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Decoration Day,The Hod. Mr. ISvarts, of New York, on* Decoration Day, maile a speech In the Academy of Music, and gave utterance to the following beautiful and., truthful language:*‘I csnnot think that any words can equal the tribute of flowers that the nation places on the graves of the men whp fell in the cause of free* (Iom. The war In which they fell was the cause of an upright and honorable people fighting for what they i loved and valued more than life it 'self. We do not accept the doctrine • of those who say that, because ours ; was a civil war, the men who fell in .upholding the Government should ; not be honored, for fear or wounding ;the susceptibilities of the conquered. We onlv recognize here that the soldiers fell fighting for the Union and the independence of their coumry. Their opponents, no matter what their courage, fell fighting in a falling cause, and those who attempt to palliate .their course under the pretence of admiring valor or chivalry are guilty of encouraging rebellion. We who keep fresh, the memories of •the Union soldiers, in gratitude for the salvation of the country, have no desire to keep alive bitterness of feeling against the conquered.”While we deprecate every word and act used with the view of keeping: alive and stimulating the embittered feelings engendered by the war between the North and the South, still the time should never come when we as a people should cease to cherish the memory and honor the graves of the noble and gallant soldiers who sacrificed their live3 in defence of the Union, and the perpetuation of our free institutions.
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Alton Telegraph
Alton, Illinois, US
Fri, Jun 09, 1871
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