St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 15, Number 50, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 7 June 1890 — Page 4

€lje Jniicpcndcnt. A Local Newspaper, Non-Partisan. Entered at the Walxerton PostoHice at second-class rates. Subscription: For One Year .... . 81.50 For Six Months 75 For Three Months . . . . . ,40 If paid promptly in advance a discount of 25 cents on the year will be allowed. XA cross marked with a blue pencil on the margin of your paper indicates that vour term of subscription to this paper has expired. If yon are in arrearages please settle at once, and notify us promptly if you wish the paper continued. WALKERTON, INDIANA, JUNE 7. 1890. [continued from page eight.] The wealthy man gave lavishly of his means; the poor man a portion, often not an inconsiderable portion of his earnings; the widow brought her mite. Soon the commission had an independent transportation of its own. It had hospitals, wagons, ambulances, and ears. Ingenious men invented for it better litters, better stretchers, better ambulances. It secured for wounded soldiers better transportation from the battle field to the hospital. On the railroad it soon had its hospital cars, with kitchen dispensary, and a surgeon’s car in the midst. To the Sanitary Commission the government gave its most earnest support. The people gave it their hearts. They furnished it with more than three millions of dollars in money, and nine millions worth of supplies. What country, what ago of the world can show such a splendid example of organized mercy ? Carlysle, the historian and philosopher, said: ‘The Sanitary Commission was a genuine expression of the spirit of the people. It was to America in this century what the order of chivaly were to Europe in their day. The Christian Commission, emulating the noble conduct of the Sanitary Commission, aided the surgeon, helped the chaplain, followed the armies in their marches, went into the trenches and along the picket line. Wherever there was a sick, a wound- d, or a dying man, an agent of the commission was near by. It gave Christian burial where possible; it marked the graves of the dead. It distributed nearly five millions of dollars in money and supplies.’ An article in the North American Review contained the following: ‘To the end of time it will stand in history as a worthy movement of the patriotism, the humanity, and the religion of a Christian democracy.’ And not only were the soldiers aided by both the government and the people during the war, but since that time the government has built and supported soldiers’ homes, and paid out hundreds of millions of dollars in pensions. Verily, hath the nation shown its gratitude and yet there is an individual to be met with, now and then, who think the soldiers have received more than their due. He will argue that the whole matter is a question of hire and salary; that the government agreed to pay sixteen dollars per month and did so; and therefore the soldier has no further claim. Now you see bravery and patriotism are left out in that argument, and I will venture the assertion that the man who is so lost to all sense of gratitude as to advance such an argument would, in the event of another war, take a French furlough to Canada, and stay there until all danger was past. I believe that lam a man of average courage, but I frankly confess to you that I would not stand before a battery of artillery and be shot at for sixteen dollars a minute. Sixteen dollars a month I Why, you can't hire an ablebodied man to work on your farms at that price, when he knows be forehand that he will get three square meals a day, a good bed to sleep in at night, and be free from danger. I tell you it was far more than a question of hire and salary. It was a question involving the unity of this nation, the perpetuity of our free institutione, aye, the safety of the constitution itself. Even the world at large underestimated the worth of the boys in blue. The London Times, that great exponent of British politics, predicted that when the war was over, the great armies of the United States, heretofore unused to war, would become so infatuated with excitement and bloodshed that they would refuse to lay down their aims and return to peaceful pursuits, but would trample under foot the principles of preservation for which they had fought for four long years, and enter upon a career of destruction and conquest; and that the condition of the republic would be even worse than that of France during the reign of Terror. Oh, what an infamous prediction! Now, I shall be charitable enough to believe that if the editor of the London „ Times had ever permitted the free air of America to permeate his tyrannical nestrils for one hour, he never would have offered the wanton insult to American patriotism. An incident that occurred during the war was, it seems to me, the most beautiful tribute that has ever been paid to bravery and love of country. A little

