The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-05-31
THE G. A. R. PARADE.
Red, White and Blue in the Streets.
Mr.. Winfield's Grafton.

ington and through the various streets of
the city. 1t was participated in by pla-
toon of police, under command of
Inspector Lang; Henry Wilson Post
No. 13, G. A. r.. under command of
Daniel f. Shea; the John A. Logan
Camp, Sons Of Veterans, and next the
G.. Van Houten Post No. 8, G. A. r., I'M
der command of E. Sands, followed by
carriages and wagons OF flowers to deco
rate the graves Of their departed COM
rades.
At the corner of Sixth and Erie streets
the veterans were joined by Lady Lincoln
Circle, G. A. R., and a number of school
girls, dressed in white, wearing caps and
q profusion of red, white and blue ribbon
They were followed by some of the chill
dren from Snake Hill and by school boys
of this city
The paraoers separated at the corner Of
Jersey and Newark avenues. Wilson
children going to the cemetery on New
ark avenue, where the memorial exer-
cises were gone through and an address
delivered by Major Peloubet after
which they visited the Catholic ceme-
teries.
VAN HoUTEN POST.
Van Houten Post went to New York
Bay Cemetery, where they were greeted
by upwards of one thousand five hundred
people. The exercises here were very inn
pressive. First the veterans visited the
city plot, where there were funeral
a salute, followed by benediction.
The Post was then divided into four
squads, who decorated the graves. They
then had dinner in Metropolitan Hall, on
Ocean avenue. After dinner they
marched to the Grand Army plot, where
m ,noti for nf f11o 5ax
took place. These consisted of q funeral
march, address dy Commander Sands,
song, prayer by the chaplain, G. p.
Knoeller, Grafton by Charles FL. Win
field, salute to the dead, song, MY
Country, 'Tis of Thee" benediction and
the last camp call,
The Grafton of Mr. Winfield was an ad-
mirable effort. 1t was listened to with
attention. 1t spoke of the significance
of the day and of the homage due those
who fought for the Union and those who
fought for separation. "Twine then the
they are peace offerings in this great
temple of liberty to the brave and the
true who fought for principle" said the
speaker. He then referred to the frater-
nifty of those living.
He spoke Of the doubts which existed
as to the stability of our country at the
adoption of the Constitution and OF the
different questions which caused discus
sion in its early years. He referred to the
withdrawal of Representatives and
Senators from Congress and the forna-
tion of the Confederate government at
Montgomery, and the struggle which fol :
lowed. He said
-1 Oar whole history was iHStinetively v
against the party of discord, for all that
we hoped for as people depended upon
the maintenance of the Union, and as in
all such contests, sooner or later right
must wiz, SO it triumphed here.
"A few years more aud the only sad
sign of the conflict will be found in the
graveyard and on the page of history.
Let us hope that even the passions of
that hour will by and bye die out. With
the soldier who fought they died out long
ago; but with the doughty politician,
brave among towards and coward
among braves, they become more intense
as the years go by.
"Are there at this present day no live
questions to be answered that we must
continually lament the evils which beset
the land before the flood? Are there no
wrongs to rightf No evils 20 redressa
Do all our people understand
the duties of citizenship so thor
oughly that nothing remains to
be done in that line? Liste for mo-
ment, and let us reason together. 1t can
not have escaped your attention that the
Declaration of Independence teaches the
doctrine, that governments derives its
just powers from the consent Of the
governed?
"That consent Of the governed should
be an intelligent consent"
TO THE IMMIGRANTS.
The speaker then referred to the estab
liShmenu of schools for the instruction of
the people in the rights and duties of cit.s
izenship. He then spoke of the concep-
tion of liberty by those who come to these
shores from foreign countries, and who,
ty, soon become followers ofdemagogues, of
socialists and anarchists. He went on
But the government comes to this
citizen rs to every oCher and says to
him:--l have clothed you with CITIZEN
ship; in your rights have made you
equal to every other citizen; have given
you an equal voice with every other citi-
zen in the maintenance or overthrow of
this Republic; must, therefore, insist
that you shall understand the oh
legations you are under to use your power
only for the good of all You have no
right TO submit yourself to the guidance
OF demagognes, socialists aud anarchists,
for they all are enemies OF the people,
The road to honors and wealth lies
before you as broad and straight
and level as for any
other man. Industry, economy, intelll-
gence and uprightness will lead you to
success. These are your true friends.
Depend on them and on yourself and you
will succeed as well in your private affairs
as in your relation to the State,
and understand fully how to
discharge the duties Of citizenship
Hence the Stste should see to it that
every citizen is taught TO reverence the
law, aud to regard it as the only protec-
ton Of his right to life, liberty and prop
erty; taught to embrace and comprehend
in all its length and breadth the principle
of equal rights within the law; taught to
understand the duty he owes to every
other citizen and to the Republic.
PRESENT DANGER.
j s'Now can 1t be said" Mr.. Winfield
went on, .that our government rests on
the consent OF the governed, If that con-
sent is corrupt? How long can the gov
ernment exist il this corruption becomes
general, or adopted by even the majority
Of the voters? We may safely DEFY the
world in arms, open foes internal Orsex-
ternal, but who without fear and trem-
bling, can contemplate such corruption
creeping into the ballot box? Public
disorders, riots and instructions natu-
rally follow the debasing practice. Even
good men may accustom themselves to
contemplate with complacency the COM
ing of some strong man who shall take
the re1ns of government In his own hands
and deliver them from the body of such a
DEATH We are not without an example,
Plutrarch says that IN Rome, just before
Cesar put his foot on her liberties all
ranks of men were SO corrupted THAI ta-
bIes were publicly set out, upon which