Evening journal., 1893-05-30
HONORlNG THE DEAD
Continued from First Page.

could for you. Not an eye that looked
on that scene was dry and yet they were
rough and rugged men familiar with
hardships, dangers and death In a
thousand shapes
"It is said, There is no passage in the
history Of this war, which for years TO
come will be more honorably mentioned
and gratefully remembered than the de-
meanor on the ninth day of April, 1865,
of General Grant to General Lee His
bearing and that of the officers about
him, was the perfection of delicate
courtesy and real greatness to fallen
foe. Some of you veterans perchance
were there that day eye witnesses of
that surrender. Memory TO day paints
on the canvas of your life the panorama
of all your soldier acts. And you now
In these few brief moments are living
them all over again. We may dwell no
longer on this day as one of memory.
Let us turn to the most engaging Of the
characteristics of this day.
The Day OF Hope.
at is the day of Hope. Whatever It
may be as a day of flowers, or sadness,
and OF memory; as day Of hope It has
pre- eminent significance. For nearly
100 years our national slogan, All men
are born free and equal, had been
sounded along the line OF the nations of
the earth, and yet all that time gnawine
at the national vitals, was the cancer OF
human slavery, that national lie that
blotted out the universal truth that we
had proclaimed. Oar brainiest men, our
broadcast statesmen, our subtlsst poll
ticians had ia vain sought 10 harmonizs
the irrepressibls conflict expressed in
these two conditions. The r suit was
only to infame mems passions and SOW
broadcast the seeds of sectional hate. II
seemed in the providence of God that
this great scourge could only pass away
in dsluge of blood and In the great
upheaval of the nation.
The Nations blot wiped Out.
"The chRsm rent in the land of freedom
by human slavery was not TO be closed by
one nor by a thousand full armed warriors.
Eight hundred and fifty thousand Of our
dead were hurled into its jaws, and un-
told millions Of property wasted and con-
sumed. Our country lost three millions
Of her people before peace sandsled in
liberty, supported by justice and truth,
could cross on the bridge of human
bodies and treasures thus spanning the
chasm. But out of that baptism Of
blood our people rose to a grander con
ception of their mission. Other wars
had been formative, waged in the vigor Of
the nations youth, this was concerning,
waged in the strength and perfeetion Of
her manhood. II wiped out the one blot
on the nations escutcheon, human
slavery.
Lessen Taught BY the War.
1T taught both sections, North and
South, that manhood knew no sectional
lines, but was common product of this
young people; this unique blending of
the blood of the best nations of the Old
World. II taught us to respect each
other.
The Leaders OF the Nation.
"It taught us that these sister states,
born in the forest, cFadled in the hard
est struggles of pioneer life. nursed oi
liberty and chosen Of God, in the bend
of union, were to be the leaders oi
nations; not sundersd In warning frag
ments, but cemented in the enduring
bonds of national life. II taught all our
people to revere anew the Gag Of our
country and all it sym 6olizes-life
liberty and the pursuit of happiness with
the least possible abatement Of indi
vidual rights-no flag ever foatec
over ship, citadel or hssrthston'
that meant so much, and expressed such
possibilities of human hope in its con
tinuance as the Stars and Stripes, oui
national emblem. We have not onll
raised it at the mast head of our vessel
in every sea, and over every military en-
campment, but it now floats over ever,
sehoolhouse in the land. II the war hat
only revived an undying love for the fal
Of our country, it would be much, bu
when we look at the results just detailed
we realize that we have been purified a
with fire and have had a new nations
birth.
"The storm purifes and sweetens the
air we breathe The wreckage left behind
marks its path and power. From thi
great national storm has emerged a NOR
hereto American manhood Its wreckag
invokes this day of flowers, sadness an,
memory. It's grand results light ,up tn
future with hopes choicest fruitage O
national greatness aud possibilities. Who
shall measure the strides Of ithe youn
giant, thus stripped Of every weight an,
moving on the line Of human hOpe un
fettered, clothed with the powe
of freedom, and aiming a
highest human development Your wor
is nearly done. Every year your thin
ner ranks mark the approaching en-
of your earthly labor; but remember
those labors have made this day th
day of the nations Hope. These boys an
girls, young men, and young women wh
have Joined you in this memorial sci
vice, will take up the thread Of lif
and the work of national developmeu
where you have left it. and will cheris
in the years to come the hope of huma
triumph which your lives have mad
possible. They viii see to It that tn
United States are ever in the van of tn
nations of the earth. In their keepin
it may be sung of America as Campbe
did of Britannia.
America needs no bulwark
: No towers along the steep,
4 Her march is o'er the mountain waves
! Her home is on the deep
Leading all peoples in the arts
peace, her missions will not be ende
until the nations forget war and lear
peace:
4 TIL dangers troubled night depart
I And the star OF peace return
Flags and Bunting Conspicuous
a Nearly all the buildings on Mark
/. street and many of the principle stree
4 Al. a.