Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1872-06-13
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=" 'a,nt Col Paramore who said:
5,n,rs AND GENTLENEN-ln the
bADG = General Thurston, who was to
i''snce - ods the Introductory address to
ha'e ,'on ~,DII tins occasion, take great pleas
You upon ',,ntine to you Col. A. Ill.
hone Ss n the Distinguished tS Soio,st ortor anu
eloquent gentleH"'
ths day. p.,t;bOue upon taking the
CClOnel nrss,ed with loud applause,
SIAM " the su6sideuce Of Wh1on n;na nc saI sa n.,
Ir President, comrades iAD
tlsnsn: tie en-. to-day to lay our floral offer
We meo, .,sful remembrance upon the
iDgs OF s - of tbe nations honored
glorious ,Ea,ic dead. The place and the
'na Like prescribe my theme. Stand
occasion -a, aror the ashes of the fallen
n ns.-s sIeep, unyexed BY wars alarms. IN
We l..i long sleep, those soldiers oi the
IoeH - 10 died TO rescue from disintegra-
eu,V. nd ruin an imPerilled country-our
.SaagFts ..O turn instinctively back to the
80 fires, the weary marches, the
ps D'Os' St,;neJ battle-6elds, the dire dis
OVO- and the immortal victories that
-..Eed [ the progress of those four tremen-
.-.,- I-n. wears Of the great civil war IN
America ,l
frtber and still farther away from
- torn realities of that grand struggle.
.I;.b We call the great rebellion. we
t,-. 80. nov reached a stand point, where,
~ ~ c,lmer minds, and with cooler pulses.
:, NAV review the scenes, amid which
6.,e jeeoing warriors passed from hte,
n the cloar light and perspective of his
,,,v and 50 seeing them, and considering
A, worth and Importance TO mankind OF
the cause they died to serve, to which
hsy gave the last full measure OF their
Jsrotiop. the purpose of which they felt
,,d knew was to secure, for all time and
bsroud all peradyeDture. the safety, the
Io1or. tn. glory and perPetulty OF the
g,Dubuc-and with these, by the tless-
mo, Of Providence, tie rights Of men as
ssa-we may the better appreciate the
ulue Of their heroic sacrifice. and we
nav proudly say OF them, IN the words OF
tbs poet patriot Of Ireland, that
aWhether on the gaIlows high,
"Urin the battle = v..h,
sThe nttFst place Tor man 10 ole
is when he dies for man =
IAPPladsel
It's not because they who rest here met
N untimely fate it is lot simply because
ley were cut off in the full flush OF man
hoods prime; it is not merely because
the, SOW ell that high, uudaunted courage
thai led them to tread the battle held as
though going to banquet: 1t Is not lor
these reasons alone that to-day we place
nrlands upon their graves.
bravery upon the battlefield is CHAR
.:teristie of American soldiers. This
they have always shown in the stern con-
tes Of foreign, aud savage, and civil war,
sdether they followed the royal standard
Of England, us did Washington aud his
Virginia Blues, in the olden time, when
Braddock led them against the French,
whether they fought beneath the 'Stars
and bars of the fallen Conicderacyi
applause or under the gorgeous ensign
whlch floats in the loyal winds to-day
! Loud cheers.
We gladly give the full need of praise
to soldiers of every nation, when we see
exhibited by them the high qualities that
made the ironsides of Cromwell famous
forever. and won enduring honor for the
"Old Guard at Waterloo.
But for these soldiers of the Union we
claim higher honor, purer fame. Ii
is tie noble motive and purpose that
gives dignity to life, and casts a halo Of
glory over patriot graves. 1t is because
we remember that the fate of civilization
and the worlds destiny, was trembling il
the scale during the immortal hours o
those Greek summer days, that all stu
dents OF the heroic and historic past, fee
aquickeniug Of their pulses at the men
hon OF Maratlran and Salamis.
Now, these immortal dead not only pos
sessed the requisite courage to DO and t.
DE IN the stern discharge Of soldierl,
duty, but their souls were moved anC
sWayed by emotions of patriotic devotion
to their country, such as only the trul,
heroic know.
They believed with the faith of devo
tees aud Of martyrs that upon the main
tenance Of the Union In the full integrit
ol Its territory. aud in the completest as
'endancy of its Constitution and laws
were wrapped up. not merely the deares
tights OF American citizens, but the high
es' interests Of the coming generations
ue triumph of republican liberty through
Sa' the world, aud, as a necessary sequenc
.nereto, the bOblest resultsand the fdircs
irui's ot Christian civilization.
Il Ia thls faith, the result alike of earl
saehlng and of mature thinking, whe
we storm-cloud of civil war, which, TO us
tS% s--sFlsaeHf Imagery of Burke. iva
y''eAenlng q. their horizon," burst upo
''ue iahd, tLese dead, whose myriad grave
's'e nonored shrines to-day, turning asid
.hOu all domestic ties. and bidding adie
' 'O0se dearer than life itself. few
-9S animated by the very spirit
.uen the Angel of Freedom speaks in I'll
''rses of Whittier;
Then Freedom siernly said, i shun
NJ lre nor pang beneath the sun,
sA human rIghts are staked and won.
lvA.sili Aneii with Ziscas hunted flock,
I-1,ssHed IN Taussaint's cell of rock,
Aeo with Sydney TO the block.
n,s nss moor of Marston felt my tread.
NruEn yersey's SHOWS the march led,
lln.s ce Masenta's charges sped.
-. : was to preserve and not to disint
maintain and not to destroy. th'
asa their country's uniform of blu
to forestall the possibility
ea presenting, through suecessi
sla'ions. such spectacle as disunit,
hss,Inng Germany has exhibited to q
.@aurlng the three centuries that ha