The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1889-05-02

MM rWHluEsT Am KIND IHlHsps- One
/ hundred years HHn lu THIS nn0llY lliY NJ New
| York, our hmi prprIdoul Gen, NfnIFG WHsh'
igglOh took is solemn oath 10 tba bwt Of hls
HhllilY ~ pft.rfNtt protect ana l.lNNn thr CONE
| siltullnn ~ lh5 United hlatei," Hld thereby
| became CpuUHWdpirWplIlpl ~ lhH amy RUd
navy, Ahd of lhe militia WHOM called lnlo
fsveity-lwo years after, his most worthy
suGoeHsGr Abraham lincoln, TOOK lhe Hhmg
Identical 0lilt ANA addressing llt dfHilale
gluntrBmr from ihH pDni00 NJ Tho Capitol ln
| Wellington reminded thhu That hH lad no
oath registered lU heaven Udehifuy tlg govern.
menl, While hp had tho mQll solemn ono 10
plfhelye protect And defend w.
~ ike WnnUef tnh army ma navy nave
their oath registered IN heaven IA support aud
defGnd thH constitution, 70 obey Tho president
and all appointed over them, lgr lley gIe tho
very iUsiilimeniR provided by tho Cul.iiutidn
ever force n ueCnlaaf}i Ald no government on
earth has yel been devised when, AZ tmes,
force has not been necessary,
on such Hn occasion Hh THIS, YOU the citizens
at America, have d perfect right IA iUquilH N
yGuT hnlghlly servants, have you been truH
hhl lhllhiul 70 your oHlli duilhs tho past
century
MaEing due allowance Tor tho usual ndrml.
ties VI human nature, answer 0mphutlOally,
Fortunately We arc not compelled to look
back into uGeolan, Roman or European history
Wnahiuginn himself was tho bost tyne Of tho
olllgan,sOIdiuf ihls world has yet Produced.
A a boy u surveyor Of lhndi 40 an aide 10 lion.
liAddnek, anl hn explorer h1 IhI Wt5l ~ was
Hlble hph00l 0f q soldier ig read WuCa-he
thought more always shared tho lHhGrs and
dangpla Nt hlh command, eymwlllled with
ing tho war Of Independence and bllur WIS
Always theIr advocate with congress aud the
Ahnfi from his public histoty ho has loft an
extensive correspondence which has htun lHlths
fully preserved, by hpgfke, which obtains q
mass III knpWlcdg6 which every American
youth should study, Hnd even members "
congress might consult with profit,
On tho sllh NJ hepeHher lNh hh wrote 10
the president Ol cGngresh his Judgment uf tho
comparative value ln Hu economical rrnHe, nf
the frFilHn 'ud militia, Again, UW tho slsl NJ
hwll, ii,h, from, Valley lorHo, hr wrote 70
John iiNuWlhtrE then q delegate No congress, n
letter iull OF wisdom aud foresight, ! would
Ike 10 quote largely from this luliuE hut limo
aud tho orrHHlun do not warrant u, and viii
lnull mi Irlt tp short quotation,
Writing OF tho jealousy on tie part ~ cons
gTraH ~ tho army, he hHyHi III J. UUluHt, BIO,
cause no order N mon w lhU lhlUrun
tlnlra hW paid u more tn0rol lp.Wd 10 tho
ltWrrliNBa ul congress thhh llr army Tor
from the truth, II may be hald that mo- history
now eNlnnl can furnish an instance NJ Hn
Hrmy'a suffering such uncommon ln.dshlpH 90
ours has done, 9gd bearing Ihom with tho
"lnHcu men without clothes 20 cover their
nnkcdHrss, without blnnkcia 20 llr uu, without
shoes lOr the want Of which ihrlr marches
might be- traced by the blood from their trcU,
and almost no often Without provisions ~ With
them marching through the frost aud snow,
and, NJ ChUrlmls, taking W Their Wlntor
quarters within days march " lNr ruCmH
without house or hut 10 cover lhrm llll thOy
could be- built, aud submitting without mur.
muir, ID IL proof Of patience Rnd obedience
Which, n my opinion can scarce DO par
"fhcro may haya boon, - ho continues, "aomo
rom0nflfHnCts or applications 70 congress IN
tho style Ot complaint from the army and
slaves would We be- II this privilege woro de-
nlcQ on account - lhglr pr0g,cdlnsi ~ par.
