Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1878-06-01

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en-. pr,fane. ,nlvsr swayveriny-hut intelligent.
nairio,ic ami cbri.tsn canahls NJ thought reason
| unde,standing lie would not embrace oil the
| sodier. in ,bis remark he had reference TO the
cbarac,er oc he former comrades as a whole
0no Of tho j;.,n0uisb teatures of onr soldiers
was thev wore c;t;.ro soId,ers Nowhere else in
tho vol, are tho trne value of citizenship and the
dnties IL entails =, vol understood A. among II.
HAVING be,n EDUCATED in Their duties our citizen,
| nod cnmr IN unde, stand their responsibilities
hal each come 10 feel that he was personally
,n,.re.,ed in the affairs If government
Hence when The standard of civil war was raised
,,d H. Il, II ann fired uoon Suuuter ey, ~ Iowa.
na, c.I, hot Le was ATTACKED tbat Ejs fla, was in
| nItad that his castle wa. de,ecfated So follow
| Cd tho orea, nursing which would have heeu i'm
| oo.sirle am,ng any other neonie Whonthe cit.
rr nj tho ,,nnbic foil nto IN lines of ibe armies
I've carried with him thi. sense of ci,izep,hip-he
fol, thai il was for L;ms.lCa.d his that he wa. to
| 6vh, and that peryed ms arm Personal interest
l. nat tn be hohflv valued A. an incentive to zeal
IN the nerformapce of duty. II has ever been ms,
| in tho ,ervice of reluion. II il not unvor,hy of
| hat nj NAH iotism
| From their hirhrigbt of citizenship and their
life long education in If. duties il resulted that
our soldiers had n better understanding of the
canse for winch IN, Y were fighting than those of
other times or peopl,s Even to our fathers Ia,
| word Hbe,tu renresen,ed only a vague
| generality They had not at, aiuei To the idea of
| q ,-ovetnmept ",f tho neonl. bv the nronIo and
| far The reople" and th,y wonld have made Wash.
| nyton Imnerur had not his patlioti-m risen SUI
neI ior to the ,emptation. And how much less the
soldi,rs nj other na,ious understood the object.
| for which they fought The soldiers in the late
war were familiar with the history of our county
with s political and sectional controversies with
rho cau.a ,hat had hrong hi ne tn the noint where
an soncal was 10 be made to the God of battles
they nnder.tood fully what they were fighting for
| and ia yalue And kno,ri,1 the Justice of their
cane and tho innnrtance of The ;nie,e.t. inyoved
|
asm hut with deliberation and understanding
| mis- sustained them through the long and wealy
contest
The motives tina, called our soldiers to the field
| wore those of the lof lest patriotism We search
l.; v,;n tbrouoh the mszes of hi.to,y for eYamnles
"a match The deyotiop with which our younp rnen.
tho hone and nride of their friends and The com.
mnnity .acr,6ced their prospects and gave the
hei wears of their lives for their country and The
good of humanity
| The averaye Of onr army in noble manhood was
mnch biyher II an that of The community a, lsr,e
| il xas recruited with rare excep,Ions ftom
among the weu.to-do and INTELLIGENT and con-
,.incd Inn, few from the dregs Of society Young
men from the farm. the bench. the store. the of.
dce the school-this WAS the material from which
| our ha,,allions were organized They were not
soiJiers from taste: their preferences were fo,
The ouie, arts of niece and for the comics. of mind
in mind mt .t the call of dnty they land aside
,beir nrefeences and copsecra,ed their abilities To
Tho canse Of lil.rty He illustrated this puint of
| his suhiect by an allusiop to the patriotism of
John b. Hubbard for whom the Post was named
| oar soldiers we've asa class moral men, and
tho f,vhtfnl oversees with which history frem.
could never under any circumstances. have been
comnitted nv Them
Ano,ber rtspect IN which our. surpassed other
armies was IN The general intelligence of il,
sldiers aud their abili,y Of ysrious Kind. in Van
/ 90 ,hrase their facn1fy They were in a t,ue
.ense educated men Win adj been accn.tou ed tn
road N easou nj ary every one conyer-
.sni VIM some nj or trade and ready to contr-
hnIe of his xii IN The common good So that
amonp those in the ranks could be found men
,es6v 70 undertake any iob end what they nm
lo,,ooL ,hey wore nreftv sure Ia sccomnlish
our soldiers were an ipdeoendent :, lf.reliant
80, Of mon who had b.en used To tbink and oct
far tnems,yes and when thew emf, red the seryc.
~ Ala no, e,,ralv toe m Tho nr,viiaga m.
dnty Of hind obedience they had never learned
anJ ,b,ugh ,hev were accnstoned To ohev order.
crettv sirrtly thew were not entirely helm
los. in ,me,vrncies but could use their avn
INDICTMENTS a httle when occasion feouired They
nod a sav of lookinp ont for Themselves. and
thonyh the Ulcers we're treated with the re.nrct
dn, their rank and positiop every man thoupht
nm self ss good a. the NEXT one and held him
.elf readv tn FIJI any no-iiion tn which he myhl
he called
Fearful resnlts were anticina,cd from the dis.
h.nding ,f rho amy hnt even in def ,nce or lis
tory. when the war cloud rolled AWAY and the
mn of neace once more illuminated ouy land onr
ltier, returned onietiy To their homes and took
nm again the ant, of peace And how they ac
quilted themselves in the duties of civil life
there Is no need 10 tell lheir noble record Is
THe n,Inc'ola" orthe orssriz ,t;on lnowp as tho
Grand Army of the elublr were then stated
in contrast with the Society OF the Cincinnati the
ne, " rsnL ;"l,a,;n', ,hs 80 .i
ity upon which our nation i. founded
10 conclusion, the speaker addressed more
1910 uis i",ans,,v h;nd. ,hn'n ,oa'hs,
who suffered IN A common cause. who have been
bapi>ed IN the Hood and smoke Of battle. who
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nine: and although we acknowledge the bravery
and vaor of our late foes we are not yet ready to
sci lneth GU 'he same plaue win outseNes@'o
hove ma, those who taught for I'M, nreserv.,on of
their country deserve better OF the Republic than
'h' Sc VINO 'uoVe Tor us oVerIhIos' And when'
NJ onr ds,d be,oes we do M, .,,nv hon
or the memory of our brave men, but We show
esnsl rights and national unity. And if the
blood OF the martyrs Is the seed OF the church,
30 may sne uiHoa u Ju' Ina, Nc peoilno ~
Nv the Aay of our coupiry ever wave over n
free aud united people, and 80 long one of It's
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