The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1872-05-31
The Pennsylvania Reservesl
SEVENTH ANNUAL REUNION I
Address Of Capt. Win. W. MCClGland

huUlGSN vi Udpl. VIII. ". nlGUlGlldnU.
COMRADES AND FRIENDS AT the
last meeting of our Association, you
delegated to me the honor, however un.
deserved, of addressing you upon this
the occasion of our seventh Annual Re-
union. Atsuch time, among such as
sociations as cluster around our organi-
zation, amid such a concourse as is here
assembled, composed of citizen-soldiers
of our parent State, what topic springs
so spontaneously to the heart and to
| the lip as our own Commonwealth
Let us pass the hour in recC Inting her
triumphs, in recalling her power, and
in petitions for her prosperity. For
whose hearts should beat more warmly
for her honor and good name than those
who have faced peril in her defence
and shed their blood for her preserva-
ton?
When our sturdy ancestor, William
Penn, pitched his tents on the banks of
the Delaware, like Emerson's architect,
| "He builded aciSer than he knew." A
Royalist himself, and vassal of king,
he l)unded a nation Of republicans. A
man of peace and hater of war, he
unwittfngfy created a trace of soldiers"
and our Royal Quaker would havebeen
/
of two centuries have been lifted to re-
veal to him the result of his own handi-
| work.
The feeble colony planted by his hand
soon ripened into powerful commu-
| nifty; brave, because the times and the
situation demanded that men should be
alert to protect and avcnge; intelligent,
| because its founders were no reckless
| Adventures seeking new fields for plum
der and oppression, but men of reason
and thrift, loving social order and re-
garding intelligence as its foundation.
| AS time advanced and the masses of
Europe sought here that freedom which
was denied them at home, the industri-
Gus Swede, thrifty German, enthusias.
| tic lrishmar, and cautious Scot all min
gled their varied characteristics in our
primitive community, and produced
the pennsylvania of '7G and of to-day.
Men may vary in their moral and in
tellectual traits, in their nationality,
religion, taste, habits, and feelings, and
yet all know what liberty is. The idea
of freedom is sweet to any man wheth
er he come from the Danube, Tiber,
Thames, or Susquehanna. He is equally
inspired by its possession and writhes
under its loss. When, therefore, Great
Britain attempted to lay heavy
hand upon her American colonies, and
strove to wiring from them vast sums
to defray the expenses Of her European
wars, the people of our primitive colo
ny-ditfering as they did from each
other in birth, training, and lineage
spians sida as ohe man 70 resent II. Con.
9iutl u, "n!I FORMS OF oppression Great
Dlitaln trIeu 10 exercise, anu now sting
ats tney Woulu pe 70 Fennsylvanlan
auose az others ohe compelled the
~ taiiieil W lGan i'uiner W senu MS products
0.;,ilg ~ E;,ingiauu, auu to Duy all ms goods IN
n,lalsn b,nas;a .iialhe.s Sniy. ohe Iorpade
Aiiiellcah 1 nlanulactuTes. she de-
,,,;un.o mW9.,reu oel ilol WorkS as common
~ tsSnd 20 ,;mb+ Gnb uevrareu w .ita. amer
,,oiI -seu tou lb ,snL " iiiauutacIure even q
t9ll ior i norseshoe;" With Pennsylva-
inn Tr" o teyUoi utrUn1,Io fo Was hpr ro
vation i and how GaiIontIu ~, 'S shn pneaip ai,,
tanned iii Within her bnyders on ,,'i ~
vorv snot aftarwards eepct;tind' b,I bm tho ti,o
DacIe ration nf Indanendanon S,,oS ~ hoid enI
| in 1-7I Ctont;nantaI Connro,os ""I Idro.o no,.,
avnn fha first nnn of RnI5n,m1io, o0,Uae III
fired ot T,ovinot6n She uen nno nf tho t'o
earliest to nn5n,it bersoIf 70 tho Str,, 81 rdo
GIe and how che nrnSonr+oJ 'ii1 it 9., oI,ol,,
PienneUIvania snbdoi> piT1o'iu boI, ,;T;S fo eEGiS
The C9ntinnntaiS in tbe;,. COW; 90 1,,iai 0nnitnn
nnif,rms were tbn stnodioSt ,onio SI.sNe GO
fhn ormv Wben otber tro"rs i1ado had o5i "
nended their innna,uoeity pn and n,n1ored nua o1'
Gr foo oftnn fjad tha Sn4tinontaie iu eto ou
livinG vail wbich uothinn.oa,i hi.ino,n,I stoI'
And who were the Continental? ? nThe
Pennsylvania troops of the lineu LET
| the history of these men, led by MiffIin.
Cadwallader, and Mad Anthony
Wayne" show what Pennsylvania did
in the field. What She did in the Cab.
met, the record of Robert Morris will
tell. He it was who welded the finances
of our impoverished country. created
resources where none existed before,
even stripped himself of his own pri.
vate fortune to cast il in the public
store, and died in penury-a voluntary
sacrifice for his country What Penn.
sylvania did abroad let Franklin an
sWer. That patriot. to whose wis.
dom and majestic SIMPLICITY even kings
paid court, secured the moral and ma
terial aid of the most potent of En-.
glands rivals. In him all civilization
recognizes not only the diplomatist.
who gained kings and ministers to him.
self and his cause, as if by some process
of enchantment, but also the accom-
plished philosopher. The world is still
shocked by the recent death of PROBES.
sor Morse. But that man, illustrious
as he is, was but the pupil of q greater
than he, and the telegraph sprang from
the master hand of Franklin guiding
that of Morse.
With tbo RnvoIution mac ho Gail to
have cnasad tho firSt Troat o1och of thc
hietorv If onr Stata Sbo cpnon p ont @ ot
thot sfrngoie crinnIed and eTbausted
hnt fulI 1f resource and vitality Her
vast stretch Of richaet territnry, in av.
fent The second nC tho originoi fhirteen
colnnias with ber biIJs and nnIICvl
studded 1Vith tbn most nrsc;nuo ,ainsr.
ole hnr nennja anoradHtio @ Ho0i thriftr and
lovers If law and oder S Men com on
n1enced stride of mnnaroIioIed nroe.
nnrity which nJacad npr nnhia tono.
pponWSe"itb p1S tba ] foronoo"t Of thn St"tas
and n,ede ber the raiionoe of tho com.
frv f in the miohtv shncl so soon non to i'm
nsrd as sho Rod hoan II, 70 Tha intar
nadiata Ulors Witb EngIani and Mevi
I co m e h~t served | tn noIis6 her wasnoNs
~