Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-05-31

| tIeDelu; auu tuoy reIuomooH Woa euo
choking sobs, the fond embrace, the tear
dimmed eye, the loving kiss, ana, with
| quivering lips and aching hearts, the sad
| good. bye, as the young soldier left on the
| train for the war, there perhaps to seal
with his life's clood, as thousabds did, his
devotion and his love for the flag OF his
country. ~
remember as Of yesterday the beating
Of drums, the martial music, the waving
dag, the marching companies, the sad
farewells, the loud huzsas and the ringing
ing cheers, as the gallant First and Second
Rhode Island Regiments left for the front.
And remember very distinctly our brave
Slocum, Tower, Father Tom Quinn and
many of the heroes who went with them,
scores of whom gave up their young lives,
like Spartan heroes Of old, In the holy
cause of freedom, and many others who
survived the war, whom we all know very
we'll, have since died In the sere and yellow
leaf of life, honored and respected BY all.
Answered Their Last Roll-Can.
Thousands OF the brave boys In blue
have been mustered out by death, the
great destroyer of all. They have passed
from time to eternity, from the turmoil,
scrrows and struggles of this life, let US
hope, to the crowning giories OF happy
Immortality In heaven.
We no longer see their manly forms and
faces, or hear their once familiar voices In
this busy world Of ours; for they sleep be-
meath the grassy mound; and vet, although
dead, they shall I've forever In the CRATE
ful hearts OF patriotic people.
A Nation Knesls ut Liberty's Altar.
In theSe memorial services today all
forms of religion mingle and blend to-
gether into the one grand, sublime rellg-
ion OF the Fatherhood OF God and Brother.
hood of Man. Bigotry and prejudice have
taken wings and flown away; hate Is
turned into love, and charity Of feeling
fills every heart. The votaries of freedom
of every religious faith worships today at
Humanity's shrine. Catholic, Protestant
and Inidel kneel side by side at Liberty's
altar, AMI, glancing backward at our
country's historic and glorious past, all
breathe a silent, but fervent, heartfelt
prayer to Americas God of Battles over
the graves Of our illustrious dead.
To love, honor and cherish forever the
memory of the brave soldiers who SO gal
lantly responded to the bugle's call In '61
to save the Union, Ii the grateful duty of
every true son and daughter Of this beau
tiful land; and to proclaim and publish to
the world the grandeur OF their glorious
achievements In thu holy cause Of liberty,
| not only shows our grateful remembrance
| and appreciation OF their worth; but at
tho same time inspires Us with nobler
thoughts, and tends to make US better
men and better women.
A Fitting Tribute 10 the Patriot Dead.
| Uhok xa~do~ "a yoyino drkv o~A oh
how eminently fitting 1t Is for the sons and
ful spring time OF each recurring year, to
visit the resting places oftheir noble dead,
| and with loving hearts and gentle hands,
place wreath of laurel and immortelles
upon their graves! But we are told:
"There Is no deathi The stars go down
| To rise upon some fairer shore,
And bright In heavens iewelled crown,
rhey shine forever more"
"Theve 10 no deathi But angel forms
Walk o'er the earth with silent tresd;
They bear our best-loved things away,
And hen We call them deal"
A Testimonial From Loving and Grateful
| Hearts.
When tonight, my friends, our memo.
ries carry us back TO those dark and doutb-
full Gays that tried mems souls, to thvss
days of long marches, fatigue anc
suffering; to those days OF blood, carnage
and death, our hearts 90 out In love, ven.
Grafton and Thanksgiving to those brave
and true men who, amidst the smoke o
battle, the blaze Of victory or the darkness
of defeat, were ever found braveIy fighting
to carry onward and upward our glorious
banner OF freedom.
To the nations unselfish, noble and
heroic dead, we can only offer the testi
monials OF loving and grateful hearts
lis true, we can marx their resting placer
with marble and bronze, and cover thei
! graves with the sweet and beautiful flow
! ers OF May; but to my mind, the grandes
tribute OF respect and honor which WI
} can pay TO their memory IL the kindl,
treatment, the warmth of feeling and ten
l der care Of their living comrades In thei
I declining years.
sympathy and support For Nations DE
Tenders.
D To the comrades then OF the fallen le
gion; TO the soldiers of the Grand Arm
D OF the Republic who successfully carrie
aloft tie beautiful emblem OF our country
the glorious Stars and Stripes, throug
years OF war unparalleled I'm the history Q
the world, we cannot do too much honor
And great indeed should be our solicitud
for their welfare and happiness, In prac