OCR Text |
Show H THE SALT LAKE TIMES. ssH J' SALT LAKK CITY, UTAH, FlUDAY, MAY ;p, NO. '.IM THE FORTUNE OF BATTLE. a rroiT or th crrti. it jtrjrrw HE.fRI BROWSE. Ait gtadyoa ara going, Da rell.and yet it ul breaks my heart to think cf iL I had so hoped ( you would fry, but I would not hT aked too ta for tha world. Yeas era how WPOUO lika I am. Whan you do what 1 was praying that can't keep tha tears hwnk. O, how cms I let you gor Aud aha claspad him mora ti.rbtly in her arm and wept ttivrly on hi breut. ' Do not moke it any harder, darling, ha replied, kissing bar tenderly. "I'm not much of a hero at best. I fel njy patriotic resolution giving way wheo I, sea your streaming eye and your dis-tressed faiia." "I will Iw brave, DurrrU; I will lt worthy of you. Me now, ' and she dried her eyes with her handkerchief, "tba loan are all gone." "You ra brave, my dear girl; braf than I am, I fear. It is far harder for a woman to let tha man she laves go to , Inttla than it is for him to leal Ilia for- - t krmwt of forlorn bopoe." , This very sentimental diulogii. oartl-- , htvirily piinciiMiod, look phu-- In Ua , drawing room of a nvntotiaI brown , s'ono front in Thirty-fourt- strert, N , York, rather late on avening at tit closo of April, IMI. Tha speakers wa f lb leu Morley, asd 20, aud IWrt'll (Va-to-ftfced Mi" bail an lutrlhtfvut, faca itliout regular feature, gray eyes, light ' brown hair, a slight, willowy llgiir of inrdltini bright. Mb waa tha youngvst nf threat ihaughters. two of them man ted, har mother bring dead, aud her father a prtp-rou- dry goods joblwr, in sins rwidenca thea lora scenes wra occurring, whibi ha waa passionately discussing the prospect of tha civil war with sevnral of hi fallow merchant at tha Union rink Darrrll Scaton, after bavin twwsi graduated at Columbia, bad studtnt medicine, and been practicing tors , year under promising eircntttstancrs, as his father was a physician ), and had gained prominent pi ice, though littl ni.siey, lit ht tuofxsion. Tha rhUr Beaton had sis chddnm Darrall tha aldest two sons and four daughtra ' and, having born opposed lo slawy ad hi life, hal naturally raared lua fam-ily to tha sama views. Parrell had ba-- ( lieved, whil at collrga, that armsd onn- - ( fllct between tha north and could not long hs postponed, and had roada up ' bis mind, wbQ it should , Uka soma aoliva part iu II. A year Mora ha kid me Tlelen Morlwy, Iwtweon whom anl hlinsalf a rloaa snd sympathwtw ,,. friendship soon aroaa. Thy wara to friaaJs, tbay ul to say, to fall in , tjod with ona another, and tlity (irmly hallavsd What they said. Thus ascure, as tbsy fanctad, against any dangarovs , attachment, they paaamt much tluia to-gether, took long walks whan oefaasun favored, read lha sama lxs.'ka, and wr both pasalonntady fond uf music. Tha elder Morley and had bran Ultimata from laiybood, having been torn and having spent thairaarly vrs In tha rsnia too I" tha of Nw York suui, Money w as vary utltemus rrmn Scaton. Ha had far lasa intellect, with less literary and artislm lacla, tmt a far greater fondues for acquiring money, In troth, ha had oftan aail iu youth Ibal ba iuiettdsd lo ha a rl'b man, and ha had larnsly fulfilled In intention, being worth, at Ot), not far from a million. Hi leva of gain, aa oftan happan. had tnrreaaad w ith hi gaining until ba had corns to regard wealth aa indispensable. Ha waa not destitute of geuer6aity hy any rarans; he did many kind thiug without oonaid- - ' arlng sipanae; but ba certainly everssU-malo- d tha vatua and importance uf money, lie badripeeted to lose heavily by bad deU from tha hoattla attltnda ot tha south, and this, pxrhapa, mora than any other consideration, mora) or political, bad ratantly mada hUn it en-e-t. In cimsoiianca with his financial Idea, ha had ean that two of hi daugh-ters had married fortune and ha had da tarmiued that lielan should follow their example. CUrenca Wtlilsms, a young man da ' voted to society, club and pictorial di sipation, chiefly distinguish! ttt M te-nets and the rwiiM of a eailiiotiaira . father, had tnugiiied himself deeply ta i lora witii Helen, and had proposed to her a fur months befor lha flnrtg tm Humtar had roused tha nation from J protra-te- lethargy. To hta smpcbM and indignation sha bad posantely refused himhliu wh hd lhi$ht that tha offer of hi hand wautd ha an honor. Ha bi than, with singulitr lack of pride, referred hi easai to Mr. Morley, wlto fsvorwl hi suit ami rncoungrd him to believe that tha girl would dauntless ehang her