The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1896-06-04
MEMORIAL DAY.

The sun shown bright on this great
soldiers holiday, and bv 10 O'Clock many
farmers were here to help US celebrate.
The program as published in The Pho.
neer, was carried out to letter without
j hitch. No accident occurred to mar
tho pleasures of tho day, as those
present will long remember.
Promptly at 1890 o'clock the line was
drawn up on Steele avenue. in front of
the G. A. r. hall, where splendid rhotp
Of the post and band boys were taken.
The march to the cemetery, in the order
as published, according to the program,
was next. The procession was long
one, reaching from the Hope Boiler Mill
to the cemetery. After tho usual exer-
cisesat the graves, the crowd retsrned.
to town, and to dinner. Ate p. m., tho
town hall was filled to overt1owing-
crowed, like sardines in box-to hear
tho speaker of the day, Hon. L. B. Han.
ma. Of Page.
Commander II. S. Curry welcomed the
audience in behalf of the post, and iatro,
duced the speaker.
Mr.. Hanna spoke for about an hour in
4 manner never before heard, so say
many of his aduerirs. At any rate, his
address was not TO DO criticised. and we
reproduce it here, Or as much OF i: as
space will allow. He said:
MEMBERS OF THE GRAND ARMY Or THE
REPUBLIC, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN:
Fifteen years ago next month l came
to Dakota and settled about four miles
north of Hope. At that time there was
but little settlement here. and where
Hope now stands. there was only vacant
prairie.
All there was OF Hope was what was
known as the old Hope House. situated
about mile north Of here. and rcmona,
Der attending the first public service
there that was over held in Hope. 1t
was held by travelling minister, and
he used as his text the word Hope"
There were but a few to attend in those
days. wish he was here today to see
how the country here has grown and the
number that have turned out in honor
Of our Nations dead.
Today all over this broad land people
are meeting, as we are meeting here. to
show their respect, their love, and their
gratitude, to those who by their loyalty.
their bravery. and their patriotism, back
in the dark days from 81 to '65, fought,
suffered and died, that this Nation un-
devided, might live. Toduy all is bright
and beautiful around us. We see the
grain. and the grass. springing from the
ground. and giving rich promise Of the
harvest that is to come. We find our
young state mecca for many from fore
ign countries, and from the eastern stat.
es, who are attracted by the bright pros
poets OF this vigorous young common
wealth, and we give to each and every
stranger within our gates cordial wei.
come. No cloud of war hovers over to
dim, or mar, our happiness.
AS one people we stand today as one
of, if not the greatest Nation of the
globe. One people, one country. and one
flag: and that, the grand old stars and
stripes. An undivided country stretch.
ing from Manitoba on the north, to the
Gulf of Mexico on the south, and from
the rock bound coast of the Atlantic, tc
the placid waters of the Pacific.
A great Nation of over seventy mill
ions of people, and thank God they arc
free. Free schools, free speach, free
press, free ballot, and Nation of free
men and free women. And yet if we &c
back but a little over thirty years, We
find a great difference. You$od soldi
ers, aud many Of you here. remember the
dark and gle emy days before the freak
ing out of the civi! war. Those were
times when men knew not what the next
day had in store for this great Govern
ment. There had been rumbings ant
mutterlngs and murmcring of the storm
that was TO como.
Like the soughing of tho wind through
the tree tops before the breaking of tht
gale, and like the moaning of the WING
upon the ocean before the tempe st
With the election Of AhrEllam Lincoln
as president Of the United States the
came secession. In December 1860
South Carolina led off and Louisiana
Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi and Tax
as. passed ordinances Ct secession. o.
the 4th of March. 1861, Lincoln was in
apguratcd president of the Unite'
! frtea. sursuuulsd by troops for protec
tion, under General Scott. The use o