Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-06-05

fathers fought against the flag, fought
to fasten the letters more firmly upon
their fellow men, fought to destroy our
National Government and to disrupt
the Union. honor the Union Soldier
as a Union Soldier. The Union Soldier
who lives worthily has high reason to
honor himself. 1t is better to have
been true and faithful soldier for the
Union than any patent OF nobility.
That Grand Army badge worthi!y worn
is worth hundred decorations of the
Legion of Honor. The Union Soldier
is as it were placed under bonds by
such an honorable designation TO live
nobly and worthily. The Grand Army
of the Republic living and dead has a
magnificent muster roll of heroes, and
many of the noblest of these are among
the unknown dead. The Grand Army
was grand in numbers, grand in intel
ligence, grand in its high average of
moral character, grand in courage and
valor, grand in its record Of glorious
deeds, grand for the great work it ac-
complished.
All, friends, such cause Loyalty,
courage, self-sacrifice, deeds of daring
and devotion are by that cause in which
they were manifested TRANSPORTED and
gloriiied.
And the mothers and wives, the sis
tiers and sweethearts-their sacrifices
and their work are not forgotten.
They waited and watched in patience
and in prayer. They wept for the fal
len. At home and in the hospitals they
did well their part. The Grand Army
is passing away. How many since the
war have been mustered out. Last
year from this post Col. White and Mr..
Cobean. This year Mr.. Swartz, besides
whom, Mr.. Patton and Capt. Stuart
have been laid to their rest in our Gem
etery. Another, Mr.. Tucker waits
momentarily the final summons. The
Grand Army is moving down the de-
clivity of life; their faces toward the
setting sun; the shadows are length
ening. On most of them hardship and
exposure have done their work and
left their effects in rheumatic pains,
and in wearying and wasting disease
May God be with you who are here to
day. May you so live by faith i'm Jesus
Christ that your hearts may feel the in.
spiration of high and glorious hope
as you come ever nearer to the great
mystery that fronts us ALL The soldier
sleeps no sounder or sweeter for the
scattered flowers. He hears not the
salute. That sound so familiar to him
living is all unheeded by the dull ear OF
death. But it is a tribute that graft.
tude demands. 1t is an acknowledge
ment of debt we must ever owe to
our soldier dead. A fitting honor to
costly devotion.
| Cover them over with beautiful flowers
| Deck them with garlands these brothers OF ours
| Lying so silent by night and by day,
| Sleeping the years OF their manhood away
| Years they had marked for the Joys of the brave
Years they must waste In the sl0th of the grave.
"Al the bright laurels they fought to make bloom
| Fell TO the earth when they went to the tomb
| Give them the need they have won in the past
| Give them the hOnOrs their merits forecast
| Give them the chapets they won in the strife,
| Give them the laurels they lost with their life
"COver them over, yes, cover them over
| Parent and husband and brother and lover
| Crown in your hearts these dead heroes of ours
And cover them over with beautiful flowers