Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-05-31
ANNAPOLIS. MD. FRIDAY. MAY 81, 1895.
DECORATION DAY.
Commemorating the Graves Of the Tslue
and the GRAY

i anu tne GRAY.
i Decoration Day was duly observed
here in a patriotic manner by Meade
| and Sheridan POste. q. A. r., and Up
ton Camp, Sons of Veterans, and other
organizations. The professions formed
at one and one-thirtv O'Clock respective
| ly, and marched to the different cemete-
ries, preceded by bands of music and
drum and fife corps, where the ceremo-
nies were held. The Admiral Rowan
| Naval Veterans Association took in the
Naval Cemetery and Meade and Sheri-
dan Posts, G.. A. r., that of the Nation
al or Soldiers Cemetery, where the fol-
lowing services took place:
l. G. A. r. Services by Alex. Evans,
Commander.
2. Prayer, by Rev. John Edwards. of
Wesley Chapel Church.
3. Singing, by quartette.
4. Grafton, by Hon. Robert Moss.
5. Chorus, by Public School Cadets.
| 8. Patriotic songs, by quartette.
Z. Strewing of flowers by the Sons of
| Veterans and G. A. II.
s. Saluting the dead by detachment OF
| Governors Guards
/ 8. Poem, by Mr.. Busch.
10. Benediction. Taps.
Orations were delivered at both ceme-
teries. Rear-Admiral Ammen made
the address for the Naval Veterans at
the Naval Cemetery and Senator Robert
Moss at the National or Soldiers Gene
terry for the G.. A. r. Posts. 1t was n
noteworthy feature of the speeches in
that, while all the orators paid proper
tribute to the defenders of the Union,
they, at the same time, remembered the
gallant men who wore the gray. These
sentiments were heartily applauded by
all present.
Rear Admiral Ammen, in the course
| of his remarks said: "Let us remem-
Der that our individual merits, in great
degree, are purely geographical. Had
we been located where many of our rela-
| tives were, and they had our surround
ings, our actions and efforts would have
| been reversed with very few exceptions.
AS uttered by Lincoln thirty years ago:
"With malice toward none, with chari-
| ty for all, with firmness in the right, as
| God gives us to see the right Such
| We claim we did. Why should we deny
| to those who fought against US their ex-
| pressions and convictions of right from
their point of view? In the language of
Lincoln, the war decided "that this ma
tion under God shall have new birth
| of freedom, and that government of the
people by the people, for the people,
shall not perish from the earth.
Grafton by Senator Moss.
Under the direction of Meade Post, G.
A. r., and by their special Invitation,
Senator Moos was invited to deliver the
oration at the National Cemetery. The
following Is Mr. Moss' address.
"Mr. Commander, Gentlemen of the
Grand Army of the Republic, and the
several societies celebrating this day /:
/ thank you for the privilege of address
ing you According to your annual Gus
TOM you have assembled. amid the hom-
age OF grateful people, to decorate the
! graves of the dead hosts OF the grandest
army of recorded time. The time Ia
auspicious. After the storms and TEN.
pests of severe winter, amid the
flowers .and joys .of Spring, to call a
halt In the routine OF every day life and
devote one day In the year to the remem
brance of those who fought and fell in
the Civil war. is u duty and a pleasure
to all patriotic citizens.
/ can not speak to day as one of you.
cannot partake of. or know the feeling
that actuated the brave men who fought
on either side, for / was unsor when
Abraham Lincoln was first inaugurated,
and In my cradle when the star of the
Confederacy set foreverat Appomattox
| Yet, as one belonging to the younger
generation of our citizens, hope / can.
In some small measure, at least. appre-
ciate the. magnitude of that struggle and
help TO do homage to the numberless
dead, who fought ard died. that the
union might live. Unhappily for our
free institutions and our republican form
of government. there are few people
In our midst who are disposed to sneer
at these celebrations, which they declare
tend to keep alive the memories OF that
bitter struggle; but the great masses of
our sixty million people are loyal to the
great Cause for which you fought, aud
for whIck those, filing these graves,
died.
This nation cannot afford to forget
those who fought, and bled, and died
that II might live. To do so, 1t would
have to blot out the grandest pages of
its history, and tear down the army
foundation stones upon which the liber-
ty of men, and our republican form of
government rests. In my devotion to
the cause of the union ! do not yield one
jot or title of my sincere admiration, for
the thousands of brave men who fought
| lot the cause OF the OOnIcueTaCy. l0ey
met you on the field of battle, and amid
the carnage Of shot and shell. you learn
ed their worth. Our country is better,
dearer to the hearts of the people since
this war was fought. Human slavery
has been abolished. Human liberty
means the same. from the pine forests of
Maine, TO the everglades of Florida
The battle for the liberty OF races and
creeds, has gone on. until the institution
of human slavery has been driven from
our continent, and freedom is the rally
ing CRY of the age. Nay, morel 1t wends
its way TO the East, and through the
forests and over the plains of darkest
Africa, the banner of liberty Is pressing
braverly on. Tho union OF States means
more since the war. 1t is now not only
union of States, but union of hearts,
and hands and brains, working for the
common glory and happiness Of all
A student Of history can. easily, upon .
map OF our nation, draw the lines OF the
old South end the old North, but let him
undertake. with the aid OF map of the
World. TO circumscribe that portion OF
the human race, which love our form Of
government. and which desires the pro
lection of the Stars and Stripes.
Starting with the Eastern extremity ol
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