Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-11-13

/ I'E'Wtbijt wrote: There Was blood,
carnage and destruction Of men, and
out Of the whole regiment only Major
hrro"smith, Ensign Brady and thirty
prlVates could march into camp;" Colo
mel Brady was severely wounded within
hiteen minutes after the action com.
menced, and had 10 be lifted upon his
horse, yet he commanded until the
dreadful drama had nearly closed. But
the crowniDg glory Of his career was
that he was Christian soldier. Shortly
before his death at Detroit, in Apfil,
1881, he was thrown from a carriage aud
severely injured and when the physi.
cian told him that he could not recover,
hl'h That calm seltposession, 70 indica-
1--WE oil true courage, he said "Let the
dfums beat my knapsack is Blung."
As the General sank under his injuries
he became partially Unconscious, and
his mind wandered back to scenes Of
his early life. lie was again an officer
IN high command, marshaling his army
on the battle field; then subalterIi,
0beying the orders OF his supefiors;
| again "A schoolboy coming over his les
son and finally child AT his mothers
knee; until, a. the night of death clos
ed around him forever, he murmured--
Sow lay ins down 10 sIssp:
pay thc Lor1 ny soul - Keep.
Many # my hearers will recollect
Capt. John Brady's grandson, William
Perry Brady, 50 long SergeantatArms
Of the Pennsylvania Senate lie was
with Centre county company a, Lake
| Erie, when Commodore Perry. not hay-
ing sufficient number Of marines TO
man his vessels, called for volunteers.
William 7. Brady was the frst man TO
step out, and helped gain the bril-.
liant victory which sent thrill Of Joy
! throughout our country and placed an
immortal chaplet upon the brow Of
/ Perry.
And where were the great. grand chill.
dren Of Captain John Brady when the
-eccsslonists undertook TO ovsTrun this
I government, ordained a. God and sealed
I with the blood OF their ancestors7 /
recall one, Captain Evan Rice Evans
. Brady, who, upon the soil OF his native
| state, within sight OF the ancestral home
/ Of the Bradys, on South Mountain. fell
in the storm Of battle. Four genera
tIons Of the Bradys fought for this coun.
try, yet he was the fret 10 fall in action:
"Gal fearing Gs1-absyiag h. fair brow
Loo i"s among bic uaHntf!s MARTYR nov3
Weep ys who rau,
marH M ssrh fasur
He fell fighting the battle of freedom,
fell in the great struggle for the pre-er-
yatIon Of the Union, purchased by the
blood Of noble ancestry. "IIc fell in
a war for law, for order. for the obliga-
CATION Of solemn contracts. for the sane
uty Of oatrs, for religion. for morality,
for social quiet, for all that secures the
transmission OF healthy political insti-
tutions from age TO age, for all that is
venerable in history, for all that is
lovely, pure. peaceatle and Of good re.
port among men, for all that truly
made the United States a power ordain-
ed Of God - and he and those who fell
at Gettysburg, al Malvern. AT shiloh. at
Petersburg or starved TO death in Lib
10y and at Andersonyille. were a. truly
mariys as the carly Christians, or the
Huguenois, who
'Kiss-I the ha1ao. that drank their llsl.
Aud fhAsed their sauls g. Hsareu~
From far and near. all over this grand
valley, the most beautiful TO Us the sun
in his course through the HeaTens looks
down upon, We have come 10 dedicate
this monument TO the memory OF it's
pioneer and defender-Captain John
Brady.
At thy feet, then, oh Mountains Of
Muncy thy solemn Red Men fed be-
fore the mystic sound of coming ciyili-
zation; before the tramp and tread of
States We dedicate this granite land.
mark TO Brady, the pioneer, the Cory.
phcus here, Of title by improvement
and pre-emption a system which be.
gan by the rock at Plymouth and will
continue until the last echo OF the
woodlands axe dies away amid the
surges Of the Pacific.
In thy bosom, oh Valley Of the West
Branch we dedicate this memorial to
the esgleeyed sentinel, who one hun
dred years ago peered through the
dusky twilight for thy foes. Here on
these heights, in this holy bivouac Of
the dead. let it forever stand sentry OF
his -compatriots slain of Antietsm, Of
Fredericksburg, of the Wilderness, of
Atlanta, Of the mourned battle fields of
the war for the Union, whose last "All's
well - is still echoing gloriously through
the Republic.
By thy bright waters, oh Noble Sus-
quehanna which mirror ia thy wind
ing course so many, many scenes Of do
mestic peace and comfort so many
scenes Of Eden like beauty, rescued
from primeval wildness, only listening,
| in thy quiet course to the sea, "To the
laughter from the village and the town.
and the church bells ever jingling as
the weary day goes down." surrounded
by these venerable fathers who have
! fingered in hfe's journey TO see this hap.
py day; surrounded by the youth and
beauty Of this grand old home OF brave
sons and patriotic daughters, under the
auspices Of the Grand Army of the Re
public--the Cincinnati Of the war for
the Uniop--in solemn Joy we dedicate
this monument 10 our beneiactor. And
"a we gave upon IL. let us resolve, that
rs this Government came down 10 us
from the Past, IL shall 60 from us into
| the Future blessing TO our posteriiy,
and the hope Of the worlds freedom.