New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1879-12-03
Georgia Mi,est,:els at Ul-
Ton HnIL tomorrow 9li1ht.
Bob Ingersoll's Speech.

At the late banquet given to General
Grant at the Palmer House in Chicago
Colonel Robert G. Ingersou responded
to the toast: "The Volunteer Soldier.
of the Union Army, whose valor and
patriotism saved to the world "a Govern.
ment of the people, by the people, and
for the people" - ...
MIR. 1ngersol said: ..-. ........
~, When slavery in the savagery Of the lash
tty of secession confronted the civilization OF
our country, the question, :" Will the great Re.
public defend itselfS' trembled upon the lips
81 Se eXe ,r| toysr ct mankind The grand North
ucts Of labor, marshalled her hosts and asked
only for leader. From the people q man.
silent, thoughtfuily poised, and calm, stepped
the Nations, first and last demandcanc S9
dltlonal and immediate surrender From that
moment the end was known. That utterance
was me frst real declaration of real war, and
IN accordance with the dramatic writer's of
mighty events, the soldier who made it re-
ce1ved the final sword of Rebellion. The sol.
aiers OF the kePublic were not seekers for vul-
hope of plunder or love of cruel conquest. No.
no, never: They fought to defend The home,
stead ST. OF liberty, and that their children might
They were the defenders of humanity the
oestroyers OF prejudice, the breakers Of chains,
a at IN the name of the future slew the mon
s sier OF tne1r tine They finished what the sol
have relit the torch that fell from their august
hands and filled the world again with light.
They blotted out from our statute-books the
robbers, and tore with brave and Indignant
hands from the Constitution of the United
S Pa es+ tn that infamous clause that made men
it possible for judges to be just, for statesmen
70 10 De humane, and for politicians to be honest.
They broke the shackles from the limbs Of
slaves N from the souls of masters, and from
on the map of the world and our flag in
Heaven. They rolled the stone from the sep
ulcher OF progress, and found therein two an
gels cad IN shining garments-Nationality and
The soldiers were the saviors of the Repub-
nc; they we're the liberators of men. In writ
coin, greatest of our mighty dead, whose
memory Is as gentle as a summer air when
reaPers sing amid gathered sheaves, copied
comrades had written with their swords.
Grander than the Greek, nobler than the Ro-
man, the soldiers Of the Republic, with patriot
ISM Isl IS careless as the Air. fought for the rights
that mother might own her child, that AFRO
giant tdleness should not scar the back of pa
taent toil, 9nd that our country should not be
Blood was water, money was leaves, and
Ire was only common air, until one
mas}er anS without Repub s without %%S
then was asked the question, Win a free people
voluntarily tax themselves to pay Nation't
debt? The soldiers went home, to their watt
girls they loved. They went back to the fields.
the shops, the mines. They had not been de,
moralized. They had been ennobled Mock
q friend of toll. THEY said, 1--WE saved The Na.
tons life. and what Is life without honor?"
1 rney worked s and wrought with all Of labor's
sf she he s1 ser %sae
having put shining band Of friendship, a
girdle of clasped and loving hands.
s1 nda ne the GLOBE came home to nd, and
has now the. ring and CLEAN Of gold.
There is another question still. viii ali the
SH.n OF war be healed? Ianswer, yes The
Of &erh but TO- E95 to the d
70 the verdict of mankind. They were wrong.
md the time will come when they will say that
Inc Inc people are the yictors who have been van
hem, and freedom will cultivate their fields,
wealth. will execute the laws and fiji their land
saved the South US we'll as the North. They
rave US a Nation. They gave us liberty here.
and their grand victories have made tyranny
Ups of VOLCANOES. ~ -. : -
And now let us drink to the Volunteers. to
hose who sleep in unknown and sunken
raves, whose names are known only to the |
,earts they loved and left, Of those who Oft in
,appy dreams can see the footsteps of return.
let US drink to those who died where lifeless
anime Knocked at want. Let us drink to the !
Manned whose scars give modesty tongue.
4ct us drink to those who dared and gave to
the care and keeping Of their lives.
let us drink to all the living and to oil the |
1cad--to Sherman. and to Sheridan, and to |
irant, the laureled soldiers Of this world: and |
ast to Lincoln. whose loving life, like a bow
y peace, spans and arches all the clouds OF |
var. lLong-continued applause.1