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OKEGOtf CITY ENTERPRISE, FRIDAY, AUGUST 11, 1905.
HONORED DECEASED COMMANDER.
Oregon City Grand Army Post Conducts
Memorial Services.
At Willamette Hall. Monday night, the
members of Meade Post G. A. R. and
the "Women's Relief Corps held Joint
memorial , services in honor of the late
Wilmon W. Blackmar, commander-in-,
chief of the Grand Army of the Republic.
Folowing the ritualistic work of the two
orders, a memorial address was deliver
ed by Rev. Henry B. Robblns, pastor of
the First Baptist church of this city.
Rev. Robbins" address follows:
Comrades of the Grand Army. Ladies of
the Relief Corps, and Friends:
I am glad to be able to respond to
your very courteous request, and to say
a few words memorial of the deceased
Commander-in-Chief. What I shall say
will be with the hope that you will not
expect from me an adequate portrayal
or appreciation of the life of Wilmon W.
Blackmar. His sudden death at Boise, '
Idaho, on the 16th of last month, while
en route to the North-west in search of
health, struck with sorrow the hearts of
all loyal citizens of our country, and par- j
ticularly sad was It to his fellow-comrades.
,Less than one short year he had filled
the office of chief executive of the Grand
Army; but, though comparatively un
known outside his own state of Massa
chusetts up to that time, he succeeded
within that short time in capturing the
respect and affection of the whole Grand
Army. Says the National Tribune:
"Wherever he went and men were ac
quainted with him they became enthu
siasts for him. He was a warm hearted,
genial man, brimming over with love for
his country, affection for his comrades,
pride in what they had done for the Na
tion, and full of a sanguine spirit for
Ihe future of the country. Thus he had
the fundamental elements of attractive
ness. To these he added a fine intellect
ual grasp of subjects, capacity for busi
ness, and oratorical powers both for
serious and light matters."
The military record of Commander
Blackmar is one of which any veteran
might be proud. He enlisted in the 15th
Pa. Cavalry, with which he served for
more than two years, during its connec
tion with the Army of the Cumberland.
At the end of this period he received a
' commission as 1st lieutenant in the 1st
W. Va. Cavalry, to which regiment he
transferred his services. The 1st W. Va.
Cavalry was in the Cavalry Corps of the
Army of the Potomac. When mustered
out with that regiment as a Captain at
the end of the war, he had seen service
in 22 battles, among them being Antie
tam. Stone River, Chickamauga, Wauh
atchie. Chattanooga, the Shenandoah Val
ley, Dinwiddie Court House, and Appo
mattox. Gen. Custer had him promoted
for gallantry at Five Forks, besides which
he received a Medal of Honor.
After the war Captain Blackmar set
tled in Massachusetts where he studied
law and speedily took a leading position
at the bar. For ten years he served as
Jupdge Advocate General on the staff of
the Governor of Massachusetts, and al
ways occupied a prominent place in the
Republican party of that state. He be
came affiliated with the Grand Army
early in its history, and had filled most
of the offices of the organization. In
1902 he was Commander of the Depart
ment of Massachusetts G. A. R. In 1904,
at Boston, he was elected Commander
in-Chief of the Order elected by ac
clamation.
Thus for this man. who was a comrade
beloved of his order, a true soldier of
the nation, a faithful and patriotic citi
zen of our country, and at the hour of
his death the tried and trusted Commander-Chief
of the Grand Army of the Re
public for this man the light of life up
on earth has gone out; and over the
thousands of Posts where meet the Com
rades of - the Grand Army, and over our
hearts as we assemble here, a shadow
falls. .
But perhaps we think less of our own
loss than of the loss irreparable which
the wife of Comrade Blackmar has suf
fered. Our thought and sympathy go
out to her in this sad time when the
depth of her loss is perhaps just coming
with full force upon her. Lettus hope
that the sad blow may be the means of
bringing to her the helpful effusion of
human sympathy and of Divine aid.
We are reminded by the sudden de
parture of this comrade from the ranks
of the Grand Army below that before a
great many years the fast thinning ranks
will disappear and the last veteran of
the Civil War be mustered out. I do not
speak of this to cast an unwonted solem
nity over this assemblage; but merely
to say that I believe it is high time that
the younger generation awake to the
fact that the veterans are passing, and
pay them the respect that is their due.
I do not glory in war, much less in
civil war for war of any kind is as
Sherman said, "hell." I do not believe
that there is a man here before me who
shouldered the) musket and went to the
front in the 60's but would far rather
the call had never been sounded. Our
nation has ever loved peace, and its
voice has ever been raised in the inter
est of peace and comity among the na
tions. But while we love peace, we real
ize that there are times in the lives of
individuals and of nations when the only
thing to do is Fight; times when if a
man does not fight he proves himself a
coward and a weakling.
Such a time came in the career of our
country, the dogs of war had long been
muttering and snarling; the country felt
in its very heart that its hour had come,
that it stood at the parting of the ways.
