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Entered at Richmond. Ind, Postoffice
AS Second Glass Mail Matter.
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ANNUAL TRIBUTE is
PAID To MEMORY OF
THE NATIONS DEAD
Continued From Page One)

q. Leffler of Muncie, gave the Mem
Quent and effective.
The program for the services,
wfifch<were held under the auspices of
the Sons of Veterans was a splendid
one Judge Henry G.. Fox was master
Of ceremonies. The program follows:
Music-Musicians' Union Band
Vocal solo-"The Blue and the
Eray.~-Miss Opal Harris.
Memorial service-G. A. r.
W.zR C.-Seryice by children.
Music-Band.
Vocal solo-"My Own United
States"--Bessye Waggoner.
Memorial Day address-Judge JOS.
e. LETTER Muncie. Ind.
Music-Band
Tenor so1o-Raymond Wehrley.
Closing ode, band and audience
America
Benadiction-The Rev. S. r. Lyons.
The line of march was as follows:
Forming on North Eighth street,
resting on North A street. At 1870
O'Clock the parade moved east on
North A street to Tenth street, then
south on North Tenth street to Main
street. thence west on Main street to
Seventh street and north on North Sew
enth street to the coliseum. The line
of march was necessarily short owing
to the fact that some of the grey haired
veterans who participate, are not phys
ically able to stand the fatigue of a
longer march.
The following are the organizations
and the position in which they march
ed:
Firing Squad.
Spanish War Veterans.
Sons of Veterans.
Ladies' Auxiliary, S. of v.
Ladies' Auxiliary, G.. A. r.
Children.
Women's Relief Corps.
G. A. r. Veterans.
Speaker.
Musicians Union Band.
Judge Letters Speech.
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INFLUENCE OF Wonanhood.
believe that the greatest force and
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right and wrong and passed the ON
nibus Bill, by which California was
admitted as free state and by which
there We're to be formed new states
not TO exceed four out of the territory
of Texas to permit or exclude slavery
as the people might determine, and
other provisions, conceding some
things TO each. This again for a time
quelled the impending storm, then
came the Kansas and Nebraska bills
and finally the Presidential election
of 1860. Then wrong, emboldened by
her previous successes in her com
promise right, said if she could not
rule she would ruin; that if Abraham
Lincoln was elected president OF these
United States she would seeede; that
she would disrupt the Union Abra-
ham Lincoln was elected and wrong
undertook to carry out her threat,
then all the pent-up feelings of these
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ed the sunerings of the sick and
wounded soidiers-it was a noble wo-
man How many here today can re-
call the name Of a single general of
that great war? But who is here who
has not heard OF that noble woman.
Florence Nightingale? In our coun-
try who could have fired the hearts of
the people of great republic against
the institution Of human slavery BY
the production of book like Uncle
Toms Cabin. except a noble woman
with a great heart and pure soul Ike
Hariett Beecher Stowe, and SO Il has
been IN all of the worlds history
among all human names, the noblest
the most holy Is woman. These are
historical characters, but n the great
Civil war after the carnage or battle.
n the hospitals OF suffering and pain.
where the sick. wounded or diving
soldiers lay. scores OF noble, pure.
gentle women with Z touch az gen.
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armies of great numbers The public
conscience would only approve war
when justice and right demanded il.
and il would quickly respond when
il did. II has been this healthy pub
lie conscience and a love of home and
of country that has enabled the re-
public TO do that which no other coun-
try has been able TO do in times OF
war-at eountry's eall. marshall arm
les of thousands upon thousands OF
men from civil life, and in few short
months transform them from peaceful
citizens into the bravest and best
soldiers that ever marched to the de-
Tense of country and flag. and woe has
been and woe viii be TO the foe that
meets such armies of the republic
on the field OF battle. / have spoken
of some things as right and some
things as wrong / could not do other
wise because / believe il To be true
and know no better name to give
them We would not open the old
wounds nor engender strife. The
Sons of Veterans rejoice with the
Union soldiers because of the fact
that ON this Memorial day. under the
bow of the great arch of Union and
Liberty that spans this republic from
north to south, stands southern chiv-
airy and clasping hands with north
ern yalor reioices in the thought that
we are united people. one flag and
that the stars and stripes, the proud
emblem OF the most splendid nation
in all the world.
Care For the Living.
