The San Francisco call., 1897-06-01
=XAlLIED..THE
GLORY OF THE
HEROIC DEAD
Continued from First. Page.

-NSoStOll Lila l: ne AeF CESeS SlOll.Q- COM
& &zq& nee: lth PRAYER, and he intro, uced
lle Rev. Mr.. :Urmy, who offered mp an
z-loquent PRAYER, the veterans and multi
ule: OF ne ople+ Assem- bTed around being
Uncovered the W lille, and.at-its conclusion
le repeated the Lord =: prayer, in which
ne was, Joined by every one in the audi
nce.:=.Ihe eirts of / he Hearst School sang
the Battle Hymn of the Republic, after
"h4c re silent E3selmali; made few
n9slrlo TIC remarks.and then preseuted Mrs.
J. ia RAJ r. Is i.arEe, VINO. In=a soul-stirging
tlanfleT, re cfted IsinColn's beautiful ad-
.1ress. on: :the-:oc caslon ofEthe dedication OF
I The. Soldiers: Ce meteTy at Gettysburg.
Ihis was followed by q. dirge by the hand
and: d:th e reading of ,an. original poem by
r. NN.=kYle, he.aithor:< :
+: The child Fen* sang .tTenting on the Old
i .Campgrouad after. which Mayor Phelan,
The: OF ator <of til e@days spoke as folIows:
J. #<Ladie ies and Gentlemen We read in Thucy-
dides lhat daring.i he. PeIoponesian war the
Ate nJalI zee "a 6!1sh lie :eus tom OF their
lore faflE9 rs by giving public burlgl 10 those
w ho.halts ifl len. n -battie and the parents.
relatj YES ends OF the. heroes rever3ntig
q ro uE r;funer'll- offerings as+the expressions
! of-tGelI :loye and grief 10 decorate the graves
oft heiFSpldleE dea d. 90. -
+ So. more. til an. POGO years ag5 in ancient
sreece Was this iAeuRhtfuI ceremonial in
The: historian. els US that Pericies, after
sae st'Gatle Of that war on such an OCCASION
.ae}Yere(e#the Grafton in which he glorlfifd
- <tlles*s2fd dter, and. by his words, wnlens
have: been handed down 10 us; sought NOT To.
:tlieF. condo. .eace:so much as consolation and
-il3 impress qpo1 the minds OF men the -rit
QtT ln&t =paaut ls+ci asslc apOIhegtn, alt is
sweet and becoming TO die for ones county,.
so *ttelI oM-c -citizt{S, we do not ONE here IN
soEr0w.@ Ne. come 10, honor the soldier dead.
. ltlS 10 given toeVcrY generation 10 fight and
eYen 10 die on in field OF bA tile in the cause
oE PUN tzX.Q1 hum nifty, butit was thgrt: call
to-. .cILtE Who's graves we LOOK upon :te-day,
= nGztbey. dIdTnQt fatter to: respond. IAt3r
llt HHol$nl Is btt=Shetltage OF honor bCQuearhed
To their t6In lies and their cCuntryInen, ana
4lfF e y 4 ls we.are metJO formally express
louF Gratttpqeand*our .ove, Nh lie al the same
lin e -.=l}elr county triumphantly glories in
.tne poSSc S l0n.of the ir eternal lame.
:. A ne y:ggn Grafton has sprung uD since The
" Wa T:!i e*keb bell on, Andltis- proper tha: tn
@lae n and women of to-day, not one III at
= tqe the ceaq 3 ~. .Il 2X pc. reIncm uered but that the
E e: may be <ryed:<.::
; Enc glorious: story OF our revolution shall
: ileNeTz@o oe 4 joegotten so]ong as lhe Fourth Of
july IA Mas hlngton's blrthday, Ihe only day
Legal 5dedlcai ed. TO an. American soldier aud
; rAteSlHan, are fttingiy' celebrated. We TOO
r pEter: oyer ook@. the, TACT that what's an old
stI EyEIo US bece1nes:a. new:story, a revelations.
- Xtl1l y g men OF the land, VINO press upon
: *tAe% heelS.ol the: passing generation ana tihe
I'm presslQEs they ceiye go far TO mold their
5Ci q zels hip. @t:g:2:> - <..
Fl. That i8#the substan tiaE; value of the OBJ
sery it{lce OF. pa THO tic events, They should
kIi W on y elr hrst lesson, the deplorable con-
t1r aIGeSt tors. to civil al
}i3aIne. =an9# aoroad. before the Revolutionary
:. Nar;..t4l eyshouid betaught the priceless boon
. G4#tFeeq Qnlland Ihe advantages which accrued
5.l:{}lll A2lll@ by the adoption OF the consttu-
Z: Z, .Ih me n cries OF he Civil War, however.
