The herald., 1893-05-31

ments of glory must be crowded with
eager and happy faces to witness the
pageant transpiring in our country to-
day; millions of people turning aside
from the busy cares of life, and solemnly
| dedicating this one to the memory OF the
patriot dead
This custom ia not original with us.
In the best days of republican Greece
Solon had law passed making it the
duty of the state to give public funeral
to those who fell contending for her
sacred laws; and some Of the sublimest
periods that ever fell from mortal lips
can be found in the orations of Plato,
| Pericles and Demosthenes, pronounced
in honor OF her fallen warriors, before
the assembled multitudes of Greece.
But feel certain that language is in
adequate to properly declare the virtues
of those who have given up their lives
in the cause of human liberty. The
heart can always feel more than the
tongue can express. And 80, on this oc-
casion, when l remember the 300, 600
noble men who went down in death to
preserve the life of the nation, stand
mute and dumb before a spectacle 30
awful, 80 sublime.
In the vicissitudes that have attended
upon the rise and fall of nations, think
it but just and logical to conclude that
there has been consistent purpose, an
Ineligible design to bring the human
family to those higher and better condi-
tions that accord with the noblest aspi-
rations of the human soul.
Without this brought before the mind,
history presents an unsolved enigma
that takes away the last hope OF human
ity and let's down upon us q moonless
and starless night. With it, though
the way may have seemed long and the
path devious, still our feet may stand
upon the solid rock of assurance that in
Gods good time the nations of the earth
shall rest upon the broad platform of
tice and oppression cease in all the
earth.
Let US briefly consider the cause in
which you, my comrades, fought, and
for which these brethren died, that we
may in some degree appreciate their
sacrifices"
The orator then reviewed the history
OF the government OF the United States,
its establishment upon the basis of the
equal and inalienable rights of man.
He spoke of the gaze OF the world being
upon the struggling colonies; the hope
of down trodden humanity, and the high
rank il took among the nations OF the
earth under the guidance of Washing
ton, Hamilton, Jefferson, Jay, Adams,
Madison and their compatriots.
Then, turning to the rebellion, Judge
Smith said that there can be but one
opinion in our day as to the cause of the
war, ard that was slavery. In referring
to it he did 80 in no spirit of acrimony.
The history is made up, he eontended,
and the books closed. All are now
brethren, rejoicing in common coun-
try and q common prosperity. State
lines have been obliterated. 30 far as
patriotism is concerned, and we know
no north, no south, no east, no west, but
the United States of America, majestic
in her outspreading territory, un-
bounded in her multiplied resources,
grand in her manhood, standing at the
head of the great procession of nations
and leading them all to those higher
consummstions awaiting restored hui
msnity.
The orator reviewed the familiar his.
tory OF the legislation upon the ques-
tion of slavery and the events that led
up to the war at some length, giving q
clear and eloquent description of the
bursting of the mighty conAagratien of
war that swept the country. He also
especially gave an outline OF the lead
| ing events of the rebellion, and in an in
| teresting manner referred TO the heroes
of the republic, mentioning the names
of the soldiers. whose glory will never
fade. Finally, after alluding to ths
great leaders, the orator said
Sand the private soldier, who carried
the knapsacks, ate the hard tack, per-
formed the marches, fought the battles
/ 80 ha l1lf nd
lie in heaps in unmarked graves all over
the South. Here, too, we mako the
comparisons. They were all soldiers of
the republic, and though their names
may be forgotten, and they will be, and
no monument marks their last resting
| place, their deeds are the cause in
which they fell, will be remembered
and revered, while governments shall
endure. But beyond and above all
earthly fame con fame's eternal camp
! ing ground" in the land of shadows,
where the tears, the sighs, the sacrifices
OF the faithful here, are gathered up in
crowns of glory and placed upon the
brows of those who have fought the
great battles of humanity, we believe,
and fondly hope, are these our fallen
comrades today.
The winds are signing mournfully
through the trees that overhang their
sleeping dust. The sunshine and the
storm, winters cold, and the opening
flowers of spring time are all unheeded
by them. The weary marches, the
sleepless nights in open field, in rain
and sleet and snow, the racking pains in
hospital, with wounds and sickness, the
pangs of hunger and waiting death in
southern prisons, the horrors OF the
battlefield, all these are part of great
unwritten history, buried with them in
their graves, there to remain until the
sea gives up its dead"
Commenting still further on the glory
of the private soldier, Judge Smith
wound up mis- eloquent address by pre-
dieting for the republic glorious life
go long as the patriotismfof the people
is alive.
This closed the exercises, and after
the singing of America, benediction by
Chaplain Holloway, and "taps" by
Comrade Thomas, Memorial day SER
vices for 1898 were finished.
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