Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-06-03
MEMORIAL DAY
EXERCISES
HAD A VERY LARGE ATTENDANCE
The Sermon Sunday Morning and the
Address Monday Afternoon We're
Much Appreciated

was CdFfl6u Oub DIS daNCIbisCu III i1So
weeks issue. Members of the Grand
Army and the Woman's Relief Corps
attended the Christian church Sunday
morning and listened to an excellent
sermon by the pastor, Rev. Frank
Naples. Monday afternoon a process
sion was formed at the post Office and
to the music of the martial band the
march was made to the Presbyterian
church. Mayor r. G. Spencer presid-
ed, Rev. Frank Naples read the Scrip
lures, Rev. ID. b. S. Prather offered
rayer Adjutant Ed. B. Cousins read
the list of the dead, Judge Green de-
livered the Grafton and Rev. SchIes-
selman pronounced the benediction.
Excellent music was furnished by q
special choir.
After the exercises at the church the
procession marched to the cemetery
where they assembled around the mon
ument to the unknown dead, which was
decorated by q wreath prepared by
the ladies of the Relief Corps. The
ritual service was presented by Com
mander l.. A. McGinnis, Chaplain ID.
L. Thomas and Comrade A. Fl. Ed
wards. A short address was made by
Rev. A. B. Miller, who expressed re-
greet hat in recent years there seemed
to be a l~essening of respect for Memo
rial Day and that in many places it
has become q holiday for sports and
recreations. The beautiful flowers
with which the graves of our dead
heroes are decorated should make us
more true and patriotic in our feelings.
There is no better symbol of love.
They form an embroidery for natures
loneliness and speak to us of Gods
love to mankind. Memorial Day
should be one of tender memory and
call the mind and heart of every loyal
American citizen to perform his patri-
otto duty.
Following Mr.. Miller's address the
graves of all the old soldiers were
decorated with flowers, taps was
sounded and the procession and the
large concourse OF people which had
gathered at the cemetery returned to
town.
JUDGE GREEN'S ADDRESS,
Judge Green delivered an appropri-
ate and thoughtful address that re.
ceived the most careful and re ,pectful
attention of the audience. We can
give but o brief outline.
Judge Green commenced by saying
he was always profoundly impressed
by such an occasion. He saw before
him some of the last survivors of the
worlds greatest conflict, and we had
met to commemorate the lives and
conuiaac nf fhncn uhn hoI no ccaI q uya u
In no other war had there been so
great an expenditure of blood and
treasurer; and no other was more mo-
mentous in its consequences. Upon
its result there depended the lives, the
liberty and the opportunities of mil
lions of people yet unborn. 1t was
also remarkable because of the char
acter and motives of the ~conquering
army, which was made up of the best
blood and character of the nation.
And most remarkable of all was the
fact that the men of the north had no
reason to expect any change in their
private life from a successful outcome
of the war. Though a student of his
tory, he could not find any other war
in which the soldiers offered up their
lives so freely for the sake of a prin-
ciple that affected them so little as did
the men of the federal army. For
what did our soldiers fight? What
brought on this mighty conflict?
Where was right and where was JUS
tice in this great struggle? OF late
years this seems to have been forgot
ten. Nearly half a century has gone
since the close of the var A new
generation has been born who know
nothing of it by personal experience.
In order to avoid sectional strife too
little has been said about the causes
that brought on the trouble. And so
our younger people know but little of
the causes leading up to the war.
The speaker here gave some time to
the discussion of a series Of events
that preceded the election of Abraham
Lincoln. He mentioned the assault
upon Charles Sumner in the senate,
the murder of Lovejoy in Illinois, the
domineering rule and spirit OF the
South and the threats of secession un-
less their demands were conceded.
With the South il was rule or ruin.
To show that some of the same spirit
still exists he mentioned the grave in
suit to the old soldiers and all the peo-
pie OF the North by the proposition to
erect a monument to Col. Writ, the
only man of the South condemned to
death by the federal government be-
cause of his fiendish murder of many
helpless men in prison at Anderson
vile, of which he had charge; and the
more recent action of the people OF
Mississippi in presenting to the battle
ship named for that state q silver
service decorated with a medallion of
Jefferson Davis, the arch traitor of
the confederacy. 1t should be kept
before the rising generation that the
South was ~eternally wrong and the
North %eternally right in that conflict.
Following are the anne of the SOL
diers buried In the cemeteries in this
community:
In Mable Grove cemetery:
Henry Cole David Ferguson
Elmer Nichols Capt. Chas. Stuart
Col. e. G. White VIM McManigill
r. Il. Tucker r. G. Cobean
G.. Sawyer VIM. Spencer
r. A. Steere Jas. II, McLeran
s. A. Archer Elias Patton
ID. Williams Thos. Cassidy
John Swarts Thos. Bell
Robert Sizer j, G. Johnson
Capt. G. S. Hart Martin Kness
e. L. Krause John Booth
j. G. Sharp Geo. Kelley
Clark Cross David Sheets
Harvey Hollister VIM. A. Clark