New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-09-10
SOME SUGoEsmy6 CONTRASTS.

HOW THE TWO SIDES TALK AT SOLDIERS RE-
UNION.
At the recent great Soldiers Reunion ct Steuben-
Vile. Ohio-attended BY veteran. from the three
States of Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wost Virginia
speeches. wero made by Congressman Updegrah,
General Tom Ewing and General Garfield In the
course of his remarks Mr.. Updegraff raid
It's tho bitterness oI Tie past Is revived.
The brave are always generous The soldier asks $40
revenge But fer their and their country The
victorious defenders Oi the restored Union jist5 de-
maud ma will AWAY demand, the fun and absolute
recognition of tbs nprcsIahe truth ,hat tA,y were
right aud their encHiie- We're VT ns Oui hstlvh can
1--we only this foundation. II can stand secure only
on this rock NJ nation IN all history, has ever nj
te mptcd to live an hour Oh any other basic We Wi,
agree the battered heid- shall BE- hung MP side by
side trophies "i common Vaio- nut we VIII never
agree hut Inc unmatched defence of our e0untys life
shall ever DC written down other than eve 1
inely right Right In patriotism and right III eternal
ju,tiee.
General Ewing carefully avoided any expressions
whatever as the character of the war or ITS re-
s,lts The general tonor of bis speech Is fairly OK
nibited in it, opening paragraph:
The career OF volunteer solder Is en- cpltome or
ne lie ru.nes with the ari'r Of Youth,
ignorant, hut and hopeful His mind, nled With
march by day ard watch ny night He sees before MN,
or thinks he secs. a holiday cGmIa.gn crowned WIN
victory, aud a speedy mnrch home I" tho sound OF
triumphant music. Here, NJ IN al Other pursuits tbe
tion u allowed TO paint 10 IN its own eoi9rs Were II
otherwise could the unheiged solder feel IN advance
how heavy the knapsack would become, ana now sore
the feet, many would be ioath to enlist
General Ewng's address seems TO have been re-
carved IN comparative silence. General Garfield. on
the contrary was interrupted by applause IN his
first sentence, and the cheering continued almost
constantly throughout his address. The following
were the opening passages
was II possible any before 1861 for any such as
semacc Gs TINS meet any whe In tho State OF Ohio
e. Of No No p' Wa there not IN piftiou enough
in them 10 call tnese pe"pie-,nis conconrss OF nci-
fucct hcr before the year 1edl Nnat bNDgs here To-
lay The cverlssting AID immortal memories of 1891
and 1868. Memories That not deud, ana eau never
de while ibis Government lssta not mere memories Oi
this war merely To hIt Wild beasts kill, abd 10
IA not war. Lions aud tigers tear eaoh other
10 dratl. MOI In heroic sirits-net ia war.
They have no Icunipns. Men have reunions because
fhoy have ideas that endurng-they have hfe. Boz
ca,s those your dead coIrad aud VIII
survive when death IL Fellow citizens. for those
immortal ideas mere to-day.
E5r these great ideas tWcuty-seYen trains nave
poured their vinz freghts into ths great ana beauii
tul vnliOy to-day. For those great ideas We have
| Ics wo havs dropped striie, W. huys left
our shops, have leit our Democratic sdd Republican
meetings, have left thom all 10 ooEe here. said
fellow cizens, that 10 eas immortal Ideas thai
binoned out into glory, and lived through hre and
blpnI. that brought IA mere to-day. What those
Ia, a,i There just two SIDE ani IL Vas ncCcs
sary that these two should meet HHd light ana kl OI
they could have no i!e IN THIS country. o. Oie side
was slavery and salon, the other was Union aud
liberty. Slavery ana secession claiming She right Ia
break the Union IN pieces aud 60 perpoiuaie huptu
bondage walked out ike mailed gnni aud the people
| pui iniO TIE field against them-LlDrriy and Union.
Every .ll fired knOttad Win tncsr ideas
Every sabre thai elashed CLEANED with these Ideas