Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-12-21
NUMBER 4s:Es.
ADDRESS Or THE PREGDEN: TO IT, -
AMDSkEAG VETERANS

ADDRESS Or THE PREs;DEN" 10 tn
AMOSkEAG VETERANS. ~
AT Washington, om Monday, III reply to Col Pot
ter the speaker of :.c Ano>kcH- tNcw liG.mv-iley
Veterans, Gen. Pierce made the ioowu. r, ..,r,..
Cofo"T: Il recognize in your corp. mcIaL-.=S hr
were companions "t my b"y!.r"d. ana flirs, ~
nave bc"il me constant and chrri8h"i ir. us C ~
mature years, and, Notwithstanding the r.:ta: ru ~
ment and bearing ot yoar inG battalion. ! a.n y :
clined 10 greet you and them rather citizens ,L
soldiers, and rath@- personal !li. uG than r.,i'
Your presence aud your words I'LL my mind AMI hgn~.
with thoughts and sentiments oi home. H..r 81
county Of lIil!sborough! She has a!way- h,.u Go,
of good men and good deeds Her bg"ii"u, !l- J
territory-her true, steady, intelligent populaa..
how familiar 10 were they all Tor tw"miy yea I
nay life! The lcapnS streams and The IHog' IL
scenery, so well known 20 my childhood bad ..'-
ractve still, are there yet, and viii be when rc
tu New Hampshire 10 pass the decline OF lit. IN Nry
midst IL hope in the providence OF God 20 d.. ~
without degree Of liSe.uucss but the l,,.l..5
ami the mothers Of that earlier period ~" thee "a
longer. Its sad 10 know that the venerable '"@a -:
the revolution, whom we were all accustomed "a U..s-
with such reSpect-may not say ailet ;OBHG ',' -r'
cnre-have passed away, AMI with them iIr ir.E E..
portion OF those who served i'll the w;,r ut Isl" ,
remember that late the year 1924, fourteen ;utE
who fought NJ Bunker Hill lived in the %; -Ty
birth, and Oh occasion, Il. least. ~. .-.-..-
bed around my fathers liable; but m"". -"i.raa,
M, ngleinividIa III the country VIII" participated
III the battles ut the revolution still survives.
lhesc in"n gRVcto the popular EcIrt II fuHU W.ltG
has descended L. you,and how far y"ur pre-, -:
to-day, i'll this graceful and honorcd uniform. s. f g..
suit Of their Unseen but potent influence may
say. think, however, thar member. ul your Jaj,-
lion before me. who served in The ~ l@ie. ~
tell you that, when you formin! thi or.a:..z..
ton they were reminded ui companies called "t.S
alarm lists which assembled ulli drilled ia msrY
parts OF New Hampshire during that E:d =. .i.I
made up Oi lncn who bore the q! tie :sv.-
luton.
Ii is proud reflection 10 Inc, and am SGrc t =
to you, that you are from county which -
found wanting when her were called L. U.-'
foreign Zoe. You pursue your daily avocatious with
III sight ot the shaft which over the GuST ~ .rl
stern, strong soldier wh" Il; Bennington nuuoUuyai
in advance. victory for the coomis;s w,;oway I
for Molly Stark, and you have shown tia! ; u 20
not inselsihlc 10 The power oi elevated a-s"c.r'i,
You honor, by your organization, III, memory % ..,
| gallant men who have served and houured au. =
| our native country and our native STATE, h,t Ia
| whole country.
welcome you rs n type OF that citizen so'i.,ry
which constitutes the military strength -: il.v t., lie
lie. manifested in every stage u. lis history. lu@ ~
the tit representatives and the Of h ,.s
OF men who won our Independence by tie first VIZ.
who assured it By the second and who hav- ul"ge
Gently conducted a successful war in II i"rr.-u s.y-.
| try, remote from home resources.
