Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-11-21


iunc.iou we are Mt lenulh approachiug Il CON
summation of the wishes of the people of thc
city. II is now almost six wears since the
trustworthy obicctwas initiated in a very laroe
nullic mcetino i'm Mechanics Hail which fairly
and fully and hgrmouiOusIy EXPRESSED the sprsn
of fine city hy the appoiulmrut of committee
CHARGED with fine duty of co.nuero tiu,r with tho
Government in carIyiur forward tLr ,yori, IN lis
cnmpIetion. That committep was made mn from,
nil the pursuits of life and baIieve If has renre
septcd the whole BODY of tbe ueopIe rs instIv
and MS rcsDactab1y as any committee ,,,or Tsiend
in Worcester The civ government obnnt tbc
same fine anoointcd a conn,ittno' Of its own
members. which dnrinu all mis- tine has octpd
in conjunction with the committee" Of ritizans
We now hear from Mr. Grammar tho char
man. that tbiS ioint and lorrp cnmnittpe are en-
tirely unanimous in their 1pnort and in osIintr
the muuicipal authorities 10 confirm tbeir nc.
tiou and TO aid i'm erecting the monumpnt oc-
rorIinr To tho drsion l1nnn which thev ali have
o,nrcd For myself am altouather satisfied
with tbis siIuotion tbnI, we ncrd no more
public meetings. no more memorials no more
VOTING nj fine rolls and thar thp government Of
thp citv may now net ACCORDING 10 is hest iudo-
mont and discretion. and that II may evnect ne
UencraI nDproyal of the nconIe of Worcester.
And respcctrully suyge,t that II is biub time
thot d,fnita ond tinoi action ,gcre reacboJ Ton
years bave nHssnd away since some If nur ra.
Mot soldiers rave their lives to save and con
tinuc that Government and nublic iberty under
which onI. civ has nnanwiilr rro,yn no,nIons
and nrosnerons hnvund onyhoivjs ,ntiri6ation
and we have not vct done 50 mich nc nrenore y
tablet ia narnrtnote theil. names / do indeed
believe Mr. M,vnr -snch are the inf rn1itiss of
nur ugture sn selfish and pnrrossinr hncomcs
tbe nursuit nf nrosncritv-I do indeed believe
that if ten more Years are permitted TO pass
over MS without onytbino bcing done 70 COM
mrmorotc their deeds. fbe very names of most
nr our two hundtrd and Gttv dead soldiers will
be forrottcn. absolutely lost in oblivion. bv the
rrrot n,inIitv or ms all 10 our eyrIIgStiun
shame and diSprocr What a contrast is this to
our r,nntions onr activities our sacrifices ION
Years hack When | rpcur to vour STATE Of
mind and my own du inp The war. when recall
What we then tbougbt. and said. and did: what
GRAND euloUics we MI uttered every dav in the
strprt over our npimhbors fallen in the GREAT
strnrrl. and what golden nromiscs we made in
our hcoI.ts. how many and many q dav when
thr conteSf seemed sonnhow dnbious every ono
If ms Irlf here Lpbind in pcrson1I safety wonId
have giyen half of his possessions TO be made
SIRE Of final victory and pprpetual union: how
drar tn all Of MS then were the names and the
honor of orr fellow citizens cone TO the field
and how when one nlter another fell we re.
cioimnd tbeir 6ndins and followed tbnn, IN solemn
Numbers tn The sIern of the eorth.-wnen | re-
call those tLnos feel refreshed Inv this
retrosnprtivn contamination of thc better
mart of onr uoture For | know that
MEN we were ngtliotic. generous and
ready 70 make nrrsonaI sacrifices know that we
then tbouobt every turC that covered n soldiers
head should be kept sacred through all fine.
know that we then would have voted with all
our hands to erect a fit monumental structure
upon which his name should be inscribed in
letters as lasting rs the government he had
helped TO rescue. So we thought ana felt, ten,
eight years ago. And do not the same reasons
for our action still eXist2 Are the memories
oil our brave dead less precious, now that eight
more seasons have wcpt their dews over the
sacred blood that has remained for eight more
wears uncommemOrated beneath the sod! Are
the yalor and sell-devOtion of our heroes of that
day,-Ot Parker, and Ward and O'NeilI and
their gallant associates, -esS deserving OF cele-
bratiOn now than we then thought them? Are
the mighty and eyentiul scenes of the war itself
less worldly of our celebration, now that eight
more years, inhhe prosperous enjoyment of our
liberties, contrastcd as they have been with dis
astrOus struggles in other countries, have given
us fresh cause for gratitude to our soldiers who
secured to MS this prosperity? In the court of
morals and of conscience think you it will be
any pallatiOu Of our ingratitude, for longer
delay in raising the monument is ngratitude,-
that one Of the effects OF the conflict in which
these men died, has been to add directly and i'm
mediately five millions to the valuation Of WOr-
cestcr? Can we not afford, at once, with accord
mT hearts and cheerful voices, TO vote thirty five
thousand dollars out of the legacy Ofther blood
to construct a monument of their deeds which
shall last when all other memorials of them
shall be worn out or lost?
And I rosncctrnuv submit thot the general
i,int committee h,vc nInrrd bcforc ms fine onnor
tunih, to sattle this nnestion ot Iost undrr the
most r,,or,hin .i,rninstanra In thefrstnlnro
fhnv arn unanimous in odnntinr the general
model ,,bicI, L,s hnan nod, nuhIic FIR Gur in.
snnrtinn Ia. several ,Iavs mast. onI that * some
t,inm NOT ordinarily m he rxnrrted nC a com
nit,,c So lorrr md intnlligenI and connrisinr
men of differing pursuits and tastes. So far rs