, 1890-06-05
MR., HYDE's GRAFTON.
An Eloquent Tribute to the Men Who
Saved tho Union.

"h rIoquent irlDute 10 tne mon VINO
Saved tho uAton.
Hon. S. c. Hyde, the orator Of the
day, with his magnificent voice and
commanding presence, never spoke
more eloquently or with greater eff
feet, He dwelt upon the grandeur
Of the organization of the Grand Ar
my of the Republics; its list Of Illus
trious names; of the brave men who,
In the dark days of tho nations
peril, carried the stars and stripes to
victory.
Ii was one of the most remarkable
and grandest facts of history, how
from nation ut peace, unframed In
the art of war, sprang an army of
cltlzen-soldlery--the grandest army
the world has ever seen.
"They came from the plow, the
shop, the field, the forge, the count
ing-room, the office; the brave,
sturdy private who, with muskct
and cannon, with saber and bay
onet, beat back the destroyers Of the
Union.
"The great struggle produced
Grant, the gmndcst general of mod
ern times; Grant, upon whose ban
ner inst perched the eagle of victory
at Donaldson; Grant, who said that
the only terms he could offer We're
immediate and unconditional sur
render, ] propose to move lmue-
diately upon your works; Grant,
who unchai ned the Father Of
Waters, that II might run unvexed
to the sea; Grant, who carried our
flag above the clouds ut Lookout
Mountain; who said: Il propose to
fight 1t out on this line II II takes all
summer and who, when at APP
pomattox he had received the
sword of the rebellion, said; Let
IL have peacr.
Gmnt, sheridan, Hancock and
Thomas, he said, who had all gone
10 the other shore; while sherman,
that grand old soldier, whose march
TO the sea gave To military science II
new lesson, was still left TO ~.
Mr.. Hyde spoke of the hundreds
Of thousands that perished that the
nation might live, of the widows,
the fatherless, the chiklless. He
pictured the scenes OF war, the bat
tie, the dreadful cannonade, the
'h"He' tic uohNt tiic StVahS '" WIG
wounded, the dying. How night
came upon the field of battle.
'Uur bugies sang Truce, for the night
cloud had lowered,
And the sentinel stars set their watch
in the sky.
And thousands sunk down on the
ground oyerpowered,
The weary to sleep and the wounded
to die"
But the grass grows green upon 800
600 graves. We are At peace, they are
at rest.
,On fame's eternal camping grounds
Their silent tents are spread,
And glory guards with solemn sound,
The biyouac of the dead"
We have set the world an example
In statesnanship which all history
dOes not afford, said the speaker.
We have been wiser than the ma
tions which are older than we. We
have been magnanimous; we have
applied the Christian doctrine of
forgiveness. Every life has been
spared. Ii was n son of the loyal
North who wrote:
. No more shall the war cry sever,
No more shall the river be red.
They Danish our anger forever,
Nhe n thoy lau rei the graves Of iour dead"
Mr.. Hyde reminded the comrades
that they were now all becoming
old; how In the language of John
Bright, whose eloquent voice was
ever for the Uniosi, 1.-The Angel of
Death IL abroad in the land.n
What grand brigade, numbering
more than 800, during the past year,
In al n ha nd
above. He spoke of the grand on
have here, when they were founding
an empire, TO lay deep and strong
the ioundationsi In loyalty, fraternity
and liberty.
80 long as the lips of childhood
shall lisp the name of yon flag, 10
long Us the orator shall recount the
of those who fell, so long
rs the people shall meet To honor
this day, so long as beautiful women
with loving hands shall strew low
ers upon the graves of the fallen, 80
long shall we live; 20 long, IN the
words Of the immortal Lincoln, so
long shall "a government of the
people, for the people, by the people
not perish from the earth. y"
A SWORD PRESENTATION.
AT the conclusion Of the exercises
Major Routhe presented to Sedg-
wick Post n sword captured by him
] July IL, 1861, twenty.nine years ago,
At the battle of Rich Mountain,
w. Va, the first heavy sanguinary
engagement of the war. General
B. Mcclellan was In com.
mand. He stated that the sword
was contrabapd Of war, but on
account of the services of
Routhe's company, G, Tenth
Indiana, In which he was then cor
poral, in Investing the fort General
Nc Clellan presented the trophy to
Routhe.
The ceremonies over, the column
reformed and marched back TO the
city. Thus ended the grandest cell
ebration of Memorial day ever
k nown In Eastern Washington, and
which reflected credit alike upon
the city, the members OF the local
G.. A. II. posts and the numerous
civic societies who so generously
In making II SUCCESS.
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