Daily Republican., 1880-09-07

| Whiqn sDal. robe the blessed dead.
sPsalm 6S 10.
Garfield Makes u speech nj n Sol
diers' Reunion in Ohio,
| At the soldiers reunion In Canton
Ohio, on Wednesday last, Gen. Garfield
spoke ss follows :
SOLDIERS AND FELLOW CITIZENS Sew
era, month ago promised to come her'
today and deliver an address; but late
ly got the promise to speak Cancelled
and came here as soldier and 8
comrade, to see you and enjoy this
great meeting. Still, will say word
or two II can have your attention and
as much silence as Is possible in these
forests-the forest that God made, and
the forest Of men and women that you
have brough@Aere to day. Hook upon
this stand andthis great mass o! people
aud | ask myself what has the war
done for us? Why, in the first place,
II has brought these thousands OF men
Ia. know each other that never would
have known each other out for the war.
The man who just addressed you, the
chisi Executive Of the United States,
saw Rrs. as q major Of the Twenty. Sec
oud Regiment in Camp Chase, going
out Of his law office, just getting ready
to do duty for his country in the great
struggle. And you know what he has
done. Here turning TO Gen. Sherman ]
sits auother man. saw him first on
the field Of Shiloh, on q horse l6 or IL
hands high, and he seemed 70 be l6 or
IS feet high himself.
Laughter and great applause, He
had q handkerchief wound about his
finger, bloody with his own blood. l
saw him and his finger for the first time
in the middle Of the fight F.; but that
finger Of fTecunssh Sherman before very
long got to be heavier than the loins
OF the whole rebellion could bear. Loud
applause. And here Is Stanley Mat
thews, whom saw also for the first
time in that great struggle for the
Union. And here is Henderson, whom
you all know, that was lifted up to the
heroic proportions Of man Of war and
did his duty nobly. And here Is Sam
Beatty, OF your own town, who hono1ed
Stark county and the Republic by his
work In the war.
Applause Here are these regiments,
these thousands, these soldiers, who
went out unknown to fame. Those
who came back are enrolled on the
tablets Il immortal heroism for their
country. Here they are to day to meet
each other, to greet each other, to re-
joice over the work they accomplished
and the Republic they saved.
Now, fellow,citizsns, hear here and
there Of man who speaks Of these re.
unions and the spirit that peryades
them as sectional. In the name OF every
soldier who fought, deny it. There
is nothing more national In all this
Republic than the spirit that saved the
Union. [Applauss. Voices, "That's
SOL
We went out believing in that doc
trine Of geometry that the whols is
greater than any of the parts, and
equal to all the parts put together,
aud 1t the Union is greater than any
State voices, eyes, Sir" and greater
than any part Of the UAion however
large. [App!ause and cries OF Good."] J
We fought for the whole Union, and
the spirit that animated us was the
spirit Of natio ality against the spirit
OF sectionalism; and in defending the
truths for which wG fought We ara ma
tionsl to the core and sectional In
nothing. 1t was sectionalism against
which we fought, and the spirit OF
grand, united nationality which we de-
Tended, and will defend while we live.
[Great applause Now, therefore, In
the presence Of soldiers, in the pres
enos o. their leaders, in the presence
of these flags and under them, we as
sert the nationality of our spirit-the
broad, embracing, bene6cent nationali-
ty Of the whole country.
What is more national as q material
thing than the Mississippi river We
made that river Of our people from
Fort Benton far up by the British line
down to the Gulf, and every wave,
every drop from the lakes Of the far
North goes singing Of the Union all the
way until it joins the tropical ocean,
[applause] and we made the song Of
the Unien ring along its banks and
made the people tha! inhabit its shores
one people, trust for evermore.
The great mountain chains that God
made are one and We made the people
aud the Government that dwell on
these mountains, in these valleys, one
like the ccean-one like the everlasting
hills, and we will be one with them
forever.
And nov, soldiers and fellow citizens,
thank you for myself that we are
able to stand together this late day
after our triumph and rejoice lat those
who died did not die in vain; that
those who live did not struggle and
suffer in vain, and that the old flags
that have come back torn witt the con.
test are full Of the glory of the Repub-
ic and the victory II won. Goodbye.
Cheers and applause !
A Ctvla suit.