Men shuddered and trembled, and grew
red with rage and white with fear. Leg
islative halls were made to thunder and
shake with the echoing of passionate
appeal and argument; while now and
again in the lull of the oncoming storm
there sounded forth the measured tones
of some., pacificator. But pacification?
No! there could not be, more than the
fury of the bursting hurricane can be
stayed. Still the Southern States were
mildly called "our erring sisters' The
North was sanguine. An appeal to arms?
Never!
When Abraham Lincoln took the reins
of government seven states had already
revolted, and others stood ready to join
them upon the first attempt of the Gov
ernment to use coercion; a large part of
the munitions of war had been transfer
red to Southern arsenals and had fallen
into the hands of the insurgents. The
Federal treasury was nearly bankrupt,
through defalcation and theft. Pacifica
tion was the thought and policy of the
new administration. But suddenly,' on
the 4th day of April, 1861, Sumpter sur
rendered after 30 hours' bombardment.
With one .cry of fury and .passion the
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North awoke to the situation. Then
came the clamor lor arms, ior teaaers,
for legal authorization of war. The at
tempt to dismember the North American
Republic and blot it from the map of
nations was to be resisted to the last
dollar and the last man.
President Lincoln sounded the call to
arms in an appeal for 75,000 troops. And
thus began the Southward march of the
volunteers. My own father, if I may be
permitted to mention the fact, was one
of the first 75,000; and I honor him for
it. The war is on. The thick battle
clouds hang low. But yet realization has
not come. Surely three months will suf
fice to punish the seceding South into
submission. But three months pass;
then comes Bull Run with its shameful
disaster on the 21st of July.
At last the nation is awake; Congress
authorizes the call of 500.000 volunteers.
How like the onward sweep of a mighty
flood they come! "Tramp, tramp, tramp,
the boys are marching" What a re
sponse! I think our people never knew
how deep was theh spirit of patriotism
which lay latent in the American heart.
They never knew how love of country
gripped them until the disasters of civil
war awoke them to national conscious
ness. You have been through that baptism
of blood and fire; and I speak to you as
veterans, men of deep and tried experi
ence. It is far from my purpose, if I
could, to trace the bloody scenes of that
awful struggle. Tou better know the tale
than I how it took the young and strong
through the gates of death, how it left
hearthstones bare and desolate, how it
left the vacant chair and the broken"
heart. That story is written in human
lives; you know it by heart.
Comrades, as a member of the young
er generation, I appreciate the example
of obedience and fidelity which you have
set. And I desire to give expression to
the hope that our country will ever
gratefully remember the service of the
veterans of the Civil War.
But I desire to express the feeling which
comes iver me, that there are now bat
tles to fight and new victories to win in
the life of our country. May that dire
occasion of Civil War never come again;
I cannot believe it will. Yet we younger
men whose it is to engage in the newer
struggles of our national life will have
occasions that will test our metal. We
cannot rest upon the laurels our fathers
have won.
"New occasions teach new duties; Time
makes ancient good uncouth;
They must upward still, and onward,
who would keep abreast of truth.
Lo. before us gleam her camp-fires! we
ourselves must Pilgrims be.
Launch our Mayflower, and steer boldly
through the desperate winter sea.
Nor attempt the Future's portal with the
Past's blood-rusted key."
May I say that I have seen now and
then a veteran who seemed inclined to
rest the case of his present usefulness
as a citizen and of his future happiness,
both here and hereafter, upon his war
record. I am glad to say that such is
not usually the case. Most of our vet
erans of the Civil War are ready for new
duties as they were for that early duty
of service . to their country. We have a
right to expect more of you because you
have seen service; we have as right to be
lieve that you will do every duty better
because you did that Yne duty well.
Commander Blackmar. when he left the
army, entered upon the career of a use
ful citizen; found and tilled his place as
a member of the commonwealth of Mas
sachusetts; so that today we mourn him
not merely as a soldier, but as a citizen.
The Civil War is over, and we are liv
ing in the midst of conditions which your
victory made possible. The America of
today could never have been but for the
brave soldiers of the Union. The Ameri-",
ca of today is full of possibilities, full of
promise but, gentlemen, the America of
today is not perfect. We have yet to
learn to put the professional office seeker
out and put the man of honor in; we
have yet to learn that the purity of the
individual life of a nation is her only
guaranty of perpetuity; we have yet to
learn how to adjust labor and capital;
we have - yet to learn whether it is pro
fitable to have our boys sawed up into
sidewalks and milled into- pavements for
the simple luxury of the high-license
which the saloon pays; we have yet to
learn tha,t the grim factory is no place
for the rearing of a child. Comrades,
there are lessons to learn and battles to
fight yet. We of the rising .generation
"need that you shall continue as in the
days of old to be true, to set the wise
example, to give the wise leadership.
