Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1865-07-06

This is a proud and glorious day "a da,
Of Jubilee, lorg I'd be remembered in our Ma
ton record.
Our nation is rcgcneratcd--borh aga!h.
The stn of 'TG shines down upon us. TIL,
expiring fires Of our revolutionary Fathers ar
again ctkihdcd Upon the affairs of freedom
The Union Is saved. :.
Adoking Eastward and Westward, North
ward and Southwark, over this beautiful lane
of vallies and mountains, shining lakes, anG
majestic, bounding rivers, we can now say
This land-this whole land is ours"
"Our own--our native land
Thank God we have country once more.
For four long and weary years the day O.
our great national festival has been darkeried
with clouds and storms, and saldened viii
doubts and fears. Our tabdlnacles of. rcioic
ing were drapcd in mourning, and filled viii
the harsh dscords of war The whole land
trembled in the agones of The fearful confit
for national HE and existence.
A dark, urholy, and unjistifable, coiispira
BY against the governntent of our fathers had
been FORMED and consummated. The mos
powerful and best organized rebellion recorded
in history was lraegurated: States, like law.
less stars plunged from their orbits into the
wild chaos of its Revolution. A military des:
potism proud in power, aud defiant in its pride
besieged our capital assaulted our armies and
pronounced destroyed forever the accursed
Union IF american States. England and
France, secretly glorying in the downfall of
their great rival, already commenced prepar-
ing the funeral obseduies for our political bu-
rial
With alternate defeat and barren victories,
we passed through many days and months of
intense anxiety, doubt and encouragement
But two years ago, as if God designed to con-
secrdtc this day anew forever, in OUR rational
history; Tile tide Of bat! c was turned and VIC
tory vas OURS. At Ficksburg aud Gettys-
burg the flag of treason was humbled, and
the rebellion received the fatal blow that sent
it, wounded and dying, to its home The
veteran ARM of the Potomac pressing on to
Richmond, and the indomitablc legions of the
impetuous Sherman, marching down from At
lanta to the sea, and up through the swamps
of Georgia and over the rivers Of the Carolnas,
gave it the finishing stroke, and crushed It's
proud and defiant power into utter hopeless
ruin:
The fall of tie rebellion has been as COM
pete as it was sudden. In one hour it van
ished like the baseless fabric of vision. -
With its armies scattered and leaders helpless,
in prison or in exile, we hail to-day the return
of peace. Again we breathe reely-again
we are free. The national authority Is su-
premc. Our starry Gag-witli not a star lost
or wantng-waves in undisputed triumph
front tic lakes to tho Gulf ard FROM the At
lantic to the Pacific
Joining to dig III the mighty chorus of our
redeemed nation, we say 'TLanhs bc to God
who hath saved US
And thanks to you brave soldiers who
have endured the hardships of the camp;
and the dangers Of the battlefield and
The namelcss horrors of Southern prisons.
With our cause triumphant; you are returning
70 your homes. Your names will be st5lime
N history. In the future as you rise up ard
say III have been at Antictam,' and IL at
and Il in the fife storm of
Lookout Mountain" and Il in the bloody
valley of the Shenandoah" and II in The Will
lerness, r" and II in tie fearful march to Rich
nond," pts;crity WI! honor you, ard the
'enediGtions of a prosperous and powerful
people will descend upon your heads.
III.
hey have been glorious in war
In contemplating the gicat contest &li;ch
las just erdedi our minds are appalled, at the
evils it has Brought upon us. In
he North und West ten thousand homes are
raped IN mourning: Ghe pride and flower
# our land have been sacrificed. The great
nd the noble have persisted in the fearful
trifc. Tic Soilth once prosperous and happy
$ hnd Of dcsolation. It's fields are dcs- |
rt. Us cities are ruins. and its princes are
lothcd in sackcloth and ashes
But war. like the dosclatng thunder storm, I
las It's compcnsasions. Over Ire soil drenchcd |
nth human blood, flle golden ba-vcst will
row and wave in richest abIndaTce
We are no. now where We we're before. g. |
)uring four years of var, re have moved |
bro1gf more ffIan century of peace. Great |
ucstiohls have been decided political prob |
ms have been solved in the fires of battle, !
nat hafffed tie wisdom of our statesmen and |
lie genius Of our philosophers.
The earthquakes Of war, and the artillery |
Revolution have rem. II, twain the wells Of |
the old temple, and shaken down partition
ais, and rolled away stones from. the Scp,.-
hres that Imprisoned rising httnanfty.--
&c have btcn forced into new and living /
&c. Old issues are dead. Let the dead p,rst |
ury its dead. Our is the living Present and
orious Future.
The war through which we have passed,
rs demonstrated the power of our Govern
cnt, and tic stability OF our Republican in
itutions.
Heretofore we were practising ON c:.peri-
ent. We were building a model State,-
C had faith in our work, but our faith was
ingled with fear. Monarchists, Aristocrats,
ID the enemies Unpopular liberty, pronounced
an experiment that must fail in the day of
we're national trial. But we are no longer
ofking upon an experiment. The strength
our gtScrnh fent has been tested. and it has
dured the triaf We have passed success
lily through ti7il var sach as has disrupt
empires, divided King doms, broken crowns,
d shattered the thrones Of royalty But
,m the fiery furnace, and the terrible bap- +.
IN of blood, we have COME out stronger. and
tn greater vitality. 8
Europe stands amazed at our newborn .
'ength, and halls the young Republican G
ant Of the West, as the peer of ma =
ms, and the first military power of TIE
rib. Even the rebels themselves are COM
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