The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-06-03
Memorial Services,

The Methodist church was filled to its
utmost capacity Sunday evening on the oc
casion of the memorial services being held,
and the exercises were very impressive.
Over the pulpit and altar was large Amer.
ican flag, which hung pendant from a wire.
At 7 o'clock the members Of James w.
Nesmith post, g. a. r met at fraternity
hall, and In full uniform marched in body
to the church They we're accompanied by
the w. R. c. wearing appropriate badges.
The services opened, as usually, with sing
ing, repeating the Apostles creed. and
prayer, and appropriately closed by the rem
dition of America, the congregation joining
with considerable spirit and fervor. The
pulpit was occupied by the different minis
ters in the city. Rev. Cephas Clapp. OF Port
land, and Mr.. Ralph o. Bates.
Rev..John Whistler, pastor of the Metho-
dist church, delivered the sermon, and it
was one of the most eloquent addresses the
occasion ever called forth IN The Dalles.
Having been In the armv and lost an arm
on a southern battlefield his words appeared
to have come from the heart and to have
been uttered with an honesty and integrity
of purpose. Taking his text. or more prop
erly the motto of his discourse, from Ro-
mans xiii:l-''Let every soul submit to the
Al,
was the necessary assimilation of all elements
for the perpetuity of republican government.
There must be an intelligent obedience to
law and faith and patriotism in and for
free institutions in the heart of every citi.
zen. This is the corner stone upon which
alone this fabric of government can securely
rest. After dwelling on this for a few
minutes, he addressed his remarks to the
members of the G. A. R. and related many 4
pathetic "reminiscences of the great struggle.
Those who constituted the soldiers of the
federal and confederate forces were not
from the lowest dregs of the population, but
able walks of every day life. These were
men who understood for what they fought,
and who were willing to make sacrifices for |
principles. But while the men are entitled |
to praise for heroism on battleields and pa
tient suffering in hospitals, American wo
men also merIted lasting remembrance. In |
the fever wards, field hospitals, or wher. |
ever gentle mlnisJrations were needed for |
he sir cuf Al L. ze
were not remiss In the line of duty. They |
were no less patriots than their fathers,
husbands and brothers, who stood in the
ranks to be ''stormed at by shot and SHE'LL"
The nations loss, the speaker sail, was In
men, more than 10000; in money over
So 500 600, 900, and in sorrow, groans and |
tears, unutterable and unreasonable. OF |
the dead, 1915 are buried in natlopal
cemeteries, of whom 60,O7O are unknown,
and III .679 sleep in private cemeteries and
in unmarked and unknown graves. MI. |
Whistler then gave the definition OF govern
ment and of republican government in
it Is and how constituted.
There is great danger from those who
come here and exercise the duties of cIti.
zenship without comprehensive knowledge
of our institutions. Education, he said,
was the basis Of equitable government and
this should be widely disseminated by the
most available means. A strict guardian
ship must be kept of the elective franchise,
and foreigners should understand the instl.
tutions they are sworn to support. Dema.
zogues could not exercise the influence they
10 If voters were intelligent. The destruc.
ion of demagogism ana red.handed anarch.
sm will accomplish the assimilation of the
principles of republican government. Fidel-