The Portland daily press., 1875-06-18

babeas corpus and the trial by jury. They
were our couutrymen who from the days of
King John to those OF George Ill have made
of her land in which freedom has broadened
slowly from precedent to precedent"
1t was she that had placed her foot upon the
ssdivine right of kings" and solemnly main
tanned that governments exist only by the con-
sent of the governed, when in 1858 she changed
the succession to the British crown and caused
her rulers TO resign thereafter by statute of
Parliament. From her we learned the great
lessons of constitutional liberty which az
against her we TeSOlntely asserted. There was
no colony of any other kingdom of Europe that
would have dreamed OF demanding as rights
those things which our fathers deemed their
inheritance as Neutrality-suspicious. that would
not have yielded unhesitatingy to any iDJunc
ton of the parent State. Whatever differences
have been or may hereafter come let us re-
member still that we were the two distinctly
settled free governments and that the noble
English tongue in which we speak alike is the
language of freemen throughout the world.
Above all may there be Peace forever
among the States of this Union. The
blood split here said Washington upon the
place where we stand, "roused the whole
American people, and united them in defence
of their rights,-that Union will never be
broken" Prophecies may be made to work
their own fuliment; and whavever may have
been our trials and our difficulties, let us spare
no efforts that this shall be realized. AchIev-
ing their independence, by common struggle,
endowed to-day with common Institutions we
see even more clearly than before that the
States of this Union have before them COM
mon destiny.
We have commenced here in Massachusetts
the celebration of that series of events which
made OF us a nation, and let each as 1t ap-
proaches in the Centennial cycle serve to kinde
ane% the fires IF patriotism. Let us meet on
the fields where they lie, whether they fell with
the stern joy of victory irradiatng their coun-
nances or in the gloomy hours of disaster and
defeat Alike in remembrance of Saratoga aud
Yorktown, and OF the dreary winter of Valley
| Forge at Trenton and Princeton, and at the
| spots immortalized in the bloody campaign of
| the Jersies, at Kings mountain, and Charles
| ton. at Camden and Guliford 9. H., and along
| the track of the steadily fighting, slowly re-
| treating Greene through the Carolinas.
Above all at the city from which. went forth
| the Dec laration that we were, and OF right
| ought to be free and independent nation, let
| us gather, and by the sacred memories OF the
great departed, pledge ourselves to transmit I'M
| furnished, the hertagtt hey havel eft us.
The soldiers of the Revolution are gone the
| the statesmen who embodied their work IN the
| Constitution of the United States have passed
| away With them too sleep those who in the
earlier DAYS watched the Development OF this
| wandrous frame of government. The mighty
master of thought and speech, by whose Voice
| whose base we stand and whose noble argu-
| ment that the Constitution is not compact
| but law, by its nature supreme and perpetual,
| won for him the proud name OF the Expounded
| of the Constitution, rests with those Whnse
| work he so nohly indicated, happy at least
| that his ewes were not permitted to behold the
| sad SIGHT of States "discordant belgerent, land
| drenched IN fraternal blood.
| The lips of him who twenty-five years ago
| commemorated this anniversary with that sur
passipg grace and eloquence all his own and
| with that spirit of pure patriotism in which we
| NAV strive at least to initiate him are
silent now. Throughout the cruel
| years of war that clarion voice, sweet
| yet far resoundiug, summoned his country
| men to the struggle on which our union de-
| pended vet the last time that it walked the
| echoes of the ancient hall dedicated to lib
| erty, even while the retiring storm yet thun-
/ dered along the horizon, was, as he would
have wished it should have been, IN love and
| charity to the distressed people of the South.
| But although they have passed beyond the
| veil which separates the unseen world from
| mortal gaze, the lessons which they have LETT
| remain adjuripg us whatever may have been
| the perils, the discords. the sorrows OF the
| past to struggle always for that more perfect
| Union ordained by the Constitution Here,
| at least however poor and inadequate for an
| occasion that rises so vast and grand ABOVE us,
| our words NAV be- none shall be uttered that
| are not in regard and love TO all Oh our Fellow
citizens, no feelings INDUCED except those of
anxious desire for their prosperity and happl'
| ness.
