Of men
who had stood at their shoulders in camp
and march and battle field. They had seen
them torn from their sides by the round
shot and the shell and the minnie ball, and
now to-day they were assembled to do
honor to their memory, After appropriate
services at the monument, ending with that
grand old national hymn, "America," the
veterans and the large concourse Of people
adjourned to
| TURNER HALL,
where the exercises of the day were com
pleted. A large crowd, in which were many
ladies and children, blocked the entrance to
the hall until the doors were opened and in
ten minutes it was found necessary to close
the doors, the hall being packed as closely
as was considered consistent with safety.
The Arion Quartette Gained the noisy
audience with the national anthem, "The
cred in a most admirable manner.
Rev. Edwards offered up a prayer of
thanksgiving and supplication, closing with
the " Lords Prayer"
The Arion Quartette then sang the Ar
tillerst's OATH" which was received with
applause.
Judge Charles Blanchard made the hstor.
ical address, reviewing the history of
American freedom, from its birth to the
present He SAID, in substance, that they
had assembled to commemorate an event in
the nations history. The day when the
green fields and beautiful rivers OF our
country we're first revealed by the rays of
the sun was too far in the remote past to be
of the movable in history. But the voice
of history that belongs to the movable
speaks to us of nations and of the funda-
mental principles of government, and we
believe that the Maker of all reserved this
land for the birthplace and the reign of
government by the consent Of the governed,
Kindred causes led to the discovery of
America, the settlement, the war of indie
pendence, the adoption Of the constitution
and che civil war. Along the shores of the
centuries had stood men of exceptional gifts,
who were raised above their fellows by the
force Of intellectual development Nearly
four centuries ago Christopher Columbus,
after enduring eighteen years of poverty and
hardship, sailed to plant the cross in new
lands, and in seventy-one days reached
America. No settlements were made until
the prosecutions of Europe forced emigra-
ton westward, when men, who preferred to
brave the dangers of q new and unknown
land that they might worship God according
to the dictates of their own consciences, left
their mother shore. The Judges address
was mainly historical, following the history
of the country from its discovery to the
present day.
I" The Patriot Mothers Prayer" was sung
by the Arion Quartette as only the Arions
can sing such composition.
Dean Heating then said: 81 am here
to-day with an especial sense Of willingness
and pleasure. We are come together to
honor the memory Of the brave, the faithful
and the true. To glorify the dead and give
gratitude to the living. At the opening of
the war two million men sprang to arms,
who declared that, living or dying, they
would be barrier to the destruction that
threatened. Death reached five hundred
thousand men, torn by shot on the beautiful
battlefield, dying wounded in the hospitals,
and wasting away in the prisons. They died
not in vain, and it is meet and proper that
We chant the praises Of fallen heroes and
pay just tribute to their glory and patriot
ism. There is a fear that we are becoming
too practical, too materialistic, but as long
as love and affection live, the memory Of the
men who died that their country might live
will ever be held in eternal benediction.
The soldiers fought the good fight for liberty
and will never be neglected. We will never
forget their sterling worth. All honor to
the ashes Of the dead and sympathy to the
living