Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1877-06-01

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| nations.
As we look back we see too wildly the swea
and drt oil labor the WEAKNESS and uust OF maj cl
| come to our minds; the sleepless nights, the
hungry days, the pam OF HOSPITAL, the SAD havoc
of battle field, the scoIchlng sun oil summtl, TIC
cold and Wet OF winter all clog our vision aud mai
| the dwelling of liberty that our hand. by death
| giving and death receiving blows rebuilt Tue
| very intensity and hardness of the struggle -
inuented itself on minds til 1t tue scat 20 Z
The dust Of the bricks, the dirt Of mortar, tho
nose Of hammer are before us ana with u
while we tall to sec the beautiful ItJFprl!Ju' oi
the building, aud how Admiralty and pron.stIs )
| adapted for the comfort the well being aad hap
puess OF our cLdieu's CHI tIt i. tAe ltcoust L
! cd home OF our naive land
The occasion renders 1t approrr ate to c1nsi Ter
the cost OF rebuilding. bat stop appalled, when |
| attempt to figure tn simple amt ui such 4 cArn-
| latlou-the value Of one NE. Can | weish IN tue
| si9ht Of any father o. mother the worth oil sIn
| who retained nut3 Can The wife whose lie has
been severed, limits to tlat pant winch IS lost
| Can The iatneI.ess Chudten count up the need
OF the fathers hand that hes buried where It ieil
| Can the nation replace hN money coinlhutauon
| the value OF the multitude Of young hearts and
high hopes that were ekunguished IN the btls ht
| promise ol their usefulness They were priceless
| and above value. Throughout our broad land to-
day, flowers, the brightest Oi spring, lay llesh ur-
| on their graves. How appropriate tue icmeu.-
brance How becoming these utttrances over nu-
| man speech How cold mere wOr.s 10 their beau
| " and fragrance; and nov fragrant, i the memo
| ~ OF the departed ones. Inc feeling Of sadness
that attaches to tuelr absence, Is -Oittned and hall
lowed. The Truth ages Old, mat II Is sweet and
honorable TO die Tor one county, sanei!es what
| Is Otherwise sad and the assurance, they have
fought the good night, have hnlsacd tncr course,
aud entered into then rest, nlGges VITA the re-
gret for their absence, the y that they who
were OF Us, and iiCm US, were counted worthy OF
place the altar OF Uut country, aud The blessing
| that accompanies 80 rIcn aA oheiIns resis botn
over them aud US.
The power that can measure the new born love
that wells up III the mother heart "a she sacrifices
80 much OF her lite iOr tue unconscious culd, can
alone measure lie price, tne valuc, ol Tue dear
,nts sacrificed that tue nation mlgut lise.
| PcIcelyIug thus family the cost, let now
estimate the value OF the rebuilt hone.
| | marvellous how the thoughts and exp, eta
| tons OF men OF brains ami heart eltnest mon,
| prAyeltul men, men yeainins to bless m 'nhmu,
luen whose activity AMI tar reaching Plan, rActr-
| Gle the world; All prophecy the future growth,
happiness and prosperity Of TIL, land. lis far
| proportions nave drawn out their love. is gen
elOus extent aud numerous channels OF Commuul.
cation nave eAcited their alDlrttol. lheir
hearts have been warmed "a ouI heats AIe warm
ed each time our eyes and our Thought are turned
| to tae wide eNpALsc. From the stormy Atlantic,
ia the smooth PAclhc; hom The wide sptcal u! cur
Nylturru LAKES 10 the suu wAImcd wA,ers Of our
southern .ut, IL is Il land most l'lr, most beaul-
fdl. Ihcir i power aud Aealtu Ia AL hCr y nth
eIn rivels. There Is warmth and suenS1u IL hcr
| coal stored NILS. There IS wealth IA Der wide
plaIries and tetule sayAhnaLsi golden gram Ion
| tue feeding OF La IONS Gu her western shores /;
while the VEINS ot her highest mountains pour
out tueir hidden II, assures and sui,er loss
| from tue depeuou. Ca TINS land, favored by
suu, soil and water, and all thal can be born ol
them, 50 CompIcttu by NJIs hdLi ina. a.. hes
rivers flowing suuthw ard bEd II with cold- ol
owe, and tuc uiS r-hges vi AoGuidius ho!u VITA
chains OF iron; while last aud W est tie very
lines OF latitude with their similarity OF thought
AID purpose hold II with cords u hlushp anI IAN
!II aud the waves OF the Atlantic and tue waves
| OF the Psclhc as IAey dash upon opposite shores,
wide apAit, say 10 the East separate not from the
West.