oiind. Oial ilia probably had romsofio notions on tt'a suhjact of marriag. which a yaar or two mora would correct. In an Interview with H"o, sha uUi I, tin sii had a temperamental avarsksu to Mr.Wdluiras that never could ba oe. coma. Assad if siia lavad anvbixiy sbs relied rvasivaly that aha waa not awar thai sha did. "Tliao tbora u in-pi- n reas," said her Lit her. "for Will-iao- i to persevar. A g:rl wbosa haart is not navar knows anytturg about U stata df her afecttoas. You U c rovm.!, IM, in dna Uma, Why, my dear, Ctaerica WtUiasaa wiU Inberit to or three million. When Darratl Saatoo raoyf tha fateful ilitpatob oa tha tuoraing of AprU 13, and felt thai it meant hWefliiiia, peasfUy eternal saparalion froia Iltken storhey, tha wild tiirobfa'nc eal that hie frietkkihip had baaa but mask t jt an intra, passional) krr Ua ra--I sw!ed to teU bar so at tba first Oppotto-- i nl:y. sad ha k(4 has rtaoiution. Ba di4 not ask be directly to ba his wife, but j felt that she otighl to know how ha hd ' d hitrjtelf, and that ba was at last ' akrj to tha train tha dlifhtTal, ditries.tamuituisi truth. Hiae ' al d nets. fne. too. had j scsou.It frv:trt"iU&MWr-Jm- . , knows tut north, no south, no cast, wni; niul that our dear )! rtaij, with il white made purer, and it- - red made redder with the blood of itt trallant defender. llouU out more proudly than ever to kivi the breaker of heaven. Iiccauso under its shallow there breathe nol u single alava. lir t'uton. tlie lltrhlnliitr t b.utlw. t'lrt kludim tin' fUm. o( ttx hrtna. Thi blHt nd the virn nf our iil, Hv nite tl Hrfr divine. In htu then will del-n- il It, Win nithi nil ill niimih I won; "Tut ihiaie fiiriii Thr reaitn nf ISe I'nMn, As the sky form the realm ol tit uu.' " The oration was received with great npplau.e. ami, after more nin-i- c, the ceininaud proctvd to Mount Olivet cciii-rter-w hi n! the monument. inl erected to the memory of Georg K. M.ixwell, was dedicated. ' lVcoration or Memorial day in Salt Lake of 1!H w ill long he remembered. helped build up our great empire, until now it ranks among llio sovereign s of the earth. "A century ago, thirteen states, with a population of aliout three millions, comprised the union which was formed to resist the power tit' (ireat liritain. Now forty-tw- o states and six territories, with a population of more than sixty millions of freemen, ileiuouMt'.'Uo titir right to be considered one of the great empires of the earth. Then, we had no navy. Now. we cau create, in a tlav iron-cla- d llccte which will with the compete navies of the world tho pro-duct of American genius. Then, our fathers struggled for eight long year against the power of (i rent Hntain; their munitions of war nt times ex-hausted, their small nnii'n s naked ami starving, and their commerce swept from the sea. Now, we can raie and equip a million, of men, with hearts of irou and hands of steel,, able to defy the combined despotisms of tho world. Wo arm them with weapons of our own invent ion, niul, during our four years of civil strife, wo astouished the world by the fertility of our resources. Ol'U NATIONAL IilllNITV. "For nearly four score years our country had maintained its national dignity at home and uln-na- and by its prowess, its justice, ami its wisdom in the management of its affairs, had given to I lie name of American citizen, a rank second to none since the palmiest das o the Komnn republic. It llourishd in nil the arts of licace. comparatively free from the warlike convulsions which have rent other portions of tho earth, and caused tho thrones of empires to totter and fall. Hut twice In all that lime did the alarms of war disturb our progress, and then, whether repelling an invading foe, or upon the liloody tields of Mexico, our citizen soldiery added fresh laurels to the chapletw hieli adorned the brow of tho yotiug repub-lic. In all that time no star in tho con-stellation had grown dim aud new ones were constantly appearing on its arure field. The rills or our country's pros-perity had grown iuto rivulets, ami the rifufets into rivers, overflowing their banks with abundance and fulness. We became vainglorious aud boasted in our strength. We said in our pride, 'No power daro assail us.' Abovo all, we 'saw not tho beam in our own eye,' and gave little heed to the fact that within our own borders was a smoldering ele-ment which was yet to enkjndlo tho torch of war, aud endanger . tho exist anre of our union. Wo cither lieurd not or failed lo understand the niiitier-ing- s of the