New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-07-05

main speech tpon this occasion. was expected TO do
that Cen Butler was coming up hero Gov woodford aud
put cur heads together aud concluded that we should
we have conveyed 10 him ths information and he has
prepared himself accordingly. lGreat iaughter.l He
laughs himself as away the force OF his remarks,
but ne viii not dare say that on Saturday last he left
NewYork with and after learning this fact, he showed
teri have no doubt viii answer the expectation Of
all emblcd here ON this OCCASION -, a. =
FenOw-ctiZens / am sorry for you; but there Is
one other party that suffers more, and that b. he who s
this afterioon. uHGghterI We are gathered together
upon our annual patriotic Boosting day We tell what
elegantly leave TO be inferred what our fathers
had lGreat aughterl We read again the Declaration
arms the mantepieces OF our chmneys, to show
what sort of guns fathers shot though II he so years
lion of Independence, Which was good at the beginning
and was good at the end, aud was good In ne
You and what do what our fathers suffered
before they licked Great Brltani They settled all that
long ago and the only good OF such rehearsal on this
occasion is 10 hear IL read by good voice AS hstor
was NOT disanpointed some aluson made 10 the great
conflict which has recently been concluded After az
the fighting the least part Of that business Al
though Gen Grant is here present aching TO make
speech to You on the matter-great aughterl-l nave
all, measure 1t much you please, make the diameter
cOcqua with that OF the carths, and then double H. and
IL the part OF all that done in that great
four years that capsed for while were hghtng this
country was enabled 10 unfold an example, ana To make
a demonstration OF government which IL never made
before and could not have made, except under some
such pressure az that Any yacht will stand weather
when is moored iu New-York llarbor; put IL out TO
sea, where the tornado catches it, and then she Is
brought 10 her moong and she shows you how she IL
made and what stun she Is made or 80 WIN great
people spread great continent, almost rather IN
abundance. Why shouldn't she be prosperoust men en-
said this If no test OF republican governments ana NO
test that its people the greatest In the world and
its government the greatest There are Two gOyGn
everything between them being BASTARD lt Is an eN-
pertinent would not say ihat rep G3d hnt y il
the that suits the American people; and Will not
determine whether it would not be better form OF gov
ernent for monarces than that they hold When spoke
in London Exeter Hall, III 1863, this subject several
Iibarfy-Ioying democfafs are hobnobbing with the
Russian officers in NewYOr," and my reply was 81
Shaved and more liberty in the heart Of the Russian Cow
eminent than did in the heart OF the English Govern
meut, which had its face against us in the attempt 10
emancipatc the slaves" ApplauseI But am not mere
this afternoon to make out case for His Majesty the
ties the democrats, and hold that the great conflict
through which We have passed-the great ten years
a great deal than to show could overcome tho
South. That is the least am glad i has done that
that We were able to do il. knew should We knew
we should. knew it for this reasOn-that this people
are slow cautious, mighty particular, ana nara LILO 10
hickory when they get agoing nothing can put them ont
and so We gained momentum daily rs we went on. Inc
S1th IRE fnore mercuria They start quicker, and stop
quicker They charge we did not beat them, but wore
@ r. V does NOT mean merely the 6ayonet or the bullet
for there great many things beside 10 constitute
But the great point Is TINS: Ihey were %nippo
and the Government saved, and the great line OF
longitude that God put round about the North ana s9un
to hold them together was nOt shdpltu anu !. VII ~;
one country unless betray those principles on Wcn
unity depends OF the few things which have been de
monsraed by this conflict one is that aemociauo
eminent contain all those great functions when
strong Soycrnments II there be one thing that strong
government boasts Of that is law and the execution %
pot out the example OF the states of the North. to
more than 20O0O0O Of people CONFUSED with elsu var
and who devoted themselves to the struggle OF nVe years
duration, and l point the world to the example OF
the nation residing In peace ma tI LIZ
chanical arts carrying forward education, and
enaTging and developing benevolent operations
the Government was saved during such an intestine
CONFUSION, but when 50 many farmers paa o O so
colleges founded new professoFshp ana go many shoS
were established for internal industry More Than th
it has shown strength favorable TO armies IL was sad
that Republic might have mtiamen, but IL cOuu not
have standng army expect 20 excel az military
power They are huge and strong but their strength -
80 distributed that u cannot ne concentrate, ntl
means concentration power and therefore this Republic
could not be a warke nation refer you to any nation
on the face OF the globe, no matter now ic or
who could in so short time muster lnl2h sollers
as the North did and nearly the same NUMBER IN lhe
South. When the people thus determine iheir laws ey
ont and men the people say there no other gov
erunent the earth ike iree popular goyereit 70 W
make army II you have tle olncsrs pTepat t uU
forbid that old West Point should 10 down-hat is E9
standing army. Pat West Pont down ana you S o S 6e
become feeble or else you are oDSed 70 east ZOS
TO uphold the Government. Educate officers ana you
can dispense with the army, for 1t takes but tle o
tn dscplne the men put them into perfect organz
lion Educate the officers you must substitute Tor
| her "A VI.
un body of men less wariike than military officers
aughterl therefore we are not In danger rom lhen
the temptation, though l do assure you had
not Mcclellan in my thought. lGreat laughterl
better served better clothed and handled, and better
organized just they had earnedto ADAPT .e
military education the pattern OF the magnitude OF
this continent. And three OF four years OF such
they experienced hope never WIZ again DC sf ot he
avoided But methinks there has been enongh OF @
She'd and that tho sacrifice made should Stnl Vr ases
!
soon as our army became dsbanded there would ne no
earthly power to restrain the ambitious 9icelsi anu tt
There w6uld be no peace from the dsbanded sOldery who
came home with the habits Of the camp AS near as
many boys and it just certain that the camp saved
many others great many went INTO inc spd
became bad, and came home sorrows 70 , the.a
TeTe Hundreds and thousands Of purpose
less boys who went into that camp their patriotism pc
came fired even to their fingers end ana 'he 1 a n the
citizens OF whom We should feel proud ana as 10 ,e
decentralization OF the army-the snow that inelts on t
the storm which bursts over the mountain os
banks and undermine some trees but You are ne, 90
that IN or r Town in these States was any complaint
that any suffered by the incurslOn or Dy n1 ms 20
have horne over the world that million OF AMERICAN
soldiers back to the farm and shop and no order OF
their return II is a testimony they deserve II II tesn
mony to institutions under which they nave a and
traning IL il said that Republican Government couu
ever nav great debts The bonds OF such government
e and S tRe eo% s THV viii
that you had studied and got the dev 70 heiP you
he is good STUDENT you could not have brought 70 Dear
ON the American people temptation tnst th % ncht
trying THIS Government was encountered WIN uopI
~ IS and its efforts TO pay taat deot ya
~ yitH interest Iprophesed IL would pay H. nave
other things and let say that one-hI OF
me t. as good prophet you e01d III na ap satisfied
j'b myself was abroad at the time was aWare y,
the peoples willingness 20 pay national dee ond had
~ rnonai interest In it's fuillment. and how is IL no"
Pnot only declare that have proved ourselves graz
no, hut aver take for man, that there Is not
mn producing population ON the glove az s .no
hnsrican people We make more money per head ,n,