, 1875-05-13

a!eade, rocronaod tho Potomac, ho IoarneI MT
ursnt hAA been tlnndcttns otco1y At tho catss
tho Alisnatrp Was open TO tia son, IA,,I.,.1nas .nas
Know that my coniladoH, whom mpAt in.,!
io-uay, were Eonorally aoliiors Of tho Wcat.'tIoo
army a soldier tnyBeif In the Army Of thn ~
WaF, express my gratitude aud my tatlsfac,tooss tos
that tioro two grcat vtosoriou, gained tortiio'.h
mnrkcd n t!e eliminating point nf tho Nctelueeu,'
~ y true t,o Warna woso ooInlug. and did con.
aRain aud aKalnt yet novGr did tho tf{fa ria. .o ~
big AZ nllen It wan hurled back In rl,nr""1,. "1 70
fields. "SA''1ouRht
l should delay you too long, my tsiou,. ~,
comrades. II shnnfd speak OF "aa
TliH nnL4oATloNs wn FEEL. WE Anr unnrr
to indivlnsls. / desire 10 rcmetnbor tho MA
whom Illinois aont to tho war. desire IN Asa Jug
inenbcf her moro thnn 1000 men ~ W. H.,
So,s md b1s1ast ,t o. them 1
Army Of tho. Potomac, fow il IA trn. 10
comparatively. but hil the moro dear. MOI, -.
them were III tho Ncatorn armies, and II VA. ~ ~
men. men sso nent fo;t who attest her patriotism
Were speaking for tom conld not nd rnra.
TO cypress The gratitude Witch tho Amer,c.uss -
poople owe to tho eolHtcd men who tilicd ~
ranka. How paticut, how courageous, low fs,t1s
~ they always wcto| Those Of ua who war.
officers may Nol look back with rerret IIse Itas
Wo moro lsot ablo to do moro tor tllcm tLnn NV
dlu. No pon may record tloir bravo doed. W ~
tell Of t1ctr kind actIona, FOR tho history thatro.
iatGa TUG story OF tl,c gigantic rebellion will das
With only fow OF tho gro.t fields and law ~
tho leaders; but eomow,ero tley nrs writtenn bs +.
pens That cannot lie. and they will la raw.,J.!
by haul that cannot err "'e'a
1nt oltuANtzATIoS WHICH nErnEsrsr
nna an, which sho Slayor md tho Oovoraor hs7o ,o
OF the ho!diers. It has no AarsAncss or anmns;'
ty toward iiioso who wcre latoly III rebellion y.
T1cosn!ze tho great truth that tho reHults Of bs
M Ws1 must DO Kept insiolate-that that which ns, m
hn atra
nnuBol, and that tho uutty OF these t;tofc, III
tho itcedo!n fot eycry man who tresds tbis
soil ~ hott!ed firmly, novor to be clnnrnI'
when that il accodod to, tint IL atl TIa no.
parte,d p q, oonrAdos-tl'o noblest that ns can rc,s~
4 4 to 10 reared In Tho eleyon Btascs which wo,o
tho scat or tie Rebellion and It will bo roarsd
w,'el, ~ throughout tl!er lnts liberty Is respect.
e.sra s 1 ~ sad Il sGa .Set res meets IT, viii
can or tho lIghtor tut Of tho NV AnsIa- Mif'.
saxon race. tApplanse.] I dosire, comrades.
a',d a nienls, before We part. to say that trust
ons ' not ot pleasure. merely. but Of profit to ID
all. ieel That tho highest duty and tho hish.
sss honor that wo can pay to our brave departed
sI1 lives 10 LIZ atz,on onr'slvas % noble ,nd
done, ,-aobly, fully, completsly dono,~wbs
npoh US all Ito duties Of life still proas. Al
We have benn good aoldicrs in tho past, let m
~ nas our r. reespoStivs places strive 70 bo good c
Which Gen. Washington addressed to tho oii
continental ARMY, for thoy apply to Ms lust n
OF tue Federal xrmy," said ho, ''is cs.ab.
1"hed beyond the rcach Of nalevolouco ana
~. ~, {uas ot thetr aehioyamenss.
posej it. IN III, lI hniiat h.t ,e tna sn Wao CON.
tty, and economy Viii mt l,a in. d;sn,nnR ftaR1t
civil life than the moro splendid qusiItioa ni
rk In tUlaG GnI,3 ~