The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1891-06-04
Memorial DAY Observance

Arson, X ~ a.. y l.Au-ALNus AlAtHH'
j Rov. L. C. Lyon. bingham, Hon. :. J.
Walton Fairfield, w. /. Parsons, ESQ
Madison, ley. X. +. Johonnet; Norridge-
wuck, Msj +. clifford Beleher; Pittsllcld,
Rev. J. II. Little; Skowhegsn, l.. p. COT
i'm, Esq, ST. Adams, Gen. j. y. Cilley
New Portland Hon A. h. 7. kuowlton.
The exercises were successfully carried
out in Skowhegan in every particular.
The ladies of Russell Post Relief Corps
on Friday aud Saturday forenoon met
and provided an ample supply of
wreathes and boulse,s, which were
placed on the stage in coburu Hall and
upon conclusion Of the services they
were placed in the hands OF com
raJes vino bore them TO the cemeteries
and placed them upon the graves Of com
radps marked BY miniature flags.
The exercises at the hall consisted of :
healing Of orders by Adjutant Sawyer
brief remarks by Commander Withee,
prayer by Chaplain Whtcomp, singing OF
three selections by the quartette com
posed of Messrs. Smiley ami Sturteyant.
Mrs. Emery and Mrs Hawes, Grafton by
+. p. Coffin, Esq.
At the conclusion of the exercises 10 the
hall the column formed under direction
of Gen. Isaac Dyer. consisting Of Com
pany +. The Steamer Company; Hook
and Ladder Company; Hose Company;
Russell Post q A. X Comrades in Car
riages; Citizens in Carriages.
The music for the occasion was fur
nisheI by Skowhegan Drum Corps, :
pieces and hla of mounted police pre-
ceded the column aud another followed IT,
The day was somewhat threatening but
just sufficient rain fell to prevent dust
and make the day comfortable on the
march and in the hall
The hall was well filled and the Gem
eteries were also visited by large num-
Der OF citizens during the decoration Ger.
emonies and later in the afternoon.
The exercises In the hall were brief but
Impressive and the able and comprehen-
sive grafton was closely followed and re
ceiyeu great favor by the members OF the
post and the audience generally. At its
close Gen. Dyer moved vote of thanks
to the speaker which was passed by a
rising vote. Mr.. Colin also received
many personal congratulations because
of the excellency of his a iiress, of which
we give the foil owing abstract:
From the foundation Of the world, pro gress
has gone hand and hand with pain; develop
ment and death have been twin brothers. He
who rules the universe and shapes the destinies
OF men and of nations does not regard pain and
death as evils to be avoided, int only as incl-
dents o. life, necessary elements Of high acliey-
ment. Men have learned Ia look upon them in
the same ll.ht and in every great crisis Of race
OF nation there have been found noble souls who
were willing to meet pain or death, II by SO do
ing they might transmit to their children a
higher and purer and nobler national life than
they had themselves enjoyed.
On this day set apart by grateful Republic
in memory of the Loble army Of martyrs who
sacrificed their lives III our great national cri-
sis, it is fitting that we recount the results Of
their struggles, and remind ourselves Of the du-
ties we owe TO the institutions they SO heroic
ally defended.
The true ann and legitimate result of every
great national movement is not primarily the
bringing about Of conditions, bat the establish
ing Of principles.
Three great truths or principles were forever
settled in the of the Rebellion.
Fust, That the Federal Union is something
sacred and permanent.
Second, That every mans personal liberty
il something sacred and inv0able. The in
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that "all men born free" when there wree
thousands Of slaves in the land can no longer be
imputed to the people of this country. But the
abolition Of slavery was only one manifestation
OF the spirit Of liberty that in 1868 threw off the
letters Of custom and tradition. The achiev-
ment of that mighty reform opened the way for
the broad huinanites OF this time, which were
impossible 50 long as our people brutal
ized by the degrading spectacles Of lnhumanity
daily offered by slavery.
Third, The absolute equality Of all men in
civil and political rights. The triumph of this
doctrine has not been complete as that of
the other principles. As long women are
elassod in the same political category with In
dans and paupers and idiots, we have no right
to boast that We have reached the name of civ
ili2atlOn.
The duties that lie before us are sugge sted
by the dangers that attend the Republic
1t is true of the body polite as OF the natural
body, that the same forces that sustain life may
brc1mc the most no,rnt avpnc;es for ;ts dos,
uucton. Our voters when intelligent aud led
by pure and patriotic men, are the very bull
wark Of our liberties; but when ignorant or
corrupted may be "A source Of the gray, st dan
ger. Our public servants, WHEN honest and
hu, when sordid and ven,l ihpy arc sn nav,
y.rnniras sncL,ng i,s yery hear;,. Hood A..
the lahorers If The na,inn VIM are its rar.
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agognes or snarting unde, ya,,,,s ss,sa -,
wrnnu throw aside ,he i,mnIo,nen,s nf neanoni
industrv and ra,cbing mn ,nrch n, honn,h H.,
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inst;tn,ons that thev will anprecia,e ,ho ho 0u
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service Tho oroa, ohs,ani au' r"'iy 'me WV.
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oncstions If Tho day ,nd doea,vns 10 NI n'ius