Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-06-01
In Memoriam.

your Honor the Mayor, Veterans,
Friends Countrymen:
With utmost pleasure l oiler my nun, III
hla services for this glorious duty. o.
day is vour dav veterans and we are all
pilerims to the mausoleum OF nation
| honored dead. National honor ana rev
erence have decreed that one dav III
every wear shall be set apart IN when
the whole nation shall pay loving tribute
10 her dead heroes. Throughout Ems
broad land today, millions OF grateiu u
citizens are cheriShing the memory Oh
Union redeemed by the living heroes ahu
these who sleep in their graves Loving
hands strew their resting place WIN
flowers: in song and praise the mishty
chorus of the nations gratitude rises III
glowing anthems. awakening hoetts d'a
! freedom from their inmost realms ol
soul. and echoes back from the portals
| Of Nj Vernon's tomb and the beloved
grave of Abraham Lincoln.
In terms of love and honor your duty
and your patriotism are sung ny oiatpi
and statesman. by poet and historian;
No less kindly every man, woman anu
| child how in reverence as they look upon
the SCARED. aged bodies of their beloved
heroes. Old age receives blessing "nei-
ever she may be. but. doubly SO win VIII.
graced with heroic services; ne Srs =,
Of a soldier always kindles admiration ~
| every heart and when we look upon yer
| Grams who are heroes of many patti.s
| who have suffered their hardships anu
| priyations. we are moved TO syihPa,hs
| The little child in it's mother arms GA -
,,is hands in childish glee the mother
| eyes are filed with tears OF loNe ~
| pride and the fathers heart thrills "i'ii
| LOYALTY and patriotism. 4ho
| INC busy factories of industry the
| 80, host of Americas laborers have
| ceased their toll ITO pay you reverence
| th,e fireside teens with stories OF wa
| the duty of today lends a sadness TO INC
| scene and. as | look into the races "
these here. today, | read IN ,ie,' q '''i'
| expression of love ana auorh'ioh.
Win slow. martial footsteps you Jour
| new to the graves of your coiIiraues'
| Your thoughts. your feelings reVSit ~
| scenes of camp. of march anu VI -, -,
| vour hearts are touched by the sauiien
of recollection and tears flow for nofiofeu
braves Oh, veterans, you know now you
fool today as no one else can tell, we aa-
mire your valor we praise your ueN ,.,.',.
we feel for you sehtiineht -, today
TO sympathy. The whole unio MOI, ,, 49,
st,nds in a common sorrow with uhcoV-
cred head. respectful ana silent o.,
m 40 Justice TO nations cause ioi
war: to do Justice to her heroes' 20 ~
reverence her veterans ~ nver stirred
rrandest noblest themes that ever So 49,
natrot,c soul. 1t Is too grand. ZOO no
h,a for human power to fully meet, i9 o.,
human e,oauence to do II justice. !,
questions the wisdom Oh o ~, - sa,,I #
| touches upon the immortality ~ so"'' .
nIeads for the good of humanity
"Rreathes there a man win SOU 50 ue''''
/. W. ,a,,a,. to himself hath said
This MS is my own, my native iand'
There is no loyal man who does not ione
,,,s n cauntrv Every heart at the touch
Two scones ~ war. at the stories OF Vaio.
and heroism. of sacrifice ana sn',eI.ns
is thrilled with deepest feelings s,c =, I'I beg
and love for her defenders, ,snnnriam
WIZ Loyal ns me Hearts n the North snsw ana'
, compromise was Impossible any PA fp1 ha,i
for the struggle A hall s,a s,n, a d "a,
free republic cnn not be maii,laii, ,s c,,,.
, these are nntagonistie prihsi p a w v
iiization. Four million sllveF ,na,n ~
the hope OF freedom TO sfahl l"e" -
rights Of humanity, ..,,a u,,s justified
Inc war OF w. and us,lrpation which
were leading TO IN absolute tyranny. fa y
Southern COME derscy in history history o. ppor
: truth had no grounds, no sriesaA.'7 1i''