Marshall County Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1855-1859, 1857-06-18


ness between the officers of the Revolution,
and last, much as we honor it, to furnish
relief to all such officers and their families.
as might need it. Now who but officers
of the revolution would have thought of
that order of arraignments? First, the
rights and liberties of this country; sec
ond, the union Of these States; and after
these themselves and their families. Truly
noble and selfsacrifcing men were tbeyl
And it is question with me whether we
place quite stress enough upon this, while
we are proud of what I call noble gene
alogy. My friend says Cur history begins
with the first gun of the revolution. Isay
so too. We have no coats of arms to fall
back upon. We start at that point. There
is not gentleman here tonight who had
a revolutionary father who has not felt the
benefit it has conferred upon him through
life. In spite of ihe feeling which was at
tempted to be excited, and in spite of that
pamphlet of Mirabeau, and that pamphlet
of the learned South Carolinian, there has
been no feeling pervading the great mass of
the community but that of a desire to hon
or the sons of the revolutionary fathers
do not propose, gentlemen, to detain you
at all. 1t was not my purpose to speak;
but an incident occurs to me in connection
with the very eloquent remarks to which
we have listened from the gentleman who
last addressed us which ought to be re-
membered for the honor of Massachusetts,
and the honor of the. race. Let me say at
this point, sir, that was very much struck
by what Gov. Pennington said, and if |
had thought of preparing to make speech
anywhere. l certainly should not have
it to Boston; where should meet such
men as Winthrop. and Hillard, and Lunt,
and other friends who have addressed US
The incident to which l allude is one ia
miliar TO you. where sturdy man in hum
BILE life was noticed to be passing through a
sparsly settled town not remote from Bos-
ton. and before whose door the next NOR
ming there stood more than thirty men,
After hearty repast. furnished by his
wife, they lef. the house--that man to be
borne back as the irst1nartyr in the rev.
olutionary cause. Irefer to Capt. Davis
Although Capt. Davis fell at the very COM
mencement of the revolution, no provision
was made for his widow until 1 had the
honor to interduce bill in the Senate, as
late as 1885. But when you compare the
sufferings of the men of the revolution
with the sufferings of the women, l say
there is no parallel. They were at home
struggling with want, struggling with that
anxiety inseparable from their condition,
with no high impulse and emotion. such as
bore up their husbands, sons and brothers.
They were the heroines of the revolution,
and they did as much to achieve the results
of the revolutions as did the men who left
their bloody footprints all over the State of
New Jersy, to which the gentleman has re-
ferred.
Now, sir 1 propose to give you the
memory of two men--the memory of Capt.
Davis, who fell first in the revolution, and
the memory of that great, gallant and he
roic man, over the spot of whose fall l am
told an appropriate monument is at last and
speedily to be erected, Gen. Warren
Loud and prolonged applause.)