Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-06-22
WASHINGTON.


~u1s English did IN the interest az hi
son Was not a violation of the rules n
zee House, while the minority rAr,r
VIII aver that IT WIS
shipping Measures.
LIE conference Committee m tn,
suipping bill agreed upon the report
uIon IL IN effect comoromiss on tvC
poiais al issue-free snips and so caIle<
SUBSIDY free ships. The feature ia 4
Recommendation that subsidy- b.
stricken oet, and a substitute for IN,
suosia y feature inserted, providing 70,
1ppeal from all laws shich arbitrariI,
require vessels to carry N all matter Al
sNo cents letter, and which prevent.
an American vessel from clearing unit
sucn mali matter - recsivsd, such law
however, not 70 take effect until the 10,
Vi April. ISIS.
soldiers and saiisrs' sereaade.
The ex soldiers and sailors resident in
washington serenaded Gen. Logan this
evening. They assembled at the CITY
hall, and. forming in pIatoons of II,
marched, headed By the Marine Band,
10 tue Generals residence on twelfth
street, where crowd of two or three
thousand citizens had already assem-
oied. The procession was literally sup
pied with banners, rockets. Roman caa-
dies, and matchmaking devices. The
banner OF the Army of the tennessee
Was displayed from an upper window in
Gen. Logan's house. Tue Generals an
pearance wss greeted with storm of
chsers- When the applause sub ,ided
ne was introduced in brief speech by
Gen. Green b. Raum. Logan then ad-
dressed the assemblase as follows:
Comrades and Fellow Citizen4--The
warm condolences and congratulations
which you offer through your Chairman
Impress the with deep sense of graft
tnde, and | beg To tender my sincere
thanks to eacn and all my friends for
Observation-Disclosures of kindness and es-
TEEN. Your visit at this time, gentle
men, IL Interesting to me In double
aspect. As citizens of our common
country. rendering tribute to me as a
public man, l meet you with genuine
pleasure aud grateful aekno wledgment.
ConinR, however, as You do In the char
aoter of representatives of the soldiers
and sailors of our country, your
visit possesses feature insensibly
leading to train of most
interesting reflections. Your assem-
blage Is composed of slen whs gave up
the pursuits of peace, relinquished the
comforts of home. severed the ties OF
friendship, and yielded the gentle aud
loving society OF father, mother. sister,
brother and in many instances wife and
little ones, to brave the dangers of tent
ed field or crested wave, to run the
gauntlet of sickness in a climate differ
enl from your own, aud possibly, even
probably, to yield mp life itself in the
service of your country. Twenty-three
years ago, gentlemen, when dread war
raised his wrinkled front throughout
the land, many of you were standing
with one foot upon the portal of mau-
hood, eager for conflict with the world
which promised to bring you honor,
riches, friends and life of peace and
ease in your own family; bat few of
you had passed the period of young
manhood, or advanced to the opening
scene of middle life. At the call how
ever of your endangered country, you
did not Hesitate to leave everything for
which we strive in this world, to become
of the Union, ithout the
which has inspired men in
other nations to adopt military
ooACCk hS poCtphtAOit
aud as an outlet to ambition
aud ascent to power. Cheers.
The safety OF our country having been
and its territorial integrity pre-
served you sheathed the sword, laid
DOTTED your uniforms. donned the gar
rnents of civil life, buried hatred toward
our brothers of the South and shook
d -. II al .lx.a
to rehabilitate the waste and cultivate
its peace until our united country should
DO greater. aud prouder. and greater
than ever before. Great cheers. These
years have glided into tne retreating
of the past since you re-
sponded to your country's call, aud
mighty changes in the eyentful march
Of the nation have taken place. This
passing time has laid its gentle lines on
the heads of many of you who should
cred your muskets before the first beard
was or own, bat b )wever lightly or how
ever heavily IL has dealt with you, your
soldier and sailor organizations that
have been kept mp prove your hearts are
and that your love of country
has but been intensified with advancing
years. Your arms have been as strong
aud your voices as clear in the promo
ton of peace as when lent to the science
of war, and the interest You take in Ma
tional affairs proves that you are patri-
otioally determined TO maintain what
You fought for, and that which your
lost comrades gave mp their lives To Sc
cure for the benefit of those who sur
vived them. Applause, long and CON
tinued. During the last 20 years, in
which we have been blessed with peace,
the Republican party has been contin
ued in the administration OF the Gov
eminent. The great question of pre-
serving the union of States WAS present
cd 10 US. Il was the Republican party
which affirmed its perpetuity. | open
no wounds, nor do / resurrect any bad
memories in stating this rs An undeni-
able fact, whsn You and |, my friends,
and that vast body of men who. having
declared IN favor of preserving the
Union, we're compelled to resort to
the last dread measure. the arbitrament
of war. Many of as had been educ y
ted by our fathers in the Democratic
school of politics, and many of US were
acting with that party at the time the
issue of war Was presented TO rs. For
years the Democratic party had welded
the destiniss of our Government, and
had served its purpose under our views
of AN ideal Republic which then ex-
isted, but the mattix of time has do
yeloped new ship of progress. which
saw the light OF day under the name Of
the Republican party. It's birth an
nouneed the conception of higher.
broader principle of human govern
msut than had been entertained by our
But few of u, perhaps.
took in the full Dimensions Of the com
ing fact. At that early day it broke
upon Us gradually. like the light Of the
morning sun As be rises In misty dawn
above the sleepy mountain top. At
length il came in full blaze, and
for the first time in the his-
tory Of our R-public We began
90 give vitality TO the declarations of l776,
thai all uen are created equal and en-
titled 20 the inaiiensble right OF life and
liberty in the pursuit of happiness.
The Republican party Was unquesti m
ably the agency which bore these gifts
20 a waiting age, and IL Was Demo
cratic idea which disputed their value,
first on tue field Of battle, and subse-
quentIy, and mp TO this moment, at the
polling places of the country. The Re
publican party then represents the
latest fruition of government progress,