Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1864-06-29


and noblest emotions of our nature, pride,
sorrow and prayer. Pride, that our coun-
try has possessed such sons. Sorrow, that
she has lost them. Prayer, that she may
have others like them that we and our
successors may adOrn her annals as they
have done, and that when our parting
hour arrives, whenever and however it
may be, our souls may be prepared for
the great change. We have assembled
to consecrate cenotaph which shall re-
mind our chiIdren's children in the dis
tant future of their fathers struggle in
the days of the great rebellion. This
monument Is to perpetuate the memory Of
a portion only of those who have fallen
for the nation in this unhappy war 1t
/ Is dedicated to the officers and soldiers of
/ the regular army. Yet this is done in no
/ class or exclusive spirit, and in the act we
remember with reverence and love our
/ comrades of the volunteers who have so
gloriously fought and fallen by our side.
! Each State. will no doubt, commemorate
in some fitting way the services of its sons,
who abandoned the avocations of peace,
and shed their blood in the ranks of the
volunteers. How richly they have earned
a nations love, a nations gratitude; with
what beroism they have confronted death.
have wrested victory from stubborn foe,
and have illustrated defeat, it well be-
comes me to say, for it has been my lot
to commend them in MANY q sanouinarv
field know that I but echo the fealing
Of the regular armv when | award the
biuh credit they deserve 70 their brave
bratbren of the volunteers prt we Of
the reouiar army have no STATES 70 look
TO for the booors due our dead We he
Iong 70 the whole courtrv and can neither
expect nor desire the General Government
70 make y ncrhans invidious distinction in
our favor We aro fw in number .
small hand of comrades united bv nocn-
liar and very bindino tics: for with many
Of ne o,,, fyiar1ehiTs ,.ara p, r,reDcoI in
bo,.hnc5 whom W.. rested banoath tho
shadow, nf +Io r,,crc,od ,r,,oitaLius r,.I;.b
look down unon ns where we stand With
others tho tics of hnvbood wore formed IN
more mature wears while fpltiar amid
: the ruooed mountains and fertile valleys
of Mexico within bearinu Of tha eternal
, waves of the Pacific. or in fine lovely
= Grandeur of the great pIains of tba far
West With all our love and confidence
los boa,, oor,o,+oJ bv common d.r,ors
and suffering in the toilsome march in
; the bivouac. and amid the clash of arms.
and the presence of death on scores OF
battle fields West Point, with her large
heart, adopts us all, graduates. and those
, appointed from civil life, officers and pri.
va'es' III her eyes we "ie all her chlI'
dren, Jealous OF her fame, eager to ex,
tend her Worldwide reputation. Gene
rails and private soldiers, men who have
cheertnily offered our all for our dear couu
; try, we stand here before this shrine, evel
hereafter sacred TO Our dead, equals anc
brothers in the presence of the common
death which awaits US all, perhaps at th,
same hour and on the same field. Sucl
are the ties which unite us, the most en-
dearing that exist among men such th'
relations which hlnd US together, the clio
sest OF the sacred brotherhood of arms
! 1t has therefore seemed, and 1t is fittin!
that we should erect on this spot so sacret
to US all, an endearlng monument to on
dear brothers VINO have preceded us ol
. the path OF peril and Of honor, which
Is the destiny OF many OF us some day f
'real,
. it' IL 'iii0 7"'" army 10 winch w
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Who were the men whose death merit
, such honors from the living? What