Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1879-11-27
Colonel lngersoll on the Volunteers.
From as Sp<sch ~ M Grand BIuyue. ia
Chicago.

From as Sp$rch q M Grand BIa7g>t ia
Chicago.
The Volunteer soldiers OF the Ua.on
Army They wee the defenders III hu-
mainly, tile destEoycrs Of prejudice. the
breakers OF chains, A.d. Ia the name, % the
future. Slew the monster OF Inn time
They finished what The soldiers OF the Rev
oigtioa commenced. They have rrlil the
torch that fell from thelr august hand. and
ill-d the world again with lishl. They
bloitsl out from oar sia,utc-book. ne
AVS passed by hypocIli". 1t the in.tiya-
ton q robbers loud applause Anl tore
with brave ard Indignant band. from the
Constitution OF the United States ihst IH-
famous clause that mad" men the catcher,
OF their ic.io AuplAu,c.E They
made II pO'sibi" ior Judges II be- l4s:, for
stat"smeu tp be humane, AMI Tor po,.iE-
clans to be honest They broke the shack
lrs from the limbs OF slaves. from The
.a1.. OF m4.t,r.. and from the Northern
Oraln- They Kept our country on the map
Of the world Ani oar ia. III Heaven rAp-
plausc They rniied the stone from the
sepuichfc oi ilr1Frs.. aud found therein
Two angel, clad in shining garDrats Ma
touallty and Liberty. Loud applause
The soldier, were the sayiours oi the
Repuolic they we've the lberator, Of men
Ia wiring the Proclamation of EmauclpA-
ton. Lincoln, greatest OF our mighty dead.
whose memory !, as geutlc 4, Summer
air when rcapcrs sing amid gathering
sheages, copied with the pen what the
grand hands u brave comrades had VIII
ten With their swords. Applause Grand
er than the Greek uoblcr than the Roman.
the soldiers Ui the Republic. with patriot
isni a. careless a. the air, tough, tor the
rights OF oshers. FOR the nobility OF labor,
aud battled that 4 mother might own her
child, that arrogant iulrutss should 80.
scar the back 81 patient toll. aud that our
country should not BE- a nluy-heaied
monster made Of warning States. but a
Nation. sovereign. grand and free. Ap-
plansc Blood was water. money va,
leaves and HE vas only common air, nu-
Ill one flag nOated over one Republic. with
out a master aud without slave. Aud
then Was asked the question. wv III a tree
people voluntarily tax themselves 10 pays
Nations debt The soldiers went home
TO their waiting wives, 10 their glad chill.
dren, aud 10 the girls they loved. They
| went back 10 the fields, the shops, the
mines. They had not been dcmoralzed.
They had been ennobed. Cheers. Mock
ing at reverses, laughing at poverty, they
made a friend OF toll. They said. We
saved ihe Nations life, and what is lite
| without hOnorT' They worked aud
| wrought. with all of labor's royal sons,
that every pledge the Nation made might
be redeemed. And their great leader, bav-
| Ing put Il shining band OF friendship, a
girdle OF clasped aud loving hands around
the globe, came home TO find, and iin1
that every promise made In war has now
the ring and CLEAN Of gold. Enthusiastic
cheers
There Is another question still. VIII all
| the wounds OF war be healed | answer,
| yes. The Southern people must submit
Not 10 the dictation OF the North, but to a
Nations will aud the verdict of mankind.
| [Great applause They were wrong, and
| the time will come when they will say that
| the people are the vIctors who have been
vauqushed by the right. Freedom CON
| quered them, and freedom will cultivate
| their selds. will educate their children,
| will weave robes OF wealth, will execute
the laws and I'LL their land with happy
homes. Applause. The soldiers OF the
| Union saved the South as well as the
| North. They gave us "A Nation. They
| gave us liberty here. and their grand vic
tories have made tyranny the world over
| as insecure as snow upon the lips Of vol
canos. Applause.
And now let us drink TO the Volunteers.
to those who sleep in unknown and sunken
| graves. whose names are known only to
the hearts they loved aud LETT, OF those
who Oft In happy dreams can see the foot
steps OF return. Let us drink to those who
| died where lfeless famine Knocked Ut want
! Let US drink TO the MANNED whose seats
| give modestv a tongue. Let US drink To
those who dared and gave to chanca the
care and keeping OF their lives. Les us
drink to all the living and to all the dead
to Sherman. and to Sheridan. and To
Grant, the laurelled soldiers OF this world,
and last to Lincoln. whose loving lille, like
bow of peace, spans and arches all the
| clouds OF war