Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 32, Number 128, 30 May 1907 — Page 4

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L TRIBUTE IS

PAID TO MEMORY OF

THE NATION S DEAD

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flw Leffler of Muncie, gave the Mem

orial address, which was most elo

quent and effective.

The program for the services, whfclvwere held under the auspices of the- Sons of Veterans was a splendid one. Judge Henry C. Fox was master

Dff ceremonies. The program follows: Music Musicians' Union Band. Vocal solo "The Blue and the CTB.jr.'"WiMiss Opal Harris. Memorial service G. A. R. . W.R. C. Service by children.1 Music Band. Vocal solo "My Own United Sta$es"-wBessye Waggoner. Memorial Day address Judge Jos. 0. Leffler, Muncie. Ind. Music Band. Tenor solo Raymond Wehrley. ClosJng;Hle, band and audience

Benediction The Rev. S. R. Lyons. The line of march was as follows: Forming on North Eighth street, resting on North A street. At 1:30 o'clock the parade moved east on North A street to Tenth street, thensouth, on North Tenth street to Main street, thence west on Main street to Seventh street and north on North Seventh 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 physically able to stand the fatigue of a longer march. The following are the organizations and the position in which they marched: 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 Leffler's Speech. felow Is Judge Leffler's speech in full:

Once again, the fields have put on

their carpets of green, the trees their

foliage of health and beauty, and all

nature teems with newness of life.

This generation of grass and leaves

will fill their lotted space in time,

will bloonvTh all their freshness and

beauty, then wither and .fade away

forever. So with generations of men They spring up In their strength and power, fill their allotted space in time, wane la strength, fall, and all

that, is material moulders to mother

earth again.

Upon the character of the season, Its temperature and extremes, the lengtb oX vegetative life depends. So

,upon the character of the age, its du

ties. Its needs, its great questions of state, depends to some extent the

length of the Hfe of man. As modi

fioaOons of the season vary, the

length ofr vegetative life, so the character cf the age will vary the length of man's life. These to whom we this day give f!ocal offerings, those to whose memory this day- Is set apart, lived in an age of extreme?. The character of extremes was such as to shorten the lives of that part of the generation that did their duty. It has been the custom in all past ages to honor the faithful and brave, the- benefactors of mankind. This nation should be ro exception to the rule, for upon the heroic and valorous "deeds ot these men upon the battle field, the preservation and perpetuity of the nation at one time depended. I mean the union soldiers here assembled. I mean all those who warred for the preservation of the Union. I mean those who warred for the preservation of the Union, but who have since fallen from the midst cf their comrades, and now, removed from the world's strife and war's fierce alarm, as has been said, sleep calmly and quietly in their windowless palaces of rest. Strengthen Our Patriotism. Oh ye waves that triumphantly ride the bosom of the boisterous Atlantic, carry on your turbulent waters to oth-

fenders. By participating in these exercises we strengthen our gratitude, kindle anew the fires of patriotism and acquire that whlcn makes us better citizens. What have these men done that we thus praise them? You remember a young Republic, which was thought to be an experiment, whose foundation was that for which man had striven for ages in the past, namely, liberty. 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 entered upon its mission of peace and prosperity, there arose dissensions in the ranks of her people and the lend

er plant of liberty was sought to be uprooted by those who were standing beneath its sheltering foliage and receiving its cool, refreshing shade.

At the head of this (as it seemed)

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 quenched by any adversity. ,

Lincoln's Name Foremost. All honor to the name of Abiaham

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

tion 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."

