Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-31


speak, think, reason. hope, love; to have q
mother, co have wife, to have children: tc
have the light, and all at once, in the space
OF shout, In less than minute, to sink
crushed. not to be able to catch hold of any
thing, to feel ones sword useless: men be-
meath one; horses above one: to struggle in
vain, to stifie, TO yeh, to wrIthe; to be be-
meath and say to ones sell: But just a little
while ago l was a living man."
Not more sudden, not more awful was the
destruction of the Imperial Guard, which
rode to death in the road of Ohain than was
the massacre OF our nations heroic defend
ers in the 'front.' of that memorable wall at
the foot OF Marye's unas5ailable heights.
Then speaking of the fight the brave men
of the South made in their misguided
heroism on the battlefield of Gettysburg he
referred to Lee and said:
Who will doubt that rs that calm, expe-
rienced soldier witnessed the bloody repufse
of Pickett's desperate attack, as he saw the
return of his broken fragments from q fruit
less charge, as he viewed the thinned and
shattered ranks OF his proud army. as he
contemplated disasters of that awful day
who will doubt that mid all the surround
inGs, and overwhelmed with the silent and
solemn thoughts which crowded upon him
in the calm darkness that succeeded the
shock of bate, he realized the hopelessness
OF his cause and saw foreshadowed the end
at AppomattoX.
Coming events cast their shadows before
Country Wholly Free.
In the fullness of time the end came
Through the loyalty, vaIor, suffering, sacri-
flee and final triumph of the Union soldiers
our country was saved. In the sunlight of
her restored peace We saw country not
half, but wholly free. In the shock of the
mighty conflict the letters had been stricken
from the limbs of four millions of an en-
slaved people. Those who iad for 80 years
r or fhnr1 hon NJ a -,&l,
faces in the dust looked upward toward
God. For them a new day had dawned To
those who had been in the darkness light
had come. Around the loyal, faithful, de-
voted black man of the Republic Liberty,,had
at last thrown her protecting shield. A
country saved, q race made free! Worth all
the suffering, worth all the sacrifice, worth
all the blood and tears.
By its baptism of blood our country has
been made dearer than ever before to the
American people. Reaching from every
hearthstone to some patriotic grave there is
an unseen tie which binds the living to the
dead. Around us and above us there is
hoverlng mighty army of invisible heroes
whose influence is felt by all the people OF
this nation. They inspire us to higher,
nobler motives and more disinterested
love of country. Thus the dead still speak
to us, They speak to you and they speak to
me. They speak to their children, and
through them will act on coming genera
tions till time shall be no more
Yes, these honored dead still live. They
live in the hearts of their coun untrvmen; they
live in the affections of free people; they
live in the monuments that have been
reared; they live in the archives of q great
nation. In a thousand cemeteries on every
battlefield of the Republic. upon every
mountain and by the Side OF every river the
dust of heroes and martyrs is waiting the
morn. Until the mountains
shall waste away, until the rivers shall cease
to flow, will their memories be kept green
by the honors of an affectionate people.
the flowers are reverently strewn on this
Memorial Day, will grow the richer harvest
of the nation in all the years to come.
Tho Pi'i!ess Scythe of Time
Ofthe 3S0,0O0 brave men who went out from
this great Sta te to defend our flag but
few remain. Those whom the havoc of war
spared are one by one falling before the piti
less scythe OF Time. The ranks are swelling
on the other side. The tents of Il mighty
host are pitched on the other shore By
and by the last member of the Grand ARMY
of the Union will be gathered to the great
OIL the immortal heiy hts As
the SHOWS gather and the shadows lengthen
may peace and happiness encircle the
of every soldier of the Union.
Their monument is reared, not in marble
not in brass to be crumbled to dust by the
ravages of time, but in q redeemed country.
in re-established republic destined to en-,
dure under the providence OF God until time
shall be no more.
In the East End burial grounds as much
patriotism was displayed. The parade
formed at $3.50 A. NJ on Collins avenue
with the right resting on Penn avenue, Nc.
Post, III, G. A R. in the lead.
Then followed Company F, Fourteenth
Regiment, as an escort. Then followed the
carriages. The parade then moved to
Homewood Cemetery, where the ritual
services of the G. A. R. were read in the
presence of the largest assemblape ever
known in that cemetery on anv Memorial |
Day. The programme there was as fol- |
ows:
Services at Homewood Cemetery.
Prayer, Rev. c. V. Wilson. D. D.; "Decors.
ion Day." Post III, G. A. r. Choir; reading |
.eneral orders, &. q. Walters; selection. |
Post liz, q. A. L. Band; Post Commanders |
Lddress, j. &. Matthews; Memorial Dov
)de," Post liz, G. A. X. Choir; selection. Post |
II, G. A. II. Band. Formal placing of |
flowers: Violets, Comrade L. S. Houghton:
Iaisies, Comrade II. p. Krebs; geraniums. |
,omrade J. q. klineieltcr; white flowers.
:. v: wilson, D. D.; On! On. Brief
|. Choir; selection, Post liz. 6. A. 4. Band;
alutin9 the dead, Company y, Fourteenth
,egiment \. q. p; bencdiction, Rev. Do |
Witt Benfani.
Rev. r. W. Russell In his address spoke
Z the cost oi the war and its results aud |
aid:
Tho smile ~ peace has nIlen on the deso.
ate1 pafts. Trade nnd commerce have re- l
moved ttucca of disaster. 40 that even 4
thero really NHs a waT ~ VI these nsnr
rles are hui visions 81 q truuhled nlahI
ferhaps wrong The soldier 10 suggest