The New York herald., 1869-06-14

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Of tie S ssve % sn Yoa nssd
mr war Is aiseipins war var Is the symbol
q Justice s, q, passed nrooaS Ses Var tna, with ali
", atrocitles ncidento cruelties aud horror OF de.
ta,ls viii be looked 'Ack upon when we have drlted
80 ~, war for touptry for liberty and for human hap.
piness. Already the bloody tear drops are dried ana
soon the wreck and desolatlon u leit oeulhu WIN mul
have passed from your minds. But no man can
measure the abundance OF that good which WIN
spring from It. You are part OF the govelnnens, ~
Dehooyes yoa to prove to all men Una, you aIe nign
pIx@ese ESan al o1sr s1a sgs ns which, IS . the world
than any other nag Now thank GSa' .Sars ws. cyan
upon it; not q drop OF blood pcT s.ains its folds
once the stars that were SSs were but lurd stars
background OF barDaric slavery, shining out OF q
midnight sky. Now they are stars Of hope all the
world over gRss stripes o. .he nag are no longer
IS borne oy you around the globe, by land or sea-
That nag means intelligence and liberty, and IT Is
blessed thing to be the guardians OF It. You belong
to profession honored not only abroad, but already
in our own land il has been made honorable
by those who haply have sprung from the
loins OF this venerable school-by the ialne
and achievements Of those who for their skill anu
endurance for their wise victories yet NANNY ior
their humanity, for their moderation and unampi-
uOuS Patriotism nave Sueu y udO dTOuuu tic ubihc
OF the true soldier. Nor are the stories OF battles
won and peans Of victory such sweet music to me
the story had OF the i've cnefest men that the war
has left claspng each others hands IN brotherly
and sodierly friendship, standing by each other and
by the country without jealousy and without rivalry
showing to the world what American men and
officers can be, and this at time when Napoleon
can scarcely hold his army together through the
lealousies, rvares and enmltes OF his marshals and
generals. As TO you young friends, Ibeseech you to
take an aim higher than the mere aim OF the
school. Enlarge your conceptions OF life, seek an
inspiration above that Of the text book, an insplra-
tion that will lead TO higher purer and no0ier
manhood. For you who go forth from SINS school,
what can ask better for you than that your aul-
bitlons may be purer your aims higher ana truer
than even those which were your highest aspra-
tions when you stood on the very mountain top OF
the hopes and ambitions and desires you framed for
yourselves May the blessing Of Almighty God, and
OF the Lord Jesus Christ, and OF the Holy spirit,
never depart from you, wherever you are, under
burdens and trials and In woes, IN sickness and in
death, whether among friends or IN the wilderness,
lar away among the savage foe or departing IN the
first thunder OF battle may tie who loved your father
and your mother, may He who guided your footsteps
all the days OF your life, may He never forsake you
In the hour Of your suffering, Of your peril and an
guish, but may He guide you to higher nobler
manhood, and ordaln you TO that manhood IN Christ
Jesus which Will be perfected only III heaven
The reverend speaker was listened to with deep
attention throughout enghtened and eloquent
discourse.