The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-10-19

which a great fortunate, prosperous and
powerful people looks back upon the men,
the action and the events which have deter
mined their destiny and made sure their
happiness2 In every FORM and with every
degree of interest and zeal, all such peoples
should insist that these glories of
their inheritance should never fade from
the eyes of themselves or their posterity,
They will mark the scenes where momen-
tous transactions have had their birth with
durable monuments; they will search out
and commemorate every noble purpose and
every virtuous act which have made up the
collective force and secured the general tri-
umph; they will emblaZon with their admir-
alton and their gratitude the names and
deeds of the illustrious actors in these great
affairs, and finally, they will swell the i'm
pulse and impressions of the heroic past,
which they will preserve and transmit to
their descendants with their own homage
and applause. These natural and necessary
sentiments and habits of a generous and
grateful people are constant and should be
perpetuated.
ION this very day one hundred years ago,
Congress issued proclamation disbanding
all the armies, and Washington, from
Princeton, under date of Nov. 3 1888, put
forth his farewell address to the armies OF
the United States These two rem arkable
papers embraced within their counsels, their
exhortations, their instructions, their warn
ings and their benedicton to the citizens and
soldiers of the whole country. They were at
once evidence and annunciation that the
great work of independence was accom-
piished and the nation was established. No
formal proclamatons no authenEc acts of
government could carry the weight. could
receive the attention, could pervade the
public mind, could animate the
hearts, could stimulate the con-
science, could control the conduct of
this people, passing from the wilderness into
their promised land as did these personal
words of their great leader. He stood--he
was to stand-upon the level of common
citizenship with themselves, but it was
citizenship which had been built up and
was to endure as a crown of glory to the
whole people, and an inheritance not to per-
ish till they had lost the virtues illustrated
and inculcated by Washington The inter-
est, the reverence that we feel as we recall
these great transactions, as we stand upon
the spot where they were enacted, center
from Washington. y
''Three wars have broken the peace he pro-
elaimed The war for neutrality, to COM
plete our independence by establishing our
right to be at peace, though other powers
sought to draw us into their wars; the war
for boundary, which pushed our limits to
the Pacific and rounded our territory; the
war for the constitution, which established
for this people that for them and forever,
liberty and union, are one and insepera-
ble.' These rolling years have shown
growth, forever growth, and strength, IN
creasing strength, and wealth, and numbers
ever expanding; while intelligence, freedom.
art, culture, and religion have pervaded and
ennobled all the material greatness. y
The Hallelujah chorus was given after the
Grafton, and Bishop Coke pronounced the
benedicton. The great crowd then scattered
to march by the band. The people en-
joyed themselves in their own way through
out the afternoon. In the evening there
was fine pyrotechnec display