Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1880-10-30

-l Thursday of last week about 200 veter-
ans, mostly from Cuyahoga county Ohio,
visited General Garfield at Mentor, who
addressed them as follows:
COMRADES: Any man that can see l.
200 comrades in his front door yard has
as much reason to be proud as for any,
thing that can well happen to him in
this world. After that has happened. he
need not much care what else happens,
or what else doesn't happen. To see
twelve hundred men from almost every
regiment of the state, and from regi-
ments, and brigades, and divisions of al
most every other state; to see the CONSOLE
dated field report of the survivors of the
war sixteen years after it was over, is
great sight for any man to look on. [
greet you all with gratitude for this
visit. Its personal compliment is great.
But there is
ANOTHER THOUGHT
In 1T, far greater than that to me and
greater to you. Just over yOnder, about
ten miles, when l was mere lad, heard
the first political speech of my life. It
was speech that Joshua R. Giddings
was making. He had come home to ap-
peal to his constituents. A southern
man drew pistol on him while he was
speaking in favor of human liberty, and
marched oyer toward him to shoot him
down, to stop his speech and quench the
voice of liberty. / remember but one
thing that the old hero said in the course
of that speech, so long ago, and it was
this: Il knew l was speaking for liberty,
and felt that, if the assassin shot me
down, my speech would still 90 on and
triumph" Well, now, gentlemen. these
twelve hundred and the hundred times
twelve hundred, the million of men that
went out into the field of battle to fight
for our Union,
FELT JUST AS THAT SPEAKER FELT.
that, if they should all be shot down. the
cause of liberty would go on. You all.
and the Union, felt that around you, and
behind you was force and a cause. an
immortal truth that would Outlive your
bodies and mine, and survive all our
'brigades, and all our armies, and all our
battles. Here you are to-day in the
same belief. We shall all die, and yet
we believe that, after us, the immortal
truth for which we fought will live in
united nation, a united people, against
all factions, against all sections, against
all divisions, so long as there shall be a
continent of rivers, and mountains, and
lakes. 1t was that great belief that lift
ed you all up into the heroic height of
great soldiers in the war; and it is that
belief that you cherish to-day and carry
with you
IN ALL OUR PLGRnAGES
and in all your reunions. In that great
belief and in that inspiring faith
meet you and greet you to-day, and with
it we will go on to whatever fate has in
store for us all. thank you, comrades,
for this demonstration of your faith,
and confidence, and regard for me.
Why, gentlemen, this home of mine will
never be the same place again. am
disposed to believe that man does not
take everything away from place when
he takes his body away. 1t was said
that, long after the death of the first
Napoleon, his soldiers believed that, on
certain anniversary days, he came out
and reviewed all his dead troops, he him.
self being dead; that he had a midnight
review of those that had fought and fell
under his leadership. That, doubtless,
was figment OF the Imagination, but
ISHALL LOVE TO BELIEVE
that in all time hereafter the character
and spirit and impressions of my COM
rades live on this turf, and under these
trees, and in this portal, and it will be a
part of my c0mradeship in all days to
come. And now, gentlemen, l thank
you with all my heart.
THE official figures at the various
county seats in Ohio show that Nell
vaine, Republican candidate for Supreme
Judge, has a majority of 23,O41 over Fol-