The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-09-21

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The Assembling OF the Veterans
Opening: :lsenf6rikslby senator
Morton Address Of the SOl.
dier. and Statesman, General
Gnrfleld4Letter' Of Gen. John
a. Dix-Speeehes by Other Dis.
iinguished Soldiers. .IR
IsplAsApo1Is, September ,2O.-At 8
o'clock the veterans assembled in Circle
Park andiwere called to orderly General
Spooper.. After prayer by Chaplain a.
q. Allen and music by the Lombard Glee
Club, Senator Morton made an address oil
welcome as iollows;SEa:EA -
Soldiers cfthc Union To meehas; be zen
assigned thegrateful'duty Of bidding you
welcome 10 the State OF Indiana and 10
her Capital. Every Indiana soldier bids
you welcome. every true heart bids. you
welcome. To the men who saved the M.
ton on the field Of battle I'VE owe O
debt OF love and gratitude which we can
never repay. To refuse TO manifest this
love because it might be offensive to our
enemies would be alike unwise, unpatri-
otic and unjust. 1t would indeed be
poor encouragement to patriotism in our
future national. troubles'i you should
now ignore the defenders Of tho nation
for the purpose Of conciliatiug those who
have been It's enemies. j know we are
toldthe time has come when We ought TO
forget which army n msn served in; thai
we ought to forget whether he
wore the blue or the gray; that
we ought ignore all alldistinctions between
loyalty and ,disloyslty, TO put all upon
the same platform, to blot out all diff
ierences between the two, whether in law
or in politics, To do this we should be
required not only 10 display the grossest
ingratitude Of which d free people could
be guilty, but TO strike the word loyalty
from the pension laws, from all laws for
the payment ofGclaims, and to put all on
an abSolnle equality, whatever may have
been their merits or their crimes ID the
past. For US to forgive those who have
lately been in rebellion, is one! thing;
but 10 place them in positions Of
trust and power is another thing. We
have forgiven, those who were in the re.
beIlion, the erring men OF the South, but
il don't follow in reason, in justice, or in
wisdom that we should p!aceiih their
hands the control OF this government and
give TO them distinction'and a consider
alton which should belong to its defend
ers. / hope, my friends, that this re-
union will be to You season Of rejoicing.
] hope that you will all go away from
here feeling il was good to have been
here, that the chain Of friendship
which was fret linked together in the
camp, on the march, and in the field OF
battle will be frightened, Many otyour
comrades are lying in Southern graves,
many. are falling by the wayside from
year to year, and in afew years none will
be left; bdtaasFS You pass down the de-
clivity Of time, hand in hand to find hon
ored graves, may the love and gratitude
OF the nation, may the choicest blessings
Of heaven and Of earth attend you. I am
surrounded. here to-day by distinguish
ed soldiers, men who have written
their name high on the roll Of fame.
Their voices will come back to you like
familiar echos from the far of field in
the South, where you frat heard them
amid the crash OF battle as they cheered
you 10 victory. 81
Ny friends, grateful for the opportuni:
tyofSEelcoming youtos the, State Of In
diana, rejoicing in my heart to be in
your presence, l now retire that you may
hold sweet converse with your old COM
rade in arms, Great and long contin.
ued rapplause,l Garfield, q distinguished
soldier and distinguished statesman.
Gen. Garfield then responded as fol.
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SPEECH OF GEN. JAMES A. GARFIELD.
CSmrads,-You lave heard the vel.
come extended 10 you by the late Cover
nor Of Indiana. II was fitting that he
should welcome you who commissioned
and sent so many Of you out TO the field
In tho dayA,ot our great war; II Is fitting
that yons Ahould come here and again
meet HIN, az you left him 10 60 and save
the flag and the nation from destruction.
You have asked me TO reply to his address
Of welcome, and TO tell him that we have
come here as members Of agreat or.
ganization called together, first, for
social Spurposes, Sand;l second, to rex
prcSsiodf opinions as'citiEensg Socially
we meet to recall the old memories and
friendships formed In the days OF battle
memories green forever with the glory
81 war and the victories which war
brought. In that capacity We meet to
greet each other, to look again into each
others faces, 10 remember the struggle
through which we have passed, and TO
express Our love for each other in the
lite that we are yet to live. But our
second purpose is not less marked. When
we were real soldiers we never ceased to-
beeihEens. .A3e& agi Go 9iIA12 81.
IT WAS AS CITIZENS
that we went forth 10 act as soldiers, till
citizenship became hohored throughout
the Republic. We fought 10 make citi-
Eenship universal. 01GriSs OF Fright,
tisht."l We fought TO make citizenship
equal [Cries Of :.Risht, right wherever i
The flag aies, and when We had made Il
both equal and universal, we returned to
share itAnd enjoy itand fndoing that We
lost no rights Of citizenship because
We had been soldiers; and coming
back into -ohr old homes the duty
bt good citizens now requires us
10 help choose our rulers. We have met
here to-day on a special call Of The Ma
tional Committee 70 express opinions in
regard to The great choice that Is TO be
made Of our rulers in this centennial
year, rs the second OBJECT of oar great
meeting here, and 20 thatIobject We shall
devote ourselves to-day and tomorrow.
We Shall talk 70 each other and 10 our
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