volcano beneath our feet, whoso heavings and surgings wore soon to test to the utmost the strength of tho foundation of oitr national ediliee. Wo could not believe that soon our beauti-ful land was to bo deluged in the blood of her gallaul sons, that brother was to be arrayed against , brother in hostile strife, and the wail' of the widow and orphan w as soon to resound through-out the land. Tho, struggle with jls history and its lessons. ii fresh in thn minds of many, but new generations are coming which can only kuow them from the pages of history. Tho nation forgetting tho declaration of its found-ers, that 'all men ro . born free and equal,' and are. pOfssyssed-ofn- . Uio right lo lUe," liberty, anil tho pursuits or hajipiness; had permitted four million ot her people lo bo held in bondage far more servile and degrad-ing than that for which she had takeu arms to free herself. THE OHKAT CONFLICT. "Tho clank of fellers, and the crack of lash, mingled with the sighs and groans of tho toiling slave. roMiiiudnil in the fairest portion of our land, and an aristocracy hostile to the principles of liberty grew up under its very shield. " "The irrepressible conflict between freedom and slavery waged ever on. aud tho cry of tho opprci-we- d went up to tlio ear of heaven.' The slave power was rapacious in its demands, and for a long time they were submitted to front a love of peace. Florida and Louisiana were purchased lo extend the urea of slavery. The w ar w ith Mexico, costing us muiih in blood and treasure, was in-augurated to increase its domains. Compromise, after eomprotuis" was made, only to be broken; and, in the vain hope'for peace, an American con-gress, in the face of Divine law, and of the almost inspired Declaration of In-dependence, placed upon our statute books an enactment which will ever re-main a dark slain njion our national honor tho act pledgiug fho power of tho government to hunt down und re-turn the panting fugitive to his master. "The change came, and the people awoke to the kuowledgo that the time for compromise was past. "Tho beautiful plains of Kansas woro sprinkled with the blood of her liberty-lovin- g sons, who fell in the attempt to stay the encroaching wave of slavery, and her sunny skies were overhung with the smoke of her burning cabins and villages. From out the flames and deso-lations of this conlliet came old John Hrown, who, imagining himself the Moses who w as to lead tbe slave to free-dom, with fourteen men dared the power of Virginia, and made the slave power tremble. Whatever we may think of him or his acts, we must give him credit for a grand devotion to the principles of liberty. Ua died lo make mail free, 'and his soul goes marching on.' ... "Then followed secession, hleven states withdrew from the solemn com-pact of 13m and 171). They formeil a new confederacy, making the rejected stone of slavery 'the chief stone of the corner.' Thev threw into the field an army which tfireatetied our capitol and dtlied the pswer of the nation. "They filed on our Ibig at Siimpter, trailed it in the dust, and hoisted in the place of the glorious stars and stripe, that bastard emblem, the stars and bars. There follow ed a scene never e witnessed in Mien magnitude the uprising of a free people to do battle for Cod aud their country. ' For years we heard the rush of con-tending armies, the steady tramp of armed men Jteep'mg step to the music of the union, as they came, from the north, tho east and the west, and to the discor-dant notes of disunion as they came from the south, until they met in that great. comliat whieh for four vears caused the land to resound with the din of war, and watered anew the tree of liberty with the blood of her defenders. Dur-ing the firt and second years of that dread struggle we compromised the principles of liberty and talked of the siave to bis chain, and so long we fought without result, win-ning alternate victory and defeat. At la- -t tbe martvr president, Abraham Lincoln, issued the proclamation which broke the fetter of four millions of Ins lellow men. Then all was changed. From that time victory perched iijkhi our banners, and the nn.Uo tnen il upon them. Kquai rights to all men,' fia'hed every here in battle as the sign by w hich we ent, "Conquering and to conquer.' m:kkiom to the slave. "Friydom to the toiling slave was proclaimed, and on the Fourth of Jnlv. lWitt. we celebrated the nation'n birth-day by. the detent of l.ee at (ioltyslmrg, and the surrender of Vieksburg. The Fourth of