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driving the German soldiers from their homes 10
hight for George the Third" And he sent these
burning words through Germany: "What new
madness sthis2 Alas, miserable men. you burn
down, not the camp of an enemy, but your own
hopes GermansI what brand do you suffer TO be
put upon your fOreheads? You war against peo-
pie who have never wronged you ; who fight for Il
righteous cause, and set you the noblest pattern.
They break their chains-imltate their example.
Have you not the same claim TO honor and right as
your princes? Yes, without doubt Men stand
higher than princes. of all rulers. conscience Is
the highest. You, peoples, that are cheated, hum
bled, and sold, fly 10 America. There embrace
your brothers. Iu the ample spaces which they
open 10 suffering humanity learn The be free
and happy, The nrt 10 apply social institutions 10
the advantage OF every member OF society. such
were the PrOmetnean hands that bore the torch of
lberty,-hghted al the American atar,-aInong the
crushed nations of the Old World.
These are but a few of the feeble glances We
would east at the consequences OF the battle oil
Remington. as they begin 10 reveal themselves in
the inevitable evolution of the inal triumph OF
sef-eovernment all over the earth.
This beautiful city, therefore-lovely In lis site,
thus patriotic in Its associations, and historic in IL
self and surrounding-seems spot especially APP
pre- prla.e in which the re-assembled survivors OF
our mighty conflict may meet-in unity in peace, IN
joy-aInid the Astounding Inequalities of the Sover-
eign state, and recount their glorious memories
embrace the exhilarating present and hail the grand
results now budding for the future.
our late Civil Conflict. how sadi 1t was not 10
repel foreignnvason. TWAS not against strangers
in blood nor In associations In the ranks of our
enemy, we recognized many familiar faces, and
counted many well known names-names inter-
the nation glorious in the successes of our arms.
Many had drank Al the founis of our Northern in
stturons, and formed ties Of friendship with North
ern families In the war of the Revolution the North
and the South stood stoutly together In ls2, both
rallied in the common defense. Side by
officers and men, at Palo Alto and
Resaca De La Palma, at Cerro Gordo and
Buena Vista, at Contreras and Churubusco,
al Monterey, Puebla and Chapultapec, they
had displayed II common galantry against a com
mon foe. There, in the same cause, there. under
the same nag. fought Bragg and Wool, Beauregard
and Buell., Sterling. Price and Nathaniel Lyon,
I.ongs,reet and Meade, Joseph f. Johnston and
Joseph Hooker, Hill and Reynolds, E.Kirby Smith
aud William B. Franklin, Ewel and Kearny, Pill
low and Thomas Early and Hancock, Davis and
Scott, Lee and Grant.
We had the same history and the same traditions
We took pride in the same great achievements, OF
peace, and of war. We lived under, and venerafed
the same Constltution-that amazing capitalization
Of governmental policy, which they and we Jointly
contributed 10 form We presented one front 10 the
world We had a country which laid either hand
upon an ocean, and on the North embraced the blue
waters Of the lakes, and, on the South, the pillows
OF the Gulf. our soil and climate kindly fostered
every seed after his kind, land God saw that II was
good" Our national characteristics were as grand
and various as our climate-the inventive genius,
the commercial sagacliy, the persistent industry,
the regard for law and human rights, which dis
tingulShed the Morth-the craftsmanship oil the
South, its Inequalities warmed Into profuson ny
its fervid sun-the broad views, the unconyentlon-
al freedom. the adventurous spirit OF the West
free. boundless, and untrammeled Us It's own ocean
prairies.
We came into life amongst the nations proclaim
ing, with our young lips, the new and divine truth
destined finally 10 disrobe kings and break their
sceptres-a truth which, first breaking into express
sion al Menlon, Massachusetts,; then taking form
In Chester County, Pennsylvania; and afterwards
confirmed al Mecklenhurg, in North Carolina,-was
seized on and moulded by the pen of q Nirginlan
decentralization in its simplicity, vasl IN its
comprehension-the enfranchisement OF man
Ave hold these truths to be self-evldent That
all men are created equal that they are endowed
by their Creator with certain unallenable rights !,
that among these are life liberty and the pursuit OF
ham hiatt rh.aA Itrbf AEaFu
ments instituted among men, deriving their
just powers from the consent Of the governed"
This was a revelation which II would havebeen
high treason 10 have spoken ut any court IN Europe.
