The morning call., 1894-05-31

International conflicts which might other
wise have been fought in war"
The reverend orator referred in a happy
way to the solicitation of Northern and
Southern interests through the marriages
between Northern and Southern people.
He said that it needed only the marriage
OF Yankee girl 10 a Mississippi man. or
vice versa. 10 bring forth children who
would have to be split with the sword, as
Solomon once proposed. before the old
question between the North and South
could be revived. He said that the hardest
thing in the world to split was a cradle.
These and all of the good points made by
the speaker were loudly applauded. The
scene was the most enthusiastic ever wit
messed in Festival Hall.
The concluding perOration was the best
massage in the celebrated dlviDe's address.
frequently interrupted by an enthusiastic
audience, DR.. Talmage gave the following
finishing touches TO his Grafton:
DARIUS and AerxeS saw no such hosts as
those that marched in our three great
armies of the Potomac, Tennessee and
Georgia. Those ancient rulers fought for
fame; these were the heroes of the Union.
Passing In silence, yet | heard in every
step the thunder of conflict through which
they had waded, and seemed to see drip
ping from their smoke-blacSened flags
the blood OF our country's martyrs. For
two days we sat and watched the filing of
brigade, division after division. host after
host. rank beyond rank, ever moving, ever
passing, marching, marching, tramp,
tramp, tramp.
These fought in the Wilderness; those
rode IN lightning stirrups Dehin0 Sheri-
dan. These men were at Chattanooga;
those stood on Lookout Mountain. These
followed their captain from Atlanta TO
the sea. holding the same flag. lifting the
same sword. marching. marching. tramp,
tramp, tramDl Thousands after thou
sands, battery front. arms shouldered,
columns solid, shoulder to shoulder, wheel
to wheel, charger to Charger, nostril to
nOstril. commanders on horses with
names entwined with roses and uecks
enchanted with garlandS, fractions
at he shouts that ran along the line.
increasing from the clappng of children
clothed in white standing on the steps OF
the Capitol, to the tum ultuouS vociferation
of 100000 emancipated people crying
'huZZa! huZZaP
Cleaning mnsketS. laundering parks of
artillery, r1mbling pontoOn wagons, am
balances from whose wheels seemed TO
sound out the groans of the crushed and
the dying whom they had carried. These
men came from 6almy Minnesota, those
from Illinois prairies; these were often
hummed to sleep by the pines of Oregon,
those were New England lumbermen :;
these from the Golden Gate of the Pacific
and those came out of the coal shafts of
Pennsylvania. Side by side. in one great
cause cOnsecrated, through fire and storm
and darkness, brothers in peril on their
way home from Charlottesville, and
kennesaw Mountain, and FTedericks burg.
10 lines that seemed infinite they
passed along. We gaZed and wept and
wandered, lifting mp our eyes To see if the
end had come. But mol Looking from
one end OF that loag avenue to the other
we see them yet, in silent column, battery
front, host beside hos, wheel to wheel,
charger To charger, nOstril to nOstril COM
ing as it were from under the Capitol.
Forward Forward! Their bayOnets
caught iG the sun, glimmer and flash and
blaze till they seem like one long river of
silver, ever and anon changed into river
Of fire. No end to the procession. no rest
for the eyes. We avert our heads from the
scene. but still we hear it.
Marching, marching, tramp, tramp
But hush Uncover every headl Here
they pass, the remnant of men of a full
regiment. Silencei
"Widowhood and orphanage look on
and wiring their hands. Uncover every
head! But wheel into the ranks all We
people, north, south, east. west all dec
AIDES, all centuries, ali millenniums. For
ward the whole line. HuZza! Huzza!'
In spite of the drilling rain the process
sion of floats in honor of Decoration day
made the circuit OF the grand central
court, accompanied by military escort
from Angel Island. Colonel Shafter was
in command, with Lieutenant Saunders
and Lieutenant Wilcox as aids. In com
maDd of the battalion were Captain f de
l.. Darlington and Lieutenant Ferris.
Cassasa's Exposition band marched at
the head Of the first division of floats COM
prising: Washington Crossing the Della
ware" "A Tribute to the Dead" Far
ragut's Flagship" angels Of Peace"
Heroes of War" and Cadets and
Marines"
The Mexican band furnished music for
the second division. in which were six
other floats. as follows: THE Surrender
of Vera Cruz" Lees Surrender to
Grant," "rhe Battle of Big Tree"
Growing the Victors." Soldiers Re
turn" and the Ambulance Float"
All OF the floats made good appearance
and those manned by children were loudly
cheered as they passed the Administration
building. Owing to the unfavorable
weather the evening parade was not held.