St. Landry democrat., 1891-06-27
old. Both garland, arc fragrant. Bob

| cola. DOtn garlands arc fragrant. 30
have In them tho sunshine and the show Q r
werc mixed by him who mixed the blue
OF the sky and tho gold OF ths
sunset and the green OF tho grass and this
whltenees OF the snow crystal. And 1 da
! not care which you put over the North"rN
grave and which over the Southern gr-va
Does any one say: "What ia the use? None
Of them will know it; your DECORATOR
Days both sides Mason and Dixon. line art
! n great waste OF flowers" All! soc YOU
| have carried too far my idea that praise fot
the living is better than praise for the do
! arted. Who says that the dead do moi,
dead are not dead. The body sleeps but
| the soul liveS and is unhindered. No tive
! cities on earth are In such rapid and CON
| slant cOmmun icatlOn rs earth and heaven
| and the two great Decoration Days OF NORTH
and South are bcttf known In realms ce.cs
tlal tnan ttr.est ial. Vita what interest
we visit the place OF our birth and Of oul
borhcoi or glrihood days! And have the de-
parted no interest in tins world where they
| were born and ransom d and where the y
suffered and triumphec: Ny Bible does
p positively say &c, nor does my catechism teuc
but my common Sense declares it. The
departed do know. and As hammered pro.
ression that marched the earth yesterday le
n 'tlhcrn .laves and III, hammered prnrc..
on that M 'rcned a month ago 10 South.
crn graics were accompanied by Two
grandcr though Invisible procc>slnnA that
walked the air. PROFESSIONS Of tn" 2.'- ""'.
PROFESSIONS of the martyred. prurnx i"u. Il
the sRnted; and they heard the 4nthrlu> OF
tho churches and tho salvO Of the b.. t irs,
AND they stopped down to brealhe the IN.
ccnse OF the flowers. These august lhrol:a
gathered this morning in lhe.a
p'ws and sislcs and corridors
ana ga larles ar' iEslsnlIr nj
n igI,
heaven who minglo In this service whlc,
we render 10 Got and our country whllo
we twist tho two garlHnds. Hail spirits
muttitulinoux. Hail spirits bcst! Hail
mar'yred ones come down from the Kings
palaces! How glad we are that you lave
come back again. Take this kiss OF vel
come and these garlandS of "Reminiscences.
We who lanxushcd in hoxpitaIs or wen,
down under the thunders and the light
nings OF Fredericksburg and Cold HarhcR
and Murfreesboro and Corinth and York.
town and above tho clouds on Lookout
Mountain.
Among n" t',ousNnds Of gatherings
and at the South for Decoration
Days, | AN conscious that this service is
unique and that 1t il the only onH III WHEEL,
there has been twisted two gxrIunus, ono
for the grave Of the EortaeEn dead and tn q |
other for the grave Of tho Southern dead,
U, Lord God OF the American Union. Ia II
time that we bnry forever our old grudxes:
My! My! Can We not no at peace on earth
W hen this moment In heaven dwell In per. !
feet love, Ulysses 5. Grant and Robert T.. |
Lee, William r. Sherman and S,oncwa!l
Jackson, an tens OF thousands OF Northern
aud Southern men who though they once
looked askance 1T oach other from tho op-
posite banks of tho Potom4c AMI thu Chick.
ahominy and the James an | the Tennessee,
now are on this same sta OF the River,
keeping jubilee with soma OF thos. old
angels who noAr nineteen centuries Syo
c: m' down one Christma. night to chsnt
over Bethlehem: "Glory to God in tho
highest; on earth peace. good W Ii TO men,"
And now l hand over the two garlands,
both OF which arc wet with many tears,
tears OF widnwhood ard orphanag. and
ch'lhlcssnoss, t'ars OF suffering and ts4rs OF
ALTITUDE, and rs tho ceremony must ho
Performed In tvml oil, there nut /. Il
enough flowers tn cover all The graves tnko
the ono garland to tho tomb Of aoms n. rth-
crn soldier who may yesterday have hren
omitted In the distribution OF the sacrament
OF flowers. and the ether g.rl.nl to III.
'mb Of some Southern soldier. who may.
a month ago, have been omitted IN tho
i .sribution OF the sacrament Of tho flow.
-rs and put both the wroAths gently down
over the he 'rts that HAYS ceased to boat.
God bless tho two garlandsl God save tho
United States of America!