''Such men,' said Stewart, already qGoiett-'such
men as Milton, a Sidney and Russell, in their
musings upon the rights Of humanity, had caught
gllmpses of this truth-shadowy and underlined,
like the vision which passed before the face Of
EllphaZ. the Ienante-i spirit passed before MN
but the form thereof was not discerne1. They had
prophetic revelations of the dawning OF a better
day. Looking down the vast future, they beheld
ON those plains OF the land OF the setting sun, be-
yond the wilderness OF waters, where Hesperus
trenbles on the borders of the circling heavens,
Man. in the full possession Of the great charter Of
| his rights"
The South had Illuminated our pathway as a ma
ton, in word and deed. I'VE claim, said Webster,
part OF the honor We partake In the pride of her
| great names. We claim them for countrymen, one
| and all. The Laurenses, the Rutledges, the Pinck-
neys, the Sumpters, the Observation-Disclosures all.
| In their day AMI generation they served and hon.
ored the country, and The whole country and their
renOwn Is of The treasures OF the whole country"
And they, too, partook in the pride, and shared
in the honor, and had the benefit of the service Of
great names for we, at the North, had done,
MUCH had nj least done our part, for the advance
ment OF the nation IN agriculture, in commerce, in
arts, in law, III literature in heroi5n. We gave
them the Spelling-book, and taught them as well
| the principles of cur language ly Soah Webster,
the schoo-naster. as the true construction of the
Constitution, by Daniel Webster, the expounder.
We gave them the steam-engine, and their ships.
| We gave them the cettOn-gin, which made their
cotton king TIL madly they discrowned him. We
l fhprnr rail- nlha md al
II was a soldier from Rhode Island, who at
Euiaw, rescued Georgia and South Carolina from
the grasp of Britain, Of whom wrote the Chevaier
De Ia Luzerne in reference to this campaign ::
''Other generals subdue their enemy by the means
which their sovereign or country furnishes them !;
but Greene appears 10 reduce his enemy by his own
| means. lie commenced his campaign without an
army, provisions or military stores. He has asked
for nothing since. And yet scarcely post arrives
| from the South that does not bring intelligence OF
some advantage gained over the foe. He conquers
by magic. History furnishes no parallel TO this
While, in the National chaplet, we see the names
of Jefferson and Madison, Of Patrick Henry and
The Father We also see, woven In leaves as fair
and colors as enduring those Of Otis and Hancock,
OF Warren and Franklin, of Adams and Hamilton.
In this constitutional compact and proud career,
the century was coming to an end. A short time
would have rounded a hundred years. Why, o,
why should the South try TO sever these centennial
ties destroy this heritage, break into fragments this
extended power roll back the nation into darkness
and woe: That Curse,-which leaves Its lasting
trail wherever II may go; whose influences man
can not abolish, nor Deity efface; which now,
ihrcnSh , Two deca-s q freedom bans its country
which Will not forget, but still hugs the despOtism
II created, and would yet If II could part families
rs herds whose leaders, even now, mourn the
Wilderness Of the country, and claim that they
live under an ARMED neutrality,"-this is
the Caitir ! arralgn, as seeking to domin-
ate the Government, TO control elections,
TO shut the mouth of freedom, to spread its balefu
breath over the fair domain of the North and West,
framework the Republic, because the people, IN
their uIchaenged sovereignty, dared 10 snow their
| ballot-boXes full with the now sacred name Of
Abraham Lincoln! The stern alternative was pre-
sented US, TO surrender or to fight. Expediency
had failed, and compromise was exhausted. The
issue came up bold, defiant and unavoidable. Could
patriots hesitate, or freemen doubt? Hence, a mil
lion Of men under the turf. For this, wealth of
money, OF time, OF labor, was expended, which
would have channeled wide the mountains OF the
Isthmus; which would have founded and endow-
ed more seats Of learning than the world now holds
and which, with works OF Improvement, would
have glatdened all the land.
