, 1877-10-18
Celebrating the Centennial
Of His Surrender,
Addresses by Horatio Seymour
and George William Curtis.
Plan of the British Campaign and
Its Hopeless Failure.
Influence Of the Surrender on the For
tunes Of the American Cause.

centennial romncmosatIng thc surrender 0f
1}uFEuyne. Tho exercises opened With thu firing
Uf tUO guns nt aunrisc, wien mn answering g,1u
was heard Al Wizards Mountain, whence t3atcs'
scouts signalcd 10 him tic movements Of Bur-
goync during tho campaign. Tho procession Of
the many civic aud military organizations was
m imposing affair. Tile officers wore balgcs
inaslc from palmetto sent by South Carolina.
Tho long procession having arrived upol, tho
historic battle-ground, cx.Gov. Seymour
| and George William Curtls delivered orations,
anl a poem was read.
at 0 o'clock speaking began. After prayer,
Charles Lester, President Of tho Jay, delivered
mn address, and was followed by The Hon. lio-
| ratio Seymour, who was received with cheers.
Str. Seymour spoke M follows:
Address or TttK Mos. MoRar1o sErMoun.
Orc hundred Tcara a6p. on this spot. American
Inucpsudcncc WA madea srrat fact IN tho history
| army under nmrroync, Tho Declaration Of In'le.
pcnacncc was but dcelaration. 1t was patriotic
a,:ea I. 9a wsf i.ys o
n,ado fact:, bF ,v1rtns q armed f"ree. u BAY
defiance, hut it was now seen that it Contained The
gcrms OF 4 Government, which Tho event VIC now
W Upun sata If:
gronnd. that which had iii the eye " tho law been
trcaAon. became triumphant lutriotfs,n.
-
established anthurlty. When, the eehocs 81 ths
s,ots wo ha fcsccd thrif eeunsy ro ON, rroas "sns
and ontra9s. Until tho surrender Of tho ilritlst,
army IN ths M valley, no nation would recognize tho
coursc with them was in stealthY ways. Int shoy
! wese met with open congratulations whcn tho
ards VI britain lad been lowered 10 OH lax, Wc
had pas.ed throaR1 The baptism OF hoo,i, and had
M gniMsd name n a amonx the nations of The earth.
s:s q bss!.a I'D a,tass IL" II: d.s Lee:
iorth its nava1e allies, oil Of which wefo to move
Mpon Erand converting lines not only to crush ont
e ,"s an II buy sn.o 10 Eaoo %
:. 81 il tcieat when il !louyht 10 make them thc
who watched tho piogtors Of the doubtful rtruS-
xlc. who wcro uncertain II Il was 1n.rc than pop
a FIJI @ s. ~ nev eS pesss ss.'%" aa .raaR
The dip,omAcy Of The world.
sion n.'t limited to batt'e fought or IN army
captured; tl,ey reach eren beyond inc fact that Il
&C. . " IA aro s 70 *. q sbaia %
events and Of enduring aapecta Of nature which
hAsc shapcti onr civilization In ths past and which
fortunes Of country. lI,,r4uync did not merely
surrender here an army, hc surrendered tho con-
va va. tha1e transfer OF tcrorr 10 20 sas o aud o ~
anc,,ces 80 far reaching, ~ that maJe csniurv
ago whese wc now siand
Nc 1nccl to-day to celebrate Tho surrender Of
1,ut9oyMr. hr approL rtatc cpremtntcs. nu 10 lar
Tho corner .stune OF monument which Will com.
.nonIorate not only that asent. but every fact
tic United Statos, tint Wills they atanI In tho
front ranks Of thr powers. Of Tho earth, by
Virtue Of their nHlnberH, thtff vast domains anu
tnoir progress fl wealth and in art.. they give NJ,
proof 10 thu eyes Of tic world that thSy honor
t!ctr fat1sers or thonc wllusH sacfl1ccs IalI tho
foundations Of theIr prosperity md sreatns1s va
ivpk ,li,un it thus ths wa ihc sccue Of an uccur
renee unsurpassed II tniportaneu anil far.rcaehlng
consequences In military annals, And it viii aso
slow ihat q hundred Years hare nut dlmmcd ia
ustrc in our eyes, bus Tint tnu Hight shed upon liz
sIynacancc py tho lupse VI lime has made trapsr
and stronger OUR Rfntttqds 10 tl,osc WIN .sfe fe
and su3cflugn achieved liz lnIrpcnlcnro and m
cured tit liberties, tha prosperity, and urratness
Of tho Ntneriral, nconio. e'~"''""1
'''- T"v WV" eoo"
rhs .oc,kcr aut o,b.r% WIN hav. ,dd,,..od n.
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