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Show J1E1I01MAI, HAV. The .ScfTlrn at tlio Illy (emttrrji An I Inlrrttllng Uccailon. A early aa 0 o'clock on riaturday morning hundred of erutii weru aecuwrndln their way Into the city cemttrry,carrylug LiakcU of llowera and Moral tribute, tf vailoua deelgna Willi which lo decorate tho grave of tha dead; and by 10 o'clock, at which hour ilrld'a land caruo tijion the acene, fully IV) iiernin were neent. l'tinctually at 11 o'clock tlio puUlc arrvlcca lx gan In a I irge wooden structure struc-ture erected for the occasion, the coll of thla having been defrayed by prl vato suhcrl tlona. The Interior wr aullahly di-oraled with btiulluB, llaga, ft no lalnn and llowcri. The molloea I ncluded "The Nation's lit roe -May they Itcat In l'iac; "All Honor to llio l'lorueri of Cllah. May Ihtlr Bliep In I'eareriil," and "We Mourn Ihe Honored Dead." Abovrall floated the Htari and Hlrlpcs at half-mast. half-mast. 1'rtaldent (Itorge l(. Cannon wm amoiu the cuniatuy uccupylug rcH rvrd aeata on tho platform. , The land having played, "Jfcircr my God to Thee," Mayor Bcolt called the aavambly to order and gtvo n abort aJJroa treating on the history of tho dayand Its general oUcrvancu throughout through-out the country. Thn Harmony (Ilea club, anlsled ly member of tlio TaUinaclu choir, then rendered tho aon?, "A Tear for th Cumradea that are Clone," lu uxctllent style. Illshop Ionard of the I'tlsropnl church oflered thu 0cuIiik praj cr. "Not Dead, but Hiwpetli" waa thin aung I )' the Harmouy (Jlco club, ntairop wmr-irv'a Ahnnaaa. t am glad to meet and greet an many of you wlHhftoBointillierotodu honor hon-or to thla day an I itnmlon! a day which Iim been placed among tha high tide of Iha calendar, ami act apart, thnmghout Ihu briai J Ian I. for llio obervanca of a i uktout at once JK-autlhil and appropriate. llil custom originated, I believe, with tba deooratlon of lite prarea of Vnlnn anldlers, v. hcl lost their live In defense of tbelr country, spilling their blood upon tho battleflef I In ixeserro Intact tho groat and glorious na Ion of Vihlch wo form a mrt. It waa lining to ao honor audi Iioroce. Hut aubsecptently the custom was wllcnod anl extended lo Inchid-i in lla ohservanco tha d-roralton oftlia tombs of IVnfederani aoliliers, those who wure the grey Insloa 1 of tho blue anl foiurh! with eimal bravery and fwiusl alncerlty for their 'lost cause," Hut It did not atop there) Ik grow anl ei'iandad atlll, until ll became a general observance, Iha eustiJlil.a it lhslay,tci relnemlierevory-wrier relnemlierevory-wrier tho honoreel ilea I, tlvtllaus aa well as soldlera and atrew their gravoa wllhtlowera. Ilduoa not fall lo tho lot nl all men to wield iho aword, ahoulder Ihe musket ami slid their blood lllnn Iha latttlollold. el thero are heroes an I heroinea eipially worthy of honor, who hato worn out iholr Uvea eonteu Hug fir tho right, using pc n aud tongue, or what. ever faouttte tncy ioseased( In defense nt truth and rlkhtouustir' prlnelplea tteouii-d by them dh In. Many of llieni He horn amund ua. o como together thla ilay to honor Ihoui and cover tbolr tombs with garlands. It waa lltiliig, ludeod, that ao t-mmlful a custom shoul I not liavaconnnotlltaolf lo any particular class. I la 1 ll dona so, we might well hato doubled Itul divinity of tho Inspiration which augLostod It. ft might then havo tieen eusl lend a mero man made custout. and, like lla maker 'a-rlshable. Th chief beauty of all true prlurlplee la their breadth, their charity, their Impartial i hllanthropy, llecatiso of the bread! i and extent uf llilsbeantlful observance lean aeeUod In It, andean therefore 1-ellovo It will en lure. It originated Ilk tha llama of a