The semi-weekly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1879-1882, 1881-08-08
THE LATE VAR.

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The following in relation to the re-
bellion Is taken from speech delivered
By HERBERT W. EDMuNDs, Esq, of
Mount Holly at Camden, on July 4tb,
1881, before VIM, B. Hatch Post,
G.. A. r. .s
We were 10th to 60 10 war, father
was 10th to STAY his son, brother was
10th TO- STAY his brother we tried to
ward off the stroke but tried in vain;
the blow at length fell and the free
banner waving from the staff of Sump-
ter was torn by sh OF and shell; at the
FIRST sound Of the cannon a mighty
nation arose in all its gigantic power,
arose to prove that there was some
thing in Union beside the mere name,
arose to show that an insult to that
flag could be expiated only at the cost
Of blood; stars had been torn from
our banner, they must now be re-
placed; the tattered and torn flag Of
Sumpter was raised aloft and around
~ ron essly siue Poursu .ne
patriot army clad in Union blue and
determined to- follow that flag into
.ne nesIe 2, tae casiuy coun.ly'
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tug ia'nsi 70 u'o " : So'y neu =
pa''ls, unuel ing Aylus lV'asloh sns
Stars ana stripes mn, my y llvs ~
see u oenonoreu: ne people were 9
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reason were useless, ipe s% ,a IVA, was
tne ouiy a'. ,sHns e, a1o Wen W. slvm
the ro Mt !; ~. e KS. yss' came .ne
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ra'ner faaam, snIee hunorea
tnousano more our innapi'ants gave
out g the Worid IN tnas cry mat
Tor the nonor Q, tneir country; tney
would support tne req wnite ana Diue'
70 the last ldoini ~ Ineif treasury, 70
the las. arop o. tneir hearts Diood.
And fellow citizens Y Y . pleasure %
me to reeah tne PAY wnlcn new
jersey took ~ nay 4 t'me, ana nas
taken ever since our coqntr : p PIT J: !;
we as Jerseymen ought 70 ieei proud
OF CUR patlye state Il Is pleasure
20 me 70 KNOW tnat 10 the last war
several Of the bravest regiments, these
which dld the most determined night
ing, we're regiments from New Jersey.
l would IKE 70 recall 20 your minds
one instance, that 10 this, when west
ern pennsylvania was invaded. P1ila-ii
delphia, Harrisburg aud their other
large cities were threatened, every
thing was excitement and apprehen-
sion; everything in a state OF alarm,
recruiting officers were busy at their
work, and all was chaos and confu-
sion; 10 the midst OF all this the on
ward tread OF marching feet and the
sound Of martial music was heard,
louder and louder, nearer and nearer.
"What is III" vas asked on every
side. "Why it must be the Jersey
boys" Yes, and SO 1t was, and the
Jersey boys, bearing at their head the
standard OF right and liberty marched
through Philadelphia, before Phila-
delphia raised man. VIII mot
dwell upon that war, the result we
we'll know, we know that after four
long years OF blood, the doye:ot peace
again lowered over us, the national
strains OF Hail Columbia, and The.
Star Spangled Banner again burst
upon the ears OF our people, and the
old hag-God bless it forever-still
floats upon the air, over every city,
town, village and hamlet and unturls
it folds to the balmy winds OF heaven.
Thank God, the war Is over and
peace feigns supreme over our land;
from the graves OF our heroic dead,
from our countrys triumph IN the
past, and from ner needs Tor the
present and the future, there springs
eyen nobler inspiration which will
honor every heart that receives IT,,
That is the Heaven born spirit Of re-
Cancellation and forgiveness; they are
as important, AZ vital to our country's
interest as ever we're. heroism' and
valor in the moments of her supreme
peril. There is to-day no higher
command laid upon the citizen or the
soldier than to promote . complete
harmony between the once alienated
sections of our common country If