Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-05-31


Mr. Keller. who delivered the memorial ad'
dress at Arlington, yesterday. entered the Un
ion army With the rank of major. lie is DOW
republican member of Congress from Ohio. lu
bis address he SAID:
"Had Jefferson Davis fallen at Bueoa Vista
he would hAv. been spared a traitors fame aod
the humiliation # lrwirsvllle, aud his usme
would have been registered among the lovers
of bis county. Had Gen. Il. X. Lee paid the
penalty OF d, voiou 10 bis c:uotry at Mexico
capital ne would have been remembered 10 tu
ture years as one who never DIT serted bis coun
rvs fl * 10 the hours OF her greatest peril.
10 our recent war there was ol5tIDcilan
between the liviug who fought fer Add thoee
who fought agsinst the UuloD, and death docs
not obiiteiate It.
My comrades. listen Turn back toe dial Of
time less tbaa score OF years. Do you Dot
hear voices sounding DOW which We heaid whsn
rsd'hsuord war -talkcd d=mou like, sbroad~io
our aro ? Was there any uGc:Etaln souod
then ? In your lpsguatlop q the Voices
Of the dead, is there spy %e21tsln souod
poa Did duly then command y"u1o march
upoo the roads from wh"nce the hnger b1arc
of duty DOW turns away Were you c)mmahd
are not s,il required to guard Were yGu
calico upon 10 defend and preserve the honor
of Fax tbeo, low Of TOO little value 10 b,
worthy Of your jealous cafe!
wv bat stronghold DID you STORM lhen that
you are not called upon still to hold? VIDA!
rsmpar,s do you with sword or bay Duet 10
hand, with dsrlUg courage, scale and dye with
your then yUuug blood That II - DOT now yIuf
sa,r d duly 70 oc,upy and on It stand seoul
ael?"
Mr.. Maeionis, who delivered the address at
the Soldiers Home, eutered the same army as
a private. He is now the democratic delegate
to Coplr SIS from MoulaDna. lu bis address
be said:
Let the South mourn fJr her falieu sons,
garl,ud the graves ti' her heroes, and kuer
with ears their memUry green, Ia token Il
tba, f isl love Tor the sunLy lsud. &C WHOSE
bidding they gave up 'h,ir hv.s VIII devo
ton that attrsLrd their SINCERITY, ADD psrlot
ism Is pure IS that Whlcn warmed the loy Al
hear that DOW lie cJu y 10 these graves. LIT
her raise her statues 10 The chieflaius who led
her hus.s with skull aud bravery, which honor
the Amerosn uame. All that is hers, is ours.
By ioheriisnc., by frateruity-lf sone Of YOU
will by cotuu s-al her glorieS are paris Ut
the triumph OF the republic.
LET each keep the record bright, not in nal
ice tut wisdun. Ap eXperIeLce TOO costly to
be lost, light om the past, beacon 90 the
sea of time to warn the stp OF State from
rreseheruus shoals. A reproscn TO the states
meu of the past for allowing questions that
might have been settled 10 pesve, TO evtr 10
volve people OF one c'uutry, one language,
and oDe brood in the awful sgonles If civil war
Az rho nf h. fur
that 90 political difference, DO contested cleo
too, no src,io,al dispute. DO ass grievance is
to BIZ setted ,Xcept by the peacoiu methods
of law aud the verdict of tree ballot. As =
Wsrulpg that any Glass or section or parry which
appeals to violence shall perish beuea,h the
sword of the republic from the face of the
earth.
when the soldiers OF the North came home
they found neally all the places of honor and
emoluuent filled. A great parade was made
0y. r them by men who hsd pr06ted by their
efforts, aud who were wliIlog 10 give them suy
subordinate or clerical Situation which was Vi
cant and vas not wanted. But if any oil the
politicians ever yet said 10 the returniog veteran,
Here take 10y place ''-ruder the government
-in Cobsrrss. 10 the Csbioet, let the name of
that undiscovered patriot BIZ brought to the sun
light of fame. Occasionally the people forced
tDem 10, out always 10 the ClScoUHture OF the
placemsn. Oh, 20 These watered their bud
ding aspirations 10 the blood of the dead soldier,
but not TO yield the fruit to his surviving com
rsde. So wien the war was over they retained
their places IN the 'front.' to search the record
Of some non c0mbatant on the other side, and
oov,r him with confusion 10 the noisy but safe
warfare # Congressional debate Tho co, hct
that should have ended on the field is renewed
lr the Senate, and such lau:eis IS never wreath
ed the hero's sword bud aud blossom on the
politicians jaw. Oh shade of the immortal
Fastaf eonress myself ou,dooe 10 this land of
ours. Thou did ST ut least stab and carly of The
dead body of Perry while yet warm end
bleeding. Let thy hardened cheek be softened
and thy zen brow a5sshed before the gladi
stors of our senatorial arena, who kuock down
aud drag out the moulderiog body OF the
dead Confederaoy soue fifteen years after
the wal"
1t is unnecessary to ask which of the two
expressed the sentiment OF the true pa
trots Of the country, aud, notwithstanding all
that has lately happened to Indicate tho
contrary, We eau DOT boip believing that that
GLASS Of people Constitute D. ,rlty of the vo,-
erJ Our hopes may be the fathers of our
thoughts, but we will cherish the deusion 10
the last.