The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-07-04
An ELOQUENr cxoR0IAx.


: RGoNEE " 91ED9S-
/ 6ETryssrss. July At the reanior
OF the Blue and GRAY yesterday. after
Gen. SicSies had concluded his all.
dress Gen. Beaver OF PENNSYLVANIA
was introduced snd Was enthusiasts
ally cheere-i. He said
/. Men aAe wore the gray, have been
commissioned by the Society OF the
Army OF the Potomac, who wore the
blue, 10 address yo1 ON their behalf a
few words OF simple and sincere wei
come A generation ago you and !
lived together a. citizens of one coun-
try, subject 20 the provisions OF COM
pact which had beea made nearly
fhreequarfers OF serfnry before by
our forefa.hers. itseif the result Of q
successful revolution, which we called
the constitution Of she United Sfate-.
From the beginning that compact or
agreement hal been the subject of
diverse interpretation There came =
time when in yoar Judgment the ass-
miniss-ation OF the affairs al the goE-
ernmeBt organized under that agree
ment was not conducted in accor lance
with what yoa considered fair and
just interpretation Could son dis
solve partnership and keep share oi
the property This was the question.
Ordinary tribunals coali not decide il.
Yoa offered the wager of battle The
os.er was accepted and issue joined.
YoH as honorable men have stood hy
and are hound 10 stand by the de-
cisiou. We as honorable men are
bound TO see thsf the decision i re-
spected Upon this platform we maet
here today In standing upon il we
claim no superiority over you You
admit no inseTioTify 70 US.
Bfief addresses were delivered By
Gen. Hooker, ex-tiov- Curtin OF Penn
sylyania and Gems Longstreet, Slocum
and Curtis. A letter from the widow
oi Gen Pickett was read,
When Gov. Gordon, OF Georgia, ap-
pease1, the cheers were almost deaf
ening. He said: Mr.. President and
Fellow Soldiers: greet Won with far
less trenidation and Infinitely more
pleasure than in theearly days Of July
OF 1863, when last met you at sies-
tysbare. | came shsu, as now. To
meet the soldiers of the Union. Ii
would be useiess 10 attempt utterance
OF the thoughts which now thrill my
spirit. The temptation is 10 draw a
contrast between the scenes which
were then witnessed aud those which
greet u< here tonight; OF the contrast
made by this mass of manly cordiasity
and gooa-fe,loaship, with the long
lines of dusty uniforms when they
stood in battle array beneath hr.stling
guns and spread ensigns, moving in
awful silence ard with ssiilen tread TO
grapple with each other in deadly con-
dict. There j. one sEegc tion which
dominates nay thought az this hour, 10
present which | ask brief indulgence.
OF all the martial virtues, the one
which i perhaps the iaost character
iStic OF the frtiv brave i the virtue
of magnanini;y. MY fairest earl
dom would give to bid Clan
Aluincs ehieftais live. WAS the senti-
iaeat attributed by Scott TO the mag
unanimous monarch, as he stood gazing
into the face OF his slain antagonist.
This sentiment immortalixed by Scott
will associate for all time the name of
scoiland's king with those OF the great
spirits of the past. How grand are
the exhibitions os the same generous
impulse that characterize the y:eteTs
upon this memcfial field. Nv fellow
eoUntrymen o. the North. II | may he
permitted 70 speak for those whom /!
represent. Jet iae assure yoa that IN
the prefoandest depths OF their nature
they reciprocste thaf generosity with
ell the rnanliness and sincerity of
hich the brave are capable. Bf the
blood If our fallen brothers we unite
in ,e,emn conservation OF these bat
tie-haliowei hills as holy, eternal
pledge OF fidelity 70 the love. freedom
and unity OF tiiis cherished rcpabiie.