The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1891-06-03
MEMORIAL DAY.

peaTance of the 5. OF V. would be an nom
or to any place, while the W. r. G. was
not in the least outdone. The Oldest
soldier in Ohio, Mr.. S. Reed, father
of Mrs. w. r. Wean, was present.
The officer in charge was Commander D.
T. Haskell A little Uefore 2 o'clock the
line formed in front of the opera honse'
1t was as follows; S. of v, g. A, H.
'clergymcn in carriage drawn by four
white holses, citizens. The line was lead
by the Junior band playing dirge writ
len lor the occasion. Both cemeteries
were visited and the line returned to the
opera house, where the address OF the day
was delivered
The following IS the programme lst'
decorating graves at the west cemetery
End, prayer by Rev. W. Leet. 3rd, deco
rating graves at the south cemetery. 4th,
PRAYER by Rev. S. s. McGill. 9TH, at the
opera house, song, by scholars from U
Grammar 9th, prayer by Rev, A. u
Wall. 7th, song by the Arion male quar-.
tette. Sth, address by Rev W. L. Barton.
9th, song, America. 10Th, benediction by
Rev. w. L, Barton.
A good representation were present at
the address and TO say that Mr.. Barton
delivered it, is equivalent to saying that
il was we'll done. We regret that we
have room for only few of the thoughts.
The whole address deserves publication
To the number of our national holidays
we have added one of late years strangely
different from all the rest. II is day of
sad memories interviewer with suhdued
10y and sacred pride and loving recoIlec-
tion. II is a day that re7iyes within the
memory of some OF us, the sense OF great
loss, rendered less keen by the lapse OF
time, and yet ever present with us, 1t is
day that briggs to mind great national
gain purchased at countless cost In treas
ure and in blood. When the observance
of this day began our grief was too recent
10 admit Of any, other thought thar that OF
mourning. But this could not, and ought
not to remain forever thus. II Is well
that now We consider other matters than
our sorrows alone: that we consider
thoughts Of our unicn's present glory, and
present needs, and the incubation OF pat
rotism and loyalty to duty. Still, as we
remember the work that has been done to
make our nation what i, is. sorrow NUT
continue 70 mnplu in our thoughts
We remember today the greatness OF
men whom God raised up To save a
nation and to overthrow oppression. 1t
took the war 10 secure the abolition of
that which had .beeD..considered IRON the
beginning Of our history curse. When
God saw this purpose accomplished blood
ceased to llow and the war cloud lifted,
nd the echoes of the guns died away.
The war paid because II established I've
fore the world that the nation would i'm
Deril It's very existence to be free and to
have all men free. The sacrifice the war
involved was not too much 10 give II its
result be apparent in the freedom and
purity and righteousness of our nation.
The war was necessary chastisement for
the North, only less than the South. For
decades our naliCn, North and South, had
temporized and neglected duty, till war
was Gods last effort to right gigantic
wrong. In 1900, every state had slaves
but Massachusetts,, and some Northern
states had more than some Southern ones,
NswYork had moro than either Ken
>tucky or Tennessee. IL is not pleasant
to conjecture how far conditions would
have been reversed had cotton been profit.
able North and lot South. Nor was all
the Northern opposition to abolition
ancient history Fewer years before than
this Is after the outbreak Of the war,
New Haven refused to allow the estab-
lshment OF a colored school; and Pru.
dence Crandall was imprisoned for teach.
ing colored girls in another Connecticut
town. Within the same period the.rap-
pans were assailed 10 New York, and
Garrison was mobbed in Boston, and
Lovejoy was killed in Illinois. When we
remember how much the North was to
blame, we shall be charitable toward the
South. The Missouri Compromise made
many uncompromising enemies Of the ex-
tension OF slavery; the Mexican war an
nexed more free sentiment on the North
than slave territory on the South; the
Fugitive Slave Law made whole states
anti.slaverY; the John Brown raid showed
us the snomily Of a free democracy dom.
mated by slave oligarchy; but it took
the war TO make the North demand
and the South ipermit, the abolition OF
slavery. -l---I---1 j $sat-
II should be perpetual warningito the
nation 70 shirk no moral tissue, but settle
all questions promptly and permanently
by the ballot while opportunity remains.
We must not forever tight oyer the battles
of the past Other weighty questions re-
main TO be settled The most important
ones are not commercial but moral ques.
tions-the restrictive and ultimate sup
preston Of the liquor traffic; the relation
Of our public schools TO matters Of nation
al and religious interest; the protection
of our institutions from the aggressons OF
forajop nowers ana Influences. The re-