The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-09-09
COZ. LANES REMARKs.

FOR PARTNERSHIP.
Col. Lane was introauced rs the next
speaker. He was under great Obligations to
the committee for their kind invitation,
which had permitted him to minele his con-
gratulations with them onso Joyous an ocea-
sion. To the people of Parke, said the colo
mel, who have honored me in times past, /
am under many Observation-Disclosures OF
| gratitude which will neve-be ablo to dis
charge. Tam here to make no speech. In
the presence of these distinguished mill
tary men snd civilians few words
I from me will be becoming, and at least all
can promise you upon the occasion. You
nave heard an eloquent speech from Indi-
ana's war governor, Gov. Morton. My heart
to-day 10 Too full of gratitude to those dis
tlnguished surviving soldiers to have room
Tor one feeling OF partisan bitterness or Spite
but in the presence of this grand assembly,
and In she presence of a higher as
sembly looking upon MS from above, / have
only to say no state had a noblez governor.
| lApplause and cries OF ''good."l And Indi-
ana was worthy Of that governor and the
governor worthy of Indians. In the pres
tinsaished officers who bore part in
THAT SRAND AND GLORIOUS VAR,
the reunion of whose soldiers has called Us
together to-day. need not refer to the
causes which made that the grandest and
most glorious war in the whole History q
the country. What were the motives of
that contest? The Union now and forever,
humon rights and love of libertH You
bore in triumph the flag of your country,
symbol by all its stars, and went forth
with strong arms and brave hearts, and
placed US In the very van of civilization.
My fellow citizens OF Parke county. knew
your fathers and knew them well. and
never can feel stranger in the good old
county of Parke, / feel here like the. High
land caieftain:
AMY foot on my native heath,
And my name is MoGrsgor."
I. [Applause and laughter.l 1 claim to
adopted by your kindness, by your
open hearts and your hospitality in
times past. Tue causes of the war of the re-
bellion and the struggle for the Union, for
the laws, for the constitution OF our fathers,
| a struggle ending in triumph and glory.
You have heard OF the march of Sherman TO
tie sea. That was one of the grandest things
in the whole war. When his hosts were
marshalled upon the mountain heights
| at Atlanta, and they looked down upon the
rich, ripe valleys of Georgia, they thought OF
death and OF danger, but despised them.
The motives OF patriotism, the love of lib
erty. loyalty to the old flag; these wers the
motives which made this one of the grandest
IN the whole history OF mankind do not
know why / am placed here tc address you
war, that grand war whose history is so i'm
DoriaDt in that of our nation. 1t was q
grand war, and by 1t California, New Mex
leo and the territories of the West were ac-
quired. 1t is now
THE sToREEoUsE CP WEALTH.
I participated to some extent in the war of
the rebellion. participated in the retreat
at the battle of Bulls Run, Ilaughterl and 1
| was not alone in that, Crenewed laugAter1
and will say that in that retreat the sol
diers made as good time as the civilians
return to you my honest thanks for your
call upon me. | regret that the state OF my
health prevents me from addressing you
long. am pleased to see so many of You here
surviving that war. Your companions
who fill unknown graves upon the hundred
| battle-fields OF the South, where are they?
fWhy come they not to the banquet and the
least? They are lying in unknown graves,
yet not unhonored-not without their mon
uments in the gratitude of a grateful coun-
TRY, in the hearts of patriotic people and
enshrile0 in the history of the most glori-
Eous Republic on earth. They have died not
in ain. am glad to meet you upon an
occasion like this, and when the last hour
comes my only prayer is that home in
heaven shall be your lot (Applause.)
COL. THOMPSON'S ADDRESS.
HE PAYS HIS RESPECTS TO JEFF. DAVIS AND
INCIDENTALLY ALLUDEs TO THE WARS OF
| ANTIQUITY.
Soldiers and fellow citizens, hardly know
what can say after so much has been said.
was not q soldier. and so can not tell how
the soldier feels, but was ever friend of
the soldier. Whenever and wherever
| find him, / early learned to adopt the
| great national idea. Born and reared in the |
South, with its peculiar ideas, 1 came to the |
West, and there studying the broad compre. |
hensive views OF its people, learned that
one state was not nation, that il consisted of
grand aggregation of states and the war
has proved that 1t was simply to save the
| life of the nation, to render impact the
union. We are often asked how we shall
deal with the rebels of the South. Deal
gently with them, and as they deserve.
When they ask You for forgiveness grant
lit, but not until then. Let them feel that
we condemn their treason and will not
thrust our forgiveness upon them. 1
think we did not do as we ought, when
the war closed. We did not hang
rebels enough. II we had turned JEFF.
Davis over to the soldiers. he would have
ceased to have been disturber, and as to
his coming North and speaking, / would ac-
speech, but let him speak to his own kit
and kin, let no loyal man listen to him.
The people should remember that he is the
same pestiferous rebel he was when he
plotted treason under the old flag of the
Union. The war destroyed the iniquitous
doctrine of secession; blotted it out forever
| from existence. There are those who be-
lieve that certain states are the only coun-
tries on earth-that Georgia and Carolina
are
THE PRoUDEsT STATES OF TEE UNION.
Well, do not blame them much, rather
have my preferences too. 1 am willing to
accord to Virginia the proudest honor of
any state in the nation, if you will blot her
record since 1866. [Applause.l The speaker
alluded to the great warriors of antiquity; to
the was of later times, to the war of the