Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-06-25
HONOR THE DEADHEROES
Or. TALMACE BREACHES ON
DECORATION DAY.
Garlands 20 Sse Heroes OF tho North
and south. Hn'a 10 tho lierOines
ami Youn: Heroes who
Remained ut Home.

JUST what my toXt meant by the North
and south. cannot say. but in the United
States tho two words are 30 point blank in
their meaning that % one IA douo, They
moan more thaS Fact and West for al.
though between those 80 lest thsrs have
been riva!r" and disturbing ambitions
ana ,n'e!lclt'es .ne :'.v.' Bills and
Worlds Fair ssnssss.rsiss ihs:c have been
between thoM =" Astss:'es unlimbered, no
entertainments Ius, Of long III - OF sspul-
chral mounds Shresn W. II has never
been Mass2chusets Fsultee~'h regiment
against Wiscon.in Zouave': 1t has never
bccn Virginia Artl!ksry against Mississippi
Rifles. East and West ere distinct words
and sometimes may msal i vcrsity OF inter-
est, but there Is no blood on them. They
can be pronounced without any information
OF wailins and death-groar. But the North
and tho South are words that have been SUR
| charged with tragedies. They are words
which suggest that Tor forty years tho clouds
had been gathering for . four ysars' tempest
which thirty years ago burst into fury
that shook this planet as It has never been
| shaken since It swung out at the first world.
building. l thank God that the words
have lost some Of the Intensity which they
possessed three decades ago; that u vast
multitude OF Northern people have moved
South and vast multitude Of southern
people have moved North and
there have been intermarrages by the
ten thousand and Northern colonies
have married the daughters OF Southern
captains. and Texas rangers have united
for life with the daughters Of New York
apolitonists and their children are half
, Northern and half southern and altogether
patriotic. But North ana South are
words that need to be brought into still
| closer harmonization. | thought that now
when wo are half way between presiden-
ttal elections and sectional animosities arc
1t the lowest ebb, and now Just after .
presidential journey, whom our chief mag
tstrate, who was chiefly elected by the North,
has been cordially received at the South,
and now just sitter two memorial
days, one OF them month ago strew-
ing flowers OH southern graves and the
other yesterday strcwiny flowers Oh North
ern graves. it might 10 appropriate and
useful for me to preach sermon which
would twist two garlands, one for the
Northern dead and the other for the South
lrn dead, and have the two interlockcd in u
chain OF flowers that shall bind forever the
two sections into one; and who knows but
that this may he the day when the prophecy
Of the text, made in regard to the ancients
may he fulfilled in regard to this country
and the North give up its prejudices and
The South keep not back its confidence.
But before put these garlands on the
graves Imean to put them this morning. q
little while on the brows OF the living men
end yomcn Of the North and South. who
.ost husbands and sons and brothers during
the civil strife. There Is nothing more
soothin. to y wound than \ cool handage,
and these two .arlands are cool from the
night dew. What = morning that was on
the banks OF the Hudson and the Savannah
when the son was to start for the war! What
What heat t-breaks. Villa, charges to write
home often! What little kecpsakes put
away IN the knapsack or tho bundle that
was to he exchanged for the kmapsack The
crowd around the depot or steamboat land.
Ing shouted, bu: father and mother and
,stp criNI hn\ 70 4
seemed after they Went home and what an
l lWlully vacant chair there was at the
, Christmas and Thanksgiving table! And
, after tho battle. what waiting for news!
What suspense till the long lists Of killed
All All s,ons the wore penoo.cot o and
! renee and tho Ohio and the Oregon ana the
James and tho Albemarle and the Alabama
and the Mississippi and the Sacramento
great woe. Rachel weeping for her children
y and refusing to DO comfortcd because they
were not. The world has forgotten 1t, but
father and mother have not forgotten it
/ They may be now in the eighties or the
;, nlneties, but 1t is fresh wound and will III
ways remain fresh wound. Coming dowr
Q the steep OF years tho hands that wOlllC
O have stcatlied those tottcring steps have
been twenty-eight years folded into the La.
sleep. Tho childlessncss, the widowhood
the orphanage. who has = measuring. linz
Y long enough to tell the height Of 1t, tn
depth Of 1t. tho ininity OF 1t? What
mountain. what an Alps. what \ Himalayal
4 of pilcd.up agony Of bereavement in tn
= simple statement that three hundred thou
h sand men Of the North were slain and NV
< slsin. and hundreds OF thousands lon
l. Afterwards through the eXhaustions Their
q suffered, going down to death!
a l dctain from the top Of the tomb thes
two garlands that l am twisting for littl
II while that Imay with them sooth. the broy
o said: "Poor fellow! What II pity b
. should have been struck down." We di
. not. however. often enough say: "Poo
y father: Poor mother! Poor wife, POO
v child" and 50 l say 1t now. lave yo
% hundred. Of thousands OF young people y
l. tue North and the South have mover ha
u any chance: We who are fathers stand be
"a tween our children :and the worlt
>. We fight their battles, we pla
>. heir livelihood, we give them the az
" 'ics OF our superior years. Among til
;. richest blessings Of my life l thank Go
IS that my father lived to light my battles u,
IS I'll was old enough 10 light for mysel
1t Have you realized the fact that our civ
North and tho plantations of the South
D. multitude that no man can number, chi
in dren without fatherly help and protection
"a Under all the advantages which we had
~ fatherly guidance, what q struggle life h,
y been to the most Of us! But what of Il
le children, two and five and ten years of ag
| who stood at their mothers lap with grea
-, round, wondering eyes, hearing her res
" Of those who persisted in the battle of Il
Wilderness, ihel. father gone dow
amid tho dead host: Come, young men Or
women who by such disaster have had
mako your own way IN life, and will p,
10 the garland on your young and nnwrinkl,
I'd brow. Yes; you havo had your own Nj
~ vern Hill and you. own South Mounta
Or and your own Gettysburg all along the
d. twenty years. Come! And, II l cam
to spare Who'll. garland for your brow. Iw
no twist In your locks at least two flower
&c one crimson and one white, the crimson
90 the struggle OF your lie which has alme
at amounted to carnage, and the white for I
.. victory you have, yxspsd.
% Before I put tuS two garlands I {
twisting upon the NAsthern and souths
tombs, detatn the 09rlands . little VIII
that may put them upon the brow of
w living soldiers and sailors of the North !
ed South, who though In variance for . 10
n. while, are now ut peace and In hearty |,
" | AltV To thu limited Sfukaa Uovoruu,aut i.