The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-09-18


sissippi or among the mountains OF Peynsylyana IN
the increases OF the Chckahomiuy or in this quiet and
, ws ns., SreeSs s, nor Rome IN
sacrifices the cause OF human freedom than
''the hearts once pregnant with celestial fire.
which these rude sepulchres entomh In ancient times
II was undoubtedly true, especially regarded the
honors 10 living men-and probably age may be
altogether exempt from tho imputation-that in tho
costly statues erected TO- and the munifcent ovations
showered upon the successful soldier or accomplished
statesman there Iurked not unrequenty some personal
them. Sometimes Il fear that prompted the
umid thus 70 propate the wrath OF the pow
in the time-serving sought by such means to Sc
cure . recompsnse, in the shape OF other honors
or emoluments TO be reciprocated II was doubtless
the knowledge OF such corruptons and appreciation
OF the motives that should always control such memo
rails that prompted Cato when asked by friend
why no statues had been erected him while Rome
was crowded with many Others TO reply as he did.
that he had much rather his conntrymeu should inquire
why ne nsa no statues than why he bad any but the
70 render 70 our patriot dead not only vindicate
their motive, but in that motive itself is
FOUND the very germ OF the honor we would
confer. Let statues or monuments the living or
the dead tower ever SO high, the honor after all
in that pure, spontaneous and unaffected gratitude
and devotion OF the people that enshrines the men,
CRY Of the honored one IN the heart and transmits IL
fr IN age to age long after such costly structures
have disappeared. The only honor accorded to
Mades, the great deliverer of Athens was to be
represented In picture painted by order OF its c-
zens al the mead OF the other nine commanders OF
the heroic ten thousand, snimaiing his followers 10
the attack of the hostile force which outnnmbered
them ten one; and yet that simple painting pre-
served in the affections OF succeeding generations
existed for centuries thereafter while the three hun
dred statues which, In later and corrupter age
selected by the same people in honor OF Demetrus
were all demolished, even in his lifetime thus in
heart would We enshr1nc the memory Of the Union SOL
der; generations yet unborn shall their on
spring the history of their valor long after brass
and marble have crumbled into dust shall their be
preserved as the men who persisted 10 pepetuate what
their fathers bad so struggled TO establish, this
heaven appointed government Of popular freedom
A sepulchre, as ! have said formerly prepared
for the heroes Of ancient Greece the
suburb of their cities; this custom, however had one
memorable exception and for which this davis soemni-
ties the field Anetam furnish an appropriate par
aIel Such was the extraordinary valor displayed by
those who fell fighting against the Persian host on the
determined that their sepuchre should DO separated
distinguished from those Of their other heroes The
bury them the field where they had iaen and thus
this little marshy plain, immortalzed by this battle
to succeeding ayes by the lofty mound around which
many tourist has since fingered, and which this day
marks the spot where the Athenian heroes fell. May
not imagination as seeks to portray the future OF
this great American republic withou, any oversrain-
ing OF It's powers, sec the coming time--dstant it
possibly may be- but none the less desirable or GER
tain-when her from every state shall seek
this little hamlet for its hallowed memories of the
past and coming from the South as Wei as the North
reunited in fact us we'll theory, affection as well
as Formally shall stand here together pilgrims
common shrine. and forgetting the feuds Of
their results deyeloped mutualIv admit "a ,bev an
neal 10 the records of this field that tbev have
from the same stock are united in the same detnve
entitled 10 the same respect and animated nv tSss
same heroic and patriotic impulses This day nv
CONFERENCE.-The i7th of Observation-Disclosures 70 n,
the Anniversary OF another event in our poi,Sa, bs
tory Not less memorable than the one which
to. day more particularly engages our attention IN
the considera;ons which the ocas,nn snaaaS1s h., %
scarcelv nroner il sbonld pass withnur Notice II &
mon this dar eighty years AGO tha the
OF our ancesiors with washington AT their nead af,or
four months' delberatiop adoSed the federal
ins,rnment en- remarkable far Inc
,, hs,h 70 II ror the wondarS, @ a
snr,nc rron, ~ Tor }ha ,cvsrsnca with ,rr;c ~ %
srson N cerarst;on n has ba.n hsndad &c. -, ua
The, thar las rronsh,v hssn no rocard Of III o,
sctsr Which has erersd no mnorant an in on .h
nistorv or govsrnment or the rise and nros s ~, ~
people The political condition OF the country al The
mnIiks the nresent We had ;ust conclnded ar mon
the issue of which depended the EXISTENCE of the
nation Thai war. Combined with other crcnmstances
Rad iod m ,ne fornation N MARBLES no ido,v S;r;n