The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1882-07-06

siasm, with devotion never excelled
with an eXaltation and purity of pur-
pose never equaled, this grand army
Fought the battles Of the Republic,
for the preservation of this Nation,
for the destruction of slavery. These
soldiers, these sailors on land and sea,
disheartened by no defeat, discouraged
by no obstacles, appalled, by no dan
ger, neither paused nor swerved until
a stainless flag, without a rival, hoated
over all our broad domain, and un-
til every human being beneath its
folds was absolutely free. Thunders
of applause.
The great victory for human rights,
the greatest Of all the years, had been
won by the Union men of the North,
by the Union men Of the South, and
by those who had been slaves Lib
erty was national, slavery was dead.
[ Applause. The flag for which the
heroes fought, for which they died, is
the symbol of all we are, Of all we
hope to be. 1t is the symbol Of equal
rights. 1t means free hands, free lips,
self-government and the sovereignty
Of the individual. Applause. It
means that this continent has been
dedicated to freedom; it means uni
versal education, light for every mind,
knowledge for every child. It means
that the school house is the fortress
of liberty: 1t means that Govern
ments derive their just powers from
the consent of the governed; that
each man is accountable to and for
Government, and that responsibility
goes hand in hand with liberty. APP
plause. 1t means that it is the duty
of every citizen to bear his share Of
the public burden, to take part in the
affairs of his town, his county, his
State and his country. It means that
the ballot-box is the ark Of the cove
nant, that the source of authority
must not be poisoned. Cheers. It
n cans the perpetual right to peaceful
revolution. 1t means that every citi-
zen of TIE Republic, native or natu-
rallied, must be protected at home, in
every State, abroad in every land, on
every sea. It means that all distinc-
tions based on birth or blood heve
perished from our laws; that our Gov
ernment shall stand between labor
and capital, between the weak and
the strong, between the individual
and the corporation, between want
and wealth, and give and guarantee
simple justice 10 each and all. APP
plause. 1t means that there shall be
a legal remedy for every wrong. 1t
makes national hospitality, that we
must welcome to our shores the exiles
of the world and that we may drive
them back. Some may be deformed
by labor, dwarfed by hunger, broken
in spirit, victims of tyranny and cast,
in whose sad faces may be read the
touching record Of a weary life, and
yet their children, born Of liberty and
love, will be symmetrical and fair, in
telligent and free. Applause. That
flag is the emblem Of a supreme will,
of Nations power; beneath its folds
the weakest must be protected and
the strongest must obey. Cheers. I
1t shields and canopies alike the lof-
tiest mansion and the rudest hut.
That flag was given to the air in the
Revolutions darkest days. It repre-
sents the sufferings of the past, the
glorious yet to be, and like the bow
Of heaven, it is the child Of storm and
sun. The day is sacred to the great
heroic host who kept this flag above
our heads, sacred to the living and
the dead, sacred to the SCARED and
MANNED, sacred to the wives who gave
their husbands, to the mothers who
gave their sons. Applause.
Here in this peaceful land of ours
here where the sun shines, where
flowers grow, where children play
millions of armed men battled for the
right, and breasted on a thousand
fields the iron storm Of war. These
brave, these incompatible men formed
tie first Republic. They fulfilled the
prophecies, they brought to pass the
dreams, they realized the hopes that
all the gre' and good and wise and
just have made and had since man was
man, cheers |, but what of those who
fell? They fought, they died, and
for the first time since man has kept
a record Of events, the heavens bent
above and domed a land without a
serf, a servant or a slave. Long con-
tinued applause.