Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-05-30
after the regular proceedings at the stand vsrs
sonR op THOSE PRESENT.

Seated on the stand Was . distinguished
party composed OF the decoration committee.
Hrmy officers and comrades. Mrs Logan vas
~ the grounds. She did not occupy seat on the
stand, but remained seated on the outskirts Of
the gathering Besides the committee and the
speakers on the stand were Gen. Wilcox Capt
Catiin. Al. Parker, Gen. Gibson, Capt. smith
and Capt Chester.
The committee ON decoration vas composed
OF Mrs o. b. Wilcox, Mrs Robt Catlin, Mira K
. Parker. Mrs. {. c. Byrne. Miss Helen X.
Holmes, Mrs. y. =. Prentice. Mrs. Celeshs
Chisolm Mrs. NJ. r. Cutter. Mrs. EK Temple.
Mrs r: A. Nose. Mrs. :. A. Chapman. Mrs. lsa-
belle Cooney. Gen. q. r. Wilcox, Capt Robert
Satlin, Maj, r. {. Parker. Lieut. Col c. c.
Byrne, T. III. Nebher, Zach. +. Thomas.
Edward Webster. Jefferson Thomas.
IA. \. Howard medical director; J. NJ Keogh,.
Judge advocate; = A. Lewis G Of A; Serss-
Major Thomas Evans, Com sergt Alex Camp
esil' v N. seTgl X =. Toison, First Serst.
Ihas r. ulilies. First Sergt A. T. Drost
First Sergt. Jas. 0'Brlen. First Sergt. A. Pied
Tort, First Sergt Patrick Dawn. Sergt r. B.
Dickinson, SergL Francis Doyle. Sergt VIM.
hernahan. Sergt John Blau. Sergt Rudolph
SHnner. sergt John Corcoran. serct Ernest
Folk, Sergt Nm. Elwood, Sergt Wm. Gaffuey,
Sergt Jas. Moran. Sergt Jas. Corcoran, N
dlsnn, ADJ, superintendent OF cemetery.
THE ExERCIsEs
During the ceremonies the Third Artillery
Band and the Soldiers Home Band PLAYED 3D.
propriate airs, while octet. composed of
Messrs. Mcfarland. Traylor first tenors) Bird.
Howes (second tenorsl, Lspham Whipple first
bnssosl, Hancock, Keller second bAssos), de-
lighted the audience by their selections
tomrade :. T.. faunce. senior vice depsrt-
ment commander. opened the exercises in .
neat little speech, referring TO the simultaneous
ceremonies which were going on around Wash
lngton tins morning m honor OF the dead.
The regular proceedings were As follows: l.
National salute. third United States artillery.
, Ofertory and elevation from Rossius
Mount Sinai" Third United States Artillery
Band. 8. Calling the assembly "a order COM
rade ;. L. Faunce. l. National Anthem (wid-
ao~sl, octette. 8. lnvocstlon, Rev.
Alexander Kent 6. Farewell 20 Earth"
theller), Soldiers Home Band Z. Poem,
Cover Them Over" Carleton Reading
by Miss Jennie 0'Seil Potter Of New York city;
:. There is Hest in Heaven" Clappi, Third
United States Artillery Band. r. In Memoir
lam, octette. 10. Grafton, Hon. Elijah A.
Morse, NJ. G., OF Massachusetts,. IL. ''Sleep
Soldier, Sleep" Jecko. Octotte. IL Memorial
Ode, Granger, tune-"America." music by
Third Artillery Band Is. Benediction. Rev.
James A. Buck. chaplain H. Deans Funeral
Dirge, Roger, Soldiers Home Band. Is Deco
ration OF graves by the committee visitors and
inmates of the home,
MIR. Faunce referred in his introduction in
tstterIng terms 70 Miss Jennie ONell Potter
who was received with great applause Her
reading WAS excellent. vein OF true feeling
and sympathy running through Il, which car
ried thrill TO the heart of every old soldier
present The oration by Hon. Elijah A Morse
was listened to with great attention. and the
orator was frequently greeted with loud ap-
plause.
RKPREsESTATIvE MoRsEs GRAFTON.
In the course Of his address Mr. Morse said:
THE war OF the rebellion closed twenty Ave
years ago, yet il is no time for the patriot who
loves his country TO fold his hands Our coun-
try ls still environed with perIis, which it 10
our duty calmly to contemplate. and eternal
vigilance il still the price of liberty
Yes. the country is environed with perils
and am fearful that before another century
shall have elapsed the men on the look -out viii
cry out to the pilot of our ship of state: Port
your helm, she lis on the lee shore and there
are breakers ahead" And the breakers upon
which the ship of state will founder and the
republic go down in darkness and biackness
and shame will be: First. Ignorant, disqualified
suffrage. Some say suffrage is not cheap
enough In this country. / say it is great deal
too cheap. Second. The power and influence
OF the grog shops IN the cities of tins land.
Why, do you know that quote distinguished
authority when / say that life and property
are safer, that crime is swifter and surer
OF punishment and that taxation is lower in
all the RussIas, than il Is in New York city
When that becomes true of the other cities and
towns OF our land-that life and property are
safer, that crime is swifter and surer Of punish
ment and that taxation is lower under O king
than under a repubie-then you and will vote
for king; but TO my mind one of the hopeful
signs OF the times, and which may give prom
ise OF another centennial for the republic 10
the tact that men and women everywhere are
turning their attention 10 this great question
esnlr tn al md
poral welfare OF our country Burke. the great
English statesman, said: When the bad con-
spires the good must combine
Third. Hordes of barbsrians have been pour
ing IN upon US from the west, bringing their
idols, joss houses and heather temples with
them.
Fourth. The dregs of the monarchical gov
erninents of the old world are pouring in upon
us IN the shape of communists, anarchists aud
nlhilists, and the streets of Chicago a few
years since ran red with the blood Of officers
murdered by these blOod-thirsty vretches
Fifth. Multitudes are coming to these shores
from the east who have no sympathy with our
free institutions and free schools, the pillars
on which the republic was built
Il am no alarmist and vet il is a oueetion de-
serving the attention of the phIlanthropist,
statesman and patriot TO how tar we can 60
incorporating into our body polite these dan
gerous and hostile elements 10 a republic
The experience of the Spanish, Mexican and
South American republics should admonish us
of the foes OF republic and that history re-
peats itself. Woe betide the day when our
free schools shall give place TO sectarias
schools.
THE BLUE AND THE GRAY.
"These men not only died for the Union but
they died for the cause Of liberty and human
ity throughout the world, for while in that
bastard rebel rag hung the revolving shadows
of slavery, Incidence founded on the cruel op-
pressiou of a race, a despot.sm that scoffed at
universal education aud bslnished free thought
and free speech beneath the flag of our coun-
try, for which these men died. gathered the
hope of the world. Our cause was the cause
of art science, freedom free thought free
speech and universal education. No wonder
we meet today to put flowers on the graves Of
these men.
Pray in what other country were traitors
ever allowed TO erect monuments TO perpetuste
and glorify treason and traitors. We may for
give the wrong, and great wrong il was, which
shed rivers of blood. filed the land with wld-
ows and orphans and wasted billions Of treas
ure; but let my right hand forget its cunning
and nv tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth
when L make patriots and traitors equal or
when fail 10 discern between the loyal soldiers
who periled and laid down their lives in the
defense OF their country and the traitors who
fought TO destroy il.
HOMAGE TO THE OLD FLAG.
In closing Mr.. Morse said:
Comrades, we have met today TO do homage
to the old flag, the flag whose azure blue, set
with stars, symbolizes the starry firmament OF