The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1884-06-05
Senator Manderson's Address
BEFORE THE VETERANS AND CITIZENS OF
CANTON, Our LOYAL WOMEN.

The chief feature of the day at Canton, o.,
was the address Of Senator Charles F. Mander-
son, Of Nebraska, formerly of Ohio. After
a procession, composed of the members of
the local G. 4. r. Post, the fire depart
Tnent, &C., services were held at the ceIne-
terry. The Grand Army band played dirge,
Rev. D. c. Osborne offered prayer, and two
songs were beautifully sung by the flower girls.
Judge S. Myer, president of the day, introduced
General Henderson, who delivered an eloquent
Grafton, that held the great audience that stood
before him on the hillside in earnest attention.
Among other things, he said:
This comrades IL our day of Thanksgiving for
the grand results nobiy Won. Let continue
to observe it as the years roll on and inhale the
patriotic inspiration that ILLS the air on Memorial
Day.
How like dream seem the events we COM
menorate "Our bruised arms hung up for monu-
n1ents' serve only to recall as if from the land of
visions the memories of - fields lost and wonn
Twenty three years since the openedi The
prattiin baby boy of the first dark year of struggle
is the bearded of to-day. The youthful vol
unteer of 1861, with the down upon the rounded
cheek shading rather than hiding its ruddy hue,
If he yet survive, has become the grizzle-beardcd
veteran who perchance = lags superfuous on the
stage" Nineteen years since the war closedi The
columns that waved the banner of the free in the
forefront of the battle the scenes of whose high
emprise We're upon the glorious fields by the Poto-
the Cumberland and the Mississippi, have disap-
peared Their great work accomplished, they
melted away at the command OF the Government
whose call to arms had given them life, as the
morning yapor before the rising sun. The world
stood amazed at the spectacle OF hundreds of thou
sands of soldiers, fresh from years of life in the
camp and on the battlefield. quietly and without
disorder stacking the implements and doffng the
garb of war; assuming the habiinfents of civilians
and taking upon themselves the duties of civil life
The armies of the Union, their warfare over,
crowded along all the busy avenues of commerce
and were to be found in all the places of industry
and high cndeavor The hand that dropped the
muslyet seized the plow, the good right arm that
welded the saber with destructive force impelled
the and plane. the swords of the leaders of
charging hosts dropped for the pens that
have proved to be nghtier weapons " on change"
IN the busy mart the office, or in the councils of
the Nation A generation has passed away while
we have been reaping the rich harvest of the glor-
Gus victories that these braves who sleep so calmly
| on the shady hillsdes and around whose flower
bedecked graves we gather, helped to win.
woMAN's NOBLE WORK.
| In closing Gen. Henderson paid this eloquent
| tribute to the loyal women of the country:
1t seems to me that fully appreciative recognition
1 graves besides those that cover the faded coat of
| blue"
| The men who marched and fought were not the
only ones who sacrificed and suffered. There were
those no felt the utter misery of forced naction
during these stirring scenes. How the fond mother
| and loving wife, who had sent sen and husband to
1 the front, must have yearned for something for
hand and brain to do to prevent the maddening
| thought of the dangers to be encountered and the
! probable fate in store for their loved ones. And
| these women, prompted by their love and their
greater patriotism, found much to do The feed
ing of the hungry, the caring for the wounded the
raising of the family. the outstanding of the scanty
resources, taxed brain and hand and mind. With
what faculty for management, fertility of resource
sagacty of leadership, faithfulness in execution
the work was done let the history of the Christian
/ and Sanitary Commissions tell. The result of the
war would, to say the least, have been somewhat
predetermined had it not been for the work of the
loyal women Of America. II there be buried here