When we think of the purchase
price of our national liberties we
should prize them more highly and
be actuated by more generous and
grateful impulses toward that part of
our magnificent soldiery that still
survives. and every suffering of these
veterans should be alleviated by the
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union. True Napoleon, fired by a
boundless ambition and actuated on
~ by a spirit of conquest. collected
an army of over seven hundred thou
sand men-the grandest ever marsh
allied upon the soil of Europe-for the
invasion OF the freezing land of Rus
STA, yet after four hundred thousand
of the bravest of this grand army had
been sacrificed and lay scattered upon
the soil of Europe from the city of
Moscow to the borders of their own
grand and mighty empire, if their
great and mighty chieftan had been
asked for what this great sacrifice
OF human life been made. he would
have been compelled to say. For the
qualification of my ambition and the
glory of France" But, if, after the
war for the Union had been conclud-
ed Grant, the worlds true hero, had
been asked for what had thousands of
our noblest and brayest lives been
given, he could have viewed the mo-
tioniess forms of these martyrs of
liberty upon our battle fields and an
swered, For the freedom and eleva-
ton of a lowly race, the perpetuation
of the institutions or the grandest of
governments, that the warlike spirit
of our loyal people is stirred only by
encroaching upon their liberty"
Charles the 18th, Of Sweden, with a
frame of adamant and soul of fire,
prompted by the insane infatuation
for war, conquered the surrounding
nations until the most powerful king
doms of Europe sought his alliance,
but it cost him thousands of lives to
build his throne of power, and, after
its construction he spent the remain
der of his magnificent army in vain
attempts to sustain it in its brilliancy
and spIendor. If he mad been asked /
for what had this great sacrifice of
human life been made. he could only
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hands of a grateful and happy peo-
pie. This nation with its millions of
wealth. its mighty achievements, it's
marveious advancement, purchased
by the sacrifices and sufferings OF its
soldiers should see that their every
want is supplied and that they pass
away from the land for which they
fought, surrounded by every comfort
that can be supplied by prosperous
and grateful nation, for government
that permits its defenders OF great
principles to want. cannot long sur
vive and is not worthy an honored
place in the mighty galaxy of nations
The Sons of Veterns have this to say
Soldiers rest assured that though
some may forget you, the nation at
times appear ungrateful, we will as
sist in alternating your sufferings.
emulate your examples, keep green
your memories and perpetuate your
glory. AS one by one you fall. we
with the devotion Of true sons win
assist in tenderly and carefully lay.
ing you away TO rest" Long may
this fraternal and patriotic organiza-
tion of Sons Of Veterns exist to furth-
er its principles In caring for and
cherishing the memory of the heroiem
and valor of its noble ancestry
Sons Of Veterans let US here, sur
rounded by a part Of tho remainder
of that great army that fought for the
preservation Of the Union, pledge
anew oud devotion to the cause for
which we are united In fraternai
bond. Soldiers rest assured that an
nuaIly we will place upon your graves
garIands OF Spring, emblemaic of the
un broken pledges OF tNis fraternal
patriotic organization. On your graves
we viii drop tears of sympathy and
only be consoled by the thought that
you did not live IN vain. but were the
preservers Of this nation OF liberty.
Tais organization of Sons Of yeterns
has this sentiment for the soldiers.
Honor, Honor, all Honor for the
living, Peace. Peace sweetest. sweet
est Peace for the Dead"
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years of compromise were to burst in
all their fury upon the field of battle.
Then the Union soldiers arose, they
marshalled for battle, they breasted
the storm, they conquered treason,
they maintained the Union. they up
held the flag. and as has been said,
the nation. baptised in the blood of
her people. emerged from the war
with new birth of freedom.
All admit that the union soldiers
were heroic in this great conflict. but
while this is admitted. let Us not for
set the women Were they not one
cause for Inspiration TO these men ?
| never speak on this day without
mentioning them. Here / desire TO
pay to them a tribute I know that
the soldiers here present will give
their assent thereto, for all brave
hearts ara generous.
Influence OF Womanhood
believe that the greatest force and
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tenders. BY participating in these
exercises We strengthen our gratitude,
kindle anew the fires of patriotism
and acquire that when makes us bet
ter citizens.
What have these men done that we
thus praise them? You remember a
young Republic, which was thought
to be an experiment, whose founda-
ton was that for which man had stri-
ven for ages in the past namely, lib
erty
After the coveted prize had been
won by the hardy achievements of our
ancestors upon the battle fields of
Bunker Hill, Saratoga, Yorktown and
other battles of the Revolutionary
war and the young Republic had en-
tered upon its mission of peace and
prosperity, there arose dissensions in
the ranks of her people and the tend
er plant of liberty was sought To be
uprooted by those who were standing
beneath its sheltering foliage and re-
ceiving it's cool, refreshing shade
At the head of this tas it seenfed)
doomed Republic stood the plainest
and most unassuming of men, but
whose courage, when assured of right.
knew no bounds, and the fires of
whose patriotism could not be quen-
ched by any adversely.
