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the poet of the occasion. was introduced.
Mr.. Evans poem was entitled Manifest
Destiny and was we'll received.
After the octet had rendered Heroes
Beloved" Representative Gardner delivered
an address which evoked no little applause.
Decoration day and the lesson it teaches,
said Mr.. Gardner, are due to one of the
noblest traits of nan and of nationS-that
of neutrality-suspicious., he added, to those
who died that the nation might live The
heroism of these men was that for which
the American soldier has always been
famous BY the American soldier he re-
ferred to the men on both sides in the war
of the rebellion-the one battling for ma
tional supremacy and the other for state
sovereignty.
Difficulties Met with.
Mr.. Gardner spoke of the difficulties
which confronted the nation during the days
OF the war of the rebellion, the greatest
of which was that of financial nature. In
those days the bonds of the confederacy
were more desired in England than those
of the United States. and when the friend
ship of England for America is spoken of,
MIR. Gardner trusted that it would not be
forgotten that in those dark days. when
her friendship would have been much more
appreciated. she was not our friend.
The war with Spain and that of the re-
belion were compared by Mr.. Gardner.
simply for the purpose, he explained, of
showing the suffering and sacrifice of those
VINO answered lncoln call Mucn mas
been said of the suffering of our soldiers
during the war with Spain. but, Mr.. Gard
ner declared. the suffering of the men who
fought in the war of the rebellion can
never be truly appreciated save by those
very men themselves. Two of his boys
went into the war with Spain, and went to
the front in sleeping cars while their father
ard his comrades would have been delight
ed with even cattle car.
The one great question, said Mr.. Card
ner. forever settled by the civil war was
that this country is an indestructible, in
separahle Union. Never again will a Pres
ident of the United States doubt his power
or his duty should one or more of the
states take such a stand as those of the
confederacy took. Should such a stand
be again taken by any state, the head of
the nation, the President, whoever he may
happen to be. will declare. like Andrew
jackson did that they will be taught what
is right. If it takes the rest of the country
to do it
Another great lesson forever settled, said
Mr. Gardner. was that slavery is not right
and shall not prevail in this land Those
lessons and the men who taught them will
never be forgotten as long as the land those
heroes served lasts.
War Songs Rehearsed.
Following Mr. Gardeners address, there
was a selection of war songs by the band,
after which Mr.. Ward delivered the bene-
diction. At noon a gun detachment from
the Washington barracks fired a national
salute
The committees were:
Farragut Post-F. A. Lowe, w. w. Wal
insford. DR.. A. c. Adams, P. C. George,
James Wood John Jost. Convis Parker,
George N. RANDY. NJ. V. B. Wilson, H. H.
Bunyea, ]. W. Foster. l.. H. Reth b. F.
Graham. A. T. Maupin, D. Weaver, P. ].
Cooksey.
Farragut Relief Corps-Mrs. Julia Rob-
erts. president; Mrs. Charlotte A. Kibby
Miss Emma s. Kibby. Mrs Miranda w.
Fuller Mrs. Mary P. Ripley. Mrs. Annie
Price. Mrs. j. Lizzie Bradley. Mrs. Sarah
kalstrom. Mrs. Mary H. Walling. Mrs
Grace NJ. Lowry. Mrs. Fannie C. Pratt
Mrs. Jennie Parker, Mrs. Geneva Dalton
Mrs. Jennie Beavens.