Morning journal and courier., 1881-05-31

After few well timed complimentary words
the speaker drew a striking parallel between
Major Andre and Nathan Hale as to their
moral heroism, and especially with reference
to the difference between the honors shown
their respective memories. IF there was one
human quality which excited the admiration
of mankind, it was human courage. The
personal danger element was one explanation
of this admiration, but when the higher ele-
ment of self sacrifice entered into deeds of
prowess the admiration was greater. The
speaker referred in this strain, in Illustration,
to the young Napoleon whom the zulus killed
while he was practicing the art of war
to the great Corsican who pulled down king
doms and empires ;Fto Peter the Great and
John Churchill, England's great military
chieftain. No matter how these great cap
tains obtained their ends, or what were their
personal vices and crimes, the world paid
homage to their yaler. All the same they
were great; If there was military varnish out
side the platter, it mattersd not if inside
there were dead mems bones. The speaker
then in few eloquent words pictured Andre
and his capture There was young graduate
of Yale, who under disguise penetrated the
British camp. He, too, was arrested, tried
and hung as spy. He was in no completely
with traitors, he had no passport to protect
him. He went upon his perilous enterprise
undaunted, and his last words were, regret
that have but one life to lose for my coun-
try. The first was soldier by trade, the
second citizen soldier, volunteer for his
country in defence of the cause of liberty.
On the one hand Andres remains repose in
the worlds greatest temple, Westminster
Abbey; Hale's remains repose in an unknown
grave. Connecticut has honored Jonathan
Trumbull and Roger Minott Sherman. She
owes duty to Nathan Hale On this ami
versary of our country's martyrs, the speak
or would emphasize this claim.
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If it breaks not out in revolution it breaks
out in dynamite and otherwise. Nobility and
glory accord no opinion among men. I
think may truly say that no greater man
ever lived than Washington. The King of
Germany crowned himself Emperor of Prus-
STA, but while he did this General Grant rep
resented no one man. Neither Sherman or
Terry or any other-not even Farragut,
rushing madly into Mobile bay. It is the
men who carry muskets in war and cast
ballots In peace that saved this land from dis
ruption. Viewed in this light the triumph is
superb viewed as hero worship it is vulgar.
When the flag of Sumter fell the ruling
thrones OF the old world expected to see this
country disrupted from one end to the other,
but thank God, their hopes were crushed
In spite OF encouragement upon discourage
ment, and while the natl nal debt increased
at fearful rate and our coasts were infested
with blockade runners: yet our people of the
North stood firm. Our government has been
IN existence for century, and while thrones
and kingdoms have fallen we still exist as
united republic. The republic has nearly
trebled in number and extent of territory, and
not star has been struck from its flag but
instead we find mighty republic stretching
from ocean to ocean and depending
upon the consent of theuGovernment. Vet
Grams of the Grand Army of the Republic,
you have given US a new lease of existence
and nrnSnnrikv s1oh oS ho world hos
seen, and brought back nation of rebels to
the common cause and common glory of our
country. Of this great work of yours there
is already record, and jefferson Davis will
not be able to re-write or un-write it. We
recollect the struggle through which we
passed, and we trembled for the result. We
saw the triumphs and reverses and finally
crowned with victory at Appomattox, the
Union saved and liberty preserved. We saw
the tender ministration of womanhood, and
when the cloud raised and we saw this coun
try coming out of the Red Sea in triumph
we repented that we had not been with you
in your great triumph. Now, after the lapse
of many years, we are able to throw into the
result the great Importance of the
work On this Memorial day come up to us
all the fortunes of the checkered field. The
reverse, the capture, and finally Gods bless
ing on your work, the Union saved Bestow
the beautiful flowers on the graves of the de-
parted heroes. 1t is sacramental, sacrifcial,
and full of human pathos-
On the conclusion of Ex-Governor Hub
bard's address he was greeted with long and
continued applause.
'sInteger Vitae,' words by u.s. Dwight, was
next rendered by the High School choir ,com-
mencing,
Manly and gentle, pure and noble hearted,
Sweet were their days of peaceful youth and beauty
On the conclusion of the singing General
S1nof infr0duoo1 Tnlo,a1 D
Of Bridgeport, who delivered the following
poem
We are all growing older: How swift years have fed
Since we decked with first panses the graves of
Winter haired. low laid, is the patriarch's brow
And the whilom recruit" is a veteran" now.
And the infant in arms when his father went forth
To enroll with the legions that poured from the
To sense of a sad but proud orphanage grown,
Ranks among the chief mourners whose garlands are
strewn.
For the sire who begat him,-whose face he recalls
From the mute portraits only on home-stricken
In the grave by his kin, or unknown grave afsr,
Is the slumbering hero and martyr of war.
And the maiden, who gave the fresh-lipped volun-
The sweet kiss of Affection that parting to cheer,
From cheek half bereft of tn earlier bloom,
Drops her tears on the she brings to his tomb
And the wife, and the mother, whose husband whose
Paid the price of a life for the victory won,
Have come up from The depths of their sorrow to-
On heart-break to share one mere tribute to
pay.
And how some of us know strove by their side,
How our brave brothers fought, and unsefshly died
And how strangely commingled, the tears we must
Tears at with the living and tears for the dead
We all growing older Advanced on life's stage,
Every comrade shows marks of insidious age,
As he hopefully nears that delectable shore,
"here the amaranth blossoms and blooms evermore.
So rsen pass: Results, never How cheering the
That the words fifty spoken, the deeds nobly
Though these visible forms be resolved into clay,
Shall keep speaking, keep doing, till times latest
day.
Is our Jefferson mute? Is WASHINGTON dead?
Nay In recognized verify let it be said,
While the force call death hath its uttermos done
Their immortal mortality is but begun
For such possible boon there is avenue free,
In our ceasing to breathe need not cease to be-
But contribute to swell the m g1ihcent chime,
Ever ringing from out the cathedral of time
Look not back then, but onward, as fronting the
Opportunities marvellous challenge auazei
What dominion, outspread from sea-wave to sea-
Where our nag floats SOY ,reigns and mocks not
slavel
Here is home i" shouts Atlantic: "Come Europe's
oppressed:
Find The nurture ye crave, on Columbias breast !"
Here is home ]" sings Pacific 'sCome DER the broad
sea,
o, Monaghan stranger abide with the free !'
Here ia home ~ let savannahs and prairies resound!
Let the goldeLribbed mountains echo the sound!
Let the rivers laugh cheer they busily run,
And the lakes beck mig waters leap glad in the sun
Here is home I" list the shrek of the engine pro
claim:
s'Here" is home' rings the forge on itsi anvils
adane:
"Here is home !" cry the trowe the spade, and the
loom,
And the bountiful acres respond: Here is room!"
Here is homel" say the church, the asylum, the
school:
Here is home !" saith the State meath its popular
rule
.sHere home |" shout all voices Oh. hitherward
All ye peoples and tribes: @Here is home. here is
home ~
And this home-let its promise davelnp-tin when
1t becomes the earths vineyard for culture of
For SOM where Gods great purpose shall somehow
appear,
Let us wait its unfolding and hope for it here.
And the WHILE let the roses bloom over each grave
Of each ht 70 who perished his country to save:
To plant flowers of spring DER their ancestor there
And in village and city, let monuments tell
The proua story of men who SO calamity fell
In hoier cause, and more splendidly won;
han at famed Waterloo, at famed Marathon.