| We are gratified to day by the presence of
citizens of Maryland Virginia, Sonth Caro-
lima as well as of other states OF the South.
| Their fathers were ancient friends of MasSa-
cbusetts; it was the inspiration they gave
| which strengthened the hearts and nerved
| the arm of every man of New England. In
every proper and larger sense the soil upon
| which their sons stand is theirs as well as ours,
and wherever there NAV have been eStrange-
| mept. here. at least, we have met upon COM
mon ground They unite with US in recog-
| milton of the great principles of civil aud re-
ligious liberty, and in pious memory of those
who vindicated them, they join with as In the
| wish to make of this regenerated Union a
| Eower grander and more august imam us iouhu
ers dared to hope
Standing always in generous REMEMBRANCE
of every section Of the Union, neither now nor
hereafter will we distinguish between states or
sections in our anxiety for the glory and hap
piness of ALL To-day upon the verge OF the
centuries as together We look back upon that
which is gone in deep and heartfelt gratitude
for the prosperity so largely enjoyed by us, SO
together will we look forward serenely and
| with confidence to that which is advancing.
Together will we utter our solemn aspirations
| in the spirit of the motto of the city winch
now incloses within its limits the battlefield
and the town for which it was fought "As God
was to our fathers, so may be to US.
Other Addresses.
-l--Rfr.-W Warren, president of Bunker Hill Mon
ument Association, gave an historical sketch
the society, closing his remarks Dy introducing
| Gen. Sherman.
In the course of his speech the General stat
ed that to days pageant surpassed anything
the kind he had ever seen. While the review
of his army in Washington at the close OF the
| war exceeded it numbers, yet 1t was lacking III
many of the attractive features of to-day's pro
cession, and besides there was lack OF the
spontaneous enthusiasm which characterized
the entire march of to-day.
Succeeding Gen. Sherman, Cows. Hartranft
of Pa, Beadle of N. j., Ingersoll of Conn.
Dipgley of Me- and VIce-President Wilson
made short addresses Speaker Blaine anc
Senator Ferry were among the distinguished
people present. Darkness caused an abrup
Termination OF the exercises, and the audience
was dismissed with benedetion.
serenades and Receptions.
This evening those of the visiting military
! organizations that remain in the city are gen
orally resting after the very fatguing marcel
and exercises Of the day, having been undel
arms or on the march from seven in the morn
ing till near eight in the evening. An inform
al reception was given by the Massachusetts
Commandery of the Loyal Legion OF the Y MT
ed States to Gen. Sherman, at the Parker
House, was largely attended by distinguished
| guests and military visitors. The exercises
were purely informal and exceedingly pleas
ant. The Fifth Maryland Regiment was en-
tertained at the Somerset Club. The Marine
| attracted large crowd to the nelghborhood oil
| the club house. Various other visiting militia
ry organizations are being entertained by the
social and political elite of the city. The
| Fifth Maryland Regiment appears particular
| favorite and Col. Jenkins announces the re-
| cepton of more invitations than he is able even
to acknowledge.
At late hour this evening the streets are
thronged by crowds of people attracted by the
| brilliant illumination of the public buildings.
The state house and city hall are the objective
points, each presenting gorgeous spectacle Of
| gas Jets, trapsparencieS and calcium lights.
| From each of the four portals of Bunker HUI
| monument powerful calcium lights are dis
| played rejecting their brightness tar out upou
| the sea and adjacent country. Various resi-
| depces and private buildings are Illuminated
and there is general display of fire works
| throughout the city.
The celebration of to-day has far exceeded
any anticpations that could have been formed
| of it. Carefully prepared estimates fix the mil
tary at $500, and the aggregate number OF
| men IN the procession at 26 600.
Considering the vast numbers in the city
| there has been an unusual degree of quiet.
| But few arrests are reported at police headquar
tiers this evening
| Celebrations in Other Places.
AUGUSTA, June 1.-THE Halowell bells
| rang today at intervals, in commemoratlon OF
the Bunker Hill centennial.
| HARTFORD June 17.-There was a gene raj
display of flags in this city today, in observance
| on of the hattla Of