, 1875-05-13

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among people who i.avs novor bceH known Ia
do things by hnlvos, toll yon tla truth, aud
you can depend upon 1t. lApplnuro.l I hare
tl,e honor to be tho Mayor Of Chicago, nnd as.
ANYTHING ! CAN 10
whereby you ahalt ,e made comfortable and havn
good time generally. Rilall 10 done. Co,ntnAnd
and aepond upon l.m always to do What / haya,
loft utdnne. Ilo has always stood by mo 10 far,
and baltoyo lio will III tho future therefore, /
VIII glye lin chanco. fApplauao and laugh
torl
Gov BEvERtDoE.
Tho Chairman tslon Introduced Gov. Dovoridgo,
who WAS received with cheers, and:Hpoko a. fol-
lows
so1p,Ens IN WAR; clr1zExs IN PEACE; Axrn,.
CANS EVER: Ills Honor, Tho Mayor, hss well
comed Jou to tho city he ropresousB with pride ,
he may Invite you to ride along lis boulcvards /;
10 walk through ita .lorouautaros to admire
Its block8 OF brick and n,atbls 10 mark lis
mammoth warehouses; to note Ito commerce,
Its Industries, and activities to marvel at its
nav creation, It's rising up out Of oohcs into 10.
newcd beauty and inagniaconco, to look upon
tho vast nct-work Of railroads from tbs MOTH
talns aud tho Gulf, pouring into its marts tho
| products Of BtateB and Terrltoricn and to Look
Out upon tho bluo lake aud behold tho ellips
Wingfng their trackess way Across tho vators
bearing onuArn and Eastward the products OF an
empire to feed tLo millions Of other tauds. Tho
Mayor Invita- you 10 tho hospltalitics Of city,
"No pent-up Utica Is ouro
It 10 my privilege to Welcome you, soldiers,
| cttizons, Americana, In behalf Of Htato-hs tina
representative Of q great aud magnunlmous
people to open to you thoir l,atlds. tlicr hearts,
aud their homes-as Chief Executive Of tho
State, to bid you Welcome to Illinois.
II 10 no cold, mean. narrow, ntgEardty vel
como. 1t is ~ bsoad aA tteir praliios. II ix as
generous ~ her soil. It Is u open ~ tho sky
bonding oor us.:1t Is M warm, and gushing. anu
apontaneous, Us tho sprine.time. ia q glad
song of pralao aud gratitude swelling up from
tho haarta Of patriotic people, in honor Of tic
| DEFEHDEns or THEIR COUNTRY.
Tho welcome Is to tho oloor and 10 Tho prt-
yato: to the General and to the Corporal, to
tho white aud to tho colosod troopH; to every
man Of every nation who marchnd to tho stirrlng
nluao Of arms bsneath tiat rod faE yea to tic
".plue" aud to tho ''gray who "roeognizo that
aud indiveiblo"; to Ill, blue and gray, who razo
| upon thst flag "a tho dag Of our fathers, Rs the
lug that waveu over Our armies and navy, as tho
Aag whoas sk ken folda stream out from tho domo
srobed s1 ssnPe 1a wa,a1n 81 n',y founded reared au
| THO bsttle haa ceasod. The terzib1o struggle
for Tho mastery upon tho field has ontlcd. Tho
| wild tempest has Gons by, and tho stripes and
aars CLEAN out IN ths sunshine Of victory.
With tho battlc tho struggle, aud the tempest,
lot tho passions OF tho hour die. Let the AMI
mosislss ongendered by var pass Away. Let the
littorne.a Of ntsito be forgottou Lot harmony
| ~ all sections OF onr great country. Let ths
Goddess Of L'horty co7cr ali the land with her
shicld. aud from her right hand shower upon
| the nation
THE BLESSINGS or rxAcz.
Let our ambition hereafter be, not to tear
| down, hut to build up; not to divide, but to
unite; not 10 arouhe reBontments. but to Hofteu
prstnd!cos; not to stir up sectional foetiugs. bit
$s1A H..
liheralty. by developing tho resources Of our
country; by pursuing diligently tho arts OF
peace; by Industry aid ecolomv; by public aud
Prlyass virtue; by socisl elevation; by u.tel-
lecttal advancement; by moral culture; by
spiritual attachment; by an humble tr,st anl
nublino faith In God u,,der tho smiles Of ben
eticent hoa7cn lot l's aspl1o to national grcat-
| ness and to national glory.
Ono hundred yetrh ago our fathers planted tho
tree of liberty In American soil to shelter g. 0oo.-
600 Of freemeu. They watercd It with their
tcnrs. They enriched It with their blood. They
l'a:loUoa u With their prayers. Ths song Of
the winds, for century las sighed through its
bouehs It Inns outliysd tie storms. It has cs-
capped tho lishlning'a blast. 1t Inns bloomed
atnid tho fires of political commissions. Its ma
testlo trunk towers IN mid-air, and wavos its
lofty ctont. crowned In llrlug green, above tho
clouds, high up IN tho glorious sunlight. 1ts
tools underlio fiYora aid mountains. The
earthquake cannot shake It. lts branches
600 Of people. Let us, through tho generations,
ds ell together a. one nation under the tree OF
our fathers planting, 50 that ut the coming Of
graulonr-shall shelter untold millions. ovar,
ahadov thu Western Continent, and throw ita
icnsthcnod shades
AROUND TIE WORLD.
III the bright PROMISE OF tho future would not
overlook the struggles Ut tho past. Iu leaning
forward TO catch tho huzza Of coming victory, /
would not c!osa mY oars to tho shout Of triumph
aud wall Of anguish Rono bY. In looking along
ny syos to tls sItnsss s tl.t elcams along lon tho
pathway the nntlon bath lrod.
Tho past, Will. ttH hopes aud fears, It's Joys and
sorrows, is ttias and sniFesngs, Its failures and
gloom, Its h1MiIlatt0ns and Civilizations, would
ever have present With US, a. pillar Of light to
guide our steps afoug tie highway Of nations.
I wonld not forget our history. I would not
forget tho men Mho founded tho natiou and de-
yised the uoycrnmcut-uor tho mop WHO. la
peace aud iu war,
PRESERVED THE 1NrEon,rY
Of tho Government, and maintained the honor Of
the nation,
I would not forget tho horoes of Saratoga and
Yorktown, Of plnttsburg aud Ner Orleans, Of
busns Vista and oorzo Gordo, nor OF Donaldson |
md Gettysburg.
Ths man Who fall 0ghtlug On land aud sea.
ta1,ough the country, for liberty aud In defenso
OF liberty, are the nationR herOcs aud IA loup
ns freedom dwelfs on the earth, al long A. tbs
eagle aoata toward The sun, their memory will
70 cheFihEod. thofr virtues coumemoratol, aud
thoir rhlor exsollca by grateful people.
THE H0NonEp DEAD,
Comrades, would not forget tho men who |
went out with us 10 toap In tho harvest Of war,
hut who roturHod not with us bosriug the
s'oayea of victory. would not forgot tie pa
tr.oslHm that says to them tho inspiration to
dare, 70 do. to Hutror, aul to dls.
ljy 1t they ca,nred in deld and gwamp,
marched through dust, md mud aud storm, by
day and night, In tho shine Of ths sun and yIeea
Of tho nloun, ACROSS riyors, along valleys, and
ovor tho mountains. Dy II tboy slckcned and
suffered IN camp .ua in hospital. ny 1t thoy