The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-05-31
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The NATIONS DEAD HEROES
Not Forgotten by the People Of a
Grateful Republic.
Ceremonies Of the Day Through.
out the United States,
A GENERAL OBSERVANCE,
Tho Exercises ut the National
Cemetery at Grafton Are
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CAPTAIN Do'ENETs ADDRESS,
COMRADES, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN
AND PArRlOTlc FELLow.Clri2ENs:- This
is no ordinary occasion. II Is tho Ma
tiOn's great annual decoration OF the
the graves OF our dead, who gave their
lives that these States might DO pGrpet-
uaLed as Nation, The past rises before
ustO.duy, and in our memories We arc
carried back TO those dark and trying
times from 1861 to 1865, when this Ma
tiOn was in peril.
Many of our companions Of those
not with us-Only n few OF them-the
surviving comrades OF those who sleep
beneath the graves. Patriotic duty pre-
vailed. We see tho result OF their pat
rlOtlsm III the long line OF people ready
iosCryG tliogovernmcntand maintain Its
integrity. To-day We again recall the
memory OF those trying times; today
we again witness the farewell OF the
soldier about to leave his home for the
Held OF battle. We see the old gray.
halrCd iSther bidding bis son farewell
aud saying God speed that you may
return again" We see the young and
tender wife with q babe at her bosom
battle for the country.
The most tender ties Of affection are
rent assullder the man goes forth to his
patriotic duty. lie keeps step 10 the
music Of tho Union. lie Is gone to the
camp oi instruction, to his regiment, TO
deadly skirmish limo 10 bnro hIa hrrast
TO the deadly storm Of the lcaden hail
non gone TO meet his death, TO fall up
on thD battle field, lie Is gone forever.
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That was noble army. In those dark
days they saw tho old Ship OF State out
upon the waters, the lightning flashing,
the thnnders rolling, and everything
potlCnding destruction brave old Abra.
liam Lincoln standing at the helm OF
State, calling with all tho intensity OF
Ills mighty soul for help, and the cry
came up in mighty mingled chorus.
"WCarC coming, father Abraham, three
hundred thousand
Where Is thisurmy OF moro than three
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