Of the parting of husband and wife,

union. True Napoleon, fired by a boundless ambition and actuated only by a spirit of conquest, collected an army of over seven hundred thousand men the grandest ever marshailed upon the soil of Europe for the invasion of the freezing land of Russia, 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 gratification of my ambition and the glory of France." But, if, after the

war for the Union had been concluded, Grant, the world's true hero, had been asked for what had thousands of our noblest and bravest lives been given, he could have viewed the motionless forms of these martyrs of liberty upon our battle fields and answered, "For the freedom and elevation 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 12th, 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 kingdoms 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 remainder of his magnificent army in vain

attempts to sustain it in its brilliancy and splendor. If he Had been asked

for what had this great sacrifice of human lif3 been made, he could only

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father and children you have heard a 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, and 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 have felt the contention of such sacred fires with a love of country can know the cost. Thousands of these noble boys never returned 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 return. They will not behold them until 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 Sniloh, Chickamaugua, 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, lisping 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,

yet who but the experienced can truy

tell of the suffering of those who, footsore and weary, scorched, by the

heat of the south, fell in the midst of their eomrades 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

fortitude and suffering of our brave

boys in the prison pens at Andersonville, Chawba and Libby. Yet, who but those who experienced their starvation and disease, saw their em-

er shores the tidings ot the deeds of r , , " t" f, oi,an. r,u last slerp with no loved ones to f ol-.

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not behold these offerings of love and respect. Yet around us is a part of that magnificent, that heroic, that valorous band, whora we teach that a part at least ot. th American people hold sacred and will for hU roniinK Uuie, the memory- vt their heroic d

have said "For glory" which like the transcient shadow, passes swiftly from your vision forever. But, if Lincoln had been asked for what had lives been given in southern prisons, and upon the battle fields of the late rebellion, he would have

answered "That the government of j the people, ! the people and for the i

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. It only prolongs the termination of the issue,

intensifies and makes more fierce the final struggle w'jen 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 compromise with the twin monsters of wrong Secession and Human Slavery. The people of one section of the republic were opposed to the institution of human 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 nullification and the right of a state or states to secede from the Union. The people of another section of the republic believed in the institution of human

slavery, the doctrine of nullification and secession. These two contending forces were striving for the mastery. When it came time for the admission of Missouri into the Union the question arose whether slavery should be permitted within her border or prohibited. Her proposed admission was attended with such political agitation as to threaten the peace of the Union. The national congress sought to appease the contending factions by passing the Missouri Compromise, thereby admitting Missouri as a slave owning state and drawing a line through the rest of the Louisanna purchase along the parallel of 36 degrees and 30 minutes, and providing that states formed out of the territory south of that line should be with or without slavery as the neonle misrht

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,

determine, also prohibiting slaverv in they maintained the Union, they up-

Iv in their last repose by 'all new states to be organized out of!held tne fIas and as has been said,

! scanty and unfriendly soil, can know the terriiory north or the dividing J tte nation, baptised in the biood of

the ordeal throush which they passed, i line, thus compromising and giving j pp. emerged irom tne war

my friends, while the Historian to eacn part. Tins for a time quelled " 11 1 " Ui "CCUUIU-

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right and wrong and passed the Omnibus Bill, by which California was admitted as a free state and by which there were 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 tome things to each. This again for a time quelled the impending storm, then came the .Kansas and Nebraska bills and finally tae Presidential election of 1SG0. Then wrong, emboldened by her previous successes in her compromise right, said if she could not rule she would ruin; that if Abraham Lincoln was elected president of these United States she would secede; that she would disrupt the Union. Abraham Lincoln was elected and wrong undertook to carry out her threat, then all the pent-up feelings of these

armies of great numbers. The public conscience would only approve war when justice and right demanded it. and it would quickly respond when it did. It has been this healthy public conscience and a love of home and of country that has enabled the rt.

power for good in this world among tie and, helpful as Florence Nightenall human agencies is that of noble, gale's ministered to the suffering solgentle womanhood. There never was diers of the republic, a greater mistake than when the term Thousands upon thousands of noble "Weaker Sex" was used to character-1 women endured and suffered as much ize women. In every onward march ' at home ar. did their husbands or sons for good in the world's history can be on the field of battle. Oh the an-

