The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-10-15

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shrine NV liberty will paws a moment
on this spot, to trop-,a tear soverzt the
graves Nv them who here checked the
advance Nv the hosts Nv rebellion
and"
Governor Swami wuz averse to this
IL wuznt soothin to the party witch
wuz checked. 1t wood be better to
reed, :" drop teer over the spot unto
witch fraternal blood wuz she'd" Seem
no objection to the amendment, I he'd
it done. p He went on:
. The wilder in her Northern home
may weep but she may console her.
self that her husband died for. his
country. She may 5ae = -.
Governor Swami broke in, "Sposn,"
sed he, you should say: The wilder
In her Northern, or Southern, home,
ez the case may be, may weep &c.
Woodn't it be betterY' I thot so,
and it wuz altered accordingly. The
President proceeded: .r
Here, upon this spot, the armed
hosts of rebellion were met and hurled
back by" ta
Governor Swan sejested that that
be omitted. The word Rebellion"
when applied to brave people, who
wuz strugglin for what they deemed
their rites wuz, to say the least, too
harsh. 1t was struck out and the
President went on: iHaa -
Upon this spot, amid the roar NV
cannon, the rattle Nv musketry, and
the clash Nv contendin arms, thou
sands of the brave sons NV patriotic
sires, gave up their lives. 81
There wuz nothin in this objection
able. 1t Good apply to either side or
to both, but ez everything before it
he'd been stricken out, and ez there
wuz alloosions follerin it that would
.hev to be, it wuz advisable to bust it,
and accordinly l drew my pencil over
it. ss
The President then wanted to know
wat in thunder he shood say. Feelin
that he must say suthin, l prepared
for him the follerin remarks:
!" My fellow countrymen-I appear
afore you, not for the purpis ov maxim
any lengthy remarks. / simply desire
to express my approbashin NV the
ceremo MES witch hev taken place. My
appearance is the speech which will
make. / Good make a speech wich
wood tech yoor feelins, but my thots
is in communion with the dead-uv
both sides-whose deeds we are here
to commemorate. L shell not attempt
to give utterance to the feelins and
emoshuns inspired by the ceremonies
Nv the day. Not, any, | shell attempt
no SIGH thing [ am here to Civ
countenanee to the proceedins-to
oMshaliy beam upon em--but / must
be permitted to hope that we may
foiler35 The -egzample set'us by the illus
trious ded-uv boath II sides-who
fell in the feerce struggle Nv
battle and who Sleep Silent il
their grayes-yes, who sleep in silence
and peece after the conflict hez ceesed.
Wood to God that we Nv the liyin
Good. emulate thare egzample ez tina
layisleepin in the looms Wood that
we Good live, ez do the silent ded, in
peece and, friendship; yes, in peece
aud friendship, ez do the silent ded-
NV boath sides. You, my fellow
hey my earnest wishes,
ez 700 hev had my efforts in times
gone by, in the most tryin perils, to |
restoar peece and harmony to our
and divided country, and
700 shell hev my last efforts in vindi-
kashun Nv the flag Nv the Republic,
and the konstitushun Nv our
Fathers. 4
[ endeavored in this to preserve, ez
nearly ez possible, the singularly
beautiful and loocid style Nv the
President, that the assembled thou
sands who shood hear it might recog-
nize it to wunst ez hizzen. The last |
sentence wuz objected to. The Mary
landers didn't know whether they
Good 81 in silence and hear SIGH talk |
4 bout the flag NV the Republic and |
HE Constitooshun NV our Fathers"
But they wuz overruled. It wuz held,
md properly, think, that the Consti-
.ooshun NV our Fathers shood be ur- ,
lerstood ez meanin that instrument
lfore the aAblishinists had Knocked |
,ut NV it all that made it lovely in the
ayes of Maryland-the nigger-and |
The flag as il. wuz at that period. They |
xuz finally satisfied with it, and |
Buckley teched up the speech in
,omeaminer pints for delivery
[ didn't stay to the celebrashun for
he'd bizins elsewhere. / writ the
Presidents speech, so / knew that |
Fuz rite II heard Bradford's orashen
cad, and wuz pleased with it, It I
yuz-a powerful apology for the North
I'm soldiers, and must hev had good
ffeck onto the Southern mind. Feel
o that1 wuz all rite. [ left again for
ny feeld Nv labor. Wat the Presi-
lent wood do without me. [ don't
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