"a reS re- more: particularly enshriued about the
M1aX:oI. M mourning aud celebration. Although
lIllt AFer:.NAS 8 fratricIdat conflict, vet all
.t terl; sI3ias passed. The brave men who
IilfQ Ilgt5l llg: n The armies OF the North and
E?2lI.h p la.le:a invisib-e bond that brings all
j 4 L. M
:. j.: ~ hen we OF this generation behold the com
p litgl M lrg the blue q nd the gray marvel
1.Lhe az lIa9si ties OF the past A philoso phe
IN IS SallStfldt men=sae uOt one another, bu
rs ioF5 cd: lh antasms which they call one .anr
sot Der; 3!l' eh ifey hate and g to battle witt
, Jnr all: batt Is well said To be a misundeh-
:$t&udLng.. And 50 thrust. not be forgotten i
Iqs sing a IN I'd lud gnent on the folly OF thr-
people 'oi. .:the Souta: that their Statesmen ion
.liAats a. ceItlrryj. with rare power and elo
"a q0tnee, tliATe #Preaahed The pernicious doee
El@l e. =! a. the truest political economy .rer
"a nlEed<zt ha 1.-The. aborer should be a bond s.
ana 4[Ea pa tsp az GIno mt aieg auCe TO one S
5 tdte wastle- h lghest duty. and the only guar.
+ t!l lee oiclylE lIlefty. Slavery, so repugnAnt
19 SNOW, nedIts. advocates a all times, "A nd
eXeIf.:o II 3etEeHa as More, the most humane and.
SA gaelolls OF men, IN mis- treatise on govern
~ en- @l[e d That the ideal State could not
tlITiye:E4 :E4Lrholt IT. which in the light:of sub
sec ue 1t@e Vents shows how even A good and
sgFGat:Inen may be misl lakeIl.
:. + VI 5 laye1y~"as tried and condemned The
g JIG 81. OF @lhe human. slaYe-purs ued.
3 q ~ Ill ul&eu .Ent IN dLlOHsS heart more
I'll q n*1Il5 arr uIne u AMI the stalwart men OF
s. lil re Pr enc ration showed themselves ready
4 q IG4ks=HIly SauTi tee TO uphold 5humauity to
:s;tndlce te<tncirideas of freedom aud to make
tielr II e The empleRfot human right. They
1el lf@1y thI Burke tlIac ihe poorest object mat
era y Lso :erlll con tending to save Itself from
ll.s! & !+ge s ana eppFesslon IS respectable in the
slgl1t91 God ail d man; g.. -
j II ne devotion .of. .rhese: lovers OF freedom-so-
catleu -fanAtl csln spite OF the abuse of those
:Eo t%ANllllng to give TO. others the same righ
rgnltv
.JjTessIble Conf ict.2r....@.
y: Permit me 10 digress to pay passing tribute
TO a@true.tyte, OF the soldier OF freedom, a man
VINO was atiame wit" the love of liberty and
OF whom California is Justly proud He
sleeps within the sound OF M voice, the bril-
liant soldie.-sta trsman. the first iIlustrIous
6crlnce this state made to the cause of the
Union, Edward Dickinson Baker. He east aside
the toga Of Senator, ana, rushing into the
lorel[ont o. the battle, with that enthusiasm
Whlch Is tine genius OF sincerity" he fight
ing IelI. Not only did he bequeath to us mis-
noD.e example, but words OF burning eIo-
quence, which may be called Freedoms clas-
waning col fdenc; of his countrymen with
the inyInCibIlity of their cause.
The English historian, in common with
other Europeans " no gave countenance to the
South and expected her arms to triumph
now admits that the judgment OF the North
] as tilted by The event. Three fatal CON
sequences" says he, would have followed
the success of the Iuth. Slavery would have
been extended through vast territories where
~ VIZ hOS h4thei ~ prevail a precedent OF
secession would have been admitted, which
sooner or later wouid have broken up the
United States into several different DOW ers
and as these powers would have many con-
hicting interests the European military
system, which the New World has happily
escs ped would have grown up in America
with all the evils and all the dangers which
! oil ow in its train.'
Such were the dangers which hung over this
land OF the free, the hope and Wind ca tion of
mankind, the heritage we received from our
revolutionary forefathers, sanctified by the
blood OF heroes and given TO us in trust for the
highest purposes ohhumanity during all. the
dark days OF the civil War.
ID We salute the Grand Army of the Republic
as our. .deliverers, and on This day we should
sound poems of joy mingled. not discordantIy
hut harm oni lousy, with dlrges for the heroic
dead. The reconstrucl ed Union is their monu-
ment. =. -. - -
The wounds OF the war are healed The
dangers are. aYerted. The South has discov-
ered.thGt her righi is are sa e under the fsg:
her industrial. IN erests far more prosperous
with free labor than with slave nd MI that
she contended -for, in a larger and better
sense, more secure IN defeat than they could
possibly have been in victory
" The. soldiers of our. Revolution and of the
fruits Of their. Yaior Will be gathered for
thousand years. The blood of these patriots
is now the seal of the republic Whoever
violates its sanctIty and breaks into the treas
ure-house Of our Liberties challenges the sentl-
mems we express to-day, and action, not
words, is the only answer we can make
. If we revere the soldiers VINO died for their
country we must see 10 ii that they have not
die in vain:
Netera rs of war, you have preserved the
fabric OF The UniG2 you have saved from dis
IN EN- berment the nQblest edlfiee ever erected