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.


was visited by the members of both houses
of Congress, and after looking over the field
under the guidance of Col. Batchelder, the
government historian, an address was listen
ed to from Senator Ingalls,, who said in sub
stance:
The high tide of the rebellion broke on this
field and along those rocky hills in flood 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-
talty equal to Marathon, Marston Moor and
Waterloo. 1t is thus that we 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 years since the hosts were mar
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 slimmers i'll its glory above them-the size
of the reiuvenated republic. 1t was host
without number welcomed with tumultuous
acclaim. The hosts of Grant, Sherman,
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 diShonOred 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 insolent
menace to count his slaves within the shadow of
Bunker Hill monument. Suppose the stars and
stripes had gone down in 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 free; 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 love and cherish Now in view OF
the occurrences OF the last two days, in
the extinct capital of the extinct Confeder-
acy, / wish to say few words. / have no de-
sire on this sacred occasion to revert to any
subject that Is inconsistent with the Selemnity
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 felt by our
adversaries is that in the Rebellion they failed
to succeed. Robert f. 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 and without reproach." Had Lee ad
hered to the sentiments expressed shortly be-
fore the Rebellion he would to-day have been
the foremost citizen OF this republic He was
offered the command of our armies. For twen-
ty-ffve years 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 causeleSs rebellion since the devil re-
belled against heayen. and yet in periuryr and in
violation of faith aud honor. On the day for
twenty-five years made sacred, those who pro-
good faith. selecting this occasion in ain the
other anniversaries of the 365 days OF the
year. with every augmentation Of inso-
example after which they should copy
a Confederate flag is placed in the hand OF Wash
g,,s+ a,ss.'c n,,at III, wonder II tE Mo should cry
alone knows which side was right. To ICON
the constitution of the United States the =.
thousands gave up their lives; wivss were wild
owed children orphaned, and yet one-haf OF the
rising generation is being taught that "God
s.rI,f
on hundreds of battlefields. Now the sun rises
on no master and sets on no slave. The
shame of the republic is washed out. Liberty Is
the law of the land, and yet ''God alone knows
which was right If we were not right, if na-
tionality is not better than secession then these
ceremonies are without significance The war
for the Union was the greatest crime OF the
full pugilsts who fight i'll the ring Tor the cham
pionship belt of the world. If they were not
right, national morality is fiction,
of the body polite This tendency of the South
must be resented. This is day of instruction,
a duty we owe the future that our relations to
that great conflict be understood and that our
dead did not die in vain. 1t Is not necessary to
disparage the bravery of adversaries, Let them
rear monuments to their dead and cherish their
worship their leaders; let them carry their stars
and bars. These are matters OF taste,
which they must decide for themselves.
the sun that would permit such transactions,
They are our countrymen, united to us by a
common heritage, so they say, but when they
Logan and Jackson were equal aud that God
alone knows which was right" it is sacrilege of
the vilest type and needs rebuke,
The senator was listened to with the great
est attention and frequently applauded.
MEMORIAL TO GARFIELD.
AT CLEVELAND, Ohio.-In the presence
of a vast multitude and with all the
pomp and ceremony, but albeit solemnity
betitting 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 of thousands that were
gathered upon the greensward of Lakeview
cemetery, there were many who had jour
neyodz from. for distant poipts to pay theiE
last tribute of respect to thesecond OF Amer
cas- presidents to meet his end by the bullet
of the assassin, Two-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
pathetic side to the picture,
the widow and children of him whom al
men had met to honor, looked down upon
the scene with mingled feelingsof pride and
sadness.
After grand proc essien and review, q
mastery oration was delivered by Ex-G
nor Cox, saying among other things.
His elevation TO the presidency was rather the
evidence OF his countymen's admiration of him
as q popular legislative leader, than a signiR.
cant part of his owR career. Cut off prema-
turely his administration had no opportunity to
carry out any large policy. The large grasp and
ability he had shown in every other part of his
life is sufficient warrant for our faith that it
would have been marked by broad statesman
that his work as o legislator should remain the
thing which will ever be distinctively his. Men
of all parties have united to build this memorial
and to place this statue upon its pedestal to
commemorate these virtues and these services.
Antagonisms are here forgotten Cynical carp
ping has no place mere. me go9o, tne @ great tne
abundant In him that out of them the young of
the coming generations may construct an
lrSsi Tss ON weakness sa the G l@tations the
imperfections incident 30 human ma
from yiew 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 oration was repeatedly punotuated
with applause, and at its conclusion Gen.
Cox was called again and again to the front
of the stand, The hallelujah chorus was
rendered by the choir, the audience joining.
Xxx President Hayes then presented Presi-
dent Harrison to the assemblage, and
another hearty welcome was given him.
He spoke with earnestnesS as follows
thank you most sipeegaly for this cordial
greeting, but shall not be betrayed by 1t into a
lengthy speech, The selection OF this day for
these EXERCISES, q day conseorated to the mem.
pry OF those who died that there might be one
flag If honor and authority in this republic is
most fitting. That one flag encircies us with les
folds to-day, the unrivaled object oI cur loyal
love. This monument. SO imposing and taste.
full, fttingly typi6ea the grand and
symmetrical character OF him IN
whose honor it has been huided. His
was pthe arduous greatness OF things done.s I
No friendly hands constructed and placed foa
his ambition ladder upon which he might
climb. His own brave hands framed and nailed