LincoIn's Name Foremost.
All honor to the name of Abraham
Lincoln While the human voice
chants the praises of leaders and
benefactors of the past let Lincoln's
be foremost.
While orators enthuse and inspire
assembled thousands, by the repeti-
ton of names illustrations of the past
let Lincoln's be first pronounced. At
the calls of this great chieftain for
defenders of his country, a million
voices cried, Aye"
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tie and helpful as Florence Nighten-
gales ministered to the suffering sol
diers of the republic
Thousands upon thousands of noble
women endured and suffered as much
on the field of battle Oh the an
guish. the anxiety. the suspense borne
by the wife for her husband. the moth
er for her son, and added 10 this the
care of children and home, assuming
the place of both father and mother
there.
On this Memorial day 1 would. in
the name of this matchless republic.
place on every patriotic woman 5
grave, garlands of flowers.
Character an Essential.
Why should [ talk To you further
of war about which / know nothing
except as get it from history, for
| was born the last year of the war.
while my father was in the army.
The Union soldiers here assembled
would rather know what their sons
and other young men of this gener-
alton think of the government which
tH6Y pAt5eINCut NHStt1eE tuS4 dppiS-
ciate the priceless heritage given
item by their suffering and yalor,
their idea of the kind of citizenship
We should have. Union soldiers, | de
sire to tell You briefly what l think
of this government. this country and
my idea OF citizenship. | believe that
we have the greatest country and the
best government on earth, a country
in natural resources rich beyond com
pGrison . country with mountains of
precious. glitteTing ore. the aggregate
wealth Of which is unequalled by any
other in ali the world We have
country With millions upon millions of
fertile fields owned, managed and till
ed by the most progressive farmers
o. the age We have a country with
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have said For glory which ike the
transient shadow, passes swiftly
from your vision forever.
But, if Lincoln had been asked for
what had lives been given in south
ern prisons, and upon the battle fields
OF the late rebellion. he would have
answered THAT the government of
the people. y the people and for the
people might not perish from the
earth
No Compromise With Wrong
We are taught the lesson by the
history of the great civil war that
there is no lasting benefit derived by
compromising with wrong. 1t only
prolongs the termination of the issue.
intenslfies and makes more fierce the
final struggle when it comes. for right
must conquer and in the end prevail,
else we hope and trust and live in
vain For over a half century the
national congress sought to compro-
mise with the twin monsters of wrong
secession and Human Slavery The
people of one section of the republic
were opposed to the institution of hui
man slavery. They were unalterably
opposed to commercial dealing with
the lives and virtue OF women and
the enslavement of men. They were
opposed to the doctrine of nulIifica-
ton and the right of state or states
to secede from the Union The peo-
pie OF another section of the republic
believed in the institution of human
slavery, the doctrine of notification
a nd
forces We're striving for the mastery.
When it came time for the admission
of Missouri into the Union the aues-
ton arose whether slavery should be
permitted within her border or pro-
hibited Her proposed admission was
attended with such political agitation
as to threaten the peace of the Union
The national congress sought to ap-
pease the contending factions by
passing the Missouri Compromise, /
thereby admitting Missouri as a slave
owning state and drawing a line i
through the rest of the louisiana
purchase along the parallel of So de- |
srees and 50 minutes, and providing I
that states formed out of the territory /
south of that line should be with or /
without slavery as the people might /
determine, also prohibiting slavery in I
all new states To be organized out of +
the territory north or the dividing
line, thus compromising and giving
TO each part This for a time quelled +
the impending storm, but it was only +
for time. This deep-seated convic- +
ton of the wrong of human slavery
was still in the hearts and conseien-
ees of part of the people. When
II came time 10 admit California into
tie Union the two contending forces
were again striving Tor the mastery.
The peopla Of the republic were
again aeitated By this question The
smoaldering fires were again famed
into flame. again the national con
gross sought 70 compromise with
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power for good in this world among
al human agencies is that OF noble.
