Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-07-14
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cone together again On vUur old field
q Rattle 70 unIte II pledges Of lore ana
devotion 70 one constitution. one union
ard flag. To-day there are 10 victors.
10 Ta1qulshed As Americans al cI2irl
3 common share In the glorieg 81 this
battlefield; memorable fog 50 many
brilliant te4ts Of srInE No stain rests
On tie cOloEs Of any battalion. batterT
OF troop that cOntended here for vic
tory Gallant BufOrd. Who beam the
battle, and brave Picketts. Who closed
the struggle, htly represent the Intrs-
pid hosts that for three DAYS rivslled
each other N titles 20 martial Fen0wu-
Among the hundreds Of memorial s-rue-
lures On the field, not one bears a
Inscnptl0n that wounds the suseeptfbiI-
tiles OF sn honorable and gallant foe.
We all share the rich harvest reaped By
the whole country from the new Amer
lea born On this battle field Ehen the
republic eolsecrated her institutions to
liberty and justice.
'Tt i sometimes said that II Is NOT
wise 20 perpetazte the memories Of the
civil var. The var Of 1s61-5 Was war
OF institutions and systems and policies-
The meDorIes Of such var are a. IL
CessUetloIs As our civilization The
names Of Lincoln and Lee and Grant
and Jackson can never be Effzcsi from
or annals. The valor, fortitude and
achievements Of both armies demand a
record IL American history TIE war
Of Is5lj vas ouE heroic age. II demon
strated tie vitality of republican iusti-
tuti0ns. Ii illustrated the martial spirit
and geLius Of the American soldier and
sailor. Il was var in which senti-
Tne1t and IDEAS dominated oTer inter
ests. We now see that obstinacy Of war
On both sides compelled the settlement
Of al the elements Of distinction be-
tween the north and tie south. An
earlier peace might have been a mere
truce. We fought until the furnace Of
war melted all our discords and nodded
ms II one harmonious nation"
When Governor Gordon, Of Georgia,
appeared the cheers were almost deafeu-
ing. He said:
Mr.. President and Fellow Soldiers-
! greet you tonight with far less trepi-
dation and infinitely more pleasure than
in the early days Of July, 1863. when I
met you at Gettysburg. / came then,
as now, to meet the soldiers Of the union
army. It would be useless to attempt
utterance Of the thoughts which now
thrill my spirit. The temptation is TO
draw contrast between the scenes then
witnessed and those which greet Us here
tonight; contrast made BY this mass
Of manly cordially and good fellowship
with long lines Of dusty uniforms which
then stood in battle array between
bristling bayonets and spread ensigns.
moving in awful silence and with sullen
tread to grapple each other in deadly
conflict. There Is one suggestion
which denotes my thought at this hour.
to present which ask brief indulgence.
OF all martial virtues one which IS per-
haps more characteristic Of the truly
brave is the virtue of magnanimity. NV
fairest earldom would give to bid Clan
Alpine's chieftain live 1T was a noble
sentiment attributed to Scotland's
magnanimous monarch as he stood
gazing into the face Of his slain antagon-
ist. This sentiment, immortalized by
Scott, will associate for all time the
name of Scotland's king with those of
the great spirits of the past How grand
are the exhibitions of the same generous
impulses that characterize the visitoya