Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1876-08-03

that !, Is sageei trux that Aslb4S Saf2x@4aiu
the hands of The people Of lMaryand.
Maryland today. ssfa sAesseeAavifoseagxe-
cupies nidils ground, politically snd gsoGEaeh-
ically. In the late contes; she stood on middle
ground between the extyrssse seesioaA andt I'm
glad sc ths; the people leed,
their affections and their interests have ake united
them heart and hard % the people q oosroc-
tons Of our common county. lApplause,
The State of Naryi land did not secsde FROM the
Urscrs bnt there verc sisou~nds in the S,ats of
Maryland, and I am not ashamed 70 confs9 In
this presence, that your speaker was one cf ohem
Who sympashised with the ptindpass fN svhrh
the South eonscnded. F.sassss -sss-as =
Il was mistake, q great mistxkc; bot CON-
munity Of interest and - common origin made
the people Of Maryland feel that their interests,
their prosperity and their honor were 30 some ca-
tent bound up with the interest, the prosperity
and the honor OF the South. At the same time
we Of MARYLAND were attached TO the Union ocour
fathers. Men from Maryland had shed their
blood in defence Of The North and the South alike
and we are proud to say that thee men were
equally brave equally noble equally entitled to
&, cur honor and yensration.
The State of Maryland has accorded them
equal honors. am proud OF the fact that thess
who enlisted in the cause OF the North and South
| have been equally honored. The State has made
an appropriation to erect a monument over these
Of her sous who fell upon the banks Of the An
tttAtl. tO-fAN ttlSfe
| the spot where those gallant Union soldiers OF
Maryland fell The same spirit of chiyalry has
induced the Legislature to make an appropriation
| TO reader sacred also the resting place Of tho
| Confederate dead in our State. ! regard this
as a sacred trust and Of Maryland without
sectional feeling are ready, as We have NANTES
| by our appropriation Of. money, 10 perpetuats
alike the glory OF both sections Of our common
| country.
My fel!ow-citizcns, there is peculiar fitness in
| the order OF things. II has become the lot Of
Maryland 10 he the conserva,or Of the sacred
dust. There is much that gathers around the
| ancient history Of Maryland that makes 10 o ft-
ting resting place for the remains of these heroes
II was in the county Of 81. Mary's in Mary
land that the flag Of religious liberty was FIRST
raised. The banks Of the Potomac are made
memorable and sacred in history because upon
| the banks Of that river lie entombed many OF
| the heroes ot the Revolution. Upon the Virgin
ia shore lie cntombed the sacred ashes Of the
Father Of our country. Upon tho Maryland shore
| there lie entombed the ashes Of men who fought ~
bravely and laid down their lives as willingly -
any tha. ever drew a sabre on Gods green earth.
! [Applausc1. And We ofMary'and are, am proud
| 10 say. the conservators Of that sacred dust.
To-day is the hundreth anniversary Of the birth
| ofo nation. n day celebrated throughout. the
length and breadth OF the land as no day was ever
celebrated before on this earth This is an epoch
! In our history; poin, from which We may look
tack and review the Of the past and beneht.
ing ~ experience enter upon new career OF pros
reriiy and happiness.
| Our country has been shaken of late from cen
tire to circumference, and tell you that In or.
der 10 achieve this great future we mus. hate .
united people who will pcrpetuaie this Govern
ment and place il on foundation as solid ss the
everlasting hills. [Grcat Applause].
Ladies and gentlemen, sel that stand to-day
upon holy ground feel that stand in no Or
I Cal hat Nta rfssv eha~a
dead heroes whose ashes lie beneath tha. MOI
umert hover over US to-day and are listening
TO the sentiments which we utHE ,iinsoke flsSse
| spirits, without any irre,ereace trust. 10 boar
! witness that of the STATE Of Maryland arc
devoted to the Constitution d. 'fiaw efpuy cusih-
try as We ncvcr were before and jpiend that hsy
shall he perrettattd forever App!ans.J M
Heve that this feeling p.rvadcs t'e hearts u the
entire PEOPLE of tine country to-day. believe
that If the voice Of the people ofthc cuuntfv eoud
be heard to-day i, would go up in one eniyeraHl
cry: The Constitution and the Union one and
insepsrshie n"w-eni forever" ".f T~'
am glad thai we have here to-day repre>en-
tatves from different sections Of the Country
We have nen here who. acting upon their con-
vic;ions dared 10 do wbat they thought was right.
! We have men here who have met upon the battle
field. We have gentlemen hcrs. from Mssachn-
sctts aud Mississippi who have formerly invoked
the aid of the God OF Battles against each other
but now clasp hands soross the bloody cfiasm.
Might he INDUCED in little caprice Of my
own? lssk those gentlemen representing different
sections to strike hands here before this audience.
Mr. HOOKER Of Miss. and Mr.. TAaBox, ofMass =,
here advanced and clasped hands amidst great
applause.
Mr.. iESxLE. Here in this sacred presence, on
this sacred ground invoke the spirit Of the
Union and the Constitution I invoke the spirit
of these dead heroes that the feuds Of the past
may be buried and the Union may be perpesaased
now and forever. Great Applause.
Capt. FORREST then announced that the cerc-
monies had concluded and the audience dispersed.