gentle womanhood. There never was
q greater mistake than when the term
Weaker Sex was used to character
ize women. In every onward march
for good in the worlds history can be
found the prints of the footsteps of
noble women. When the master was
suspended on the cross, seemingly
deserted by all men. who was seen
kneelins at his bleeding feet-it was
Mary and Mary Magdeline. When the
Crimean war was being fought be-
tween Russia. Turkey, England and
France with loss of over six nund-
red thousand men because of UMPIRE
paredness and lack of organization,
the sick and wounded soldiers We're
suffering untold agony, who was it
that procured a band of nurses and
and went to and aileviat-
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great manufacturing Institutions in
which is manufactured and out of
which is put every manufactured ar
ticle that Is necessary to supply the
real needs of our people. We have
a country dotted with crystal lakes,
spanned by sweeping rivers, and
dashed upon two shores by the great
est oceans of the globe, thereby furn-
ishing facilities for transporting our
commerce by navigation. We have
country spanned by great railroads
permeating every section OF the repub-
lie, thoroughly equipped with the most
modern appliances to swiftly carry
the commerce OF this the most pros
porous nation in all the world. This
alone does not make us secure. This
alone will not continue our influence
for good among the nations Of the
world. Our safety and security at
home, our continued influence for
good among the nations of the world
depends upon the character of the
men and women of this republic, their
patriotism. their intelligence, their
courage, their honesty. What better
can be said of man than that he
loves God. his home, his family and
his country, and that his life is spent
in constant. earnest, jealous SER
vice of such love. Upon their fntelli-
gence and such love deep planted In
the hearts of a majority OF our people,
the stability of the republic depends.
1t is the foundation stone of our natio-
nal life for under our system Of gov
eminent, all governmental policies, all
legislation should be but the reflec-
ton Of the intelligence. the heart, the
conscience and the will or majority
OF our people. The nation rises no
higher than the standard OF her cit-
zenship. 4 good pure home life leads
TO good citizenship. Good pure cit-
zenship in this republic leads TO good
government. The foundation for the
highest end best IN citizenship may
be laid IN the homes Of the republic
By teaching, living, acting principles
that promote true manhood and ele-
Yates and enohle human character,
forming that character that STANDS
for justice and right
and for the highest and best in the adj
CT the affairs OF city.
county, state and the republic. IL
thess principles taught. lived. acted
and moulded into character viii make
MS better citirens and moro fully
eu4rip MS for the doties OF civil life.
sd II, tines Of war, II that time should
ever ccrsz In the future Of the repeb-
lie. they would again caGse to step
sorta from the walks OF civtl life. al
they did Il the war for the preserve
ton OF the Union, thousands uDosi
Thousands Of men os stzivart bravery
ready and willing to do battle for the
republic and her nag. and II need be.
die In her defense. With Faots etti- !
zsnsh.p we have 10 need of standing
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| father and children you have heard
thousand times. Yet who but those
who have felt the conflict of the first
of patriotism and loyalty, with the
love of the calm, quiet, security of
home. surrounded with devoted wife,
ard loving children, can count the
sacrifices they made. You have heard
as many times of the parting of
mother and son, of the maiden and
her gallant and noble lover. Yet who
but those who nave felt the conten-
ton of such sacred fires with a love
of country can know the cost. Thous-
ands of these noble boys never re-
turned to the sheltering care OF the
parental roof, but sleep on southern
battle fields: their bones are mingled
with southern soil These mothers
have grown gray in awaiting their re-
turn. They will not behold them I'M
til they are transplanted on the other
shore. While the poet blends into
verse the memory of great sacrifices
in the past, let his heart be swollen
with no more sublime emotions nor
his pen record with more tender and
lasting praise than the sacrifices
which have thus been made for the
preservation of the American Union.
We have heard many times of the
fierce battles of Shiloh, Chickamau-
qua, the Wilderness, Gettysburg and
all others of the war, yet who but
the participants can tell the cost as
they saw their comrades fall and ex-
pire for their country they loved so
well. Iisping in their last breath
blessings upon loved ones at home.
We have heard many times of the
long. tiresome, fatiguing march under
the beaming rays of a southern sun,
vet who but the experienced can truly
tell of the suffering of those who,
footsore and weary, scorched by the
heat of the south, fell in the midst or
their comrades never more to be stir !
red by the thrilling notes of the fife, |
or the boisterous roar of the drum.
We have heard many times of the 4
fortitude and suffering of our brave /
BOYS in the prison pens at Anderson 2
Vile Chawba and Libby. Yet, who I
but those who experienced their !
starvation and disease. saw their en- /
aciated comrades carried away in the /
last sleeD with no loved ones to fol- /
low them TO their last resting pace, /
covered only in their last repose by I
scanty and unfriendly soil. can know +
the ordeal through which they passed. +
oh my friends, while the historian
records the patient devoted suffering
Of noble hearts for principles which
and elevate mankind. let
him stamp none more indelibiy upon
tie pages of history than that incur
red by the Union Soldiers in the pri-
son peus Of Andersonyille. Chawba
and Libby.
Battle For Principle.
30 AMY was ever masshslled in I.