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70 The VETERANS

| The Republican Presidential Nonisne,
addresses the Old soldiers.
Indianapolis special, 26th: This even
ing delegation of surviving soldiers o
the generals old regiment, the seven
tieth Indiana, accompanied by q number
OF the survivors of tho one hundred and
twensy-ninsh Illinois, which composed
q part OF Harrison's brigade, called
They were introduced, and General
HARRISON said:
Comrades, called as l have been BY
| the national convention of one of the
great political parties OF this country to
be It's candidate for the presidency, il
will probably be my fortune before the
election to receive many delegations rep
resenting various interests and Glasses
OF our fellow citizens; but | am sure that
out OF them all there will come none
| whose coming Will touch my heart 80
deeply as this visit from my comrades
OF the SEVENTEEN Indiana and these
| scattered members of the other regi-
ments that constituted the first brigade
OF the third division OF the seventeenth
army corps. [ recall the scenes to which
NAaJ 1koOOo hhu ullQuGus I6mHm DER
that summer day when, equipped and
armed, we were called to leave our
homes and cross the OHIO river and enter
the territory that was in arms against
the government which We had sworn to
support. IrecaH with you the tender
partinRs, the Mringings of hearts with
which we left those We loved. | recall
the high and buoyant determination, the
raanlnk Ia nit tnI,
dc your part in the work OF suppressinn
tins great rebellion. 1 remember the
scenes through which we went in that
hard discipline OF service and sickness
and all OF those hard incidents which
are necessary to convert citizens into
veterans. l remember the scenes of
battle IN which we stood together. I
remember especially that broad and
deep grave at the foot OF the Resaca
hill, where We left those gallant COM
rades who fell in that desperate charge.
l remember through it all the gallantry,
devotion and steadfastness, the high set
patriotism you always exhibited. Ire
member how, after sweeping down with
Sherman from Chattanooga to the sea
ana up again through the Oarolinas and
Virginia, you, with those gallant
armies that had entered the gates of the
south by Louisville and Vioksburp.
marched In the great review up the
grand avenae of our national capital.
remember that proud scene OF which
We were part that day; the glad rejoicing
as our faces were turned homeward; the
applause that greeted us as the banner
of our regiment was now end then recoe.
nized by some home friends who had
gathered to see as. The whole course
of these incidents OF battle, of sickness
OF death, of victory, crowned thus by the
triumphant reassertion of national
authority and by the muster out and
orr return to those homes that we loved.
made again secure against all the periIs
which had threatened them. 1 feel that
in this campaign upon which / am enter
ing, and which will undoubtedly cause
careful scrutiny, perhaps unk,nd and
even malicious assaults, all that relates
TO my not CONSPICUOUS, but loyal service
with you In the army, / may confidently
leave with my honor in the hands of the
surviving members OF the seventieth
Indiana, whatever their political faiths
may be. May ask you now, for L am
too deeply moved by this visit to speak
as ] would desire.that each one will enter
this door, that will always open with
hearty welcome to you, and let me take
you by the hand.