Connecticut western news., 1875-10-08
P President Grants speech.

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 At reunion of the Army of the Ten nessee Thursday evening of last week at Des Moines, Iowa, President Grant was called outand made quite lengthy speech. Read it:
 THE PRESIDENTS SPEECH.
 COMRADES: It always affords me much qualification to meet my comrades in arms of ten and fourteen years ago, and to tell over again from memory the trials and hardships of those days, of hardships im- posed for the preservation and perpetuation of our free institutions. We believed then, and we believe now, that we have government worth fighting for, and if need be dying for. How many of our comrades paid the latter price for our preserved Un- ion? Let their heroism and sacrifice be ever green in our memory. Let not the re- suit of their sacrifices be destroyed. The Union and the free institutions for which they died, should be held more dear for their sacrifices. We will not deny to any of those who fought against us any privi lege under the government which we claim for ourselves. On the contrary we welcome all such who come forward in good faith to help build up the waste places and to refpetuate our institutions against all ene- mics, as brothers in full interest with us in . common heritage; but we are not pre- pared to apologize for the part we took in the war.
 It is to be hoped that like trials will nev. CT again befall our country. In this senii- ment no class of people can more heartily join than the soldier who submitted to the dangers. trials and hardships of the cam p and the battlefield, on whichever slde he fought. No class of people are more in- terested in guarding against recurrence of those days. Let us then begin by guarding against every enemy threatening the pros. perity of free republican institutions. do not bring into this assemblage politics, cer- tainly not partisan politics, but it is fair subject for the soldiers, in their delibera. lions, to consider what may be necessary to secure the prize for which they battled. In Republic like ours, where the citizen is the sovereign and the official the servant; where no power is exercised, except by the win of the people, it is important that the : sovereign, the people, should foster intelli- gence-that intelligence which is to pre- serve us as free nation. If we are to have another contest in the near future of our national existence, 1 predict that the divid. ing line will not be Mason and Dixon's ; but between patriotism and intelligence on the one side, and superstition, ambition and ignorance on the other .. .. ......
 Now, the centennial year of our national existence, I believe, is good time to begin the york of strengthening the foundations Of the structure commenced by our patriot ic forefather's 100 years ago at Lexington. Let us all labor to aid all ineedful guaran- tees for the security of free thought free speech, 8 free press, pure morals, unfetter- ed religious sentiments, and uf equal rights and privileges to all men irresDective of na- tionality, color or religion. ENCOURAGE { FREE SCHOOLS, AND RESOLVE THAT NOT ONE DOLLAR APPRO- PRIATED FOR THEIR SUPPORT SHALL BE APPROPRIATED TO THE SUPPORT OF ANY SECTARIAN SCHOOLS. RESOLVE THAT NEITHER THE STATE OR NATION, NOR BOTH COMBINED, SHALL SUPPORT INSTI- TUTIONS OF LEARNING OTHER THAN THOSE SUFFICIENT TO AZ FORD TO EVERY CHILD GROWING UP IN THE LAND THE OPPORTUNI TY OF A GOOD COMMON SCHOOL EDUCATION, UNMIXED WITH SEC. HARLAN, PAGAN OR ATHEISTICAL DOGMAS. Leave the matter of religion to the family altar, the church and the pri vats school. supported by private contribu tions. Keep the Church and the State for ever separate. With these safeguards, ] believe the battles which created the Army of the Tennessee will not have been fought in vain. "@ e3
 The Presidents speech was greeted witt applause. which was repeated again anG again. Cast Iron and Chilled Wheels fol n .t}.azs,l Carriages.
 A number of gentlemen interested in rail