found the prints of the footsteps of jguish, the anxiety, the suspense borne ; public to do that which no other roun. noble women.. When the master was by the wife for her husband, the moth-1 try has been able to do in times of suspended on the cross, seemingly er for her son,' and added to this the I war at country's call, marshall armdeserted by all men, who was seen J care of children and home, assuming ! ies of thousands upon thousands ot kneeling at his bleeding feet it was ; the place of both father and mother frcen from civil life, and in a few short Mary and Mary Magdeline. When the there. " j months transform them from peaceful Crimean war was being fought be-, On this Memorial day I would, in citizens into the bravest and best tween Russia, Turkey, England and j the name of this matchless republic, soldiers that ever marched to th deFrance with a loss of over six hund-' place on every patriotic woman's ; fense of countrv and flag, and woe has

been and woe will be to the foe that meets such armies of the republic on the field of battle. I have spoken

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red thousand men because of unpre-. grave, garlands of flowers.

paredness and lack of organization,) Character an Essential. the sick and wounded soldiers were , - . hv should T tlk to vou further

sunerins untow agony who was 1 1; Qf - notW ;cf some things as right and some that procured a band of nurses and; historv for ' things as wrong. I could not d9 otherequipments and went to and alleviat- j f -J ff,." wise because I believe it to be true

while mv father was in the army. know 110 bet,er name trt The Union soldiers here assembled t ,lu?m- We wo"hl not own he ol(J would rather know what their Konsiwunds nor engender strife. The and other voung men of this gener-! yns of Ve terans rejoice with the

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atiou think of the government which

they preserved, whether they ap pre-1 at m th5s nwrUl day. under the ciate the priceless heritage given j bow of Sreat arch of Union and

them by their suffering and valor, their idea of the kind of citizenship we should have. Union soldiers, I desire to tell you briefly, what I think of this government, this country and my idea of citizenship. I believe that we have the greatest country and the best government on earth, a country in natural resources rich beyond comperison, a country with mountains of precious, glittering ore. the aggregate wealth of which is unequalled by any other in all the world. We have a

country with millions unon millions of

fertile fields owned, managed and till

ed by th most progressive farmers

ot the use e have a country with

Liberty that spans this republic from

north to south, stands southern chivalry and clasping hands with northern valor rejoices in the thought that we are a united people, one flag and that the stars and stripes, the proud emblem of the most splendid nit ion 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 fctill survives, and every suffering of theso veterans should be alleviated by the

MRS. MARY C. LAWT0N, WIDOW OF- GENERAL LAWT0N. Mrs. Lawton, widow of General Henry W. Lawton. who was killed in the Philippines, whs Miss Mary Craig of Kentucky prior to her marriage. She has a son and three daughters, and her home Is in California. When the general fell in battle, his frlend3 raised a fund of S9S.0CO for Mrs. Lawton.

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hands of a grateful and happy people. This nation with Its millions of wealth, its mighty achievements. Its marveions advancement, purchased

by the sacrifices and sufferings of Its

j a country dotted with crystal lakes, ! soldiers should seo that their every spanned by sweeping rivers, and j want is supplied and that they pans slashed upon two shore3 by the great- f away from the land for which they

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ustnous soldiers. My friends why i of noWe hearts for .principles which j for a time. This deep-seated convic-j were h?roic in this great conflict, but is eu.ogy ana these services hy . rf-pvate mankind, let Uion of the wror.tr of human slaverv while this is admitted, let us not for-

er the graves of these sleepers;. . a , , ,.rn ?waa' ctr.i t .t ' get the women. Were they not one

nowers. lneir ears are cleat to,. . rhn Mrt uQ ! cause for Inspiration to these men?

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sou pens of Andersonville, Chawba and Liiby.

Battle For a Principle. Xo army wa ever marshalled In battle .'array for so grand a principle as tluu fur the preservation of this

'the Union the two contending forces ' mentioning them.

