Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-05-31

way that frequently amused his auditors.
In conclusion the speaker put the query,
In what twenty years of its history has the
republic advanced as it has during tho
past twenty? The wat gave mental i'm.
petus in places where it was formerly be-
lieved not to exist !; awakened self rcli-
ance, enterprise and action, luickcned in
ventive genius, educated business men,
increased manufactures and developed
character. In this view of the matter can
we say tho war was only q scOurge? Men
who think calmly upon the results as they
are brought face to face with them, may
freely confess that the great conflict was
not an unmixed evil. Out OF it has come
great good and will come greater good.
The men whose graves VIC decked O-day
gave their lives in cause that has done
much to enhance the glory and honor of this
country. AS VIC turn our faces to the fu-
ture, never forgetting the past-GOd for
bid that wo should forget it let US DO
ready should occasion or necessity demand
it, to lay down our lives with the same
willingness and hcrOism that character
lied our fallen comrades. Let us thank
God that he has given us heritage to
hand down to our children. Let us be
true to ourselves, true to our country,
true to our God. and make tho future of
this country what these men died to make
it.
General Beaver spoke for all hour with
only occasional reference to page of notes
that lay Oh tho table. His manner is easy
and delivery fluent and pleasant, and he
holds himself without apparent effort ON
his crutches as he talks, his body slightly
inclined backward. IIe was listened to with
close attention and frequently applaudcd,
his local references being well received and
his complimentary illusions to the G. A.
X. post and the number of old soldiers it
comprised being especially relished.
At the conclusion of the address the
band played "Auld Lang Syne'' and a
rafting quickstep, after which the audi
cnce slowly dispersed, many remaining
behind to shake General Beavers hand.
At the Stevens house subsequently 4
number of people called to pay their re.
spects.
MARTIN AT MARIETTA
He Pays HIS Compliments to the so,dier In
Politics.
L. X. Martin, esq.,, the we'll known In
dependent Republican,, of this city, was
the orator of the day at Marietta and in
the course of his speech he paid his com.
pliments to the soldier element in politics
and to the clap-trap which has been re.
sorted to on this subject by politicians
who had ends of their own to
serve. After briefly reviewing the
causes and results of the war, he singled
out Garfield as the best type of the citizen
soldier, and in a eulogy Of his course as 4
statesman and publicist he Indirectly gave
General Beaver some very hard raps,
though the mailed hand was deity cover
cred with velvet.
The speaker declared that at Garfield S
death Z" most of us sat down to read the
sad bulletin, painfully aware that
God had left no one to carry
| QUIT high-sOuled purposes, his lofty
determination to redeem the people from
the same lawless spirit of faction which in
| rcd handed murder had stricken from tho
presidential seat one SO sigpaliy equipped
| for the great responsibilities OF the hour
and place. Yes, we trusted it would have
been he which should have redeemed
Israel And even after the grave swat.
lowed up his remains, while reason and
experience bade our hopes 'be still,
somehow we ielt as if the great personality
he had stamped upon our public life could
not all DO effaced in the brief term OF one
successor, or that someone would some
where take up his unfinished work and
the country would become the ibheritOr of
legacy, not of hate and strife, such as
Andrew johnson left it, but of honor and
manhood such as Garfield intended to be
queath it,"
In review of GarGeld's course at Chi
cago Mr.. Martin specially extolled his
defense of the West Virginia delegates
who refused to agree in advance to abide
by the decision of the convention. When
Garfield arose on that occasion it was not
"tO betray the sentiments Of his constitu
ents and abuse his noble powers that
success might follow fawning, for he
spnrned duplicity and heated treachcry.
Not to WELD the party lash, that he might
stifle honest sentiment and throttle con
viction on the threshold Of duty, for he
Was himself a man of the most powerful
convictions and fearless utterancc. Not
to break down the unwritten law of the
nation and strike at the foundation of her
liberties cemented in so much blood and
sacrifice, for he revered as q sacred obi
CATION the doctrines which had met the
approval ola century Of experiment, and
commended themselves to the prayers OF
five generations"
And in conclusion Mr. Martin addressed
himself to the soldier in politics us fol-
| lows:
He in 10 sense belonged to that class oi
| good men who are useful to bad men. He
| would wear no mans collar. Thank
God, the people of Ohio never require
that humiliating condition in their states
men He consented to no mans success
| by loaning his laurels that he might re-
ceive secondary place. His voice was
ever for truth and honor and self-respect
and manhood, and when the last scene
of all came, ''whcn tho silver cord was
snapped and the golden bowl was
broken" and \ sOrrOwing nation stood
| about his bier, our comrade, James
A. Garfield, ended his superb career with
the respect Of men, and, do l say too
much, if 1 add with tho approval of AL
mighty God? Look at that life when men
come to you, my fellow soldiers, and ask
you to serve their selfishness because your
unselfishness in the hour of danger has
made you available" There is no dan
ger that environs you SO great as the
honOrs that men want to heap upon you,
that they may succeed in their own schemes
through the use of your record. All
political parties now. a-days seem to be
bent on using the soldiers name to adorn
their tickets. 1t is a delusive snare,
unless it comes, as such things
rarely come, on the score of merit.
This anxiety for you and me and all of us
on the part of the politicians, reminds mo
of a story once heard of a Mississippi
!! steamboat captain. He was a very pro-
fame man. One day his steamboat grounded
on mud bank near little town, and
there she stuck, ono end in the water and