National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1882-06-10
PlTKtN,s ELoouENoE.
Tho Young Orator OF Louisiana Mt th'
Chartueftr S,cinctcrv.


One Of the most eloquent orations on Decoration
Day was TINT delivered by United States Marshal
J. X. g. Pithdn, of Louisiana, at the Cholmette
Cemetery New orleans The eX-cOnftderates
participated, and furnished many OF the flowers TO
s!rew upon tho graves Of the Union dead. Colonel
PitkIn in the course Of his remarks said;
When tho spaniard held the New Orleans cato
OF the Mississippi with an arbitrary hand, inc
West was impatient ~ enforce remonstranoe by
arms when the confederacy attempted the expert
ment upon q larger scale, the West grown meai-
time to giant, swept down TO maintain tho
nations right to the river through TO the sea.
The right arm of the Republic smote of the
for the nonce simply, nor Tor The west simply but
for the nation whereof every state, South and
North, is an integral aud indssolublo pnri. The
mud. bar Is nh obstacle, as was hostile fort the
snng Y peril as was torpedo; the periodical
overplus of water is ns desolating ns was the
march Of an amy and the nation that reared
grim embnu kments TO maintain Its paramount
claim TO It's river should be less ready 10 ftly
by Levels against the mutlnics OF its river. Spade
and pile driver are respectively the second RELIEF
of the nations rifle aud cannon. The nations
stout fist has relaxed 10 warm open palm, with
which, we, may hope, 1t will discharge the duty
lodged In It's authority over the liver. Commerce
Is the breath Of this lung and should nurture
aud re. establish the health of enfeoblod Valley
States as wholesome atmosphere may repair =
wasted human frame, thickening its tissue and
hardening Its bone.
Let u.s. my countrymen, in view OF the cost, the
dismiss QUE old fcuds aud reveal the temper OF
Atrlcanus, who confronted his Judges ANA eX-
claimed: This is the anniversary of my victory
OF IIma; let us return thanks to the DDS instead
oil sitting wrangling here" Aud the Senate, car
ried away by the recollection, forbUfe his trial
Neatly three centuries uro, in the assault upon
| Neluwc Fortress, before Zgtphen, Edward stanley
| sprhng at the long pike which Il Spanish soldier
| thrust forth at HIM from the wall. Each yainly
strovc 10 dislodge 1t from the Others grasp, but
Stanley suddenly suffered the Spauiard TO lit him
| from the earth, mounted by pressing his feet
| against tho wall leaped with drawn blade ovci
the parapet, and with his excited followers, who
| clanlbered up over each others shoulders, soon
mastered the garrison. The Union pix, of which
| the confederate sought TO dlsarm the Nation,
| pulled him back To the Nations heart-and
| know that could this sorry waste OF vulor, glad
| heart, and young life find voice to-day II would
| aud God bless him."
| While between these ranks Of marble bucklers
uplhrust from the cal tn, aud the soldier who no
| tirclcss watch and ward upon his marble path II
Greenwood, the winds shall for years bear rccipro-
| cal and gracious messages Of peace, muy we, the
| living, be kindled with devout motive and d
catholic sense of lSnship, anu nccost each other IN
| our civic qunrrels as did the banshcd Atistide'
his old rival ThemistoclcS at grave crises of TIL
Greeks Let lis still be rivals Uut let our strife b.
| which best may serve our cOuntryV