The Washington times., 1904-05-30
ALPHONSO HART
ORATOR OF DAY
Makes Eloquent Address at
GlenWOOd Cemetery.
EXERCISES AT MOUNT 0LIVET
Veterans Also Remember Dead ct
Prospect Hill and st.
MaIy's.

I Inc graves OF the mon EOlQ1eTS VINO
are buried IN Glenwood. Mount Olivet.
Prospect Hill. and st. Mary's GENE
! teries were tenderly and lovingly cared
for under the direction of z. p. Seavy.
commander of George II Thomas Post.
| No. Is. G. A. r. The members OF Post IS
were assisted by the Sons Of Veterans
and the woman's Relief Corps Of that
| organiza tion
I Nothing was left undone which loving
hearts could prompt and willing hands
l do, by way Of paying tribute to the
memory IF the heroes who gave up their
/ lives that the Union should be pre-
| served
! The committees which had been an.
pointed TO make arrangements for the
decoration of the soldiers graves had
devoted time and energy TO the work.
The result OF their efforts was seen IN
the great wealth of beautiful flowers
which were laid on the last resting
places of the Unions dead.
Visit Mount olivet.
At $50 the members OF George II
Thomas Post. No. Is. in command OF f..
p. Seavy. and the Sons Of Veterans. un-
der Junior Vice Commander II. II House.
assembled in Northeast Temple. II
Street northeast. Under command of
Commander House. the Sons OF Veterans
proceeded to Mount OHvet Cemetery and
| assisted the members of the Woman's
graves.
The members OF Post Is. in CHARGE of
commander Sesvy. went TO Glcnv-ood
cemetery: There they were Joined by tho
sons OF Veterans and the members OF
the Woman's Relief Corps. In the chapel
/ held.
At II a. m. the Assembly call was
sounded b. Bugler Elmer T.. GIL and
the meeting was called to order by
commander Seavy. The exercises were
begun with prayer by w. H Honn.
! chaplain OF Post Is.
Many Years Have Passed.
The orator of the day was AIphonzo
/ Hart. formerly lieutenant governor Of
Ohio. He spoke in part as follows:
1T Is now forty-three years since Fort
| Sumter was fired upon. That was a
/ shot that startled the nation and
J echoed around the world. Il was the
| beginning Of the greatest civil war in
human history. The people accustomed
10 the arts Of peace were suddenly pre-
| cipitated into an awful and bloody
struggle
/ iod has not only been written and read
/
! are assembled here today. You and
your comrades helped TO make that his
tory You were participates in the
| tragedy, and now almost half a cent Iry
| afterward, when the graves of your
! comrades are grown over and green
/ with the yerdure ef spring. when the
| scars Of war are becoming obliterated
/ VIXEN new generation has come upon
| the stage Of action, you. the remnant
Of that mighty host, the grizzled vet
! Grams or battle and conflict and storm.
come together here today TO render low
! ing and tender tribute TO those who
have gone before you.
! 1T Is a solemn. a beautiful a 1acred
! service. II may do no special good to
! the dead; but / am one OF those who
I believe that from their tents and camp
/ Ing grounds on the other side Of the
| survivors and their friends: and II is
/ no stretch OF imagination TO feel and
( believe that their spirits may be with VS.
/ here today.
''If this is true IT will comfort them
| TO know how well and kindly they are
| remembered; 20 know the results OF
/ their work and the immeasura BILE bless
/ ings which have some upon the country
! ana Its people on account of their la
bors and the effect Of these exercises
/ upon the living is immaa surably blessed.
/ And yet at the time of our rejoic-
| ings In the spring of 1865 we little
dreamed OF the shadcH that was about
Abraham Lincoln. You remember that
sad dark day.
Matter of Esgret.
ITO my mind he was. take him all
In all. by far the greatest imam of the
century. 1t is a matter Iof profound
regret to me that no suitable monu-
ment has ever been erected to his name.
o. all the men in history who have
been called to govern their fellows. he
stands at the front
| He was nearer to the common peo-
! pie than any other. His intellect wis
/ dom, and courage were great, but his
/ heart, his sympathies, his humanity
ewere greater still. and as the years and
centuries 20 by. the thought OF him will
md a larger place. and his good and
| holy deeds a larger influence. He is n
grand type OF American character. and
| illustrates In an eminent degree the
kind Of men that may be grown in a
republic.
! THE Emancipation Statue in Lincoln
| Square is n work OF merit. II, how
ever. represents but one phase Of his
! characteristics justice and humanity
OK act for which not only the dark
Sons OF Africa, but men OF all races
and nations. will forever bless his
name. Still, this last named statue
does not show forth, or in any manner
indicate the full rounded greatness OF