Commander Blackmar is a conspicu
ous example of the Civil War veteran
who when the war was over still fought I W. F. Hecker to A. & T. Wenzel,
the battles of the nation, still did his 6, block 6, Canemah; $300.
duty as a man and a citizen. It is a de- I H. Phister, to P. Skelly, lots 2 and S,
light to me that real manhood is com- in block 6 and part block 3, Oak Grove,
ing to be appreciated more and more In $3,500.
our country. I trust that as the years , J. Currin, Guardian, to C. H. Barthle
come and go the greet model of man- ! mew, 75 acres in Wade Claim, 3 E;
hood which became familiar to you in $3,500. 1
the course of the Civil War in the person i C. H. Bartholmew, to M. E. Hciple,
of Abraham Lincoln, America's "first 154 acres and 75 acre in Wade Claim,
citizen," may get a grip on American 3 4 E; $5,600.
manhood. I do not hesitate to say that J. Currin to M. E. Heiple 75 acres In
Abraham Lincoln for that rare combina- i Wade Claim, 3 4, E; $1.
tion of the qualities of mind and heart C E. Wase to J. L. Vosburg, lots 5 to
which make an all-round man was the ! 16, In Block 91, Oak Grove; $3,800.
greatest among our statesmen. It was 1 M. Gale to C. N. Daley, 14 acres In CI.
the effort of Commander Blackmar to j 57, 2 3, E; $280.00.
keep this thought before the American j J. H. & L. S. Holm to E. Llndell, 10
mind. In pursuance of the recent reso- (acre In CI. 58, 1 1, E; $1.
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lution of the Grand Army requesting the
War Department to place in all the Na
tional Cemeteries the Gettysburg Ad
dress) of President Lincoln, Commander
Blackmar was, at the time of his death
In corrspondence with the War Depart
ment, urging such a measure. I think
Commander ' Blackmar, If he could now
address us might say, in the language of
that address viewing the past and its
memories and glancing down the long
cemetery aisles, among the dead "The
world will little note nor long remember
what we say here, but it can never for
get what they did here. It is for us, the
living, rather to be dedicated here to the
unfinished work which they who fought
here have so nobly advanced. It is rath
er for us to be here dedicated to the
great task remaining before us. That
from those honored dead we may take in
creased devotion to the cause for which
they gave the last measure of devotion;
that we here highly resolve that these
dead shall not have died in vain; that
this nation under God shall have, a new
birth of freedom; and that government
of the people, by the people, and for the
people shall not perish fro mthe earth.
There is one further thought ,jl wish to
urge. I do not know what the attitude
of Commander Blackmar toward that
emotion of the soul which we call rell
gion. from his bearing as a man and a
citizen, there is reason to believe that
his attitude was right. I believe that
the words of the President spoken just
yesterday afternoon at Oyster Bay to
the Christian Brotherhood of that place
are true words: "Let each of us exercise
the largest tolerance for the brother who
is trying, though in a different way, to
lead a decent life, who is trying to do
good in his own fashion; let each try to
show practical sympathy with that broth
er, not be too quick to criticise." I have
not one word in comment upon the re
ligion of Commander Blackmar; what I
have to say is to the living, not of the
dead. And what I want to say is simply
this, that every one of us owes it to him
self to fight the good fight of faith under
the Great Commander, the Captain of
our salvation. I do not insist that you
have Just the same religious experience
that I have not at all; I could wish
that you might have a more thorough
going experience than I have had. All
that I will ask of you is to take the Bible
the New Testament history and teach
ing of Jesus Christ and -make it your busi
ness to follow it as faithfully as you fol
lowed the flag when you were in the
service of your country- Many an old
gray-headed man, who ought to be an
example in this, forgets his mother's
God. We delight in earthly re-unions;
I exhort you, comrades, so to live that
you will be assured of the Heavenly re
union. Let the pasing of comrades re
mind us that we too shall ere long be
called to pass through the gates of death
and to give to our Captain and Judge an
account of the deeds done in the body.
As for the gallant soldier in whose
memory we are met,
"Close his eyes; his work is done!
What to him is friend or foeman.
Rise of Moon or set of sun.
Hand of man or kiss of woman?
Lay him low, lay him low,
In the clover, or the snow!
What cares he? he cannot know;
Lay him low!
"As man he fought his fight.
Proved his truth by his endeavor;
Let him sleep in solemn might.
Sleep forever and forever.
Lay him low, lay him low,
In the clover or the snow!
What cares he? he cannot know;
Lay him low!
"Fold him in his country's stars.
Roll the drum and fire the volley!
What to him are all our wars.
What, but death be mocking folly?
Lay him low, lay him low.
In the clover or the snow!
What cares he? he cannot know;
Lay him low!
"Leave him to God's watching eye;
Trust him to the hand that made him.
Mortal love weeps idly by;
God alone has power to aid him.
Lay him low. lay him low.
In the clover or the snow!
What cares he? he cannot know;
Lay him low!"
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