July, found us knocking ! the very gates of Richmond, aud the Fourth of July. ISoo, saw the victorious armies of thn 'Union laying aside the sword and the trappings of war. and returning to their homes to become in truth, ua they were before only in name, citizens of a free republic, while the mightv hosts of the rebellion had vanished like snow under a summer sun. "The nation rejoiced, but w ith its re-joicings was mingled sad lament for the choice spirits whose blood had been shod and whoso bones were left to bleach upon the liloody fields their valor won. With these grcnt 'events fresh in our minds, it beeiiiucs us to re-flect upon our duties ns citizens of the great republic our fathers gave, and which has been nreserved to us at so great a price in blood and treasure. "See lo it that the lilt's of loyality and patriotism never burn low' upon your country's altars. See to it that the rising generation is taught to re-vere the great principlcMif lilierty upon which our republic rests. You, vet erans, whose heads lire silvering with the frosts of time, have by your patri-otic example done much, ami by your teachings can do more, Initial ill lessons of patriotism iuto the minds ami he iris of the rising generation. Your chil-dren upon your knee unconsciously drink in lessons of loyally as they listen to tho stories you tell of' those stilling iinies which seem but yesterday to you. but which have passed into history; so that, ns you march onward with step towards that shadowy camping ground, w here you shall rest forever in tho peaceful sleep which fol-lows the storm and cacnage of battle, "BK 1I0NOKAB1.K." "You who bear upon your bodies tho sears of war need never think they dis-figure. They are the cerliticales of your honorable service. If you are maimed and crippled, be not discour-aged, nor give way to useless rcpinings. Make no dishonorable, use of your sears or maimed limbs hy trading them for pitiful alms, but liud your iilaee and fill it. There is a place for all. and it only needs tho patience, the endurance that, a soldier's life should leach you, to lind and keep It. Close tin the ranks. There should bo no skulking in the bat-tle of life. Twine closely around your hearts each thread of Vour country's tlag-th- at dear old flag which has so often leilyou to victory. Its stars and stripes have Hashed in the sunlight and waved In triumph from Urn snows of Canada to the burning sands of the gulf, and from tbe Atlantic to the I'aeilio. They lmvo waved over the halls of Monte-zuma, and over every portion of tho boundless sens.' loading tho brave lo victory, and pointing the oppressed to liberty. He ever ready to defend the crush' for which you fought, some there be who say wo should forget the past, and some 'there be who would tilnee the emblem of treason on aucqnaiily with the emblem of lilierty the soldier In grey on a level with li'tni who wore tlie blue. Hut this may never be. .Tim principles for which you fought were tho same then, now and forever the principles of eternal right. The soldier can forgive but cannot forget the past Ho has ever been ready lo hold out tho band of fraternal giwid fellowship to his brave. but mistaken and conquered foe; but w hen asked to forget the lessons of the past his heart revolts. The lime has not come when the soldier of tho Union, and the cause for whirh ho fought, can be forgotteu; nor will it ever come, unless the litno shall come when upon tho html leaf of our history shall bo written: 'The republio is no more, Yours was not a lost cause.' Your vic-tory was won becuuso you fought for the right, and because of that there Is, deep down in tho lieurts of the people, a living spring of gratitude, prulo and iove for you aud for the dear land for which you fought, und which your valor saved. "And you, mothers, wives and daughters, whoso memories run buck to the time when sons, husbands, fathers and lovers went forth to fight tho bat-tles of vour country, and you watched them with swimming eyes asthey went, and followed them with fervent prayers as they marched and fought und wept and liid your heart breaks when they died; cherish fondly In your hearts tho memory of those who nobly gave up iino, loved ones, and life itself, that Urn republic might live. And you, who did not share In thoso sacrifices, bear ever in mind tho services of those who did. Kxtund tho hand of fraternity to those who survive, but arc rapidly fall-ing by the way. around you and sen the whitening hair and bowed form of those made pieniatnrelv old by pri-vations, suffering endured that you and your country might live, and be ever ready with willing heart and ready hand to aid thn worn out hero, as ymi may see him struggling to keep his maimed body and despairing soul from purling company for jet u little longer. rtlK (il(A.Nf AUMV. 