National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-10-04

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FULL TEXT.
President Grant said
NComrades, 1t always af
lords me much gratif1ca'
ton to meet my old com,
rades in arms OF ten and
fourteen years ago, and
to live over again in
memory the trials and
hardships of those days
-hardships imposed Tor
the preservation and per-
petuation Of our free in
situations. We believed
then and believe aotC that
zoe had a good Govern
menf, worth fighting for
and, II need be, dying
for. Hotc many of our
comrades Of those days
paid the latter price for
our preserved UnfoHl
Let their heroiSm and
sacrifices be ever green
in our memory. Let not
the results of their sdcri-
,6oeS be destroyed. The
Union and the free insti-
fufionS, for t1hich they.
.GH, should be held more
dear for their sacrifices.
We will not deny to any
Of those who fOug hit
against us any privileges
under the Government
which we claim for our
selves; on the contrary, !
we welcome all such who
come forward In good
faith to help TO build up
the waste places and to
perpetuate our institu-
lions against all enimies
as brothers in iull inter-
est with US in a common
heritage; but We are not
prepared to apologize
for The part Ipe took in
the IUGr. Ifigfo be hoped
that like trials iciH neuerI
again be 0H our country. |
In This sentimentno class
of people can more heart
ilg JOIN than the soldier
trh0 Submiffedfo the dan
gers, trials and hard
ships of the camp and the
bdifle; icld. On tchich-
eper side he may hare
fought, no class Of people
are more interested in
0uGrding against q re-
curreRce of those days.
"Let Us, then, begin By
guarding against eperyl
enemy hreGfeRing the
perpefuify Of free repEb-
licdn iRsiifEtfonS. / dol
not bring into this as
semblage politics, GER
tainly not partisan poll.
tics, but 1t is a Iair sub
ject for soldiers in their
deliberations to consider |,
what may be necessary I
TO secure the prize for
which they battled in a Il
rcpubliclik ours. Where
the citizen is the sover-
eign and the Official the I
servant, isheTe no poIDeT c
is exercised, ezeepr By {
The IriH Of the people, Il s
is fmTortcRt that the c
gopereIgn-fhe people,
should possess iateili T
renee. Il
1.-THE free school is the S
promoter of that inteIIi- 8
renee irhich is TO preserve 8
Is as free nation. live q
ire to have another con- s
est in the near future of 9
)ur national existence / @
that the dividing 6
inc will not be Mason u
md DiIon's, but between a
and intelli- Il
renee on the one side n
ind superstition, ambi- "a
ion and ignorance on 81
he other. Now, in this g
year Of our u
rational existence, ! be- Ii
ieve It a good time TO be- CT
lin the WORK Of strength I
ming the foundation Of b
he house commenced by
,ur patriotic forefsthers
ne hundred years ago
t Concord and Lexing-
on. Let us all labor 10
i'd all need full guGrdR-
ees for the more perfect
of free thought,
rec speech and free
press, pure morals, un-
Uttered religious senti-
nents and Of equal
lights and privileges to
All men, irrespective of
nationality, color or reli-
yion. Encourage free
schools, and resolve that
not one dollar of money
lppropriGfed 10 their
Import, no matter hoI1
shall be apprO-
to the support of
my sectaTian school.
Resolve that neither the
state LOT nation, or both
shall support
nsiituIi,ns Of leOTning
,Iher then InCse sufn.
lent to afford 10 every
'hild growing up IN the
and the opportunity OF
! good cOuImOn school
Uumixed with
ectaTian. pag au or aihe-
stical teDeIs. Leave the
natter Of religion TO the
n mily altar, the church
nd The PTiVafe school
Imported entirely by
.Tirdfe contributions.
Keep the church and
tate forever separate.
With these safeguards /
the battles which
reated the Army of the
tennessee will not have
zen fUug ht IN vain"