The United States have never had large -:anc'"-
army, nor large permanent military marine. : '..'
republic, therefore, feeble in q military sri.,'
| from it. The fact that We not bugGen'. av e
tor the support OF an immriI-r army and "u 90 r.
and that our fixed and ordinary force is apnn.eI >
small, will add immensely 10 our otIen.iD nara
the hour 10 try il shall come: In ler,o"s Z
| public tranquility, the strong hands and .r s
hears of the nation NOT withdrawn '.n.T
the cultivation OF the arts Of pcncc, I" ua,r,,a
| burden on the revenue, @! the country UDi .'-
slant source of peril to lis institutions. Ih'v ''
gagged in the many useful pursuits ui lii-r ."'.
ture, in commerce, in the learned prD.es>.Vus I'D ..-
claiming this continent 81 ours to cultivation 10 --
I!;zation, to freedom, and thereby carry !ma IL g
and the flme U! the onion 10 every rcg "'d -l. ~
CLINE. IL is nevertheless !rGc that our ci''I""- "!-
though peacc-loving and pi.rsGiI., p"aCc!ui su'
are u it were, ''b"rn 10 arms ana 10 :.e si.' .,
-elirrliamt courage which teaches their c:n.t-., -t
OF patriotism, which Guina,es their ~ The Gauss
Of the country Hence il w'!s, yon have sa'rD-'
ed that III tie war "f i.G Il; Bunker ii.l.. a. . -
m!ngt0n, at Monmouth, Gf Saratoga, at lo."ir"H.
or at Kings Mountain, there never CEASED -
flock citizen soldiers io rcpel invasion t.., Z.
the OF 1872, whether ~ tho river itau!"s, :;
New Orleans, in the North or in the South, cst-..
mined and effective armies were never want."" 10 10
Union; that i'll the war u! 1916 the i"rmcr s ~,
chant, the mechanic, the lawyer, the physician. -"
statsnan einuouSly rushed Ia the iird ~ IL. pll.
liz CALL in such numbers that the Question w''H "Tr
friend ucns mt, then Secretary o War, tG0v. har,'i
not whence he should derive svltscrs but 90 pi
the two hundred thousand Of eager and enrolled r..
untcers should be ccptrd; and hence il wns
the citizen soldiers, in conjunction with small r"t
no-t gallant, scientific, ana thoroughly drilled
lar army, upon which nucleus they formed,
Df sISldIi''I Cb'!tl G.lI- anu .t''. -
field n field Of victory.
II Is beautiful 10 the energies of marital Dnp-
plc with such capabilities aud Tor waT, DO
voted to the arts Of peace. II would BE- f"...G -
see them cXcrted in grcut struggle u! arms. \
ton, however, which readily >uInEIom {" ti'r I3ga
five hundred thousand brave Intelligent, harry
accustomed from boyhopd TO the saddle, an T. -..a
n the rifle and the mus.et, is Not ia c"i.Gl
to invite aggression by any supposed wHm' {" ability
to repel it.
| have detained You too long, but you will pardon
these thoughts, which to the mind -u"rGaFoG
ly occasion like this. iou are not ulmn4fr. L
the dignity and Importance oi your position rs r.-
Zen soldiers at 4 period when the United o'aas
has become one Of the great powers her"alter 10 ~
rect the destiny of man. The social p"a'Ira
aud elevated character OF the member -; :r,S
battalion, the respect universally accorded 10 them 70
home, cannot fail To animate with fresh iupus- tn
volunteer militia Of New Hampshire. | ;cnd.. 30
you my acknowledgment for the service YOU e..
dcring native State in this and in other rrsF"r;
and beg you 10 accept my cordial THINKS io go
qualification which your visit aifUrd IN l'C-Daa
shall hope to see cnch and al OF YOU, before Yo"-
departure, in manner less formal than the p'".. ,t
occasion will admit. Wishing you the hi5hr.t "a.
gree Of enjoyment you have anticipated, de- >
To avail myself of the privilege often cnjoyc! br"r,',
Of graspng you Individually by the hand