The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1866-07-19
AppREss OF GOV. vAIRcH1Lp.

FELLOW CITIZENS AS citizens of Wisconsin
it has been our pride that in the trials of the
past five years we have not sought TO shun the
performance of our duty
From the first hour of the war until the pres
ent time there has been, with US, no doubt, nc
hesitation.
We have known the danger of the conflict
wo realized the moment of the issue we have
felt the Importance OF success.
With singleness of purpose worthy of the
cause in which we were enlisted, we have de-
voted to it our every thought and energy. Cur:
has been no mere lip service, no holiday devo-
ton. We have been terribly in earnest. Will
quick obedience we have given all. al-yea
freely
''The wife whose babe first smiled that day,
The fair fond bride of yester eve,
And aged sire and matron gray,
Saw the loved warrior haste away,
And deemed it a sin to grieve."
Feeling that we were doing battle for the very
existence of our government. we have entered
into this struggle with our whole strength and
being. We have not shrunk from any sacrifice,
nor have we swerved when failure threatened.
w hen blood was needed we have attested in
blood our devotion to the Union. And now
that victory has crowned our arms, and This
greatest war Of modern days il ended, we as
semble here with common joy to enact the
closing pageant of the drama.
These flags which have braved the battle and
the breeze through all these Years of war, are
now to be installed in yonder capitol, as monu-
ments of glory enduring as the pillars of the
world. Banners that to>day we cannot look up
on without feeling every nerve thrill with en-
thusasm, muA embems of nations devoted
patriotism, more eloquent than if each thread
had voice and every latter and scar were trum-
pet tonguedE are by a wise provision to be gar
nered here where, go long as this government
shall stand, its citizens may Come, as to fount,
and drink fresh draughts of Loyalty.
SOLDIERS In the ceremonial of the day it is
my privilege, in the name of the state of Wis
consn, to receive these banners at your hands.
During the past give years, as need has been,
after regiment of your number has left
our midst, bearing with you from the hands of
my predecessors, your stands of color--the one
star lit and beautiful representing our beloved
Countrywide other in palmer folds of blue,
holding the fresh honor OF our young state.
No men were ever entrusted with the guar
dianship of richer treasures. With what fidelity
you have watched over them need not pause
to tell. The story OF every seige and every
march throughout the war bears witness to your
firm endurance. The record of every blt;lt
field from Pennsylvania to the Rio Grande en-
biazoned on your banners sken folds, enriches
the history of our state.
Joining that brilliant host, who, in the open
ing flush and rising glory of proud young man
hood, went forth from the sisterhood of states TO
battle for our country, where all were brave, you
stood among the foremost. Shoulder to shoulder
viii these gallant Comrades you have sought
and given battle to armed treason wherever it
has raised its monstrous form nor have you
ceased to strike so long as life continued in It's
foul mishappen trunk.
The strife ended, tho, country freed from
peril the foe utterly vanquished, you now re-
tura to give into the hands of those who sent
you, the standards you have borne SO tearleasly
feel that no words of mine can express to
cY1. n & I l0,,It
if language has the power to speak our graft
Iude. No other soldiers since the world began
have ever placed the whole race under such
weighty Obligations. The cause of freedom and
OF free institutions depended on your arms The
problem of self government was in the balance.
Ii you failed the scale was turned against it
the experiment come TO nought, could never be
repeated. You could not tell with yalor and
such as yours you could not fail.
Your success has saved your country. The
2 Glory has cost her dear, and she il clad in |
!, epest mourning for the children she has lost.
Tut with her majesty asserted the spirit of her
kept intact---her institutions pre-
served, nay, redeemed and purified of their only
stain, ensurlng to every man his liberty, anu |
yielding TO all alike the full protection OF her !
avs, she stands to>day stronger than she ever
las been before. And this we owe TO you who |
bore the brunt OF battle Ia this cause To you, |
he noble living who have returned TO enjoy the
ruits OF victory, and to that nobler army of the
lead, your comrades, with whose life blood this
7ictory was purchased. Rest assured. soldiers,
hat grateful people are not unmindful Of the |
lebt.
Let the proud welcome that beams on your
eturn from eyes whose love you know fun well.
xpresa 10 you en- acknowledgement more elo-
Iuent than any colder words Of thanks nv lips
AN frame. Let yonder gleeful children, repre
enting the fathers, whose glory they Inherit.
PRESENT here to-day to share with you the hr are
# this presentation, bear witness that oEy 49,,
d state is not forgetful of your services 'e'0'
Let the comfortable homes prov. ided o,,o.,,
Vhere for the disabled soldiers aDll for Tho 49,
ess children OF ,ltse who Ia Our defenca RI |
lctims to the swift destroylg bullet or t9n
low but fatal poison of dis ease, be an assurance
0 you that generous Country will never count
er whole duty done until both you and Yours
re raised above all danger of wan.
While the government shaLl stand-tbouob II
e as firm based as the pyramids and endnre
NTH the last trump shall sound-its citizens en-
'ying the heritage you have preserved to them.
nj net cease their gratitude to you.
Nor are We alone grateful for the benefit has
OF been ours alone. Throughout the civilized
GRID, wherever there is an intelligent thinking
ian, who loves the cause of freedom, this con-
lef has been watched with an anxious interest,