Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1864-07-07
O r A II / O n
DELIVERED BY
Gen. George B. Mcclellan.
At West Point.
On JJo1ncslay, June 18th, 1861.

At west Point.
On Wednesdays Junc 18th, 1861.
West Point was the scene of very inn
posing and yet solemn ceremony, on We'd
ncsday, june 18th, in the dedication Of a
portion Of the grounds as site on which
to erect Il monument to the memory Of those
members of the regular army who have per.
ished during the present war. The an.
nounccment that General Mcclellan would
deliver the oration on the occasion, induced
an immense number Of people, ladies as
well as gentlemen, to visit the Military
Academy to witness the ceremonial, and
all the trains and boats were crowded with
them.
At al o t one clock, General Mcclellan,
accompanied by General Anderson, walked
from the carriage along an avenue lined
with people, who salutcd him with cheers
as he passed along, to which he replied with
military salute. On ascending the steps
| of the stand the cheers were continued until
he took his scat. At this time, there were
on the stand several distinguished guests
who all uncovered aS General Mcclellan
passed to his scat, which was in the centre
Of the platform.
After prayer, Professor French addressed
tbc cvcnt wos I'm honor fine Ic,d thor,
! ,bould Ln mo demonstration made Int tLnI
If shnnld bn allowed tn mass tLrnuoh tn tb,
end n. would n funeral service over thn re-
mains of those who had fallen in war to de.
fnnJ tbr welfare and honor of thc Tinted
/ States
General Anderson introduced Genera
! Mcclellan rs the orator of the day, assert.
/ ing that he was far better known to thC
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bEDltAlolh OhAlloN.
, All nations have DAYS sacred to the re
mcmbrancc Of Joy and grief. They hav
thank hs"iynn for success; fasting and pray
or in the hour of humiliation and defeat
triumph and poems to greet the living lal
rel crowned y.ctors. They have ob,euuic
and culogic@ for the warrior slain in the iic
of battle. Such is the duty we are to pcI
form to-day. The poetry. the histories. tn
orations of antiquity, all rcSound with th
,, clang of arms. They dwell rather upon tn
rough deeds of war than the Gentle arts q
peace. They have preserved to us TN
namcs'of heroes and the memory of thci
deeds even 10 this distant day. Our own
Old Testament teens with the narration q
brave actions and heroic deaths OF Jcwlsl
patriots; while the New Testament Of ON
meek ana suffering saviour o'irn selects tht
soldier aud his weapons to typliy and Illus
tratc religious hcroIsm and duty. These
stores OF the actions OF the dead have ire
qucnlIy survived IN the lapse "t ages the
names ul hose whose lal was commcmora-
tidccnturlcs ago. But althouShwc iaIc not
now the names OF all the brave men wht
fought and Tell upon the PLAIN oi marathon
and IN the pass OF lhcrmopyIm and ON the
hills OF Palestine, we have not lost the mem
oly Of ther examples, AS long aS ih'
warm blood courses III the Nr'hs ol man, Il
long ~ the human nrarl hta'S h'Gn AM
quick at 'hc r'c''as "i plaNne 1e'Y7 ana l'a'
rlotIc Sacrl'lccS, ;" long VIII Tue lesson S'l
pmii' generous men ~ ''nW'a'G '''H hc'o,I'
= oi the past Among 'hn n'e'k' 1t was III
custom ''.aI 'he Iathcr "' 'hc 'lpSC Ni'ha'
oi nc san, ShGulu pronounce 'no 'n'"&'
81 inc "'"u' 'o''c'''hrS 1t "'No'N'" uPo
ti'e great SiaioSlheh % ana TIn,"r' To PcIi"r'
! TINS pallIiul du'y' W"u'l 'ial u new peh
oSthchcS or aSccoha ItrirlcT Woniu ailne an
tah' my lHhoo 'n-1eyi ior nc Mouiu l''u
theme worthy ol MS most prlIllah' po"er
ol ms most touching rloluehcc'
, stand here now not ~ an orator, plt
he whIl"m commander ol the most Nallal
dead as Their ,conrade, too, ON many
hard fought ilcId against domestic and Ion
cIgn iocS, III early youth and mature lnal
h9od moved hy an ihS ioNc lha' haNid le
whcn ne poured lortil ms llhch'a'l4nS 10
ne mighty mIhrr ana son VINO ieIl o
. Mount niibon; Nod knows that pavid
love lor Jonathan was no more dcep ina
mlne l"r the trled friends o' many long II"
GNrntiul years whose names are To he rHco
J, ded upon me structure lhat Is 10 rise Whe'
we stand. Would That ms moIG than mo
tai eloqnence could grace my llpS and ,
9, justice To the ihcmc
We have met to-day, my comrades, TO
|. honor to our own dead brothers united
ns by the closest ana dearest ties, VINO ha'
freely gwen 'hcir llN1S ior ther country
TINS war, SO JUST ana rIshlGnuS' so toh9
as purpose Is 10 cLHSh tcI'H'"n amt Ia so
oW Hdf'oA iro", me "t"nr tt"SGl dtLm'h
bgme"t; such an occasion nS TINS shou
cal forth the deepest ANA hobleSt cmouol
"i cur nature PRIDE sorrow ana prayer