Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1876-05-30

which they assisted in performing shall
not fail from the rsmembrancs Of their
c%ountrymen.
should be far remiss in my duty on
tbis occasion II I should fail to recognize
tb. generous impulse which has prompt
ed no many Of the soldiers who were
opposed to us In the late wal TO accept
our invitation and participate In these
memorial exercises. This spirit Of fra
termination which To- exists between
the soldiers Of the North and South is
the best earnest we have Of the stability
and permansncs Of the American Re-
public, and Is the harbinger Of future
eood.fellowship among all the people Of
our country. speak but q w~sll.known
fact Of our history when l say that the
spirit Of Cancellation and determination
which has been manifested by those who
fought on either side during the late
civil contest has done moro to cement
the bonds Of Union than all the wisdom
aud civil prudence which the statesmen
Of this land have brought to the solution
Of that problem.
must not forget 10 mention thnt our
Texan and Mexican war veterans, many
Of whom ! now see before me, honoring
US and the occasion with their presence,
have also lent their contingent TO this
spirit OF union and Cancellation; for they
have sought to keep alive the memory
that the North and the South bore our
standards ON the felds Of Buena Vista.
Monterey, and Csrro Gorda; nsr
must I forget TO mention that the daugh-
tiers Of our land. ever foremost, a. they
are, In avery good word aud work, have
been active and effectual promoters Of
peace and good will. Who shall say.
then, that II 10 not good for all Of us to
DO here? How dark and gloomy would
be the prospect Of the Republic II dis
trust aud hate now fingered In the
breasts OF the survivors OF those mighty
battAlions which struggled for victory at
Antietam, at Gettysburg. at Chicka.
mnuga aud Shiloh! Whence then would
come tho balm to heal the wounds in.
ficted by passion, aud prejudice, and
war? Whence then could we expect or
be assured Of the wisdom to prevent the
scatharsia which would How from those
wounds from poisoning the channels Of
our national prosperity from generation
tn gsnerutiony To the honor Of tho
American soldiery be 1t said that they
will leave no legacy Of hate. and strife,
and dissension to those who shall come
after them.
The immediate actors In q long and
bloody iratricidal conflict remember tina
they are the common descendants Of ali
heroic ancestry; they remember that
their fathers stood shoulder to shoulder
in = great struggle for liberty; the sold
iers Of the Union will not forget that
what was once said VI Massachusetts by
one OF Americas most gifted ions.
might, by q slight transportation Of pros
perity. be said Of the South: that II
might be said Of hsr, there is Yorktown
and Eutaw, springs and Kings Mountain.
and there they will remain forever; that
the bones OF hor sous falling in the great
struggle for Independence now lie min
gled with the soil Of every State from
New England TO Georgia, and there they
will lie forever; and Notwithstanding all
her mistakes. all her faults and all her
sorrows, that American liberty still lives
there in the strength 81 its manhood and
full Of its original spirit.
And now, my fellow comrades, and
you, gentlemen, who wsro once our
brave antagonists in war. let us ON this
msmorisl day OF this centennial year.
BY the memory Of our common ances-
try, by the memory Of u many brave
companions in arms who now sleep the
sleep Of death on the banks 81 the Mis-
sissippi, the Tennessee and the James,
here by the graves Of the dead. swear
eternal fidelity to Union and to Peace;
here. laying aside every weight, every
thought. every feeling. and every sin Of
sectional and class bias aud prejudice
which may have hitherto bsset us, let
us resolve that We will devote the few
remaining years which heaven shall
vouchsafe us, in doing what in us lies
for the advancement Of the glory OF our
common country and tho sIaltation OF
the American name throughout the
world.
At tho conclusion Of the gentleman's
remarks another hymn was sung. the
bcnsdiction pronounced. and the column
reformed and marched to the National
Guard Hall again. whore they were dis
missed and went their several ways.
everyone feeling better for the part no
had taken In the ceremonies Of Memo
rial Day in this our own grand csnten-
NAL year.