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


Two hostile hplless la raid-sir
Tegsthef steeted.
And sNsff were Ioeked
Farcyer In Grm <znbTsse.
Then lef ~ nsn have ~ mnch grace
TosAke the bulsezs place
And learn that rc arc held
By laws that Nesd
Is GEr hearts sarcftegs
A. once we hesti<d hand 10 hand.
- hand Ia hand te-dsy ue stand,
sworn 10 eAeh ether.
Brother and brother,
In Storm and mist, or calm Translucent
And Gesfysurx's guns. vita deash-dszsias
4 rear
reheed from ocean to ocean. sh.li pour
ssuirkening life 10 the ns'tens core.
Filling our miats again
with the xpir:f ct those who wrought in
the Field OF she Flower of Mem
GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS.
A Memsrable Orasien By the Ranous
Author.
When the orator. George William
Curtis, was presented. three cheers
cheers were called for by Genera!
sharpe. and he was greeted with
hearty applause al the conclusion of
his Grafton.
Eloaaence was in every lire OF Mr..
I curtis's Grafton He began with these
words;
Upon this field, consecrate3 by
American valcr. We meet 10 cossecraie
ourselves TO American union. In this
haliowed ground lie buried not only
the blue and the gray. bat the passions
of war, the leaioasies OF sections, and
the bitter root OF all our national dif-
fereace, human slavery. Here the
long and angry controversies q; poiit-
( zeal ,;ogma. o. material interest and of
moral prisie and tradition. came to 3
/ decisive struggle. As the fate Of ChrIs-
I tendon vas determined AT Tours. that
OF American independence 1T sara
+ tosa and that Of modern Europe at
+ Waterloo, the destiny Of the American
/ Union was decided at Gettysburg.
a hundred other famous fields
I there are, OF the same american hfav-
cry in the same tremendous strife
I fields whose proud and terrible tale
( history and song viii never tire Of tell
ing. but ii was here that the struggle
( reached its highest point; here broke
/ the fiery crest os that invading wave
OF war: from this field the civil con-
{ test, through renogned campaigns of
eo9ragous endurance, OF fearful car
mage aud OF accGmniating hearthreak
( for Northern and Southern homes.
slowly receied towards its end. Ii Is.
| therefore. enc oil the historical fields
of the world. and 70 Us Americans no
ether has an interest 20 profound.
Marathon and Arbeia, Worcester and
Naiiuy even our Own Bunker Hill and
! Saratoga and Yorktown-field> OF IN
dying fanie-have not for Us a signifi-
eAnce 80 vital and 50 beniiicens as this
/ field Of Gettysburg.
Continuing, Mr. Curtis said: But
that the gfory a this day and OF
America and OF human nature mag tr
( fuh, II IS the veterans and the suryiy-
ors of the armies whoSe tremendous
conflict interpreted the cen stituiion
who today. here upon the field OF bat
lie and upon its 25fh anniversary,
, clasp friendly hands OF sympathy to
salute a common victory. This IL a
spectacle without precedent in history.
I No field of the cloth OF gold or OF the
grounded arms. ilo splendid scene OF
the adjustment " eonquest<, the di-
p.omaiic settlement OF treaties or the
pspal inciiement Of the cru ace, rivals
/ in moral grandeur or Significance this
( single pageant.
Probably the most effective passage
T IN the address was the speakers mag
fiflccnt description of the battle SAID
he. The sun of Gettysburg rose on
T the Isl of Iaiy anil saw the a; iny Of the
gray aireagiv advancing IN line OF
f battle. the army OF the tIue stu hasten
~
this f@5iat. The glory Of midsummer
filssi this landscape, a. IL nature had
arranged fitting scene s5r trans
ceadent event. Once more the an
assayering lines 20 long aFrayel against
eaeh other stood face t. face; once
more the inexpressible enoti sn
ls.n-leli os yearriug memory OF fond
affection. OF dire fo-ebo0iug. Of the
high hope of patriotic enthusiasm aild
Z stern resolve, swept over thousands ct
+ brave hearts, and the next instant the
overs helming storm 81 battle burst.
Fef tarce long. proud. immortal days
il ragged and swayci, drifting fren.
Seminary Hin lar Gonnd ~ Wosiis llli
and culp's Hil: then sweeping back
with desperate fairy. striking the peach
orchard and dashing with Hash and
roar up Little Round Top and Round
+ Ton raging in the Devils Den, the
earth trembling, the air gHiyer1ng. the
<kv olss.-ured; with the shouting
+ charge ami the rai;iing yulley. and the
;hnnaesing eaunoaade piti-g the
ground with sBassgiesi and bleeding
: hlae and gray, the cd ana the yenI3g,
+ has ALWAYS and every where the de
voted and the brave.
..noal.sful th- hattie hung aa,l
passed. Then a formidable bolt Of
var was formed on youse- woossed
height and launched with withering
Hast and rear q IRE asainsf tae zoe.
Ii was a living bolt, and sped as u re-
si-tiesS. II reached and sDssches. the
fsvins liae of eiBAat.issl line: ii pierced
he line: fos oae bslel Ii~saeTt n tlse
Z Sharr1 aesny cs mortal rorahat Is held
itS oxu. J; was the supTesHe moment;
az the peril Of the Eioa. II was the
hara;s crisis OF the xaT fgt the fieFy
force w&s Speat: II ens last wlsl, to
saHlfuaG~ struggle brave rnen "a he'd
heaIlcnE against asefs a. brave. ard
the next moment that avssi daring
esd courage xeTe melted IN The fer
vent hsaf tsf Sn eslEsziity q bravery.
Patriotism, confined the orat.-.
.fos,nwS UPON .oSss traditions, the tI--
tory q events sni the Inesssosses al
fs,ssosss ussa. hgt aussfx . mutt
tusse sfranE from ~ xny nations. gith-
asss a sssEsEaos heasG 50 stlsrzfe iD-
ssrssiveiv 70 common memories and
assesi.a; iesias, there %ussld he lack oi
TIA, sapTense pafgiatss5n which > the
moral defense q = nstion. tes n as-
wzre. then. how Ee waste ostF LIE
tIss0i. Webster sSis ~ Bunker Hi,
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s9nalas Ne arr plzez1 ri sse kg.Ssi
- FessTessTtAtise ans popular govern
p1eflss. We shall ~ rec-esnt - Ia
s.atu 81 that leadership # se gertssil
fhe fafad saasusal csss ssiEsens Ct Fsatson
a r-tose. ST tEse security a. perssriss
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