Iuc same language, the same religion, the
SANE hApl,s, tAe same manners, and over which
,noA4tt Nlt cucaltte ia tue same form and pant
lsc.I the same cOiOr, the very powers OF dis
| ,oiu lou We luu- lat against aud 80 utterly over
| come, these ami all these make and bind US to-
.eth,r ~ one Won, one people. Slavery, the
IuuI ulcer OF our national life, has, with much loss
OF blood, been cut out aud destroyed, ami though
hat pant of the body polite may ieel sore ana be
offensive thereby, anu the whole body be weaken
| ca from the effort, the SINFUL hGruul thlnS can
| never IctUtn.
| Well dlJ Webster say, The prophecies and
| poets with u Auu the events We call 10
| mid to-day saow, There Is 10 poetry like the
| poetry OF events, aud all the D oph, ces 'a be-
| hind the iulG.lmeLt." We stand 10 day the hope
OF the world. Geographically We are tue end oil
the " est aud the beginning OF the East, ANA the
| world Is looking to Us for tue da~uiug night OF
new aud better lAY in civil iibeity and good gov
| ernmeut and standing thus with our heait- and
| minds humbed aud thou ghtful by the associations
| of the hour, let us examine where our duty hes.
| shall only present those duties which lie before
| our ey es like medicinal herbs in open fields.
| The fast is the evident truth winch first
wrought ON this land and. in Its chei corner stone
The true AIT OF governing consists IN not gov
ernng too much"
Ine second l., THE cement of this union is the
| best blood Of every American, aud no government
| ON eaith has so immoyable basis"
| The Il ind l. Ii is for the essential good
| and welfare OF the whole body polite that the
| lowest and humblest citizen should be secure
aud free the exercise of the night Of citizenship
| As the wealthie>t and strongest.
Inc Only way 10 ward oil disease, decay, pain,
corruption, Gi-iutergl alton. aud each AMI all the
| evils that continually menace the life OF a nalion
| i to keep II sound and healthy IN It's lower and
| weaker parts. As plague alter plague infested
| and Devastated Egypt 80 long as the workers IN
| mud aud straw were restrained from then bel
ties-as the oppression and wrong inflicted on the
! African IN THIS country caused the wlsest OF our
| prophetic statesmen to tTemOle when he saw the
| eVl Of slavery and knew the Infinite Justice Of
| Jehovah, AID 70 remove whose stains required 50
much OF blood and 50 much of treasure, that pco
pie winch allow wrong and lrJustlce to be inflicted
| Oh IL humb.e>t Cuzc1, invites uuea>lness, pam,
ply. :, and sore corruption, that shall Tester and
| bIlng the seeds OF death unless purified and cor
| lcctcd. y o temporal compromise, seeming
| commercial pos, Gritty, based on tae slightest
justice to The hUmblest beng or covers up wroug
| uuihg to the weakest member of society shall
| pusper or stand. The fourth Is. tic evidt nj
and most potent herb Of all the VIDE field o. eatth
that love of country which led It's ip.o the hclu
and he'd Us there for four long years.
A love, wiling TO sacrifice and suficr,a love that
| drinks a heavenly inspiration of knowledge
which feels IL way steadier and suIer than wis
dom WITH all H. powets; or the love that pr onpts
to do an act, always provides the sutc,t and best
| way OF a, COMP sEmeLt. Inis love Is hat our
country needs now, aud ever will need ia larger
| and stul larger streams. THIS love and devotion
To county fam would call up at Tins ume in
your heart.
Standing to-day by the graves of our loved
ones OF HON it can be sand vita no mOckcY or
bias henry, they cOHld save o,htr-, tnem.elves
tury could not save, realizing that we euJ ly the
fruits of lhtT lahUrs, that We To-, ay stand proud
IN the ~tl,ugth and power of our nation through
their foes ami death, let Us hold to the OBJECT
for which they poured out their ne blood, a amt
| ed nation Tree from wrong. Let Us 20 back aud
dunk OF ;he spirit, that animated those we decor
a,e to-day and t. ,grrugthel and couiir u, IL
what We thu, family feel, let oui hearts encitle
all oar VICE tGd; let it awe il lovIugly over each
hailuNcd spot let II WIDE the broad ex-
pAI,t ; set It uu.ur thrlled " lth admiration over
the iAlr pro or'ons and Inherent beauty oi all op