The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-06-05
Memorial Day Celebrated
Throughout the Country
With Unusual FervOr.
At New York, Gettysburg,
Cleveland, and by the
G. A. R. Everywhere.

eu 10 from senator Ingalls, VINO baLu III suO-
stance:
The high tide of the rebellion broke on this
fed and along those rocky hills i'll food OF
blood and flame that ebbed away at AppOmat-
tOX. Three summer days changed this hamlet
to an epoch and gave to this locality an immor-
tality equal to Marathon, MarstOn Moor and
Waterloo. 1t is thus that have assembled
twenty-five years after to again pay
the tribute OF homage, respect and
reverence to the dead that sleep here. 1t is just
twenty-five years since the last shot was fired.
Twenty-Five wears since the hosts were mar
hha!ed for the last review. They assembled
within the shadow OF the dome OF the capitol
they had saved The splendOr OF the vernal sun
Illuminated the scene and shimmered on the flag
as it gmmers i'll its glory above them-the size
OF the reuVenated republic. 1t was host
without number welcomed with tumultuOus
acclaim. The hosts Of Grant, sherman,
Logan and Hancock, and above them flashed
and cleaned the redeemed glory of the flag. 1t
was their flag. Had it not been for their sacri-
fees and those OF their sleeping comrades. this
flag would have been a dshOnOTed rag. | have
sometimes thought what would have been our
emotions had the rebellion been successful. Sup
pose the dome OF the capitol stopped to its base.
Suppose Robert TOOmbs fulfilled his insOent
menace to count his slaves within the shadow Of
Bunker Hill monument. suppose the stars and
stripes had gone down i'll defeat before the stars
and bars what would have been our emotions?
confess for myself to have never ceased to i'm
plOre that all men might be Tree; to hope that
some time by some desperate battle the Union
might have been restored. | should have kept
in some secret repository some emblem OF the
StarSand stripes which | would have taught my
children to .OVe and cherish. Now in View Oi
the occurrences OF the last two days. in
the extinct capital Of the extinct COnieder-
acy, ! wish @ say few words ! have no de-
sire on this sacred occasion to revert to any
subject that Is inconsistent with the selemmty
Of the hour but unless the ideas for which our
dead died were right they have died in vain.
But the only regret that seems to be telt by our
adversaries is that III the Rebellion they taiel
to succeed. Robert +. Lee was undoubtedly
one OF the greatest soldiers OF the age,
lofty of character, pure OF life, with
lineage dating back to the morning OF
patriotism in this hemisphere. He was with
out fear a1d without reprOach." Had Lee I'D
fore the Rebellion he would to-day have been
the foremost citizen of this republic. He was
offered the command OF our armies For tweI-
ty-fve wears his sword had been under the flag
OF the republic. He had been educated at her
expense, and had taken the oath to support her
constitution and her laws, but
HE VIOLATED HIS OATH,
put aside his sword and took the leadership of
the most caueeleSs rebellion since the devil re-
belled against heaven, and yet in perur' and in
violation OF faith and honor. On the day Tor
twenty-five years made sacred, those who pro-
Tess to have accepted the results of the war in
good faith, selecting this occasion in all the
other anniversaries of the 365 days of the
year, with every augmentation OF inso-
lence point to the South that this is an
example after which they should copy
a Confederate flag is placed in the hand of Wash
out atHalnst tho, Wonder Il = MO should &c, cry
alone knows which side was right. To ~
the constitution OF the United States the
preme law of freemen, millions existed and
thousands gave up their lives W1TCs we're Wld-
owed. children orphaned, and yet one half OF the
rising generation is being taught that God
alone knows which was right Carnage ragged
Oh hundreds OF battIetields Now the sun rises
on 10 master and sets on lao slave. The
shame of the republic is washed out Liberty Is
he law of the land and yet God alone knows
which was right If we were not right, il ma
is not better than secession then these
are without significance. The war
for the Union was the greatest crime OF the
century and our soldiers rank with the success
full pugists who fight i'll the ring for the cham
piOnship belt of the world. II they we're not
right. national morality IS notion,
loyalty a name and patriotism fatal malady
OF the body polite This tendency OF the South
must be resented. This is a day OF Instruction.
