Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-06-06
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Pingrec's Adj
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Comrades, and Ladies' AMI Cen,iemen:
It Is now 20 years since the men whose graves
we sirew with our tribute Of bowers, and whose
memory we now revive, were moved and thrilled
by that startling shock of rebellion which in ike
manner moved and thrilled the hearts of those
OF us who are yet spared to remember inc
deep emotions of the spring time of 1861. DO
we now recall with what measure OF astonlshrnent
we heard those early notes Of the trumpet Of war?
DO we .all ID mind again the early growth of that
germ OF patriotism which in that day 80 prolific OF
celestial fires, began for the first tne in our gen.
i WIS cnnobngf Then we can 1ty appreciate
inc noble purpose and high resolve which called our
late comrades 10 bid adlcu to the the pursuits Of
peace and take their places in the form Of
war, Then we can ut y appreciate tic occasion
OF this days sOlcmniies
And while We now contemplate their lives and
their manner OF DEATH standing so near their grass
green graveswhile all over our broad and in almost
every city and village, these ana kindred tokens II
ne memory and gratitude OF the living for the
dead are being renewed may we not nttingly,
though briefly turn our thoughts to the past as we
remember IT, r,ali7e the present as we see II, and
resolve the future If we may, so hat these men
may not seem to have died IN vain
When The eventful scenes Of 1851 bNrst lIpon us e
were living under the government est tblished by
washington. lnoSe Were yetW tn us who's mem
DRY and whose history were contemporary with his
Under me benign Opportunities and influences OF
the continent 10 the distant Oregon and the Golden
Gates Of the Peaceful Sea.
Peaceful enterprise had bound together the re-
mote States and cities with an almost lnermina-
llo network OF highways, railways and telc-
graph lines -had threaded river and lake with its
varied water craft Titled up the plains and the
vaeys with teemlng population ofthirty millions
of people going forward III inc enjoyment of a IL
the ctyilizsd and enllghteuCd industries known to
men.
eaceinl virtues had disseniu ltel light and
kpowl dye everywhere had adorned ~, ,,. ,,,s,,
| OF sacred science aud sc extended the tciiS n,
missionary love aud labor rs to challenge Inc
emulation OF the Christian world. Peaceful mil.
antlropy under the fostering care IL government
80 gen,le hal extended rs hand Of love ana
invited the oppressed OF Europe 10 come and share
with ~ In ali these feliciiiCs Guided rs + H. ~,
unseen mad our people + a. gone orwarl on A
nusslen CT Prosperity, philanthropy and felicity
, rneAampled in the worlds history. How natnraiiy
men were all our energies, our cHpactatiuns ami
hopes turned INFO the gentle channels Of these airs
of peace. 0 "a >
no" foreign TO our sentiments how cstranaed
iTOm our interests, and how rcpu'sive to our in
telilgence Decamc the ruiu calculations OF even
hun,hnes war "
WIN the status We held among TIE nations and
WIN the proul record - car fathers before us
me tHnner accents OF their COuuses still swcetly
lingering IN our memories ana seeing around lis
the teemIng fruits Of their dc eds Of wisdom and of
craftsmanship, could we anticipate the needs OF
lhghty armies to save such goverHm- pt frop
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT aud ruin Comd We 3nlicip ,te
the possibility that 100000 Hel--