The Washington times., 1904-05-30
UNION VETERANS PAY TRIBUTE TO HERO DEAD IN MANY CEMETERIES

ness matters. and practically none in
S5cIal relations; that even after the
flag, they were in the main unknown to
each other and had practically no OPP
p0rtunities for forming friendships;
tnat isolation and non-intercourse be
got estrangements and jealousies-
He spoke of the unsettled questions
lefl by our fathers-fugitive slave laws
ana compromise bills which postponed
Tor time the inevitable crash, but
como 1t must and come it did.
Question of Secession.
"One Of these questions was, whether
the States of the Federal Union were
united in a mere compact and whether
that compact was capable Of severance
at the will Of the individual States.
This was an unsettled question for
over seventy years. There was a school
of American statesmen who honestly be-
lived that a State had the inherent
right to withdraw from the Union; that
our industries. habits, ana occupations
were largely controlled by climatic con-
ditions: that the South's cotton should
not be trammeled by tariff restrictions;
that 'he South could produce the raw
material for the world and should te
Europe for manufactured articles.
'AboitiOnists hurled against It their
hery phiiipics; there was mlasma Of
detraction and abuse, and men became
impatient to fash new bought swords.
The contest went on and on. Hot heads
IN the halls of Congress added fuel to
the flames The Mexican war came on,
and Texas, slave territory. was added
to the Union. followed in turn by States
in the great Northwest. hostile to the
system. Lincoln, the great c9mmoner
OF the West. Injured to poverty. to hard
manual labor became famous as an Op-
pOnent Of the principles of slavery. His
was The voice of one crying IN the Wild
erness: No nation can exist half slave
and half free
South's Proud Leaders.
The proud leaders Of the South could
not brook the political supremacy of
party not friendly tc their institutions
The time had come for the people OF
the South to test that oft-repeated doc
trine that a State was inherently SOW
ereign and independent. Eleven States
voted to withdraw from the Union. A
new Confederacy Of the seeded States
was formed More than 10000 as brave
men as ever faced a foe met in deadly
conflict. Neither the boys in blue nor
those in gray appreciated the awful car
mage. They came as numerous and as
gay as the notes LuaN people the SUM
beams. The boys in blue. that the old
flag should forever wave over "a united
country: the boys in gray. in defense Of
the sovereignty Of their beloved States
in the beautiful sunny South.
IF she seeded States won in the
contest. the Union OF Washington. JEFF
ferson and Adams would 90 out forever.
If the Stars and Stripes were still held
high H. glory at its close, the Union
would be stronger than ever. and the
Yexed questions would forever be set
Each side believed the other wrong;
a great principle was at stake; each
was 1ea Gus in honor. sudden and quick
In quarrel In valor and personal brav-
were equal 1t could not have been
otherwise. They were Of the same blood,
had the same traditions, and rejOiced
in the valor, Of the same f9tnGrs
against neighbor. aye in some cases.
father against son.
Close of Ceremonies.
The ceremony closed with the singing
of America" by zull chorus; the bene-
dictiou. by Z. II. GEant, and taps. By the
bugler.
The following committees arranged
the program and details OF the services:
Executive-A. 3. Frisbie. Post Com
mander, chairman; Alpheus Dawson.
Flnance-Alpheus Dawson. chairman;
James II. Dony, II. w. Emo. A. 3. FRS
bic
F'loral-Mrs. Eliza p. Watson, president
John A. Logan Relief Corps, chairman;
Mrs. Julia A. Dony, Mrs. Emma Emo.
Mrs. Emily A Frisbie, Mrs. Jane $. Nc
Lean. Mrs Nina r. Smith. Mrs. Mar
garet y. Tew, Mrs. Emma Williams,
Mrs. Mary z. Simpson. Mrs. Mary E.
Crawford, Mrs. Bithia Darison. Mrs.
Ma ia Y. Coleman Mrs. Carrie King.
Mrs. Mary Davenport. Mrs. Alice Sym
monds. Mrs. Clara A. Short. Mrs. Mary
A Robinson. Miss Annie Anderson, Miss
Edith Crawford, Miss Ethel Dony Miss
Eva Nelson, Miss Edna Emo. Miss Edith
Tew Miss Florence Frisbie, Miss May
Molineau. Miss Edna Wilkins Miss
BERTHE Warfeld. Mrs. s. G. French,
Mrs. S. Maloy. Mrs. K. Barry, Mrs. An
RE A. Haruish. Miss X. Creamer, Miss
Alice Hardy. Mrs. O'Brien. Miss Nc
Clanahan. Miss Posey, Miss Browning.
Muscle. T. Davis, chairman; Mrs.
French, Miss Casteele. Miss fudge, Miss
Bowman, Miss Jinkens, MisE Roth. Miss
Jones, Mr.. Jones, Mr. ThOrne.