St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-05-31

the pavilion. and around it were piled
the floral tributes. There were several
beautiful ones, and the odor or dying
violetS filled the air. The tributes were
hung upon The cross, and fairly hid the
green from view. The names of the
following dead were read of as the de-
signs were displayed TO the crowd:
Levi Bubler, Abraham Lincoln, Capt.
ID. w. George, William Downs, John A.
Rawlins, Gen. L. 5. Grant, Gen. Will
lam I. Sherman, DR.. Nj. {. Anderson,
James a. Garfield, W. r. Mcdonald,
William ii. Palm, l.. p. Piummer, Will
lam Tasker, Mrs. Butte. Harry and
JOSlyn Baker, William ThomsbOrough,
Admiral Porter, Gems. Sherman, Logan,
Sheridan and Custer, o. Z. Morton,
Comrade Arnold Brookings, Mrs. Eek
ert and George Lowe.
DIR. Samples Grafton.
The names of the donors were read off
at the same time. Aside from the above
names there were several beautiful de-
signs which were given TO the "un-
known dead" Owing TO the great
crowd only few of the people saw the
designs, but everybody was gOod-nat-
ured and no fault was found. for The
committee aid the very best it could.
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flowers DR.. Sample delivered his ora
ton, and. in spite of the lateness of tile
lateneSs of the hour, held his audience
through itall.
He said in the beginning that he who
stands in the immediate shadow of a great
pyramid, locking al scenes where distance
lends enchantmenL IS unable 10 form cor
reef opinion OF The greatness OF the object at
which he IS gazing. II is the same he said,
with periods III human history. and those
who stand in near proximity 10 them can
not realize The tall importance of occurring
events. Now that the great struggle between
the North and South is over, the importance
OF it and the result can be calmly contem-
plated and realized. The heroic age. said
DR.. Sample, commenced in 1881 with the
founding Of that great liberator by Garrison
and ended with The cessation of the
10 the rank of martyr. That was
essentially al age of heroes, though
America had always had her heroes. The
heroic era, be said, could only be formed
with grand Characters. cause, cost and con-
sequences. All these attributes were eXem-
plified i'll the Rebellion. lie desired bv no
means 10 remark anything that would be to
the encouragement OF the heroes OF the earlier
DAYS, when he referred to the heroic age, for
Washington. FRANKLIN and Thomas Paine
were ali great men. But the heroic epoch
was not the Revolutionary epoch. nor the
Purltanical era. Ii had its beginning with
the great IperatOr, ana continued 10 Inc lime
when the last gun was fired and the great
civil struggle was over
The world, said DR.. Sample, had known Of
fifteen great battles among them Marathon
Saratoga, Waterloo ana the one in which
Joan of Arc defeated the English. But in all
the list the greatest was the battle of Getiys-
burg. from The fact that ii meant and SYM
bCliZed more Than any that preceded il.
We must hot look, continued the speak
er. upon the sleeping dead NEE saviors
Of our country and the emancipators of
slaves The result of their victories was
more and greater than these. 1t was the ex-
ultatlon as well as the salvation of the coun-
try. II was the uplifting of the country,
not only i'll the emancipation of the slaves,
but i'll the rearing of liberty herself. The
monument which now stands in Paris TO
mark the fall of the dreaded BaStile. can
also stand for the Grand Army Ii stands
for the upliftment of the country, through
the creation of human liberty"
lie spoke of the many heroes who had died
foremost among whom were Lincoln. Gar
rison. Martyr LOVejoy, Charles Sumner. John
Brown, Theodore Parker. Henry Ward
Beecher. James a. Garfield, Gen. Grant and
Cen Logan.
We have John 4. Logan 10 thank for our
memorial day. said he. He was the
founder of it, and there Is not another cOun-
try III the world that has a dav like it. En-
gland has enshrined Waterloo in her history,
and France Is proud OF her AusterlitZ but
none have Memorial day. Therefore let
US preserve ii. Let it be forever sacred TO US.