Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1876-03-03
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MARYLAND AND VIRGINIA.

The following reply to the annexed
toast was delivered upon the 22d instant,
at banquet'given in Alexandra, Va,
upon that day, by our talented fellow
countyman-Col. VIM. Kilgour:
"Maryland and Virginia one in senti-
ment, one in interest, whilst, with there
sons, the path Of duty is the post of hon
Dr."
In rising to respond to sentiment of
so much force and truth, and in the
midst Of so imposing and distinguished
an audience, must confess it is not with
out considerable embarrassment, and the
only circumstance that at all relieves me,
is that | cannot but feel that in being
selected to respond, the compliment ex-
tends far beyond myself Born in the
gallant old State of Maryland and proud
Of that long aud brilliant cluster Of names
which hang as an undying halo of glory
around her honored and untarnished ss-
cutchcon, the brightest star IN the galaxy
glittering to the name of Charles Carroll,
Of Carrollton drinking deep from boy
hood to manhood Of the waters that
came gushing from her every hillside
with my bonorod privilege to-day, as a
citizen of the great Commonwealth Of
Virginia, surrounded by the hallowcd
memories and terrific emergencies which
attach to her historic record, whose
every blue hill seems emblematic of the
moral granduer and massive intellects of
her illustrious dead, with every inch Of
her soil speaking eloquently, yet sadly
Of the bravery Of her sons---nly heart
beats with honest pride as | repeat the
words Of the toast, maryland and Vir-
ginia are one ia sentiment, one in interest.
whilst with there SONS the path of duty
is the post Of honor. And where, upon
the face Of Gods green earth, has there
been a grander spectacle of patriotic
devotion presented, or greater living
practical exempl6cation of the truth
contained in that sentiment than that we
have this day witnessed and given to
the world upon the part of the SONS of
Maryland and Virginia, and can add
with pleasure, shared by the citizens of
the District of Columbia all Of whom
throwing aside the duties and occupa-
tons of the present to do homage to the
past, and rckindle the national affec-
tions; ceasing their labors for common
jubilee animosities forgotten in COM
mon brotherhood. Happy, happy old
States, who in the first blush of the
morning Of our Centennial find their sons
at the paternal altar, there to submit their
spirits to the inspirations of patriotic
ardor, there TO feel that the same glories,
the same memories, the same sacrifices.
the same interests and the hope and
Impulse of grateful love in every heart
to the father OF their common country,
unite with them in the harmonious fra
ternity of one great Commonwealth
one great family. Only few years
since aud the brazan voice of war was
heard throughout the length and breadth
Of this beautiful land, but thank God it
has become voiceless IN the presence Of
the prince of peace. The arms of the
nation have been stacked away, fields
that were baptized with the red baptism
of blood are blooming under the hus-
bandry Of patriotic yeomany, the battle
flags of regiments have been furled and
laid away in the museums of curiositics,
fair flowers are making fragrant the
graves of our brave dead, whose odor
blusbing into types of living beauty be-
come the harmoBies of our every hamlet,
and whose roseate bue is the pride and
gladness of every household. And.
to-day, ''tbe blue and gray" who
looking back to the moss grown
graves Of their fallen comradss, and BE-