The Red Cloud chief., 1891-06-12

meas OF b SNOW crystal And ] Do ~
are which you put 0ves tie northern
grave and which Jon put ovsr IL
southern grave.
Does anyone say: whist = Tie usOa
None Of them viii know Il; your dsee-
ration days both sides Mason nd Dig
on's line arc . great waste Of Aowen.
All! ] go you have carried too far -
idea thss praise for the living = bseaGe
than praise for the departed W.
says that the dead do not know Il ~
nowen7 / think they do. Ths dsol
IRE moi dead The body sleep but IL
soul lives and Ii unhindered No tvo
cities On Garth nv In such rspid and
constant communication o. earth and
Heaven, and the two decoration days Of
north and south are better known IN
realms celestial than terrestrial With
Whist interest we visit the place II our
birth and of our boyhood Or girihood
days! And have the departed no inter
est in this world where they were born
and rAnsomed and where they suffered
and trinmphed? Ny Bite does not
positively say 10. nor docs my cate
chism teach II, but my common senses
declares It.
The departed do know. and the ban
1ered procession that marched the
earth yesterday 70 northern graves and
q month ago To southern graves, wers
accompanied by two grsnder though
invisible professions that walked the
air, professions Of the assembled, pro-
cessions Of the sainted; and they heard
the anthems Of the churches and the
salvo Of the batteries and they
stopped down TO breathe the In
cense Of the nowen These su-
gust throngs gathered this morning
in these pews and aisles and cor
ridors and galleries. are Insignificant
compared with the mightier thrungs Of
Heaven who mingle in this service
which we render 70 God and our coun-
try while we twist the two garlaDdA
Hail spirits multitudinous! Hail spirits
blest! Hail martyred ones come down
from the Kings palaces! How glad we
are that you have come back again.
Take this kiss of welcome and these
garlxnds of "reminiscences, ye who Ian
guished In hospitals or went down un-
der the thunders and the lightnings Of
Fredericksburg and Cold Harbor and
Murfreesboro and Corinth and York.
town and above the clouds on Lookout
mountain.
Among the thousands Of gatherings
at the north and at the south for decor
alton days ! am conscious that this ser.
vice is unique aud that it Is the only
one in which there has been twisted
two garlands, one for the grave of the
northern dead and the other for the
grave of the southern dead. O. Lord
God of the American union, is II not
time that we bury forever our old
grudges? My! My! Can we not be 1t
peace on earth when this moment In
Heaven dwell in perfect love Ulysses s
Grant and Robert +. Lee, william T.
Sherman and Stone wall jackson and
tens Of thousands Of northern and
southern men who, though once looked
askance at each other from the oppo-
site banks OF the Potomac and the
Chickshominy and the James and the
Tennessee, now are on the same side Of
the river, keeping jubilee with some Of
those old angels who neal nineteen sen
turtles ago came down one Christmas
night to chant over Bethlehem: Glory
TO God in the highest; on earth peace.
good will to mem"
have been waiting for some years
for someone else to twist the two gar
lands hat I to-day twist but, no IN
doing it. in the love Of God and my
couatry ] put now my hand TO the
work. and next spring about this time,
il I am living and well. l will twist two
more garlands for northern and south
ern graves and every springtimc until
man or woman whom l may have
cheered a little in the struggle Of this
life shall come out and put . pansy 9
on my w grave But IL the time
ever come when this and shall
he given over 10 sectional rsncos
and dcmagogism. and the north and
or east and west shall forget
what the good God built this nation
for, and il shall halt on its high career
Of righteousness and liberty and peace.
and become the agent Of tyranny and
and oppression, then let some
young man whom / have baptized in
infancy at these affairs go out to Green.
wood and scoop mp my lust and scatter
it To the four winds of heaven, for I do
not want To sleep. and ] will not sleep
in n land accursed with sectionalism or
oppression.
And now I hand over the two gar
lands. both Of which are wet with
many tears, tears Of widowhood and
and childlessness, tean Of
and tears of gratitude, and -
ceremony must he performed in
symbol. there not being enough flowers
10 cover all the graves, take the one
to the tomb Of some north. |
ern soldier who may yesterday have
been omitted 10 the distribution
81 the sacrament of flowers and
other garland to the tomb of
some southern soldier. who may,
month ago. have been omitted In the
Of the sacrament Of the |
and put both the wrcaths gent-
down over the hearts that have
ceased % beat God bless the Two gar
iands! God save the United States Of |