Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1870-11-23

G be better exemplifed than by the large num-
e Der whose memories you are to-day perpet
f uating, who fell as citizen soldiers from your
patriotic county. But why discriminate
= when all behaved so calamity. From every
: county came the detail, embracing the skilled
artisan and the sturdy farmer, whilst from
the mountains and forests of our great Com.
monwealth came the hardy backwoodsman,
with his bucktail in his felt hat-all volun
teerng to do battle for the maintenance OF
these States under the Constitution framed
| by our revolutionary ancestors. The student
of history reads and the orator grows clO-
quent over the great battles Of Alexander,
Hannibal, of Cesar and of Napoleon; but these
all will .'pale their Intellectual fires' before
the true history of our great rebellion, when
it shall have been written. Accompany
our two hundred thousand cons of Pennsyl-
v.nia in your minds eye through four years
of bloody strife, commencing with the seven
historic days before Richmond in 1862. Their
bones are bleaching in the swamps of the
Chickahominy, on the plains Of Manassas,
amid the rugged gorges of South Mountain,
by Antietams stream, and on the steep
heights of Fredericksburg the winds that
whistle through the pines of the wilderness
sound their requiem there. might march
on through this sea of blood across the con-
tinent, down into the w;lds of Texas, and
everywhere, on every battlefield dot:ing
over that space, Pennsylvania's sons will be
found foremost in the ranks, upholding the
honors Of their State. When the tide of in
vasion entered our own State and the North
ermo-t wave of rebellion had rolled its bloody
crest upon the slope of the Round Top at Get
tysburg. it encountered your military rock.
which was never shaken. the Pennsylvania
Reserve Corps, which dashed i. back in shat
tered spray, never 10 be united or advanced
again. On the natal day Of your IndpeEdence
1868, on this sanguinsry field was fired the
national salute that made this Union perma-
nent, and tolled the death-knell of TIE Cor :
federacy. Who can describe the terrific gran
dure of this battle and do justice to the sub
jects No one Yet how vivid is the recollec-
tion Of the zip" of the mnLie and the whistle
of the shell, the yell of stubborn gallant 70 =.
and the sturdy hearty cheer in reply, the ell
bow touch Of comrades as they pressed boldly
forward in the headlong deadly charge. All
all is over. and many a noble man there
| fought his last fight and won his last battle.
When the reveille shall sound on resurrection
morn. these persons will rise from their hal
lowed graves, and as they advance to the eter-
nal throne the tears of pity of the recording
angel will fail on and blot out the records OF
the crown of everlasting glory. But now that
the doors of the temple of Janus ara closed in
our beloved country l hope forever now
that the passions are lulled and reason has
again returned her sway. let magnanimi,y,
| the twin sister ofcourage, be uppermost in our
hearts. reminding us that forgiveness to the
fallen does belong. Then will the charity
that dictated the erection of this monument
be doubly blessed. mo pent up Utica" shall
restrict our affections. or confine our hearts
but the whole bouudless continent shall be
ours. Love of country will again animate
every breast. snd will extend its benefcent
influences farther than ever before-as deep
rooted in the hearts of every American citizen
rs are our Alleghanies in the soil of Pennsyl-
vania. Let the dead past bury its dead: let
the charity that remembers the worthy dead
throw its concealing mantle over the faults of
erring brethren. In this spirit let us travel
on that level of time to that undiscovered
country from whose bourne no traveller re-
turns, and with patriotic pride and grateful
piety let us gather around the monument
dedicated this day to our fallen brothers and
teach our sons and daughters ever TO remem-
Der
"How sleep the brave who sink to rest,
By all their country's wishes blessed,
When spring, with dewy fingers cold
Returns to deck their hailowed mould;
She there shall find sweeter sod
Than fancy's feet have ever trod
By fairy hands their knell is rung:
BY forms unseen their dirge is sung;
There honor comes. grim grey.
To deck the turf that wraps their clay
And freedom shall awhile repair
To dwell a weeping hermit there"
The General was followed by Colonel
Mcfarland, State Superintendent of Sol |
diers' Orphans Schools, in brief ad-
dress, as follows:
CITIZENS OF JUSrArA CoUsrr Your Chair
man erred when he said had consented TO
make q short address. To do so at this late
hour, and after the able and eloquent Grafton
of General McCandless, would be unneces sa-
ry and imprudent. Even if time permitted.
II would be unwlse to mar the effect which
that address must have made upon your
minds. stall therefore detain you enly to
give expression to few congratulations.
Most sincerely do | congratulate you. my
friends, upon the success of the interesting
ceremonies of to day. The weather has been
favorable. the attendance the largest ever
witnessed in the county, and the procession
imposing, enthusiastic. and free from acci-
dent or want of harmony. The monument
has received the concentrations of all Above
all has The Grafton been a success The great
truths SO ably presented in it are worthy of
your most serious consideration. Let me
urge you TO ponder them well, to reflect, ev-
cry time you pass this monument, upon the
character Of true patriotism, the dntics it
imposes upon you. and the blessings it Sc
q q fanuht in fhis nd b,,
monument erected to the memory Of your
gallant fellow citizens
And let me urge these dear children that
are participating in these ceremonies. to study
well and remember the lesson taught TO-DAY
Duty to country reH performed, even to TIE sac
rifce Of life, is that lesson.
And you who are the orphans Of the men
to whom this and similar monuments are be.
ing dedicated. are particularly interested. [
Improve your time and opportunities Pre-
pare for the duties of life SO that if years
hence your services are required by your ,
country, you may prove yourselves worthy
Of your patriotic fathers.
With renewed congratulations he
closed.
The addresses were listened to with I
marked attention At the close of Col
McFarland's address the long metre dox-
God from whom all bles '
ings flow" was sung, and the benedic- q
ion pronounced by Rev. Mr.. Blackwell ]
Ter, of the Lutheran church, and the t
closed. i
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King Italy, has been elected king by the
Spanish Cortes, ON vote of 191 against v
20. His most common titles are Prince Ii