'The survivors of the grand army of the republic, which gathered from the mountains, the alleys, and thn prairies when their country was in danger, have organized under the motto of Fraternity, Charily, and Loyalty," and will see to it that want and suffer ing and heartaches shall lie banished as far as may lie from the doors of their comrades, their widow and orphans It is your privilege to encourage an I give them aid. "And all of us, soldier and citizen, should feel the fact that 'eternal vig-ilance is the price of liberty.' and that if we desire to retain the name of free-men we must, bv virtue, by patriotism, and by vigilance, deserve it- - As wo meet upon this and future anniversaries to commemorate the lovalty and hero- - ism of our dead comrades, as we go to the silent city of the dead to K'.imi !n our hrti th - ot wim. And th-- ov.-- r with teautllul Bowrrn. as we call to mind the burial trench on the battle-field- , or the lonely '" the tangled brake, where no hand but tho loving hand of nature w ill spread (lowers over our fallen heroes; as think of the virtues and valorous deeds of tho- - wIiok' spirits winged their up-- ; w ard flight amidst the smoke and r .ar of battle, or tho; who hare oawiI ' peacefully awav in the arms of friends from the happv , et us with j reverent heal Is thank Cod thnt, beenune of their heroism, and that of their living j comrade, we nr still bound together in the unbroken chain of national un'ii v. That this great union of ta'es forms one gtaiid nation in i the bonds of lo lug fraternity hich were woven into garlauds with which to crown conqneriug heroes, were formed iuto bridal wreaths, and placed by loving bauds upon the funeral pail, and Btrewu aud plauted upon the graves of lost loved ones. By the altar of tho tabernacle in tho wilderness stood a molten sen whoso brim was adorned 'with flowers of lilies.' and the candle-slick- s and 'bowls 'with flowers of al-monds,' uud 'tho flowers were of pure gold.' When Solomon built the temple ho carved it and its walls round about aud its doors with opcu flowers, and the chapiters of the columns were carved lillics and pomegranites, the latter the emblem of Hope. They were offered daily aud daily a new flower, upon the altars of the light of Asia, alio great Buddha, whose symbol was the white lotus of India, emblem of purity and chastity, then as today. In the records of old Kgyut, we find everywhere traces of tho love and symbolism of flowers, iu loaf and stem iu bud and blossom, pictured and carved, as well as in the real bud and blossom preserved through centuries in tho cerements and withered hands of tho embalmed dead iit .uoknpwti ilynaslies. The dusky Egyptian maiden twined in her s tresses us she went to her bridal, the white) lotus of .the Nile, centuries before Moses was cradled among Ihc rushes and lotus flowers of the great riveiv'-.Th- e Egyptian architect drew fron Nilotic flowers, his designs for cap-itals of columns which were old before Greece was boru, and while Europe was yet tho homo of wild beasts and savage men. When Creek geuius had invented and carved out the live great orders of capitals, that which became the World's favorite through ages, the most beautiful, the architect of Corinth adopted from the bending leaf of tho acau-thus- , just ai tho Egyptian hud copied from the vegetation of tho Nile. The Greeks and Romans were lovers of flowers, and used them in profusion to deck the altars of their gods, and in their festivals. They strewed them upon the graves of their dead, and parsley, myrtle, violets, anil roses wore peculiarly dedicated to tlieir funeral rites. The Romans called the days set apart for the decking of grave dies violaris violet day. The Thes-snlian- s adorned the tomb of tho great Achilles with wreaths of amar'authus. FLOWERS ON THE TOMB. "Is it strange that with the Romans those beautiful customs and exquisite thoughts passed into England, and tlip nee to us, to be sung by our poets and felt in our hearts? ' Sweets to tho sweet,' says Queen Gertrude, as she scatters flowers over Ophelia's lifeless form. " 'Lilies for a brliliiUbed. Kiwes for a matron's head. Violets for a maiileu dead.' "And Browningasks, 'Do not tho