Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-08-04
TO-DAI':S TELEGRAPH NEWS
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CLEVELAND ., Aagj5s Tie s.,,is-e'
monument g?s Id c..ta gcs,a;dl7 :. !,?ay..
6sh;ahu'a coaQty. ri;!l iE7nasjry c,rarronj-f.
Speeches were maze ly Gen. Garfield. Can.
g:essrcu Ccpecr, O:th sac Eiar.isor. Genera,
S!rcight s1d others.
Gen. Garfield speech, IS rApCrtci j. s1,r!
hand tor the Cicy land Herald, vas cs low. :
Fe'l0w cljZans-Ihrso gcatlcncn bn! 10
right TO pliut o1 9 paper h re that | was to
make speech, tor tho tyres ought blgays 10
tel the truth AID they have Dot dorc it in this
case. Bat | oann0: lock out upon crcat ana
lc1co III Ashtsbua county, rcc?guzirc So many
Cd tacos and old friends without at least makipr
my bDW to thea ard saying Good ly." bcforo
60 | carnot either hear such spel oh os that
TO which l have Just listened without thanking
tho MAJ who made it esd the people who en-.
abIet him to mako j., f5r after al 30 man can
make speech alone. is the great human
poTc! that strikes up from thousand minds
that Co.'s upon him and makes the speech. Il
originates El!h these outside Of him if he makes
cne at al, AID every man tha! has stood on this
platform to- day haa had speech made out Of
him by you ard by Thet is yondcr On your
square. That ID tho WY epecohcs ere made ard
1t had time 10 stay hero long enough, these
forces With Ecu might make ono cut of me- Ideas
arc the only thing in this uuigcrso that arc
immortal. Somo people think that soldiers are
c5ltfy renowned ter courage. That is ono CT
the chletcst and commorcst qualities. We
share 1t with tho bruls. osn iisd you dogs
AID bears and l!ors that will fight and fight to
the death end will tear each other. Do you
cal! that warfare? They arc rs courageous as
any CT tls soldiers Ii mtfc bruto courage Is
what yJu aFe after. The difference between
thou and Us is this: Tigers never hold reuaiOns
to celebrate their victories When they have
eaton the creature they ba7c killed, that is lilo
only rcurlcn they ever hold. Wild beasts never
build monuments over their slain comraGcs.-
Why? Because iEcr0 arc 60 i!eas behind their
warfare. Our race las ideas, nod because IDEAS
are inlmorta! II they be truo, va build moru.
moE!s to them. We bold rcuGicns not for the
dead, fer there is nothing il all tho world that
you and can do i0r the dead. They arc past
our help and past our praise. VIZ Gu add to
them 10 &loIy aud VIC en- give 10 them DO i'm.
mortality. They % nos need W., but forever
and forever m0lo VIC ne2d them. The glory
that traiIcd IN The clouds bahind them efter
their $40 had set, falls with its bcped;c.ion
upon US who gro iVior, aud it is 10 commcmo.
rate the Immortality Of the idoss !or which they
iought that you assemble to dey aud dedicate
your monument which pciuts up towards The
God who reads them in the eloiy Of thc great
world beyond. and ar0uod these ideas, under
the LEADERSHIP 0i tho Immortality Of these Guas,
We assemble 20 Day rGvcTcltly to follow, rcrcr.
emily 10 acknowledge, tho a0ry they achieved
and the bcncdicti0n they lcit behind them.
That IS tho meaning Of sn assembly Iiko this,
Ind 10 .l1la in i: AID 10 moct ecu, NV cid
DIi IN nd cl,n