The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-06-24

fails to recognize the duty Of a citizen or
that will deny being the citizens OF this grand Re
public and not glorffy in having participated in its
preservation. (Applause.) 1t is that loyalty that
lives in the heart aud swears by the God that rules
iills world that at all times they are ready again
70 take mold OF the banner whenever our country
may be IN danger, If that time shall ever come
God forbid that 1t shall. ,(Applause) 1t is that
loyalty that believes in patriotism, that this gov
eminent Is 4 nation, and that those that saved it
at last are as good as those who tried to destroy
IT. 1t is that loyalty which is taught to the child
ON its mothers lap, that makes 1t hang out the
banner.and say my father was a Union soldier.
CLong continued applause.) 1t is that loyalty
which will live IN the hearts of the American
people and that will make future generations
SO strong 50 proud and So determined that all the
nander living and with all the earth's treasury,
could not penetrate even the border OF this great
republic. My comrades, l believe in this ofgani-
cation ! say here and now that every soldier
within the confines of this republic ought to be-
long to It,, tApplause.] He ought to be within it
and proud OF his conradeship 1t cannot do any
man harm, it Will do every man good, Let each
and every one enjoy those benefits which are to
be enjoyed within the organization Let each and
every one participate in all its benefits. Let him
II poor and needy claim its charity Let his family
i he has one, have the same right and its charity
that others have. 1t is for the purposes and
means what it says-Fidelity, Charity and Fra
TO the people Of Maine, haylngsno right more
Than to speak for myself, but | hope may be
r parn9nea r9a speakng d9r all theTefore say we
And to the people of this beautiful
t l.9pn q beg pardon, city | should say,
where no grander view can be found, looking our
upon the ocean, / also return thanks for THEFT
kindness and consideration. But one word and
am done. There. Is abroad in this land an idea
that wherever soldiers assemble that people must
be careful for fear that they, being of trough ma
teral as Is sometimes said, may cross the lines
OF good conduct that are drawn for the best cit-
ZenS- But, sir, the soldiers are made up OF as
good bone, blood and muscle as God ever made up
man man WITH and not only that, they are trained
drilled and disciplined gentlemen tremendous
applausel and show it wherever they go; and the
cltlzenS need not be alarmed. l am willing to
take 10000 soldie rs and put them anywhere in
the United States, and let them pass a week, and
take 70, 600 citizens who have not been soldiers
ana let them pass week, and see. lApplause.]
Returning my thanks to you again for the kind
manner IN d Which itl have been met by you
generous Kindness have ever met at your hands,
on all occasions wherever we have met assure
you my heart will ever remain full of gratitude,
so long as may live. [Great applause1.
The next speaker introduced was Gen. An
thony of Kansas. He said:
GOV. ANTHoNY's SPEECH
Governor Anthony of Kansas was next intro
duced: he said that the people of Kansas have a
sort Of right to hospitality from the citizens of
Maine that possibly had not been thought OF. We
have, said he, more than sixty thousand loyal
men In Kansas who make an annual pilgrimage to
haine and embrace and imprint kiss upon their
dear mothers-in-law. Laughter and applause
1t is from this stock that our State has been 50
ranidly made up, and it Is also true that these
mothers-in-law will all say that it was the bright
household that broke away and and went out on
the praires Of Kansas. II e said that heroes are
not men made, but are made by the infinite God
who DEGREES in the grandeur of their make and
nagnificence and wealth of their action that they
shall be heroes, and men worship heroes not be-
cause they want to, but because they cannot help
themselves.
The chairman said he now proposed to
vary the proceedings, and called on Mr. r.
II. Henderson,, the drummer boy of the
Rappahannock. AS he sounded out the long
roll, the veterans applauded and cheered.
The Hon. T. B. Reed was next introduced,
and said
MR. REEDS REMARKS.
Comrades,-I confess should be sincerely re-
luctant to speak in such company as l find myself
in tonight from sheer, honest niodesty if il were
not for one remark which the commander has
made should feel that had no right to be ad-
dressing you upon the same platform as the dis
discourse tonight. But the commander says he
purposes to give you samples of the Grand Army
Of the Republic These gentlemen who have adj
committed to their trust splendidly He and they
had great deal committed to their trust /
represent some who did what we had to do as
well as we knew how, but we did not have as
much entrusted to us as the distinguished men to
whom you have listened. And first, wish to dis
charge my mind OF little feeling OF envy. con-
TESS that as ] sat here tonight could not help
envyng Gen. Slocum the splendid memories Of
the march from Atlanta to the sea- fApplause.l
/ confess | could not help enyying Gen. Logan
that proud moment when, at the end Of the fatal
day in July, Gen. Mae Pherson fell he handed over
to his ceinmander-in-chief an army corps of the
republic saved by his military genius, skill and
bravery. But, II we cannot, some of US, be proud
of anything we did, we belong to the organization
and can be proud of the things that other men did
[ Applause. If we do not honor the button which
we wear, they have honored it so greatly that it
makes us proud to feunt it in the faces of men.
[ Applause:] ! felt a thrill all over today as /
stood on the platform and saw that magnificent
array OF famous soldiers pass by and saw the dis
tingulshed men who We're watching them. | felt
proud to think that belonged to an organization
like that. [Applause.l could feel that might
shine, il not with original lustre, at least with re-
Elected light daughter and applause.l
When nrst saw that splendid column in motion
marched from victory to vict0rysuntil it stood in
the grand review at Washington In the presence of
a saved nation But it was not that army. There
were not tattered banners here; grateful nation
had gathered them up and in tile most eonspic-
u0u5 capitals had saved them; the banners were
new, the army was new. 1t was not the army
which had saved the republic, but the army that
stood shoulder to shoulder in the glory OF frater-
nifty and brothery love. [Applause.1 / say to
you That army which you saw today was worth to
be the successor of the splendid army that saved
the republic. [Applause.l
Comrade Patch of Boston was called upon
as representing the press, and made an elo-
quent speech. He was followed by Comrade
Austin, the Advocate General of the Grand
Army, in short speech.
The concluding speech was made by Con-
gresham Boutelle.
Owing to the lateness of the hour, we are
unable to give even an abstract of these
speeches. 1t was II O'Clock when the exer-
cises closed.