dead wear flowers when dressed for God? The "fleitr do lis,' tho royal lily and emblem of France, comes from tho same idea, aud is the same emblem as its foreruuners and kin, the lotus of ludia and of the Nile; and it, too, passed iuto England with the Norman, side by side with tho rose, fraught with so much of the loves and superstitious of the ages, that both became part of the emblems of Britain. OUK KEI, WHITE AND BLUE. "Way it not be, that the ideas horn of the reel and white roses of Lnglaud and the blue of tho lilies of 1 ranee hu e to combine in ho come down to us beautiful emblem of our nat.o.i ml he red, the white and the blue, of the d flag of the free? However may' be, the love of helf svmbolisn. has been a ted ever on. ladcn with perfume and beau y down through the centuries until they enter into and become a part of tl.eten-d- e est and most touching f our lives and the lives nations. decorate the altars on the holy cUvl of tho church; they greet us at Si?th he antl christening; thoy form bridal canopy and wreath, and o trie Shushed bu ; the moan of the bereaved heart and God's minister is abmi to wif- - n the beautiful spring time, TVgrSSd ?",bl'rtd .tripiingh of these dewy our ,eart otfer-?em- we honored dead, ni our iugs on the giatwhast tneui ,o feeling sure , jth the incense of fhp sof t will be Vaf,-- t ami will reach them breezes spr ne of war s in that spint la"" , , wh(,re WP Srn'M rest and peace eternal t JIAItt IIINO TO THE GUAVE. "While there remains a remnant of the hosts which marched, suffered and fought in tho bloody battles of tho civil war, no other incentive than the mem-ories of tho past will be needed to impel them ou each returning year to pay this little tribute to the memory of com-rades who lmvo listened to tho last tattoo, and gone to swell the rauks of the silent majority. But the day will soon come when there will be no sur-viving veterans of the great armies of the Union to garland the graves of comrades, ami others must then take up this loving servico for them and for us, when we, too, havo heard the final roll call and joined them 'in the bivouac of the dead.' Time, like distance, lends enchantment to tho view, aud wo now begin to look back to tho (lays of battle through tho mists which cast a glamour of romance About those scenes; though, to many of us, memory makes tho ro-mance wondrous real. Much of the lifetime of a generation has passed since the bloody days of and men aud women born siueo then are present hero today. They havo, aud can have, no mentoring of the time which tried men's souls, aud no knowledge of the history wo wrote wilh sword and bay-onet tit leUem except as they learn it from the lips of those who are passing away, or from the pages of his-tory. It is well, then, that wo thus as-semble, and aid to perpetuate the loyal teachings of that terrible strife which for a time threatened the very existtmcc of the nation; that nation of which w e feci so proud today nol only because, wo are a part of it but bocauso of the part we and our dead comrades took in saving it for those to conic. And, as we assemble, u dwindling baud of veterans, iet us give thanks to heaven, that wo lind ourselves yet under tho protecting shadow of the old flag, with its stars iindimmed, and its folds unsullied, the glorious emblem of a L-c- republic. To the old soldier it is uo meaningless em-blem, but the incarnation of tho prin-ciples for which our revolutionary sires fought when they founded, and cemen-ted with their blood, tho government we fought to maintain the principles of equal rights for all mankind. We, tho stuvivors of that great struggle, learned to love that old flag, which, in the blood of our comrades, we and called 'Old Glory' withau intensity of love which none can feel but those to whom the battle fury has come. No matter how riddled and torn, with shot and shell, no matter how tattered and frayed and blood-stained it might become, men followed with eager aud loviug gaze the flash of its folds, as it shown through the smoke of battle, like a sun-bur- of glory, lead-ing them on to deathless fame, per-chance, through hero's graves. I need spend no timo in glorifying tje share we had iu those eventful days; but, in lovalty to the past, und to our fallen comrades, we should strive by precept and example to teach to those who arc crowding our footsteps towards our flnal camping ground, such lessons of patriotism as will cause them to emu-late our example, and be ever ready, with brave hearts