The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-06-01


~. ''SRn nM 49, s" ~ silsut n ian"
W: .hs:s ssss.,s., ia q, ~ is:R,,.'I..
susvsr IN ~ s,s snoI tusf esss for himsslf
sstR crsd Is ali the shsrished purposes Of life,
and Suns ali, vith M itself Into the scale Of
Malta Al Asst thcv tousht Tor the Union
Alone. but soon a new cement was added
spmv and tns nation Win 4 cheerful but
intense reiisious en,husis.m. In lessons
N Al God ma ipd,..olahiv ,inh,d 10 H. own
Ne s.stiaY q A. :s:isy:d I:e..,h.. ,asir
III. Il Wss this conviction that made me soul
~ John Brown tSs msrohin1 eompanion OF
:: oai :9sliSSIsf', and made them sing on shss way
..,a ~ air.. o,,,. .,,o,,
v, <; e: s:r, i. h bosom which ,,,,,s,n,., ,ou
A. h disa 70 make men holy, let US die to make
men free,
While God 10 marehina on.
bic The strusele consecrated IN some degree
every man who bore q worthy part. But
doubly consecrAted were those who received
aimed :, n, We o. .hs.
you died. Your fame il placed where the
breath Of. oalumny can never reach it-where
brightness. Coming generations will rise ub
to CAN you blessed.
And now, consider this silent assembly Of the
what does il not rcpresenti Mere Il an spit.
ONE OF the war. Here are the sheayes reaped
In the harvest Of death from every battlefield
o. vn. each grave sad yo snd K ss
on earth, we might stand still and hear tho
whole story Of the war. We should hear that
the life Of one went out In the darkness Of that
az eclipse on the nation that another died Of
disease while YEARLY waiting for winter to
end, that this one fell on the Held In sight Of
he Hss mus. be- carried through three more
years OF blood, before II should be planted In
that citadel OF treason, and that one fell when
sss Ss q S.S
and re-cchoed In the chambers OF the Execu-
tive Mansion.
We should hear minslcd voices from the
hominy, and the James-solemn voices from
the Shenandoah, from Petersburg and Five
tory and the sweet chorus OF returning peace.
The voices Of these dead are flling the land
like holy benedictions.
Here they sieep i in the heart Of q nation saved
The view from this spot bears some resem.
70 th a, wSch ihe eye nS%s
tho Tibcr. and overlooking the city, 10 hill,
not rugged, nor lofty, but known as the vAti.
can Mount. On Ats summit, at the beginning
OF the Christian era, was an imperial circus,
where gladiator slaves died for the sport oil
Rome, and where wild beasts fought with
wilder men. In that arena . Gallilean fisher.
man gave up his life q sacrifice for his faith.
Probably no human life was ever so nobly
avenged On tho spot where he persisted WAS
reared the proudest Christian temple ever
the rich oaerinrs Of every cline and kingdom
have been Contributed. And now eighteen
centuries have pnaaed the he rts of two hun.
dred million jewellers on the earth turn tow ard
The traveier' descend,na from the Appeuines
sees Inc dome 81 81. Peters rising above tho
desolste oampsgna and the dead city, long be
10 Mia View. The name of Inc dead ashermar
has outiiyed the glory Of the eternaI city.
noble life, crowned With heroic death, risel
eiory Of The mightiest empire Of the earth.
Seen from the western siope Of our capital
In direction, distance, and Appearance, thi,
tRos Il tho not ,v Sa e., New ~ onr Sest
iarref than 4 hundred Tibers. Seven years
aso this WAS the home Of one who lifted hi
.TSrd sssls't, The NE 81 81, ans
beiiion, The soil benc ath our feet was wateret
by the tears OF slaves. The beauty OF yonaeI
proud o.ptol .y.hsned IN t thsir hs S. n.
Il t the goddess that crowns il Was turned to
ward The Sea and not toward them. But,
ssyeTv IL IL 20 ssene OF yieIsuee snd crime n,
tSiSs 81 our capital Here !. our s tsnpe IL
H. dome ia the Iendlnr heaven, and its alta
candles are the watching stars. Hitler vii
buta ~ er,t.fni hn@ave eo% For M ara shs w.
met to-day. by the happy suggestion Of
Ing a. III. hour i IN every State Of The Union
| Thousands OF our soldiers are to-day turnin