Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-03-14
Col. D. b. Henderson Euloeized,

Last Thursday afternoon the Iowa
legislature met in joint session to
attend the memorial services in hon
or Of the late Hon. D. B. Henderson.
Among those who took part in the
exercises was Senator Geo. w. Dun
ham Of this city, who was a member
Of the legislative committee to at
tend the funeral services at Dubuque.
His address was an eloquent and able
one, and we regret our inability to
publish it in full. He said in part:
He came, as many of our best and
ttru-st patrlOts have come, from ACROSS
the sens, and this nation has reason to
thank God, to thank kind and pro-
tectlng Providence that, while we have
opened our gates offering the freedom
and protection OF q strOng and friendly
government to the oppressed OF the
world, many of the best of the earth,
possessing the trus spirit of American
freedom, with their hesrts filled with
the love of God and with q true respect
and regard for the rights of their fel.
low men, have come, made themselves
one with US, and truly entered into our
national life to strengthen and to main.
tain 1t.
Usvid B. Henderson was a true Amer.
lcan pstriot. The accident of birth ie
little in cases like his. His was the
same spirit, the same loving ambitions
the same desire, which IN the revolution
brought Washington and his patriotic
troops to endure the terrible hardships
of those bloody years, and as truly aud
| justly will the ages to come look upon
Henderson and our later day heroes 81
fathers of their country, as those who
through the spirit and sacrifices insti
tuted our crest experiment of free
democratic government.
From ACROSS the seas came that little
Scottish lad, his Inheritance q strong
and manly ancestry, his capital to be
used III LIES battle y brave, true heart
and the inspiration of q christian home
We of the Third congressional district
of Iowa, who have always felt an inter
est IN him we love to think peculiarly
our own, love to think of the little tow
headed, oarefooted boy singing as he
followed his fathers pillow, for through
out his entire life the sunshine and mu.
sic or the world found home and ex-
preston Ill DIS lie.
With him and his companions were
the hearts of our people when they &C
bravely did their part at Donelson and
Shiloh, and when at Corinth go many OF
our brave men-boys they were, In fact
laid down their lives or, like Hender.
son, escaped rs through fire to suffer
for their bravery as long as their lives
should last.
wish you could all have seen what
We, your committee, ssw-not alone the
elaborate preparation and fitting ritual
which his rank and service to his stat
and nation demanded, but the expires
slons of affection and love of the people
the people whom Henderson loved
snd served-as they thronged and pack.
Ell the streets; men, women and child.
rem of all ages and conditions of life
forming in very fact as they thronged
the ways, an unmoving guard from
church to tomb, where we laid him to
rest upon tiowery bed-the tribute OF
his friends wrapped his casket 10 the
emblem OF his country woven by his
comrades from the bright and beauti
full flowers which Gods bright sun had
kissed to life for the loving deed. There
on the eloping hillside with the ma.
jestic river at its foot; there, where the
bright, warm rays of Gods glorious sun
wu.d gfeet 1t earliest IN the morning
and leave it last in the evening, we
buried the peoples friend. on! the
wealth and worth of that word friend!
Whether 1t be that most precious one
whose mothers care taught our un.
steady feet the paths OF life, or those
whom impuistve youth made ourr
troubles and our battles their own, o
the ono to whom in mature manhood
we can open our very heart of hearts
sure of sympathy and good cheer, they
are the most precious of earth's blese.
ings, the possession and sppreci ltioL of
these makes brighter our days of lire,
and quickens orr he pc of heaven. On
yonder bills de is marked the resting
place of our friend. hut only that por,
ton which under Gods mandate shall
return to the dust from whence it came
His truer grave is in the warm and Low
ing hearts of his many, many friends,
from which vantage point he will be
called to his reward by q just and gen.
erous God. And may the blessings OF
that God be yours, our trne hearted
brave hearted, generous hearted friend