and loyal, willing hands, lo defend tho heritage we helped to save to them and their pos-terity forever. To do this, a retrospect of the progress of the nation, of the causes of the struggle, of the final grand result and its lesson, will not bo amiss. AXENT THE KEVOI.LTION. "But little more than a century has passed since the clash of arms and din of battle ceased, and the war cloud lifted from tho face of the infant re-public, as the patriot armies of the rev-olution disbanded, and the shadow of the king's scepter faded away. I hat ragged, barefoot band of patriots, poor in everything but tho pure gold of glo-rious, "libertv-lovlu- g manhood, had written on the leaves of history, in the list of great and decisive battles of the world, the names of Saratoga and l ork-tow- u Iu the century' which followed we have written, other names destined to be as famous in history ; and Amer-ca- n valor, tried on the fields of Mexico, and those bloodier ones cf the civil war, has dono much, not only to enrich the annals of war. but to add to the mate-rial interests of freedom. Ihose patri-ots of lTio bnilded better than they knew Thev demonstrated as a fact what before'had been but an untried idea; that man was capab e of self gov-ernment, and they exploded the doc-trine of the divine right of tho kings. Twa uuder their inspiration that the young republic just springing into life ; IvsoU-c- that the principles of the Dec-laration of Independence should be the cornerstone of the new republic, nod that upon our shores an asylum be erected for all who desired to flee j the depotims of the from and escape old world. The public domam was to all. and soon the genius of , "bertv attracted to our shores the down trodden and oppr- - d of all ttnns ; the tide of immigration flowed ma steady current upon our shore, aud EMORYOFfHEDEAD og of riowers Over the Graves of tie Fallen Heroes Who 'wo . Not Forgotten, IBIAL DAY OBSERVANCE. 'rocessiou to the Cemeteries and lolonel Bobertson's Eloquent Oration in Full. jorial day. itnii'intirics it recalls ! ,. t'otliy-gono days, and a flower f pave cf fonie dear loved one ic story. 'lay is tlio one of many which the an heart reveres; when flowers 'n over tho moun ds of the men ent down in the nation's baptism 0 in the dark days of 1SC1-C-Northern Maine to Sunny Flor-ro-the storm beaten shore of 16 to the (iolden Gate where the - sun gilds the purple hill-top- s is heard the tread of marching flowers are being scattered by ' Iwwls, little children are ' clusters of roses on the of tlio dead. Old "bare sighing as they fire salutes liose who fell at Fredericksburg aud Antiotam. Fathers and ra now old weary remember I'riile mingled with regret of the tywbo fell at Donelson, and wise city i voi jn rear of hor f't in paying a tribute of n memory of those who gave :vfor tho nation's safety, and '"'res today were of a most ' . a.T was appropriately observed 'Lake. - t''wion, which formed at 0 '""West Second South street, Main and West Temple, was rang one. Harry llaynes was '" al' the procession was headed .uiatoon of police, followed by drum corps, succeeded b'v 'Wnient commander and "'minted. Then came, the ' McKeou ..grand" army f Hie Sons of Veterans on foot. aires were the Woman's Relief :lU(1 Col. Robertson, orator of Ruests. Other citizens in f followed. Tho line of march y follows: North on Main ,l.rst SolUn- - thence cast via 'in the military cemetery, where inate ceremonies were held. The rj'nen returned to Fort Dotig-- ; the crowd was tremendous. ' we Sixteenth Infantry band pieeu of war music the post cv. C. L. Libby, opened tbe 'w with pravev. Tho Metho-- ; lea sung and a veteran read war poem. sue!?? 'J"p-th- "ashing blade, isiSJ n?nrHuK blast:. and strife are past." JKtl HOBEUTSON'S ADDRESS. Ration t)f the day was delivered Robertson, of the Utah -- on. After being introduced athe4il- - vield up thy sweets, "'yal splendor jjy38 Proud and tender.' Ja.nPiage of flowers is the Ian-- ' iove; and flowers have ever " as emblems of the kindlier and expressions of the heart. wnrMcle dim an,l mty ages. . of tradition as is the world imf'r re wp8 flowers al festi-- j 'Clivals of flowers. They lne temples and their altars ' M?P Fallen aerobe The Peace, "At latt there U peaeeP So Raid the wearied people, and lha almost exhaust-e- d nation breathed attain and took atoek of her hurt. The grand review at Wash-ingu-delighted all spertatora and all readers, and on a smaller scale waa maoy times repeated during the tuuinier; a million I'nion