The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-07

tric Washington sand .Ietkimer irst reversed tho
gloomy scene" Of The campasn Gcnefa Gates wrote
Uf ''lhe severe blow General Iierkmcr gave johnson
and the scipcrs under ms command General schuy-
Ter, III replying 10 General Herkimcr's report, sad-
"fhc sallanry OF you and the low men that stood
with you and repulsed such superior number Of saw
ages reflects great honor on YOU"
cLARKsoS \. PorrERs REMAINS
Mr.. Rotor saic, IN the course OF an eloquent ad-
dress:-
was born in tho Mohawk Valley. and feel, there
tore. natural interest IN this celebration OF event
upon which the peace and of that valley
depended In which the men oil the valley bore such
noble part and from which resulted largely the sue
OF the American Revolution. And yet l confess
that Il Is oniy within the last few years that was 1t
all aware OF The importance OF tho battle OF oriskany
One day at dinner In Washington some reference was
made 10 the battle of Saratoga, one Of the fifteen
decisive battles of the world, when my friend judge
Campbel called our attention TO the importance OF tho
battle OF 0risxany and It's effects upon the result
At Saratoga. Then for the nrst time properly der
stood how the third OF the great movements VIII ch
comprised the British plan for separating aud subju
eating tho coones plan ably conceived and, so far,
triumphantly executed, had been frustrated by
the courage and tenacty and devotion Of tho
OF the Monawk Valley. When recall
the power and influence, tho wealth and
numbers OF New York; when We remember
that she has population OF over nvo millions Of
people; that she stands far away the rst OF all tho
States in her capital IN her commerce., in her OK
changes aud Is even first in the value OF her uac
lures rs we'll It is, indeed, difficult 10 realize that
within period but little more than the lifetime Of
less than two hundred thousand people Inferior In
numbers and Importance TO Virginia or Pennsylvania
or MaSSACuuscts or NORM CLrOiiu;L HOW large a
share 10 the struggles the burdens and the trials OF
this nation since then New YORK has had, we all
know Is II too much TO say that Of tho great
crises to which the Republic has been exposed would
have been successfully and triumphanty passed had
not New YORK been on the sldc that prcvaiedy
DR. HAvES's ADDRESS.
Rev. Il. o. Haven, Chancellor OF Syracuse Uni
versity. made an excellent address SAID he Tho
s,u has witnessed ON this planet many battles This
earth has drunk tho blood and this air has dissolved
the corpses of more men, women and children slain by
tho rcd hand OF war than walk or breathe its
surface Yos enough, were they rcsurrccted, to popu
late the earth tar moro dcnscy than now; 10 crowd
every city and Ill the silonce Of every desert with
the HON Of conversation and Of busy life II men
should celebrate only the ccntcnnlas oil all tho battles
Us great rs Orskany all mankind would have nothing
else u do, except perhaps occasionally to break
from sham into real fight 10 keep
up tho supply. Why then. shall cce-
brate the battle of OriskanyY There have been
twelve great battles 80 says accomplished critic In
which tho destncs OF the leading OF the world
tho time were directed into new shapes. Was Oriskany
tho thIrteenthS Was Gettysburg tho iourteenth2
Does Orskany rank with Marahonf Battles arc
not 10 be measured by thor magnitude, nor
ncrceness nor noise. There have been contests
that counted up their thousands Of slain when
The object OF neither party rose higher than
plumber and when tho only redorm ming ieuturc that
mon who could Tight with so little reason On either
little by their slaughter
RIGHT.
The most OF the wars Of ancient times were wagcd
on the principle that 'might makes right" aud that
the physically strong need make no apology for en-
with human blood. Tho Macedonian empire OF Ale K
ander was temporary couglomeratc structure TIA t
soou foil to pieces, but wat 1t displaced was never
rebuilt Rome sent her standards to the ends OF tue
earth Tor page and TO enrich The great families Of the
Eternal Clty. The OF modern Europe been
waged TO preserve tancicd balance Of power. War
without cause Is murder; war that could he avcrtcd
without dishonor is inexcusablo manslaughter.