In no otner way could this demon be exercised.
Man could devise no other, and God chose other
since lie has ordained that progress should be made
through Far strife and conflict are the forerun-
ners OF prosperity and peace Micheal, HIS captain,
fought for the Majesty Of Heaven. When Israel
wrough. her freedom, she could only gain n,-as all
great achievements of freedom have since been
gained,-through the Red Sea-
The normal state OF nature IS one OF antagonism
Adverse forces never cease to work The celestial
bodes-from asteroids TO sun5-are held IN orbit by
opposing powers Earthquakes break the primal
rocks, AMI the waters hiss rom central fires.
Clouds meet in the open fields OF air, and fight their
battles. The hurricane sweeps man and forest 10 Il
common ruin.
Throughout the lower kingdoms, the stronger
war and feed on the weaker-the lion in the jungle,
leviathan In The sea, the eagle in the air-down
through the Invisible ranges OF animal life. We
could not survive upon the earth If that law were
repealed; ..---,..-.
illustration of this ever-working law OF opposition.
Even his own person IS trust from the Almighty,
which he Ii bound 10 honor and protect and So to
INVASION. Victory defeat makes Ills MS
tory. The sword, from earliest time, has been the
nnal arblter. The very genius oil invention,-stir-
ing from club and bow and sharpened stonc-now,
on and land, controls most fearful forces, AMI
multlplies the agents OF destruction. Forged
globes of metal ny through the air, and explosive
engines, mysreriously guided ply III the unsuspect
ing depths OF the sea. Man wars not only on his
kind, but on and in himself. The combat RACES in
his own blood His whole life, from birth TO death,
is desperate fight with physical and morals ills =
with poverty, climate, hunger. disease; with the
unyledng laws Of matter; with the greed, selfish
ness and ambition of his fellow: with his pas
sions. Cities are In rivalry and States III oppo--
ton merchant is arrayed against merchant, trades
men clash, commerce completes law Is II civil bal
fefell Tho whole world il aitrition and collision
and without sacrifice OF blood there Is no remission
of sins. The great Salvador Himself, announced
the object Of his mission In those terrific words e"
came hot 10 send peace, but sword" The uni
verse swarms with the enemies OF man, and he has
no friend hut God.
The mighty factor of war, pervading creation.
however we may dcplore, We cannot disregard.
This inscrutable law OF aniagonism denes our COM
prehension. The axis OF the universe Is charged
with opposite poles, representing good and evil,
heaven and he'll and these are Us sure TO attack
as positive and negative electricities. We know
not why We know not how. But this We gather
that, representing the right there have arisen con-
tingences In the past, when II was duty-therc
may arise contingencies in the future when 1t will
he luiy-to light when, Henry said, IAN appeal
10 arms and to the God OF Hosts is all that Is left
And so. through the Red Sea, the armies OF the Re-
public had 10 marcha sea which patriot aS well as
rebel blood was called on TO incarnadlne.
This Society can well AFFORD 10 pay hearty trlb-
ute To its cua,ijuiOr the American Navy. When
the war began, though the Navy had coast line of
over ffteen thousand miles To guard, yet, through
IA long pondcred treason, is6ad become diminished
and dismantled. As our troops were desgnedly
scattered the ends Of the country, So few and
long-worn war-ships were dispersed TO the ends OF
the earth. That Navy had won renOwn IN MANY II
famous hight. Never, on The waters, had been seen
a more inspired daring, greater resources of inven-
ton, more absolute devotion TO cause and coun-
nv Witness the deeds Of Hull and Lawrence, Of
Bainbriige Truxton, Prebe and Decatur those
,launiless heroes OF the brine John Paul Jones,
with n nature as tender womans. yet, on his
single ship, dened the English Navy at her very
ports Perry, his own ship shattered and sinking
his horse shot under him, a lAnISnlln might