St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-05-31

eTs, lTlOuto TO the emO OF OHkuOWu
Dead on Southern Battletields," next
occurred. During this ceremony the
big cross was laden down with floral
offerings from the various g. A. r.
posts and relief corps. The address of
the day was delivered by Prof. W. w.
Folwtll, of the state university. 1t was
a masterful address. The remainder of
the programme consisted of music and a
benedictlon by Rev. Pillsbury. During
his address. Prof. tolwell said:
THE ADDRESS OF THE DAY.
ut Is Memorial day. Its observance
dates from the very close Of the war OF
the Shareholders rebellion. Recognize
ing what was more han a local custom
and responding to a general call. Gen.
John A. Logan. then commander-in-
chief of the Grand Army of the
Republic. issued early In the year 1868
an order designating the S0th OF May as
Memorial day.
"For almost a human generation the
good custom has been kept. Today, as
in the years that have passed, the posts
of the &. A. r. have marched to the
resting places of the dead and laid
thereon their annual tributes of frag-
rance and bloom upon the green graves
of comrades. This is the grand army's
Memorial day, but it Is more than that,
Is it not? Why else are the courts OF
justice closed? Why stands the pillow
II the factory shut and the marts OF
trade silent? Why for many millions
of children In many states is there no
school today? Was it merely out Of
Difference for a few thousand grlZzled
veterans that the state of Minnesota
gave this 90th day of May a place i'll her
choice list of full legal holidays besides
her 4th of July and the 22d of February?
"TO mark a day by suspending in
dustry, closing the schools, shutting the
public offices and temples of justice Is a
great and extraordinary distinction. fit
to celebrate ONE fact or event of uni
versal or perennial interest. 1t is a
costly and imposing tribute to some ma
jeStic name or cause dear to a whole
people.
This is a day OH which a whole peo-
pie, forgetting their accustomed voca-
lions and avOcations, some actively and
some paSSiyely, celebrate the preServa-
ton and final triumph of national union.
TO praise the patriotic dead. whose
graves their surviving comrades have
again bestrewn. because by their deaths
they kept the Union whole. Was that
worth their while? Was the Union
worth to US OF to humanity SO many
lives, 81 NdSG u Sull VI NCdllL, dtlus
what is more. the suffering II anguish
which accompanied the loss, beyond
human powers to number and value? l
do not propose 10 answer this question,
because it Is Il which will entirely
disappear in that view of the subject
which | desire to open to you.
Let no optimistic visions OF general
peace and plenty blind our ayes to pres
ent facts and future dangers not pleas
ant to look upon. Production is stand.
ing still, and there is general omner
cial ana industrial stagnation.
"These phenomena are but the pres
ent development of a general socio-
economic labor problem, which, like a
great devil fish, envelOps great societies
ami states. But economic causes of dis
quietude we must not OPEN"
The speaker then discussed the ques-
ton of capital and labor. the inequality
of fortune and the present financial
decrepltuue, and expressed the hope
that existing evils would be remedied
in the near future.
Drifting into a discussion of two po-
litical questions, upon whose treatment
and solution he said the prosperity and
happiness of the people greatly de-
pended, he spoke upon population and
the evils of unrestricted immigration.
He advocated more vigilance at the
gates of immigration, and thought that
if this was observed it would obviate
industrial distress in the future. Re-
ferring to the colored population, he
said:
But what of that cloud vast and dark
which looms to the south? Does it bear
l!te-giving moisture and health, or are
the tornado and hurricane brewing in
it? Eight million, descended from a
duSky ancestry, unwilling pilgrims to a
land of the free, raped from their homes
and transported beyond unknown seas
by our Godly but thrifty forefathers.
Amalgamation. Impossible and against
nature. These people dwell with us as
an alien race, aud under most adverse
conditions they multiply at a rate which
is alarming. May heaven grant to the
pale faces grace to be just and merciful
to the race they have SO deeply Wrouged.
To the red man, wild but free, incapable
of entering the lists of civilization, we
need only wave a sad adieu as he passes
off the stage.
The other political danger to which
| ask your attention is one which grows
out of the very power, greatness and
glory of the nation, namely-the drift
of the modern world toward the forma-
ton of great states. Shall people in
tio SoditlASo ooREAV ohl1 ny IIlS
tolerance of their powerful neigllbors.
Only great people in great countries can
bear the vast expense, and support the
style of modern fashionable national
circles. Small states may be happy and
free, but only great nations can be
glorious and strong. There is a prin-
ciple which has been invoked by patri-
OTIS and philosophers In many ages to
avert the apparently inevitable tyranny
of great consolidated uuitary states. the
principle of federation. If that cannot
preserve liberty i'll such states there is
small hope"
In closing the speaker said: "As we
are closing the days solemn rites in
memory of our brave and hOuUred conf
radeS who fell by our sides III the war
for the natlonal Union, a contrast rises
to my view. AT the outset of the strug-
gle, when the national party was rising
in its righteous ferocitY on every hand,
how easily it was to be a patriot-how
easy to fling kisses to the sWeethearts or
bride, and leap to the saddle for a
glorious raid on the foe. 1t is not so
easy in these dull days, when patriot
ism has to he a little pumped up and
warmed over, and the duty of the hour
how to mend bad laws, circumyent
deuiagogueS, and get honest men into
office. An unromantic task is this: no
gold lace, no brass escutcheons, or other
glittering military embellishments, but
a stupid, shutting, disorganized tramp
from a lost battle. But no matter how
dull it may seem, this civic duty must
still be done, and by none more gladly
than by you, my grizzled veterans. who
once and again offered your lives for the
country. which today forgets not your
DEVOTION"
AT III CEMETERIES.
The ceremonies at Lakewood were
characterized by much simplicity and
beauty. The mem bers of the Grand
Army posts and their friends arrived
early. and the sacred duty of decorating
the graves was commenced.
After fragrant blossoms had been
strewn Oh the mounds of the silent SOL
diers, the soldiers assembled on the G..
A. r. lot, where the funeral exercises