But there have been times wnen tue alternative was
slavery or war; dishonor or war; crime or war; AID
then good ana brave men have submitted TO organiza
ton and discipline 10 defend the public woliaro with
thcir treasure their brood thor life They have won
tcrity. Such was the war OF tho lsraelos for tho
deiencc OF Their country against Rome such was tho
Of Great Britain against France and SPAN IN tho
seventeenth century; such tho war OF our fathers
against the greatest naval power OF the world IN tho
eighteenth ccnturythc struggle OF iecble scattered
people. never before organized into nation and whose
only object TO maintain tho privileges Of their
fathers The battle OF oriskany was not great ono
men usually estimate greatness but II helpcf urn
the tide OF events OF the most imp0ran epohs
IN tho history OF mankind. A sharp blow bet sccu tho
eyes Of great foo need not DO forgotten.
THE WORLD SHOULD GRArErUL
Let US not think harsbiy Of those cousins OF our
grandathcrs and grand hers who lived the other
side OF tho Atlantic. There was wiocr gull between
tho people OF Great Britain and the government ol
Great Britain than there ~ now III 1777 the govern
only .siAss- corrupt and tyrannicai than ina
OF France. The people, wore friends d
has passed through great revolution us America
nay greater, tor Americans were always frccbut IN
Englan tho revolution has been gradual More than
hity years alter l777 tho condition OF the English PEG
pie is thus described by book fresh from tho press
Tho "I.fc OF Lord Macauiay" says:-"At that time On
1S30) the press gagged IN England and throttcd
In Scotland. Every specch or sermon or pamphlet
tho substance OF which crown lawyer could torture
into scmblancc OF scditon, sent IL author 10 th'
1880. What was Il Ia l771S And what would Grca
Britain havc been now but for these United States
One hundred years ago there not truly Tree poo
pie Ia the world. Ser;dOm was UNIVERSAL lmpartia
law was unknown, except In America
BURG0YXKs BLUSDERa
War Is usually the result OF great folly. IL was 81
III This case. Great BRITAIN ulu not uhucrStauQ nc
coOnists. Shc thought them hall clvilized she Tor
got tnoy were Engllsnnen; she prcmseo with sinai
disciplined army 10 walk through America n house
WHO walks through Kitchen Burgoyne was un &C
complishcd general he was statesman and general
He did good service for his country and hlled out
noble life; but his procainatons and other military
papers issued at the beginning OF tho campaign II
1777 sound more like Chinese or Turkish Illumination
than ike tho productions OF man OF the Anglo
Saxon race. Poor man. One can scarcely rests
tho thought that they must have been in
spred by whiskey the rum ana cider OF those days
rather than by sober thought And then the US
made OF tho Indians, bribing them by piundor q
slaughter the Americans ana exercising no restrain
them Ia tho time vi victory, justly excited III
deepest indignation Of the Americans and did much u
the allan nee OF France and the sympathy oil III
whole civilized world But lot not rek'ndle thcs
old dead fires. Ihc ashes are hundred years old
The lndans who, hired by the British. slaughtered GU
and to-day the children OF both the Engiisi
and the Americans are sharing the irut OF the bati
OF Oriskany
ANOTHER KIND
But have we no, u work to dos WHAT mean these
mutterIngs vi q contest between labor ana capital
Labor and capital are mere distractions, like Moloc
and Mammon The contest rs between mon that laoo
and men that employ aborers Is therc not states
manshlp enough 10 examine this question thor 0ug NJ
and lind the true soutlon2 Every generation has 1t
own work. We cannot live by culogizing our father
and mothers. Our eyes are not III the back oil GU
hcads. Let US build the monuments OF the dead bu
let spend the most OF our time und talent IN buld
ing suitable homes for the living Aliving dog is bet
ter than dead lion. Living lions Is whit We shoub
seek We have still bnttes OF Orskany and Fort stan
wix 10 light While We honor the heroes OF the pas
let prny that double portion oil Nil that was soo'
in them may be gwen to us, that We too may nigh
well tue battles Of to-day.
POEM.
General j. Wells Dcpcyster's poem was read. III
! following stanzis selected from II, will give a goo
Idea OF the composition -:
Old seventeen hundred aud seventy seven,
VI throcs, the AMI tue lenven
Just century siucs August btn was tn. iay
When Great BftAius control hrst stricken away
Let sing then tie ucld whore the ycointn oil ORR
Met the Lion and Wolf OH their saukhtcrous STALK
When Oriskany's rippies were crimson q win Dicod;
Anu whom strife iratricidal polluted its Hood
oh, glorious collision. forever reIowu'dl
While America lives should Its praises rcsound.
And stout Hrkcmers name he I'll theme ot the song,
Who with Mohswks broke the strength OF tn
strong.
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