The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-06-18
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ORAEORY. PATRIOTISM
AND POETRY.
The Realm ia which tsFfieId
Scared ON VYedmesd Night.

Washington, I6.-G neral CART !
was serenaded by the National Vetera
Association tonight. Attorney Genera
Devens introduced him, referring to III
humble origin and grand achievement
Of Garfield, his spotess integrity ant
Chrislian character General CARTEL,
said:
Fe}Leag-cjti-eHs,
While l have looked upon this gres
array, l believe l have gotten a new ide'
of the MAJESTY OF the American people
when l reflect that when ever you tine
the sovereign power every Teverent heH
on earth bows before it, and when l re
member that here for a hundred years We
have denied the sovereignty Of any man
and in place Of l., we ave asserted ih5
sovereignty Of sl, 10 place 0 one.
see before me so vast cor recourse that II
IA easy for me TO imsgine that the -est OF
the American people are gath red here
| tonight; and il they were all here every
man would stsnd uncovered and in uu-
sandled feet in the presence Of the maj esty
of the only sovereign power in this
! govern ent under almighty God,
(cheersl a"d therefore to this great
audience 1 pay the respectful homsge
that ii part belongs to The sovereign Of
the people. / thank you for this great
and glorious denomination. l SIN not
for one moment misled in believing that
il refers 10 so poor q thing as airy one of
our lumber. l know i means your
reverence to your government, your
reverence for IFS laws, your reverence for
its Institutions, and your compliment 10
one who is placed for the moment in rala-
tons to you of peculiar importar &c. For
all these reasons l thank you. l cannot
ct this time utter a word on the subject
Of general politics. l would not mar the |
c1rdia ity Of this welcome to which to |
some extent all are gathered by any
reference except TO the present moment !
and its significance, but l wish to say that |
a large portion OF this Assem- blBge tonight |
are my comrades in the late war for The |
Union. For them l can speak with en-
tire prOpriety, and can say that these |
very streets heard the measured tread of
your disciplined feet years ago, when
the impeTllIed republic needed your
hands and your hearts to save it, and
you came back with your numbers deci-
mated, but those you left behind were
immortal and glorifed heroes forever,
and those you brought back came cary
ing, under i2ttered banLers and IN
bronzed hands, the ark of covenant of
your Republic in safety out of the
bloody baptism OF war (cheers), and you
brought it in safety t. be saved for ever
by your vslor and the wisdom Of your
brethren who were at home, and by this
yOu were again added to the civil army
Of the Republic. l greet you, comrades
and fellow soldiers aad the great body of
citizens who are gathered
here tonight, who are the strong stay
and support Of the business, of the
Of the peace, Of the civil
ardor and glory of the Republic, and l
thank you for sour welcome tonight
1t was said in Il welcome to one who
came to England to be part of her glory,
and ell the nation spoke when it was
said: 'NoImaus and Saxons and Danes,
We bat all of US Danes in our vel
come of thee and we say tonight of
all the nation, of all the people, soldiers
ard civilians, there Is enc name that
Yields US all into one, it is the name
Of American citizens under the Union |
and under the glory of the flag that led
Us to victory and to peace. (Applause.)
For this magnificent welcome l thank
you with all there IS in my heart.
Loud caeors vera then given for Gen.
Garfield, as he retired from the platform
and his place was taken by other speak
ers. Ser atoT logan came in for a large
Share OF applause when he announced
that f-s', last, and all the time he had
been for the nominee or the republican |
party.