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TLe people of , the rtpublie were again agitated by thLs question. The j smoiiUleruig fires were again fanned;

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the soidier3 here present will give their assent thereto, for all brave hearts are generous. Influence of Womanhood. I bfliev that the greatest force-and

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ed the sufferings of the sick and wounded soldiers it was a noble woman. How many here today can recall the name of a single general of that great war? But who is here who has not heard of that coble woman, Florence Nightengale? In our country who could have fired the hearts of the people of a great republic against the Institution of human slavery by the production of a book like Unci a Tom's Cabin, except a noble womaa with a great heart and a pare soul lifea Haxiett Eeecher Stowe, and eo it has been in all of the world's history among all human names, the noblest, the most holy Is woman. The3e are historical characters, but in the great Civil wax after ti carnage cf tattle, In the hospitals of suffering and pain, where the sick, wounded or dyts soldiers I&y. scores of nob!, cur.

commerce by navigation. We have a country spanned by great railroads

permeating every section of the repub

lic, thoroughly equipped with the most modern appliances to swiftly carry the commerce of this, the most prosperous 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, the'r honesty. What better can be said of a man than that he loves God. his home, his family and his country, and that his life is spent in a constant, earnest, zealous service of such love. Upon their intelligence and such a love deep planted In the hearts of a majority of our people, the stability of the republic depends.

It is the foundation stone of our natio-

that can be supplied by a prosperous

and grateful nation, for a government that permits its defenders of great principles to want, cannot long survive 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 fc-orae may forget you, the nation at times appear ungrateful, wa will as sist in alleviating your sufferings, emulate your examples, keep green . your memories and perpetuate your glory. As one by one you fall, w witi the devotion of true sons will assist In tenderly and carefully lay- - icg you away to rest." Long may this fraternal and patriotic orfcantza. ,? tfon of Sons of Vetera exist to furth- ( er its principles in caring for and - I cherishing the memory of the heroism, f and valor of Its noble ancestry. Sons of Veterans let us here, hotrounded by a part of the remainder of that great army that fought for the preservation of the Union, pledge anew oud devotlra to the causa 'for

nal life for under our sjsiem oi sov-jwIllch we are unjt(?(5 j fraternal ernment, all governmental policies, all hon Soldiers rest assured that anlegislation should be but the reflec- j cual!y we wJ1i placo upoa yoiir graTM tlon of the intelligence, the heart, te !garIac(?3 of Spring, emblematic of th conscience and the will of a majority ; un broken pledges of 003 fraternal of our people. The nation rises no j ralrjotiC organization. On your graves higher than the standard of her cit. t vTA drop tear of gyn,pat!,y an4 zenshlp. A good pure home life leads ( only be cccgoie(3 by tBe bought that to good citizenship." Good pure citi-; you dJd nQt jjTe ta raln t wer& th! zenshlp in ttia republic leads to good ; preservers of tL, cation of liberty, government. The foundation for the .T;ii3 organization of Bona of VetHrcs hisheiat and best in citizenship may . ta3 thjs 8entlrnent' for the soldier.

"Honor, Honor, all Honor for the living; Peace, Peace sweetest, sweetest Peace for the Dead."

be laid In the homes of the republic bv teaching, living, acting principles

that promote true manhood and elevates and enable human character, forming that character that stands unswerrttzly for Justice and rtht

and for the hlshest and beat in tha ad-.

ministration cf the aSalrs 01 cuj.j j - county, state, and the republic. If j SOOn-pPODatlly nCeUOIie

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theea Drinciplss taught, lived, acted

and boulid lnta character will make us better citizens and tner ful'y e?juJp us for the duties of c.JvH.Uft? so ta tira3 of war, If that tlwe should ever cctss tu the futore of the republic, they would acaia cans to step forth from tho wttlka of civil Mi, at they di4 la ths w for the preacrva tloa cl tha Union, thcuan4a upa tkooaaiadi of ma cf stalwart htavry, ready aid willicsr to do tattle foi1 the

republic and ter Dag, and If aeed h, ; ma. tn hp r1fcr.t&. With itucl a cM-'

now. Brace np your syotcm wim VITAL Take cks-f vCord for It. There,no bsftsp tonic sold. 50c a bottle, at M. J. Qoleleys Dreg Store.

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