The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-11-15

N"N uHNpHtcu ta1h ul uelcHulnS tHetF country. Such a giving up of self. and
 such n surrender of all for the good of all, Illustrates the highest phase of hu- man character. They were not hire lins soldiers, who stood by the flag. the Union, our country and it's destiny, they were men of high resolve, of great hearts of set purpose. heroes every one as truly Rs those who have wrought their names in the high places of our history, To-day with peaceful sur roundlngs. with quiet lives and a uni- ted country, for whose prosperity and glory all are anxious, with no spcck of war in the distance. no rancor or trou- ble In our hearts, We cannot under stand it The American soldier must always remain the study and the mys- tdry of mankind. He was faithful, obedient, self-sacrhclng. heroic, grand. War is always far-rcachlng In It's results. but no result of the war was grander or more enduring than teaching mankind the true character of American citizens CIlzcnshIp means more to us and 10 mankind. be- cause of t!;e magnificent qualities de- Veloped In our volunteer soldier. The standard of humanity Is higher to-day the world over as q consequence of the transformation of the peaceful citizen Into the heroic soldier. Liberty and freedom have always found such de- lenders, but none more worthy of praise and the admiration of man. kind.
 Proceeding, Senator Platt spoke of the fast thinning ranks of the vete- rans of the civil war, and of the na- tons strong sense of indebtedness to the men who fought for the flag.
 The nation to-day erects monuments which proclaim the praise lt bestows on the men of the revolution, which mark It's heroic battle fields. The states have already begun the work of erecting monuments which shall speak to all the future of the worth and de- votion of the men who went out from the states to save the nation: and more and more as time goes on will granite shaft and bronze statue voice the na- tlon's appreciation of the patriotic de- votion of its defenders. We erect monuments not to the living, but to the dead; a century from now the state and nation will stAl be seeking some way in which to testify an increasing regard for the men who saved the Un- ion from dissolution, who made it's flag one flag. and its boundaries to encom- pass one, only one country, Heroism, achievement, sacrifice are the grand frutage of humanity, worthy of all honor but grander yet and worthy of supreme honor is patriotism. The great significance of this day and oc- casion is that the living patriotism of our state honors the dead patriots who rest here forever, and honors not only them but their comrades and brothers who to-day in this sacred presence, in this still resting place of the dead mourn them as fallen companions and dearly herishedHassociates I firmly believe that no, patriotic impulse was ever wasted or forgotten, but lives on to swell forever that love of freedom and country and of ancestors which shall at last redeem mankind from all bondage and usher in the day of uni
 
 comrades were in the highest sense of the word, patriots, and patriots grave can nesas< lose it's power. Known or unkhS{sn, marked or un- marked, neglected 4or tenderly cared for, there comes from it an inspiration subtle and unseefr which nerves the living to devotion And duty Men may achieve greatness in many walks of life. Costly monuments or splendid mausoleums may mark their resting place. but, the patriots unmarked grave has a power which no other grave can ever equal. It is akin to the power of an endless life.
 Yet to you and tDme who knew these departed ones in, life, how different the emotions Every grave wakens train of sleeping memofies and revives in your mind the scenes through which you passed, the associations which you enjoyed, the trials which you shared You can trace your regimental history, your soldier life as it was taken step by step with the men whose inanimate bodies rest here. You enlisted with them. You learned your soldierly du- ties in the same camp of instruction. You performed with them the routine work of army life. You camped and | bivouacked with them. With them | you marched and fought, with them | you endured sickness and pain. In a | word you were Comrades" Is there | a term in all our language which sig niaes so much of manly regard. of un- selfish friendship, as that same word | ''comrade?" Around it must cluster the dearest recollections of life, the sweetest experience of friendship, the most vivid and thrilling emotions ever known. Life was no sweeter to you than to them But if your fate had been to battle with the unseen foe, dis ease, you would have fought the bat tie as bravely and succumbed as un- when conquered.
 Other regiments may mark with their monuments positions on battle fields where their comrades met the en-. smy in fierce and deadly struggle, to retain their position and beat the enc my, back from the field These your comrades battled with the death an- gel on a field which they would have gladly abandoned, but from which here was no retreat; their struggle in- tolved no passion, none of the accesso- ies of battle strife bore them up, no word of command, no cheer of com 'ades, no bugle note, no drum, no Jound of cannon or rattle of nlusketry 0 lift them out of themselves and in