a duty we owe the future that our relations to
that great conflict he understood and that our
dead did not die i'll vain. 1t is not necessary to
disparage the bravery of adversaries. Let them
rear monuments to their dead and cherish their
deeds let them eulCgze the lost cause; let them
worship their leaders; let them carry their stars
and bars. These are matters OF taste
which they must decide lor thems ewes.
the sun that would permit such transactions
They are our countrymen. united to us by
common heritage, so they say, but when they
assert that Lincoln and Davis, Grant and Lee,
IOgan and Jackson were equal, and that "EOd
alone knows which right it is sacrieGe OF
the vilest type and needs rebuEe
The senator was listened to with the great
est attention ard frequently applauded.
MEMORIAL TO GARFIELD.
AT CLEVELAND. Ohio.-In the presence
of vast multitude and with all the
pomp and ceremony. but albeit solemnity
BETTING the occasion, the memorial erected
by the contributions of a grateful country
to the honor of James Abram Garfield, ca
nal boat boy, school teacher soldier, states
man and president, was formally dedicated
to-day. OF the tens ofthousands that were
gathered upon the greensward of Lakeview
cemetery, there were many who had jour
lnoyod from far distant points to pay theiE
last tribute of respect to the second OF Amer
cas- presidents to meet his end by the bullet
Of the assassin. Tw0-thirds of the states
and territories were represented in that
throng. Upon the platform by the nation
itself, in the person OF its chief magistrate
and three of his constitutional advisers, lent
recognition and countenance to the
event, while over all and as
a pathetic side to the picture,
the widow and children of him whom ali
men had met to honor looked down upon
the scene with mingled feelings of pride and
sadness.
After q grand proc ession and review, q
mastery Grafton was delivered by Ex-Gover
nor Cox, saying mong other things.
His elevation TO the presidency was rather the
evidence of his countymen admiration of hin
as popular legislative leader, than q signih
cant part of his owR career. Cut off prema
turey his administration hadno opportunity tC
carry out any large policy. The large grasp anC
ability he had shown i'll every other part of his
ifn 10 GrIff that ii
would have been marked by broad statesman
ship and mapIReSt power, but 1t was COO VII
that his work as legislator should remain thu
thing which will ever be distinctively his. Mel
of all parties have united to build this memoria
and to place this statue upon its pedestal tt
commemorate these virtues and these. services
Antagonisms are here forgotten, Cynical carp
ping has no place here. The good, the great, the
strong, the wise, and the patriotic were all sc
abundant in him that out of them the young o
the coming generations may construct al
ideal on which to mould themselves
The weakness, the limitations, thu
and Which eTeqs must
knowledge his share in, may here be dropped
from view, and the model to be initiated is made
up of those noble and generous qualities which
were SO marked in the man we honor to-day
The Grafton was repeatedly punotuated
with applause, and at its conclusion Gen
Cox was called again and again to the from
of the stand, The hallelujah chorus wa
rendered by the choir, the audience Joining
M President Hayes then presented Presi
dent Harrison to the assemblage, anC
another hearty welcome was given him,
He spoke with earnestness. as follows;
thank you most sipeerely for this eordia
greeting, but shall not be betrayed by It into
lengthy speech. The selection of this day TO
these EXERCISES, q day eonseerated to the mem
Dry Of those who died that there might be on
aag of honor and authority in this republic, /
most fitting. That one flag encircles us with tt
| folds to-day, the unrivaled object of our loya
love. This monument. so imposing aud taste
full, fttingly typiies the grand an
symmetrical character of him il
whose honor it has been huided. Hi
| was "the arduous greatness of things done
| No friendly hands constructed and placed 10
| his ambition ladder upon which he nigh
climb, His own brave hands framed and naile