Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-05-31

triotic service appears under the gen
erals stars. on the cOl0nels eagles. on Us
worn bv the poorest and most unlet-
tered s0idier-black or White-Wh0
marched under the Union flag rs wear.
er Is entitled 90 our gratitude and hons
age. Us ID not fitting. then, that once IN
each spunglime wc recall the deeds OF
0ur heroes and consider the conditions
which called them 40 arms. and the re-
suits OF their services?
Who that lived In those days can ever
forget the instantaneous and almost
unanimous uprising of the people OF the
North In response 10 the assault ON
SUMTER Precpitate as was the action
OF the South, It's leaders had yet aValled
themselves Of SOME months Of time Tor
preparation Many Confederate regl-
ments were drilled. and arms and muni-
lions OF war had been accumulated. But
the nation was utterly unprepared. Our
little navy was scattered. our army sent
90 remote garrisOns, our arsenals empty
and our forts dismantled. Up TO tho
very day Of the blow the North hoped
for a peaceful solution Of the quarrel
and made no preparation for the con-
hict But the bombardment az Fort
Sumter fred a train which shook the
land from'the Atlantic 10 toe Pacific
and almost before the echoes ot the INST
rebel gun had ceased 20 reyerberatc a
continent resouhded with the tread ~
the Union forces armed and marshaled
for war Party ties We're sundered as
flax is sundered at the touch Of fire.
and Democrats and Republicans
marched shoulder 10 shoulder out from
the fields out from the shops. out from
FUTfUrI.u and fffTnnNNa and desks
they came-morchant and mechanic
lawyer and farmer. clerk and iab0rer
millionaire and pauper-Wlth eyes blaz-
ing with the new light faces set toward
the southland. and hearts swelling with
the purpose never To- pause for hunger
on cold or weary march or the thunder
of battle or wounds. or death Itself
until the banner OF the Union should
once more float IN security from the
Potomac TO the Gulf
Thus was the Grand Army Of the Re
public created. and from the hour OF its
birth 20 the hour when its heroes re-
turned 10 their workshops and farms,
It's history Is a history OF sacrifice, Of
patriotism, OF courage, of devotion and
Of victory such as was never before
placed among the annals OF the human
race.
The war whose heroes and martys we
honor and remember with laurels and
roses with song and speech On this me-
mortal day was q contest In which
great and sharply-delined principles
doomed behind the combatants and ey-
cry soldier, whether he carried a mus
ket or commanded company or d.
rected the movements Of a regiment or
a brigade. thoroughly comprehended
the cause for which he fought, and be-
hind each Union bayonet was a brain
animated with the reignIng purpose OF
the conflict
Since the last cataclysm which OBJ
litetated all traditions. II not all signs
Of human occupancy Of the earth, there
has never been a great army marshaled
for purer or more unselhsh purposes
than those which animated the Union
hosts. They fought not FOR power. for
plumber or extended rule" not 20 deter
mine whether God should be Worshlped
I'm surgliCe or a coat. not 90 UNFOLD
or overthrow a dynasty; not TO clothe
some royal adyenturer with the Dur-
plei not 10 cement more strongly the
crumbllng foundations or some throne
But they went out 10 die IN order that
government Of the people by the peo-
pie. for the people" should not perish
from the earth.
Look abroad today upon the nation
that the valor and sacrifices OF the
Grand Army preserved What extent
Of boundaries. what wealth OF sea and
shore. OF forest and mine, OF field and
orchard. OF furnace and forge, OF mill
and factory are ours. Five oceans wash
our shores, and upon the loom Of two
hemlspheres appears the fabric Of
knitted empires called the United states
Of America. Our treasures are flied 20
bursting. our land rings with the
music OF honored. c0ntented and we'll
paid toll Invention harnesses the
cataracts and telegraphs their power 10
light cities and propel railway trains
The vision Of science discovers the se-
crets Of the Infinite. Art and literature
uDlift lie and commerce. imDelled by
our mighty heartbeats. thrObs through
the arteries Of the world.
Those whose graves We're decorated
today have carried their record with
them into the beyond. Only the ON
niscient can comprehend all OF each
life. But II Is for us 10 know so much
Of their lives as We're given TO a high
and unselfsh cause.
J see them now with helms hlgh set
and faces IN with the lofty purpose
that sanctlfes war, and makes Of the
battle thunder an anthem OF angels.
Marching along; marching along: for
God and for country they are march.
ing along Marching 20 suffer that the
slave might be relieved from suffering:
marching 10 wounds that freedoms fair
form might be scatheless Of wounds.
marching 10 death that the country
might live
Not crowns OF gold. nor dlamonded
Ritt nor son.. nor loud acclaim can
fully express the honor that rs their
due. The art Of man ends by the graves
or the Union dead. All that strong
arms and beautiful hands can 90 Is 70
aid the silent ministries Of the flow.
ers. Under the laurels and the lilies.
under the roses and the green boughs
and fragrant blossoms we leave the
mortal parts Of those whose immortal
spirits have nassed on 10 the reward
Of those who die FOR mankind.
The program was concluded bv Mrs
Plummer. who sang I'm most beautiful
manner. "The Flag without a Stain"
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