candle, or a ftro on tha hearto, to glvo HbIiI ami warmth lo those only within tho house. Hut now ll ahlne like tha aun, tba great lamp wlilchAlod lit In heaven, toahedf irth its warmth and brlllUueo otcralLTulalaprapc rand right, for nearo allthurhlllreuof tlod, -iiilly lllaaona and daughters, actually the creatures of Ills benovnlent care, I njolco that we can meet here ujiuu the plauo ot our common com-mon brotherhood and aiaterhooJ, an I re gardlcesnf rrlljlous or political illtror enci a, Join bauds lu doing houorto iho noble dead. X can honor any man who la alneere, however much Ida opinions may differ from my own. Mlneerlly la not always right, but 11 la alwaj a right to be alncoro. TiiehyKrlto Is despicable, hut Ibo sincere sin-cere auul Is over tu beadintred. I houor tho men who wore Ibo bluo, whofouaht under Iho auvra and alrlHie, giving lliolr lite In deferiso of their counlry'a. For 1 liellovo thla tiatlon was founcled of Uodi that Its rouslllullon wm written with an Inspired ran, that the Almighty nerved tho arm f llio patriot whosa eworde an t pens cirved out Iha Immortal Im-mortal legen li "All nun aro oitial" iially eiillttod to life, liberty an I tha pursuit ol happlnoas, I therefore honor the heroes who etrtigglcd, and auccoailully. lo extend In later ) ear the boon of freedom free-dom and maintain the Integrity of tha union founded by our fathers, J Mlore tlolwaalnlti that It was written In the great book of clo.tli.y that alavery must h rlah and that tho union ahnold be pre-acrved. pre-acrved. Hut 1 turn from thonitolaya garlan I nlan upon Iha gravonl thot,un-fuderate thot,un-fuderate hero, who, though inlstakeu In fighting airalusl the old llag, In ateklng to ahutlar ihe Union, did eoln alntvrlly and laid dowu his Ufa to proro the car-nestuossof car-nestuossof his convletlons X was ordered or-dered out of a houio lu uhlo, a dozen yoara after tho war, for expressing as muchthat those who fought an Idled for thai! julh were equally atms.ro with thosovhcifoughlan 1 coniuorod for tho orth. Hut I do not exrsiot to receho such ireatmvnt hertt rierhupa It wmild not artalu ba accorded there, for times have changodalucotlien ami meii'aiiiliiJa hato broader growu. X was once walking through a cemetery ceme-tery a prlvatocernolery in tho ilty of Unrasler, l'a. Wandering nniung tho loinhilnlliatklleutcltyof the deal iny eyes chanced lo nst upon a atono on which waa the uaino of lluldeui Movens, ouco enihient as an American statesman, an 1 a prominent flguro of that terlod of our national history to which I hatertferrod-lbd porlod of Ihe civil war. Underneath his name wire engraved those words, elnuhttesa tiouued by Ids own han I In anticipation of death, to form Ida eplraihi "I rco In this ejulet and aecfuclecl spot, not from any natural prelereuco for aolltude, but finding find-ing other cemeteries limited aa In raoo, lir charter rules, I have chosen Ihlt, that l might llluslrato In my death tho principles princi-ples 1 adv Killed In a long llfo oiiuallie of man before Ida t'reiator." Now I do not aiippno that iho stale smun, when ha iii)i).l those linos, meant lliat all men f r5 "'sKiluioly e pit In nil thluga, Ufa Isfull if Inniuallties, Ibo very face or nature Is rife with contrails. Those urn-Jostle urn-Jostle mountains tint lower hoavouviorj are as unlike as l..lblo iho mock and lowly valloya Uoii which lliey froan.rki too, lu ao, lely, aoma men, aouia women, loeerulolt Ilka mountain penka nboro their follows by reason of superior lu lolllgeuce, by roAaon of poworand kis1-Hon, kis1-Hon, horeilltury or ro( rescntatUei aomn, m HhAktspeh.-9 aua, being born great, some achieving gnsetnoia, and aome hav log greatness thrust uvon thorn, Thoro "" klnes and brliirua aud prcsldcma II V'fiJiJs?"'