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connected, IN taking MP aru,s aca1tet tha Govero
!, nens Under the:e came, thirl;Y.th the low whites
! who h.se 20 u,osai rec whatever, and no inde
| pendent eharse'er: who bare been subject to ta.
they lived Fourth there came ill., No
! 9Ies:, upon whom the foundations Of tht
elnta ne whole hbIle Is cast to tho winds 0
Heaven The hfth class, arc The Coppcshelds 0
S9t'h 1,ib lfpa '6s sshe.ss ts0se
be1ton ha. received 30 much support and coputs
n7pce, aud but for whom, long ago, this VI,
|: The Christian Commission las nothing to dc
f'a,th the erst and the last Of these 4 .ssea
L3u:hter ! II calls. IL The nam: Of iss Mister,
ticp, political damnst1on, without mercy, uuou
Southern sristocrats and Northern -pymoithizer:.
Loud applause Bnt for the tnselli=ef men oi
psn With sumo Of these sent'~mep. and wien Ne
Ious htup the tlour md potatoes, and ca-r,e Them
to them 10 their IMPOVERISHED condlt,on; when
n, tees n 1or four years, AID preached the gospel
Of loyinG charity: We SAW among this clszs oi
s m s9yT tho smiling
Which couvinc. rs that tte christisp commi9. nar
sop, tf ii accomplished Its work In no other way,
'Ntty the Il tmarkahlc soc,atlon Of lts delegates
tlue .pos1ion with reference 10 the low wtites
and the Degroee aud TINS tt Is thlt God makes
u hfs rcsee-mAkers among our en-" r,irs while VT
60 70 administer to the physical wan;s of our SOL
This ,G Gsest st:assls I; Ei!l I'll soon Be over, aaa
be remembered, and through coming centuries
We shall mention Their names 10 shed tcsr Of
kindly snd grateful rememhrancc. and It sha1l be
tbels works fo follow thcm." and through tho
yeara to come there st 81: rewnrd be pronondced
! upon .hc hrnve men who uuited nrl came upon
me battle aeld 70 odsr their lives for the Prefer
| vskion OF thetz country
When was il Richmond. at great review
had hsf,re Gen; Welt5cl, regiment after reg, ment
tore the General he drew his swurd. One poor
1el,ow csme nsong-a Colonel he was, think-ats
zaeht arm. was IL taken Of below the ctbov, be had
lit. no h1nd to hold It, and be lifted MP iha,
s1ump OF his as the on'y sa.utat1on he could offer.
| Strcrg men wept t'ke children when they SAN
! that So there shall come brave men among u,
| manned MD wounded ard In poverty. We shall
look upon them with admiration; every wound
shail 6v 4 e.oty, and whcn their names axe men-
t'1ncd we Ebaii pronounce 4 henedi.tlon upon
them. (cheeEs)
Then shall our nation be blessed; Standing
er above any other, God's nencdichon sha!l he
rs th1o The coming centuries, ana the op-
dc nation sbal he horn Into day Of tIlepn,a at
Christian cemsIon IL ,soG woet n5b9 fsa !as
stapd before The Master, and, looking upon il III
shalt eay: ~ was-nn hunsescd and yor gave me me
s.s .s ,L ~ Eate n1I vliuA> eicA una In
nc. 1nat1nuch as you have done II unto one Of
unto me- Thst vii he snnc,sOt s09 oaSe oons II
s appanse ersetea tSa
close of the .peaEcr's remarks.]
REV. q. c. meCAHE.
Chaplain McCabc was than Introduced; be said:
Abraham Llnto!n recently sat In his seat, frou1
;;na ~ tt tnelse 9s!ock1 70 Asten 10 the
Of Christian nn T. snd Il ,S
.a ss o.o III sgs more interested listener
he loved It because # was dois ~ t
7try ws5k ihat e nos: desjied 10 oe dope. ' 'ue
o.ar IL ,E,n,a ~, Pas arrays been cue
h.m Ttnr"fn tru rs,,os ors o. :a6n men a. Aora
Wu,tnata'. I.s. seu.sMuet Wneh re were at
Masmnetoa 'ast Jannary, toAt committee Of cur
ssHeI nm r. nrpside a. ~ ons seW3sa and
maae known our request be sid, % G.ntieaen ns :"
Ra,ss''e i meeting Z ean bsle il, ba,."S
fn!a ha a,,d 1iss 9na m,sa his np tseHlbled wh1le
tnd Gnst,ah ,' . commission ~ this reasor listen
sh9 WI! * son: Last spring when Gen; Grant
snn axss wnnndea os asIo.s me Rap,dan ny
nn,I ts.u ns a9n aan, - ,sopatoy no".l ny soh vas
nae IL Sgad 9 no. gss to h%
sonsSody ea55jsd b1@ fss@ "a, .he | asiS@fa asSiSnfa
neto ss n an Tssn
found that all that father con't do had been done
ior ny bog. ahd when let him to return to the /
,as s1 81 ~ oee 1t taese in! men BY
gon1o1Ision, NoE t6e{ Wese delegates ''tae ii tha
can command me 10 the extent Of my iniuence
a9d ne exten: Of ny pntss That was The best
delegates went over the field wherein laid Inc
b!eetl,ng and the dying, they did NOT secE 10 in
sfss b. Ws ,an d de- vss pez m s
State, II he had been your son, or yo1r
brother, or your husband, it would haye
Tould have horne him from The dcld Of STRIFE an5
bourd up hts wound, the same had be been Ihe
Eon Of the poorest wtdu~ woman in Chicago or
f.ow, II the Commia.ion could win the Iowa
II such men, II it conid procure for itself thetr
nauenee snd eopads1ss q, run her ps .ueh
Il this large audience here to.alsSI?
II admired tim. Here let nae ssy The chief among
hr moutners that lbrony around hls bier
iii ue the Christian commission. We loved him
nd the Commission WIS loved BY him. The Chris
ian Commission admired lhe neroism Of that
eroIc herself. Christian heruism In the !
1my che loves. She adalire4 that MN. i
Il stood in WASHINGTON, few weeEa ago, before
hat monument Of this national Cniou under which (
70 have lived so long. io- remember all the
tass H.se + Iyuass.s4 70 brta: stones to be In
Forkmen wcre surprised at their tasks. The mot
9es o. some O. NE s'atss are cnt IL the Stones.
aee, you will see large stune
I'D name upon II 81 George Washington" and
hen rising one above The other are the Witnessing
tones Of the States that have coptriouted to the
1onQment 1t IL about half ready. The work ,
'en have rsusa ron h shs!r t,sE. Before that
tgnt 70 be tried, snd question 70 be settled. II
l1s government Waa destroyed, II this nation
US Eulns9 We DID not need that =
lonument. we Wefe 70 wott ana sec u we had I /
oFetnment % not. oe Ime mas come row for !
10 nn,sn IT. wneo v toat monument Is 10 20 oa t.