, 1880-10-29
MENTOR,

GEN. GA11P1EI1,'s r.tHK YESTERDAY.
MENTOR o., Oct. 2S.-Abnut 1oD Portage
County people visited Mentor to-day by s1,e-
cial train. Gen. t;urtlcId addressed them rs
follows, rs reported for the Cleveland uc3-
aid:
JUDGE DAY, LADIES, Ann Gfxr1E,tEv: once
read Of n r1nn who triptl to wenr tho ar1nor
md ,y1e!d tho sword OF soule nnG!ent n1cestor,
but found them too lnrYe for his st0ttlrp nud
strength. II ahnud try Mt this moment aalswnv
tho memories which your ,prscnre nwnkcns,
should bg overwhelmed nild wholly unable tn
nlnrehn1 nut muster tho 1uick-co1ning throng OF
memories which this sctu!e!rcla or old friends
md nctghta'rs has brought to INC. Hero nrc
echool-felfows Of twenty y-clght ycnrH aHO. Hero
nro 1ner anil women who were my pupils 1.ar-
ter nf II century nrO. Here nrc venerable men
wtu twcnty-pno years nBo, In tho Town OF
Kcut, launched tuu upon the stormy sr,.
Of political life. I SEQ others WHO werp
soldiers fn tho olu regiment which I tnd
thu honnr to command. and huw could ltston to
tho touching and thoughtful wur1ls OF my
friend, tue venerable late Chiof-1nstce Ut Qhis,
who has Just spnken, without romc1npering thnt
cyontng in leGl Of which he smoke too r,u!est1y
when he and stood togother 1T tho oil church
at Hiram aud called up1n tho young men to 70
forth 10 bnttlc for tho Eiton nntl be enlisted lc-
fore they slept and thus 1Risl tho foundation 1f
the Forty.sccond Rcgimc1.t. Hnw cHir1 fnrgot
u't thosu things aud all that followel? How can
l furHot t1lnt Twenty-Five years ot my life were
braided nlld interviewed With tho lives Of tho
penrle Of Iortage County, whcn SIG men md
women from Ill Its townships standing ut my
atoprY I cAr,not forget these things while
life an1 consciousness rclnnin. No othor period
Of my life gnn be liko that. The freshness OF
yn,tth tho very RprtnYtffo Of HE, tho brighten
lug oil inward noondny, nll wero with yol. als.i
OF you, my net3hbors, MY friends my cherished
cnt,ralties, In MI tho relations OF soctnl stuont
military. mud political life nnd friendship Yu,
nre Apro 81 close to my heark thAt cannnt
trust lnysc|f tn III attempt to 1lasahul the
Iuculoros with anything liko coi,erc1tco. 10
know TINT my npigt.bors aud friends III rortnXe
County since tho first t}My Ut my Congressional
lftb huyG never sent tu nny convention delegate
wtlo WAS ht'slie to ,nc; TINT through H!l tho
STORM Of sletrncton thut ro,trc at1tii1l inc tho
Honlbora Of tho Old 0,arl OF Portage County
hayo never wlycred In their taith ind friend
ship, hut hnve stood MI nulrokcn p1lnlanx
with thair. locteu Shields nboyo my heatl, anu
harg given MO their henrts III every cflutcst. II
n rtlhu csin cnrry In bis mNEnory II essyGl moro
| precious tiian this. Inn suro Jl1tlge nay has
| uey1r hearl what 1t Is.
| We'll, kcntlotnou, on tho cvo of Kreat events,
closing II great ennlpn,gn, look Into your iaees
ind lE1lw from you auch consolation rs even
| sou cannot understand. Whatnyor tho event
may 10. olr pust Is aoclire; and whatever play
hefNll me herlatter. II cnn 5llceect III keeping
tho hgnrts Of rornge County near to me, sl,lli
kllow that 10 not 10 fur wrong In anything,
f0r they nre men who lovo the truth for truths
sake. FIR mure than they love my u,nn.
Lnalles and Eentianicn, nil the dtnors OF MY
hDuse nro open tn you: tho hnrtd Of every 1Mnr,,-
her Of my family IL tntstretchcd to you; oils
hcurta greet you, anil we ,sk you to comc In.