New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-05-31

ritpcs make use OF warko terms, warrants
| me In warning them OF the danger OF PLAYING MIL
.hGcndSnnrter" their lines Of battle" with piciets
and skirmsners out, OF direct ATTACKS hank my o
| meuts" of oyeiw helming victory ana deieat ~
though they were dealing with armed masses instead OF
peaceful organizations for peaceful purposes, dems ;
he reached and " here the should be- likcne1 10
civic court instead OF the field OF battle Though lhe5e
terms NAV well understood by themselves, they c
calculated rnslead the young, the thOlZhess hu nc
restless men Of the country, VINO thereby DeIo,nc
familiar aud prepared for the real thing Men who nave
felt the sting " the bullet have heard inc crash oi %
lannon's shot and exploiting she'll or nave Wa'vs oi
wars usual OF havoc and dcsoation rarely appeal
IA remedy for ordinary grievance W, . az
usually made by civilians bold ana artnt IN me
innocent comrades catch TIE pctinSs OF the pllSs
storm" Uanghier.j TO his we have great many
honorable exceptions. speak OF Europe well as OF
America. OF the half-milon OF brave fellows WHOSE
hands not one thousand had Tie remotcst connec-
ton with the causes OF the war WHICH IL" I" '"'''
untimely death.
the ARMY'S DESIRE TO PREVENT wAH.
Now | beg You and the general public VIII not mis-
constitute my meaning Though tho head OF an army
| publicly proclaim profession 20 be To prevent
war" aud claim that my predecessors in 0hcc-"aH"-
ngton scott aud Grant [chee:sl-were essentially men
Of peace who saved our country from many wars h'o
which pab;Ic camor tried to push them: POW h"Pe
and beg mai all good men aud North viii unite IN
last viii p,Iscvere in tho common tEort 10 ukc me
great aUd blossom as the Garden ol l.d'h
viii so nur in effort that every part Of it from Maine to
Tcxas-irom Florida To Puecj's Souud-wil be made 50
So to LIE ana property that men may engage sdtIl III
every pos.ibe pursuit, whether Of farming. mining,
ancniig navigation inland and upon The hsh seas
ia every variety Of mercantile AMI m'chanfal pursuit.,
each one 10 reap the iul OF his own Industry
and ,agacy without envy Of his neghboi. surely thls
tcid worthy the ambition OF the pi"udrSt ana hioH'
intellectual stItcSmdn.
know Of my own personal know ledge, that tnero Is
abundance 81 room aud opportunity for every honest
man IN II for his children ana MS chlI"'hH thliu'cn
or ceniurie. to come, and could speak all night on 80
tcmpuu- subject bat must not IglHn you igHEcr.
and VIII rio,e b} inH"HhS an WIthh ti' he',hE ., ~?
wore 10 heed wei the les unS oi TINS Dtc"l|tlnh Day
to weave each year new and fresh garland for The
grave Of some beloved tomradc or iI'oir mere" alI 10
rcbuke any and al who talk ~ ciS war save as the last
'0rcld tribunal 81 KINGS and Of peoples
cannot resist hi, opportunity at correcting an error
committed bv the NtW-lOrh PIES rs 10 nys H. Ab0ht
Ecdt "S'. :" q hdnPui g." ,i' n'ii.'l 70 o., ,, ,
Dclmolic"-, ~ Ola 'Hl,I Iu t'2.,c 80 l'1,, u,
p'imcuury tine ~ the United Siat"sa BODY "f
true &" I'm, Government ana Hrlnhhca h~iitu-
tons t> ING n,'ul' 10 ,"r lo'' 49,, .,
ncrc>.Itv 49, tn, Grand High SLcTh 81 the HAiloh 10
enable the President, Who VA, there in person, {" nhI
It cihcc; :" Protect A'"IHl cohih''cr ana uA't' 10
guard tine irou,ic protect the chisf1hi against Tue
trc,pas-cr IA, allotted reservation and TO respond
to tine Governor az a stat" III case "i 'd"ih",iI1
Chamber of commerce and were w'lI understood Dy
toe poison, To whom tncy Wcr addressed some 81 5ouF
New York paper, Insisted that had declared thai win
on our HIi' T'sa' a'm, '"' rpi, az .rrh AN
Wis seriously quoted by Member 81 Congress IN a
therefore only bc met with new d"uIl. lCnc'r-I
C"n-,q ucntly, do a,In deny ever having used M
,ii say aud do now say gain most 'InphducIly that
sacred Constitution "f oar couutt command Is the
General eminent, embracing t0nEr'ts.thc Executive
aud JUDICIARY, protect tlc people 81 state ~ n~t
dome c violence. and Congress has pf'-cfih"d -! IA"
how. whru aDd uncrr what circumstances Tie President
shah execute tuAt h-h dhy, one oi mich Is Ia use the
army navy oi tLc in,td states Tire event spoken
of hy uc as hypothetical actually occurred very soon
Thereafter lHd tDc Yrty men Who denounced M NcIe
or the class Do" called 'uic-t Tor h'll i|u-hitI me
army responded pHrt'' I'"iniF tH'tl ~ ana ln'
danger N"ou passed. ih"ns III soiIr Platrr' nv were
-,tnc OF th'.' n'n would nov. when there is no seem
lax dan. a--uInr tlc tone Apologize, because th't
wan; tur vote 81 tAr ia" hrc'hcf-; hat thank cod
behind h- clt-. ct men We hhfci our county the
vast mas, II good citizen, VIA" love liberty and Justice
~ ordinary tincs are too busy Ia th,r own plans
and udu-fr'- 10 heed the in1ch.nhons OF s rrrtir-
lev bH ike That majestic f"icr wnrA roe IN t'i
ton Wa. beard l-6l, VIII again. believe. come form
furnish al iuc m"u "nd al the hu,ho. required 10
-upprc-s any solt oi violence winch may De attempted
Ia iul, .aud of Law.
