Morning journal and courier., 1884-06-19

and touching appelation, ''ths soldiers friend.n The strain on mind and body was intense, The equipment and forwarding of troops required constant activity. He was frequently in camp, looking after the welfare of the recruits. Not regiment left the State but he was present at it's departure, bidding 1t God speed and inspiring it with words of lofty cheer" Not regiment returned from the field that he did not welcome back to the State. It was no easy thing for him to ac- cept regiment after regiment of the bravost and best of Connecticut's young men, and Hend them forth to battle in the full sssur- ance that many of them would only return wrapped in tue flag they had died to sustain. How his sympathetic heart must have been wrung with grief ss in all parts of the State he followed to the grave those who had fallen in ths fight and were brought home to rest in the ssPulchre of their fath- CTS, Sad days fearful hours were those-to none more so than to Governor Buckingham. But whatever others might do, he must not falter Whatever Encouragement others might feel, he must be ever hopeful.
 Few men maintained through all the vicis- situdes of the war the same undoubtang con- fidence in final victory as he. Here his grand faith sustained him. For him
 s"ro doubt would be disIoyalty,
 To falter would bs sin."
 Other quotations were given from Cover nor Buckipgham's message illustrating his firm unwavering faith in God and the cause of the Union, even in the darkest hours Of defeat and gloom and when with foes in the field there was half hearted support, and worse at home. In the darkest hour his charac- ter,shone brightest. Whoever faltered orl lost hope, Buckingham never did; whoever else proved faithless, there was for Buckingham 8 ''God over all, blessed forever" whom he could trust to the end. All honor to. bis moro than Roman, his godly Hrmness; all Ty he nf Hannaaffnuk hn ft,R- lowed where he led the way; all honors to the 5, GOO brave soldiers of Connecticut who conquered peace, a peace which shall endure. country reunited, 8 race en- franchised, nation great, glorious and pro- gressive; these are the fruits of the spirit which would not hearken to the ignominious cry of peace in our own borders. Probably no one of the ''war governors" was more re- lied upon by the President than Buckingham and concluding the speaker said:
 In 1868 he was called Co represent his State in the Senate of the United States. He was faithful representative, Senator wor- thy of the place, 8 Senator whose only ambi ton was to act rightly and be useful in his station. He won the regard of his fellow Senators as he had already won the love of his constituents by a spotless walk, patriot ic purpose, by devotion to duty.
 When the Senate joined with the State in mourning his loss 8 brother Senator, now gone to his rest, said of him:
 ''Sir, I should wrong the memory of Gov ernor Buckingham and grieve his truthful spirit only that his spirit is beyond the reach of grief, if I should neglect to bear testimony to one ehing: There is in this unbelieving generation a loud, if not 6 large, element, desperate, if not devilish, hoping nothing here and fearing nothing hereafter, which screams with derision of the Christian states man. Standing by the grave of Buckingham I must nos forget to tell the world that he WAS what have never dared pretend to be- Christian statesman"
 Much as he honored Connecticut in the Senate, it will bs as governor that he will bc longer remembered and most loved. His op- portunity and his efort were most conspicu- ous there.
 To-day, after the lapse of years, the State gathers here to honor him who so honored the State. In the vestibule of this noble house, midway between the rent battle-hags whose every tattered shred is tongue which proclaims the heroism of Connecticut sol- diers, we place his statue. Touched by the magic art of the sculptor, the features seem to speak the virtues of our cherished war governor. We place it thus in this marble hall, that so long as marble and bronze shall last, men, when they look upon that almost living face, shall be reminded that there was a time in the history of the State when Con neeticut needed the services of pure, wise and strong man, and God provided for the occasicn-Buckinghe
 s'The things that are seen are temporal, but the things that are unseen are eternal. Marble end bronze are enduring, but charec- tet is more enduring than they. Marble may crumble, bronze may be defaced, but the life of Buckingham, already wrought into the very fiber of Connecticut character, is immor-