- e-ef . i y-.I. y-.I. a.iTffiSrni!f,'Lfc, I A-C jivaylng p cr nvc r millions of Ihrlr M-low M-low creature. Theroaretho alrong who oppress tha wealt, th rl h who grin I tho p v.,r tho pr md and ha y deal ising thn meek i ml humbtn l.lfo If too hill of cjinlrcsta and dlveralilM to i onviilco ua tint all men are In all rr-cpecta ecinal. Hut when tha hour rvnnc (lie Inevitable Inevita-ble hour to "ahulll. otr Ibis mortal rolli"ti I ifii tba king lars aside bis erown en 1 eceplrei wheu tho ptesldont deactn Is from tha cbalr of alalei han Ihe Jii.lm) ileitis his ermine, and the rich man, atrip-imloriila atrip-imloriila millions, naked aa when ho came Into Ihe world, pu-ssewny; when "villh equal steps Immrllal fate knocks at the palace aid Iho mltage gat," and prluco ami peasvnt, king ami isuiper, alan, M re lcl to lw Judged, m render an neemnt or tholr Meaar ishlis,, and reoeiva nt Ilia lianda of nJlKtJn IgslharowsM f the deeds clone In ma lly then ill ll l aoan, If not lTire,lhAtallmttiarii leeel piiiaI lx. fore Ihelr t reulor. And lien wo lay nr bct.liea clmn In aleoci In these narrow clnmlKTs, In this allc it hall) of dentil, then lei It seen that all Mini aro emm.1, trur tlaath, llko love, k vdaall mnks, on I laja tho ahoplurd'a cnaik bcaldo lb rxl tre." And wha' la death To the rhrlsllan, merely tho dissolution, Iha temporary divorcement, nr tho spiritual )rt c,r man from the Irinporoli the n turn to the elements ele-ments composing him lo Ihelr aepara'o origins. ."Ihenshallthoiluit return to earth aa It was, and thn spirit unto tlod whigavelt," Our ll.-s areas tho raln-drnpa raln-drnpa epllnkled uxn line hlllst they but oraiMirateMlhacloudsfrom which they rell, or Irlcklo back lo ihe ucoAn whence lliey mine. Ul those who will Iro sail)-fled sail)-fled with the tinkling poetry of Ihe In. tl, Id's phlloaophy, tint ''Llfo la a narrow vale between th barren ptwhe of two elernltlos," Hot Mccn I to Iheso mountain toi and tell mo wlcat you ace. On valley? Noj riany alleya east, west, north, aoulh-vslicjra In all directions. direc-tions. This Is rather Iho symbol ot life, and they who ascend to Iho aplrlt'e heights will see not merely ona life, but many, atrctchlug awiy behln I and before be-fore Ihctn. This life Is but a link In the chalni death but an lie I lent 111 our eternal eter-nal careen tho gloomy grate but a mlto-etononnourenlless mlto-etononnourenlless lournay. We may honor the sincerity oflbe infidel, fmt wo cannot, from tho etsnlpolut of Christ, agio with aliicerlly In Its errors. Most moii, I liollere.liaro a yearning after Immorullty, and that yearning 1 accept as a prophecy of Its rcallxitlon. livery righteous desire of tho heart will egrselunli It Is only Iho evil desire that mint be rVruovcd eradicated llko weeds from a garden. Most men dcalro to llio again, tn rise like Iha sun arter It) setting all iha mora glorloua after tho night of darkness whlc h lias Intortened Homo men who are called Inn lets hare such desires. Tbcro wiisa isat once who wm thought tn lm in Infidel Ifccauee lie did not lllvo In find as "other man believed, el whin that pet was drowned ant Ids toor deallsslywaa taken from the lake there a m fouu I upon him a copy of Ihe Holy Scripture, tho wnnlof tlod, which ha laved to pore over and poii ler upon, Helen on record thesa beautiful Hues Tbs Oae rtTiilei, tba tntar baar aad pan, Hssvea a lubl farevtr saises, earlb'a ibslews fl lAfa, like a doia of naay eoirec glass, fluias the walla raJiaaea of etsr&'ly, t'atil cissUi trsaiplaa It to frsgintat. And thero tho poet leavce ll llko a ahat-tared ahat-tared vase. Hill ihxl, who gsvo tho .oet life, that Creator Mini Is groaior than III rreaturr,takcs ails tho