T." ,tcIdla,t. therefore. my countfymcn BE not too
,i-ucc O., tho price OF liberty. and courage TIE prime
,i, Of ma rr the armies that were .,au,!,d In
l-,,J s I've the spirit, and these Nil never. lu mS
tgncut permit this boN,Iuihrht u cTIit INTO al
ag.hy.
when Gene raj bad nnsho h- address there
another three cheers for him. heartily responded
TO- then three cheers gyrn Tor General Hancock.
three Tor General Bank. and finally three Tremendous
cheer, fur General Grant.
ADpEIS~ on GENERAL BANKS
Aurr the .usIns by the Vocal Union and abe audience
81 Marching Through Gcorsn." Mrs.. George Na,icu-
hon read the selection "our Arm, @: The Dead" M-Jor
General y T.. Elu.s, WAS then introduced aud
thusia-tIcilly received.
The ouuual cousccgaton he said. OF dy TO the deco
ration - the graves 81 be- heroic d,:rd,5 hy Rrpu
ne like otr tpccia,lc that has never been wilt
messed among nation, and may never b, repeated u
the associates " the fallen heroes 10 /, gracious and
halIo,ycd occasipu The Grand Army = The IGruunic
,iaud. rouc amon@ TIE institution, men. anncth'r
be- It'd nor pprrrtuat'd had ~ prctrc 'ror; u
can successor. What Is 1t that has given I'm,
organization and the soldiers represents Ill -tluc'lon
above those OF other couuri's and other HgSl Apart
which DO not propose 10 fcNlcw that, which draws ar
tculun To- Tine constituent elements "f ~" EtluhHrAn
army Is the distinctive character thnt attaches
10 "n Amrhcnh aodi'r 'hdIa'"r J. me IN
poitant element when the Amor an k'phic
la, contributed To modern civilization Tho clr
mcnt 81 power which socm, to have contributed
most to lie gIoWth W'S TIC 'r''t"h' "a, terminal ION ~
rrtity and independence OF The character II exhibited
Ia This regard America presents one namr that Is ar
ccptc above oil others 81 The CENTURY ~ when IT ai
prarcd the uohlrs and rfandt II Typ" o uau1t ~
George Washington. lAprliu-r. The spontaneous
and universal homage pal by COVE nmcuts aud men To
Abraham Lincoln l7 Il nigh tribute 1" American
Nitc American citizen irtIcd from public HE, without
wealth office. stimulating no ambition and exciting
,ars. i- received ANA hon"r'd by The governments
and people Of the Western aud Eastern Grid - no ruler
has been welcomed Ia period OF history. II l. the
It might lee considered adycnturou, II rash To- -ug
gcat DINER pes 81 character To hc named compct-
that Par" above them ALT T. tine character ~
the American soi'rf lhci" Is nothing IN history -
trT-cy outlined nothing which exhibits uob.cr traits OF
PATRIOTISM of iudi' dual integrity personal yalor. love
justice and Of country than that Of the American sol
dicr ~ the war for the preservation of the onion. HIS
history IN thc history Of the war II not written.
We too is Incidents and is actors to escape
Partially and injustice. IL l. NV purp0,c To present
some attributes OF the soldier proincnt to all oAscrcrs
during the war
The ST important clemens In the character Of the
American soldier were developed In the creation and
dissolution Of tho Union Army. ono of the
accepted Judgincn against our form OF govern
mtut that 10 could not Uutliyo "a conflict
al But tho people of the North entered
sI,rculatiou- Of THIS character. instant they
discarded doubts and fears Hud sprang to arms Tho
armies when organized, fought uIou unknown fields,
against foes VINO had been familiar Win them nom
youth. and accustomed Ia aims. For four years the
Union Armies prosecuted war Of gigantic proportions
under lttIo 81 no restraint, except such IA they
Imposed upon themselves, aud returned after victory
heroic and unconqucfablc army was ever seen ls
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