Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1891-06-04

| and South are better kscwn ia realm, celes.
| tial tnan ter. est isl. With what interest
we visit the place OF our birth and of our
boyhoOI or gIrihool days! And have the de-
parted no interest IN this world where they
were born and rams, m ID and where they
suffered and triumphcdy NV Bible does not
positively say senior does my catechsm teach
=, but my common sense declares it. The
departed do know. and the hammered pro-
'rssion that marched tho earth yesterday to
Northern graves and tn hammered process
ION that m lrched a month ago TO South
ern graves were accompanied by two
grander though invisible professions that
walked the air, PROFESSIONS OF the assembled,
professions Of tho martyred. process, lions OF
the So nted and they heard the anthems OF
the churches and The salvo Of the batteries,
aud they stopped down to breathe the in
cense OF the flowers. These august throngs
gathered this morning in these
paws and aisles and corridors
ana ga laries are insignificant
compared with the mightier thrOngs of
heaven who mingle in lhis service which
we render TO God and our country while
we twist the two garandS Hail spirits
multitudinous! Hall spirits blest! Hail
martyrcd ones come down from the Kings
palaces! How glad we are that you have
come back again. Take this Kiss OF well
come and these garltndS OF Renaissance,
We who languishcd in hospitals or went
down under the thunders and tho light
nings OF Fredericksburg and Cold Harder
and Murfreesboro and Corint,. and York.
town aud above the clouds on Lookout
Mountain.
Among the thousands Of gatherings at
the North and at the South for Decoration
Days, | am conscious that This service is
unique and that II is the only one in which |
there has been twisted two Garands one |
for the grave Of the Northern dead aud the
other for the grave OF the southern dead |
o, Lord God OF the American Union, is II !
time that we buy forever our old grud2es? |
My My. Can we not lie al peace on earth |
when this moment in heaven dwell in per. |
feet love, Ulysses ;. Grant and Robert r. |
Lee, William 7. Sherman and Stoncwall |
Jockson, an tens OF thousands OF North I'm |
aud Southern men who though they once |
looked askancc ut eacL other from the OPP
positc banks OF the Pot &c anil the Chick |
adOminy and the James an the Tennessee,
now are on the same side of the River,
keeping jubilee WITH some OF thOs3 old |
angels who ner nineteen centuries ago |
e; m down one CHRISTMAS night to chant
over Bethlehem: GLORY to God in the
highest; on earth peace, good W II 10 men,
And now hand over the two girlands,
both OF which are wet with mlny tears
tears OF widowhood and orphanigc and
chllalessne,s, tears otsuffering and tears OF
gratitude, and rs the ceremony must be
p 'rformed in symI oil, there not being
enough flowers t" cover all til, graves, take
the one garland to tie tomb Of some North.
ern soldier who NAV Yesterday have been
omitted in the distribution OF the sacrament
of flowers, and the other grland TO ihi
tDmb Of some Southern soldier, who may,
Il month ago, have been omitted In tho
distribution OF the sacrament OF the flow
crs and put both the wreaths gently down
over the hearts that have ceased to beat.
God bless the two garlandsl God saws the
United States of America!