Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-30

those who in its hour OF soreSt need offer
ed their lives to the end that he cause Of
free government should not rcr!s from the
earth, and so long as this cus.om is OBJ
served it will be "a constant reminder of
those dark and terrible days Wlen brother
was arrayed against brother and guard
against fu,ure dangers such as threatened
our existence as a nation in the days OF 6l
to Co.
Every loyal citizen of this great repub-
lie who loves his country and tle great
principles of civil and religious liberty he
added, should unite with US in the observ
ance of this custom and % keep it forever
sacred and to refrain as far as may be
from secular pleasures and pursuits
The speaker concluded By saying that the
Grand Army of the Republic is rapidly
passing away and that mot many years
hence the last survivor of that mighty
army of freedom which marched 20 victory
in the days of 81 to 60 will have been
mustered out and will have gone to join
his comrades already encamped on the
other shore. For forty years they have
been leaders in the patriotic sentiment OF
this nation. Who thea will take up this
work when it falls from our hands,?
Grafton by Private Dalzell.
The chief oraticn al this cemetery was
delivered by Private James NJ. Dalzell.
He began by saying that the only fitting
tribute to the memory of the men who
saved the country and it's flag is surely one
Vi tie <. edtcSi Vi oiii pIititS tflu iItiitS'
and declared that the great Grafton Of
Lincoln at Gettysburg was the best and
only great grafton that was ever pro-
nounced over soldiers grave. He said
all the orators in the world have long since
abandoned the hope OF matching what he
termed Lincoin's immortal speech.
Private Dalzell said that expression must
be feeble and inadequate measured by that
lofty standa I'd, but that in souls. in all
sincerity something of the SANE tender
ness which moved the matchless lips of
Lincoln may hclp US today 10 observe the
same spirit and truth.
The speaker concluded by saying: We
cannot repeat the story told in thousand
volumes of history and by a thousand ora
tors since the war. how our sold ,erS saved
the Union and the flag in the brave days
of old. You know the story well. Most
of the men who risked their lives for
their country nave lain down In their
graves beside the men who fought and
fell on the fields of battle. But few remain.
The country is dotted all over with our
soldiers graves. A nation is saved by their
valor and devotion. Every grave today is
bright with flowers strewn by the hands of
the grateful people who owe all they have
and are to be to the men in blue. 1t is
well. Be 1t ever so. Year and year and
for. a thousand years to come, let the
nation thus honor the men who saved it's
life
Meaning Of Victory.
Col, F. T. F. Johnson, Sons OF Veterans,
made the last address at st. Elizabeth.
He pointed out what victory meant to this
country, then what defeat would have
Brought, saying the former effec ually
established the principle of the supremacy
of the federal government OF personal lib
erty on the North American continent and
the blessings of a free country, also that
it has made this land the haven of refuge
of the down-trodden and oppressed of all
nations, and, above all. it has made us
united people. with an undying loyalty to
the countrys flag, because of the blessing
of free country.
Col. Johnson then cited what these bless
ings cost, and told of those who loved