Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-06-01

IlOn many went up higher, us lIltN lUTutu ]
their faces towards the camp and the bat |
tie field. They had fewer comforts, but |
they had an enlarged manhood. Every |
profession was represented by those who |
were shining examples of skill, and wis. |
dom, and eloquence, and learning, and |
piety. From all ranks men sprang for |
ward, moved by common impulse.
These men did not 90 forth to the hard |
ships and peris of war for price 1t was
not the thought of soldiers pay that |
made them willing to march through |
swamps and over mountains, to eat raw
pork and hard-tack, to dig trenches and
lie in rifle-pits and storm forts. Nor were
they actuated by Il longing for military
glory That ambition is not powerful
or common among us. We are not awar
like people. But they went freely, a fact
proven by the remarkable proportion
among them of volunteers, and by the
further fact of the re-enlistment of thou
sands upon whom the government had no
longer legal claim. And they went
thoughtfully, so that when the song rang
out, Tramp, tramp, tramp the boys are
marching there was heard the voice OF
u sacred and immovable purpose. Our
soldiers rallied round the flag, not
because they made an idol of Il
poor rag in three cOlorS," but be-
cause "it represented everything. the ma
ton itself, the history, the laws, the
successes, the honors of the past, the
Throughout Il large part of the country 1t
had been torn from its place and dlshon-
ored, but it was carried South again,
through the smoke of battle, and now in
every corner of our broad domain it is the
beautiful and accepted symbol of a great
nations authority. The memory of those
who bore 1t onward deserves to be cher
ished till the end of time. From whatever
lowly homes any of them went however
rude of speech any of them may have
been or lacking in grace of manner or the
learning of the schools, the glory of a
great cause was reflected upon them, and
they are enshribed in the brightness of ito
forevermore. There is no danger that
with any undue fervOr we shall conmem-
mOrate their deeds. We are not likely to
speak eulOgistic words too many or too
strong. If we should fail to keep the story
of their heroism fresh, that would prove
MS unworthy to enjoy the blessings that
are ours because they died. Write hymns
to set forth their virtues; build mOnu-
meutS of marble and Of bronze, which
with tongueless eloquence shall tell OF
them who tor their country fell" Let
their last resting place eXhale the fra
GRANGE of the sweetest flowers that God
has made We count them worthy OF all
praise tor they did not tnink Of fame but
OF duty. 1t is true that nothing that we
can say or do will in any wise affect those
who are now beyond the reach OF any
| honor that men can confer. If their
graves were hegleGteu' II uhaiehtly "teus
the turf above them; if 1t were possible
to so hide the facts of history that there
| should never again be mention made OF
tne dSeus vi lhe ooSs III que io "olu Oh
| oinPlalnI WVltiu ever Coihe " us from
theih. flalniy, II Is lor our own sakes
thal we cilerlsil theIr tlethoIy' anu per
| form acts by which are kept wildly before
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as GraiueS' perlous Oh our iial lohal ms.
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dld pass out Oh mlnu' IN tne nllust OF
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iluehces lnat louch us ana awaken our
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were lace TO- lace Win men VINO peIeNeu
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par Al lhls ser zee ol col''illeiilp atIoh'
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co. ,'.,' o''u GU ''li'iN ''''O Pei
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are an tIeIc' ms lhlEHt ne tue caSe
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together anu lhey are an Rlai 10 nave II
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part el the people, puI me peheucen'
touch vi altuorIts Is lelG WIN equaL pres
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