work wliero tho (Niet loaves oirj llo gelhers tlptheahlll-nig tlptheahlll-nig fragments of that ihstertsl vase, and reinoutdstheiu lutein vessel ot honor, a tbousau 1 tlinos more bcauUful, aud taking tak-ing Iha lovily lloeer which once adorned ll vi htch wm not deslroyed at death, but slmi ly transplsntccl from a lower to a higher garden lla replaces It, tl o aolf-saiu dower In tho eelf-umo vase, now Immortal an llmpsrlshabto, to shed forth lu fnuruuc an t bloom In beauty forever, rids, my frlen Is, Is Hfrt tfiia ll death) aod tills Ibo resurrection." resurrec-tion." TllllltKV.J. II. TlllUIX, (CongrrHSitlonalltl) laid In iub-ktatue: iub-ktatue: It ma first direct J cur thniighta to that epoch, the civil war. It I now thirty yrari alnru that event which wu celebrate took place. Menaranot tieruealiecauM-Iheydled. tieruealiecauM-Iheydled. They are lieroea who havu fallli In (lod. What maktsi mall n hero Is that he has thu coiiijrtlieii-alon coiiijrtlieii-alon to Iindiutand Uocl's uir pots. At-uiit thirty years ago a amnll amir representing unetectloit of uur country, their hearts If not their feet keeping thnu to (lod'a dealrv, marched away tj Utile for their country's rights. What w aa theru to make such an risich glor loua, lurid aud re J with blood a It was, to lift It abuvu common nmrdi r nndglvult n place In tho council! of Clod? Itlitruellivttonieor thechlrf actor lu that great drama becainu vlti dktlvo, and halesl their brathrvti, a lieu In drawing tholr aworda In defcnsci ot (lod'a itiroaea they ahotilt atlll have loved thelrnpmieiili, ltvta tn glru to ua this irraud country and govern-raent, govern-raent, which It aa thu great Lincoln mil, 'For the l-rolo. by thu -nolle and of the i a-orie.' The direct cutiao which led to thu great rellllon was Iho trampling upon the principle of tho conktllutlou by lerUIn men. Thuu alavery obtained a atroug fooling Uuu American soil, directly contrary to free government tlod decriHsJ It and thuatalnhad lo bu wlid out with a Hood of renl blood. The ipoakur then gavua history of tha rlau of Iho war, and traced tha course of eveutatlown to tha resent time,. In conclusion he aaldf lAt human luve, American patriotism, and universal bn theihoud place cacti iaranow, above that stern and rugged period of thla nation's history, lu fresh crown ot laurel, and weavo with reverent hand lla harlanl ofroaemary for ruuieuibranco uud ol rue for regret. The Harmony (Ilea club then rang, "vtbea lbs iwalloal boraewarcl flr" lii flrit-ralestjlo, l'rtuldeiit Angus M. Cannon pronounced pro-nounced the Iwnodlctlon, and Willi this the exercise terminated. l'rofeieor KvanHlcpluns presided at tha organ (which wm laced ou the ouu side of tho elevated platform from which the siieakcra nddreiuesl the audloncu). anil alto conducted tho musical ortlon of tho service. The Harmouy (Jlco (Tub ruudorod splendlj service, aud Held') bund won qultun feature. The latter remained In tho nmetery until one o'clock and discoursed dis-coursed a good selection of mualc. At Fort Douglas and elsewhere tu tha eilty Memorial day was iluly observed. ob-served. at niurrn. A oorrespondi nt urlleil that at Dra-r Dra-r Memorial Day waa well ohaert-eel, ohaert-eel, the fervlrea lu thu gravvyunl Im-lng Im-lng rondercet more Impreiolvn by the tiuvelllug of a monument urrected to tho memory of Absalom Lewis Allen, who, It will bu remembered, sacrificed his Ufa to savu two lltllo children front drowning, During thu decorating tf Iho graves, which lanttxl alnuttuhour, a band plajwl an approptlato selection selec-tion of music After the uxerclses Ilia multitude went In couveance to tho north of Iha ltocky Mouth Cuujon, whoro a plo-ulo wu laid and an cxiel. Jcut I rogrammo tjone through. |