volimUers returned horn to lie weleniued by rejoicing neighbor, to lie held in ever iniTeaning honor and to be the preferred in nearly all politi-cal content, vt hile the ilefnated Confed-erate, sorrowfully sought hi desolated home and faced an uueertain future. And will it last? waa the (juration asked hy many a doubting one. Will the fruits of the war all lie Kived.w ill Ilia vuniuinhml tie reconciled, will iieacn be aiviured for this generation? And tlio most sai.Riiine hope of the moat optimistic all these o,uasUona hava been answered in tho afllrmativa. T year have p;uwed, and the im-portance of the victory only grows greater every year. With each return-ing Memorial day the American people realira more and more that the I'nion soldier did better than they knew, Theiin waa a threefold victory. They not merely broke in pleeaa lha opposing frro that Mime would have left u a divided people they destroyed the Very cause of the war and conquered the heart of their foes. Thia last waa the greattst victory of-Il- . While tha Union Mild ifm dumnnntrutiHl the nation's irctiRth to ouch an extent that no other nation dreams of attacking us, they so won upon tho vanquinlied that tlieir strength, too, soon became part of tha nation's strength. Twenty-fiv- e years of unbroken peace! The United States has now enjoyed a longer exemption from M, foreign or civil (minor ludian troubles aside), than ever before in her history. In all the great kind there is a habbalh peace, and for all that human wisdom can see the future is one of peaca. And for this fortuuate condition we arn indebted, un tier Uod, to the wisdom of tha war lead- - ers and the valor of tha Union soldier! They took up arms otily to secure peace, and every promise of tha most sanguine is mora than fultlWod R LANDS FOR THE DEAD. mcel Ewh buried brsve !ngrBlo,0," ldnf !& preudly leaning on his glaive, iwlts tha moed ye brine, tributary tear our Jeathluss heroes era.; vita witb incense of tho blooming year; tilr haoda crown tho brave. ty did not bleed In vain M tothor, brother, son to mads gray shore and pine clod piala la altar and a throne. me lifts the crlmnon sign hey once to battle gave, a they form their gallant line; M fair bands crown the brave. surging tide Is spent; n mighty march is o'er; nix ul mom, the soldier's tent lulled forerermore. it boiae and state remain ; o'bue'er they died to save .Iqueach the fire and burst the chain; 14 fair bands crown the bravo. Cain. rtwaUiam'a Cseap. The following story waa told by Oan. Cheatham of the manner in which ha es-caped capture at tha battle f Ualmunt, Mo.t " Just as theopposing armies approarhad one another flan. Cheatham dtsrovaired squadron of cavalry coining down road near bis position. Uncurtain as to which force it belonged, accompanied only by an orderly, ha rodn tp to within a few yards of it, and inquired: "What cavalry is tliatr "Illinois cavalry, sir,' waa tha rply. "Ohl Illinois cavalry. Ail right; just land where you arfll" Tha cavalry oUyad tha order, and un-molested by thani, who supposed ha waa one of tha Federal officers, tha general rode safely buck, directly under the funs of another Federal refluent, which bad by that time ooma up, but who, seeitifc him coming from tha dirai'Uon of tha cavalry, also supposed that ha waa ona of them. Anucdotea, I'oetry and Inci-dents of tha War. The llll Muakets. An Illinois colonel felt It hi duty to praise thesa doublo acting arm. Maid be: "In platoon firing with tha Belgian musket, I can tell what I cannot with any other arm, and that Is, bow many pieces have been flrd." "How can you tell tbatt "Oh, I count tb m'n on the ground. It never deceive ma. It is 'flra, and fall back,' flat. "Onn of these Belgian muskets will kick lika a mule, and burst with tht greatest facility. Several soldiers In our Illinois regiments hav been killed in this way. Tho bayonet, too, i a novelty a soft iron affair, apparently designed to coil round tha enemy, a it Is introduced, thus taking him prisoner. "Anecdotes, I'oetry and Incidents of tha AVar. PtArE RE!GN3 AU0V6 THE GRAVE. emit stars t ThentuM haUleS f lh lr Tl Isad " lb m botfe taeir Mrta, Sod ua their tttfs sned lo mtrUi, (fair ! Ueim lnul pulr. AS'I f Birds eltk mrlrnna cars T)m trmaaij d See Oar Bet to Itisl heaei V twt nam ivorto mvMMi muto. saieMa. tUjr. At eolsmsed ibmea4 perao To ir tlx liao mrMdn "P Tkt Idwmae of AermJ sue. !. s rt vS fH tlw V7 1 uiw tvaal of rsr f. ti IMim threart !! 's mmMtA T rrsts ilia fsts rest tr asa C. C.rs-s- w j |