Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-08-29

tErom a speech by Dr KapF, At Ml 4 sp,rt, IL
DO you think that the man who bears the sol.
dler's dauntless breast cannot pnssrss tho metal
Tor a statesman Despise the suldigr ruler
What was II that made Greece the paragon Vt
obedience TO laws and excellence vi arms but
those who drove the Persian hOries un her "a.
cred soil aud raised at Marathon moral muuu.
ment for pOsterlty's veneratlun, the soldier CON
suls LoonidAs aud MiltiadesF Despise the sol.
der ruler! Who was II that moulded the mot
ley mAss-vagrAnts and OutclhIs from every
lAnd-that constituted the population Ut ancient
Rome Into a nation which became the mistress
Of the world The soldier consul Julius Caesar.
Dosplro tho soldier ruler! VINO was II that
placed the shield Of his genius as n aiesnnn
over the menaced freedom Of poor Poland, and
at whose fall that "tTeetlOn shTiCked2 The sol.
der Statesman John SObieskl. Despise the sol.
der ruler Who was II that gave the world the
celebrated code VI laws that bears his maine, but
no who broke forever the sway vi the yandal
baTbaTIAns, he whose life was on the tented
held u The soldier king Justimsn. Despiso the
soldier ruler Who was II that conceived tho
NApoleoBic code, which Is to be the basis OF the
French constitution, but that little CuTslcan
| captain who bore her eagles tTlumphantly into
eyeTy capital OF EurOpel The soldier consul
Napoleon. Despise the soldier ruler! Who
was Tara's king when lreland's harp resnunded
In free halls 10 chiefs and ladies bright" when
she was the island OF saints and scholars, but
UlOntarrs victor The soldier king Brian.
Despire the suliler ruler who xas thai
guardian and guiding spirit over the cradle Ul
AmoTieas Independence on that memorable Itll
Of July, lTTe1
whose was the hand mat signed the charter
OF freedom 10 1851 but the same who carried that
UOnstitul Ion with his sword at stony Point, Wiz.
| Einla, Savannah and Yorktown the glorious
soldier President, George Washington. Desplse
| the soldier ruler Whose was the heal, hand
| and heart that saved the Union In lis night Of
peril, when reeling To It's centrej who since the
| fratrcidal struggle has ceased, has watched
over the PROSTATE and bleeding form Of his
country I'LL today, her scars are s'lrre visible,
but her soldier President, U. 5. Hrant Tire.
| mendOus cheering, the aud ienCe rising tn their
feet Join the clnting parFOt-cry Ut the knaves
who shout that he Is OnIy "A soldier. My cOun.
| tTymen, DO, and you belle your past you lie,
| grade your present, and you damn the luture IN
| the land Of your adoption. DO 50, but then close
| forever your glorious history. Hutu the public
| squares and destroy those statues OF men
whose memory you desecrate. Do so, and the
| spirit Of every hero who hillUWei tho name OF
American soldier, aud COnsecrated with thulf
blood her sa1rcd cause on every battle held from
| Bunker Hlll to yorktown, from Bulls Run u
Richmond, trOwning on your shameless apUstacy
will eGelaim 1--WE are the Witnesses"
The effect OF this great appeal was electrical
the whole audience, numbering over two thou
sand, rose to their feet and chBered their gifted
eOUntryman, and, making his bow, he retired.