Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1864-07-02

We have room for only an extract from
the beautiful and eloquent GRAFTON de|iv.
cred by Gen. Mcclellan, at the dedication
Of the site for Battle Monument at
West Point Giving = history Of the old
regular army, be said:
"Thus thirteen long years were spent,
until the present war broke out, and the
mass of the army was drawn in, to be en-
ployed against domestic foe. I cannot
proceed to the events of the recent past
and the present without adverting to the
gallent men who were so long of our mum.
Der, but who have now gone to their last
home-for no small portion Of the glory of
which we boast was reflected from such
men as Taylor, Worth, Brady, Brooks,
Totten and Duncan. There is sad story
Of Veni,ian history that has moved many
heart, and often employed the poets
pen and painters pencil. 1t is Of an old
man whose long life was gloriously spent
in the service Of the State as warrior
and a statesman, and who, when his hair
was white and his feeble limbs could
scarce bear his bent form toward the grave,
attained the highest honors that citizen
could reach. He was Dogc Of Venice
Convicted Of treason against the State he
not only lost his life, but suffered beside
penalty which will endure as long as the
name Of Venice is remembered. The
spo. where his portrait should have hung
in the great hall of The Dogs's palace was
yelled with black, and there still remains
the frame, with its black mass of canvass;
and this vacant frame is the most conspc-
uous in the long line Of ethgies Of illus
tr.ous Doges.
ooh ! that such pail as tina. which re.
places the portrait Of Marine Taliero
could conceal from history the names of
those, once our comrades, who are now
in arms against the old flag under which
we fought side by side in years gone by.
But no veil, however thick, can cove. the
anguish which fills orr hearts when we
look back upon the sal memory Of the
past, and recall the affection and respect
we entertained towards men against whom
it is our duty to act in mortal combet-
Would that the courage, ability and stead.
fastness they displayed had been employed
in the defense Of the "Stars and Stripes
against foreign foe, rather than in the
gratuitous and unj1stifiab.e rebellion,
which could not have been so long main.
tanned but for the skill and energy Of these,
our former comrades. But we have rea.
son to rejoice that upon this day, so sacred
and so eventful for US, one grand old NOR
tai monument Of the past still lifts high
his head among US, and should have graced
by his presence the conservation Of this
tomb BY his children. We may we'll be
proud that we are here commanded by
the hero who purchased victory with his
blood near the great waters Of Niagara,
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ments Of Cortez; who, although con-
summate and confident commander, ever
preferred, where duty and honor would
permit, the olive branch of peace to the
blood stained laurels of war, and who
stands at the close Of q glorious and
eventful life, living column Of granite
against which have beaten in vain alike
tho Establishments and storms Of treason.
His name will ever be one of our proudest
boasts and most moving Inspiration. In
long distant ages, when this incipient
movement has become venerable n ossclad,
and perhaps ruinous, when names in
scribed upon it shall seem to those VINO
pause to read them ind!stinct memories Of
an almost mythical past, the name of Win,
field Scott will still be clear cut upon the
memory Of all, like the still from carving
upon the monuments of long forgotten
Pharaohs.
Why is John Bigger's boy larger than
his father? Because he is a Attie Biqqer.