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over four months after the terrible battle of Gettysburg a vast concourse of people met on that historic Held to consecrate a part of it as a national cemetery. After the funeral oration had been delivered the immortal Lincoln, the memory of whom every patriot loves to reverence, and even traitors are bound to respect, arose with haggard countenance and head bowed with grief* and said: ‘Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now, we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle field of that war. Wo have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that our nation might live. It is fitting that wo should do this; but, in a larger sense, we cannot hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here have consecrated it far beyond anything we can do. The world will little note, nor long remember, what we say here; but it can never forget what we did here. It is for us, the living, rather to dedicate ourselves to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced; to consecrate ourselves to the great task remaining; and to gather from the graves of these honored dead increased devotion to that cause for which they gave their lives. Here let us resolve that they shall not have died in vain; that this nation shall, under God, have a new birth of freedom; and that government of the people, by the people, and for the people shall not perish forever from the earth.’ There is a bond existing among soldiers that it seems to me cannot exist among any other class of individuals. Those men that stood together in the hour of trial, who touched elbow to elbow, and suffered alike the great privations which beset the loyal armies, have more to cause them to come together than any other body of citizens of this land, and from this common tie of sympathy grew the organization known as the Grand Army of the Republic. Its object is mutual aid and assistance of those who fought side by side and shared the same hardships. To throw sunshine and comfort into the declining years of disabled comrades. To relieve the needs of the soldier’s widow. To educate and otherwise provide for his orphans. To revive the fading memories of the war, and to unite in closer bonds the old veterans who risked -their lives to save the flag. It also aids in procuring employment for those who have strength to earn their own livelihood . It insures a decent burial and an honored grave to every comrade who falls by their way. It stands by the worthy comrade without regard to religion, nationality, or political creed. The whole mission of the Grand Army is beautifully set forth in chapter Ist, article 2nd of the rules and regulations which is as follows: First, to preserve and strengthen those kind and fraternal feelings which bind together the soldiers, sailors, and marines who united to suppress the late rebellion, and to perpetuate the memory and history of the dead. Second, To assist such former comrades in arms as need help and protection, and to extend needful aid to the widows and orphans of those who have fallen. Third, To maintain true allegiance to the United States of America, based on a paramount respect for and fidelity to the National Constitution and laws, to discountenance whatever tends to weaken loyalty, incites to insurrection, treason, or rebellion, or in any other manner impairs the efficiency and permanency of our free institutions, and to encourage the spread of universal liberty, equal right and justice to all men. The growth of the Grand Army has been quite rapid. From a feeble membership of only 43 in 1866, it has grown to a mighty host numbering over three hundred thousand true hearted champions of rights, clustering around a standard that bears the noble motto of “Friendship, Charity and Loyalty.” A motto most significant, and pure as the word of inspiration. With such an army united under such a banner, the liberties of the people are safe. There are three days in the year which we love to celebrate; Christmas, the birthday of a new religion; the 4th of July, the birthday of a glorious nation; and the 30th of May; a day set apart as a memorial of respect to those who fell in defense of that glorious nation and to my mind there is no day in all the year that possesses such melancholy interest to Americans as Decoration Day; and no ceremony could be more appropriate than shewing the graves of our fallen heroes with flowers; because they in their beauty are emblematic of the purity of the cause for which they dedicated their lives; and by passing into a state of apparent non-existence for a time, and theu bursting forth into life with all their

enrapturing charms, are emblematic of that immortal essence of those brave boys whose graves they beautify. The season too is most appropriate. When tho earth pregnant with the germs of life brings forth the rich gifts of Nature and lays them at the feet of grateful man. When the brook freed from the icy fetters of winter winds liken thread of silver down the mountain side and through the verdant meadows babbling its gratitude as it journeys onward in its ceaseless ’flow. When the woodland songster tunes its throat for praise and trills its notes of joy because of nature’s sweet revival. | When the azure sky in its majestic serenity purifies our thoughts, awakens our sensibilities, and revives the tender memories of those who died that wo might live—an undivided and free people. Undivided and free ‘without regard to race, color, or previous condition of servitude’ and can the memory of such services fade away? While the golden sun wheels his flight through illimitable space; while the lovely moon observes her changes; while the beautiful stars fling their lamps across the sky; while mouhtaius lift their snow-capped peaks to heaven ; while rivers flow; while pulses thrillwhile minds can think and hearts can feel, their bravo deeds will not be forgottou. Their memories will ever -be cherished in tho hearts of a grateful people. Their praises will be sung till the end of time; and the echo will go sounding up the far reaching galleries of eternity to the great whitd throne above. Now that we have stated the object of Decoration Day, it will not be out of place to speak of its founder. Who would bo more likely to conceive, of such a grand and impressive Idea than the commander who loved his. mep as he loved life; who never turned his back to the enemy and never lost a battle, though not a military man by education ; tho man who possessed the courage of a lion and tho tender sympathies of a woman. Who, I say, of all the brilliant galaxy of names on our country’s roster, could institute and head such a beautiful observance but that gallant great big hearted prince among soldiers—John A. Logan, the Black Eagle of the West! Now, with a brief summary, I shall close my remarks. We meet to-day as friends of one common country, to strew with flowers the graves of those who fell in its defense. And how meet and proper thus to assemble. Almost a third of a century has passed away since the first gun battered Sumpter’s walls, calling to arms a loyal, patriotic North; and yet it seems but yesterday. How proudly they marched away under the flaunting flags! Those gallant heroes over whose graves we will stand to-day, laid aside the duties of the hour, left home and its endearments—mother, wife, sister, —and responded to that call. With earnest love for the land that gave them birth or adoption they went forth voluntarily to defend its honor, sealing their devotion with their lives. And to us they have left this legacy; a nation that in point of wealth, intelligence, and potriotism, stands second to none in all this world. -And that old flag which has passed through the red flame of war under Washington, Jackson, Grant, Hancock, Sherman, Ihomas, Stedman, Rosecrana and other grand commanders, is honored and respected on land and sea; and waves today—thank God —over a united people. No foul blot of slavery stains our soil, hut liberty amt freedom for all reigns in its stead. And for all our prosperity, for all our wealth and power as a nation, to the dead an surviving soldiers is due a lasting debt of gratitude. ' Let us then to-day renew our devotion to our country and to the flag that protects us. Let us teach our children to love that flag, to love their country, to love their God. Let us ever cherish with fond remembrance the deeds of those who have fallen, and brighten their graves with wreaths of flowers. ” DONALDSON. There is some corn yet to be planted in this vicinity, while some is up and ceing plowed. Steve Fay ami family spent the latter part of last week visiting friends in Nutwood. P. E. Litto was called to Forest, 0., to the bedside of his brother who is seriously ill. The citizens of this township, were called to West school house last Thursday to vote on the railroad tax question; the result was 13 tax to 253, no tax. Measles are visiting around with the folks in this vicinity at present, no fatalities thus fai. Chase. . MOUNT VERNON. Wheat is developing rapidly, and promises a good yield.

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