tlcunr Instances but these Will not authorize
nor even excuse u Jealousy that they are Hlm-
Ing ~ unreasonable powers, qr WllduE strides
DANGEROUS in or huhycftlvO Of Cllll authority"
Finally, ON tho flh Of December liuU but u
few months before lao voluntarily rclinpulhhcd
Onlco M addressing both hOuhuH nt congress,
Hg was lla custom, hr urged The establishment
Of y national uulyuWlty expressly "lo bring to-
Rcthor the youth from OYrry quarter 10 nahlmls
late tho principles, opinions Rnd manners OF
our Cpuulfympn Hnd thereby Increase the
prospect OF u permanent Union" uh object
ever drnf lo ms heart which hr aimed iu no
CGmpllsh hy wIto i0rcihOuRhL but tailed by
reason ut local irn1uhlcH and mean economy
Who VIII now Hty that II his WlHu counsel had
been needed, we might not have ,Csg!Wl tho
horrors ana great cNprnse nl our ClNl WnW
renewed hla recommended Ion, ulluu mUOu Doe
fore, fnr the establishment OF the National
Military academy tptcuCh the rtluuuu of WlG
the want of which he had 10 ,oilon lult ln bis
previous experience, Even THIS was mot begun
Nll l1g, rather 10 utilize tho old hlTHlkUu 40
MCst Point left over by the BUyuW luuny
Army than ~ school uf science aud % was
not tIll lNlN Tint ID HsHuWrd the dmw Ions ut
q National Military nCNdcmy, with the results
which have excited the udmlWiluu ui the
world, sun occasionally breaks out ho fgwo
spirit of jealousy iuwul the army hwul ON
the old liurlI.l doctrine That u HrtuudlUg army
ia threat 20 q Tree people, doctrine which
may hive some force whore that army b. rum'
mnndrd M % prince claiming IN govern 10y
divine trht but W flmply ridiculous Whuu our
boycrcIgnly Remains with the pcuplu lhcm.
solves, whose chief magistrate u ono of uN
clothed with temporary ana rtlpni. iulr upYor
Aitur u hundred yUurH' experience the time has
come for lRiH jealousy TO QlRppctE
When Wellington took hlN oath hlU army
WNA composed of the wrecks Hnt rUWuuOpH
Of his old revolutionary urinN amounting 10
R,HE men, which lac organized ml "a battalion
Of Infantry, When ~ Wy, he rel nqulshrl hls
command iun constitutional su Vuwur, that
army had grown 10 be- I,Hil mon, consisting Of
u general stan u squadron VI dragons, n htts
tNlllOh uf Uillllgrlsip nud cnglnCcra, nul lhrpO
regiments oi Infantry ON this bgplN has been
bull W. ilr present military cslnhllsluurnt0 0t
the United States admitting Of@,idi ullCur
bud mon, many uf whom are nOnaOumhUlNulh
and q militia force In reserve Of 1Q9l ,l9 mon
cHrobu Of bearing arms ! VIII not uvon Nt'
tgmpt 10 trace tho many changes III orRAnia-
uOn meantime, further ihnn 70 nsHcrt lhHt, 40.
C0rdlug to the state Of the nation ana demands
Of the occasion, " hHA fallen NJ tlmgy TO Anoro
1kooton hnd rlson again TO y million OF men,
i9r Y llls oatck9ry include ttG yoluhtcoS ot
much regulars ~ tho first infantry or the nth
artillery, th0y wore the snmc uniform, used
tho Bnnl0 arlus, shared the nHmQ dangers, wore
bounl by tho BamO laws and followed tho
uuu Ilnky lllIpYNui Ipnm ihN tlmN Wlpu
IN the cold wlntor Of III Gen, WwhlnNOQ
had 10 Import baron StOubOn, n soldier reared
in the school Of tho grcnt Frederic, TO touch
hH army at Valley Forge tho first rudimCntS
-lCss0ng which took deep root and enabled his
gront Chlof TO load that army from Victory to
Victory up TO tho end ~ yorktown.
Tho farce OF Baron Stubon'g teaching was
transmitted down aftor tho war OF She Reyolg.
tl0n from generation 70 gcnoratlopi and N lot
oyon unto this dpy hut 70 0Vn, ,WnehnglQp
chiefly every soldier OF this lnnd turns WIN
roycrOntlal awe because they roall2O lhlg no
loved order, Hyetcm, economy and. faithful
service, that by hip own example, by his tQn0h-
Tugs aud writings hp Impressed ON everybody
tho value OF discipline ana aubordlnntion 70
American uiilsonship. In this spirit has tho
prOgOnt army of tho United SlntCa been
trained, and though predicted by Europeans
there 10 no Instance in our military history OF
the nsurpailon Of clyil powog-.not, warranted
by tho Inv OF tho mnd, or tho lnbOrB, tolls
ana sulIorlngs OF our LdlV army ON our re-
mOio fr0ntlOra could paint many picture
~ truo md touching ,as that glvcn by the
Valley Forge, and | answer again tho army Of
tho United States has been os true to Their
OuthB IA the needle tU the polo,
Men, nnrsOs and the fmdamcntal principles
OF the military science rcmnln the hninO 70.
day a. whti WashInglnl led and taught his
revolutionary army the Hnmq patient ondQt.
anco Of the labor AMI brrlshlps OF war, tho
anmo submission 10 discipline and authority
the gnmr patriotic devotion 10 our Cuunltyg
honor and ltH ilug, which is tho symbol of oll
that is glut ua aud rODd In our national char
nctoW but The mNrumcntA OF war hnLo
ny which Cuniuundl the UnclOnts ana Cnll8 for
now ANA younger men, should uuhUpplly un
occasion rllHr Hm uro tloso VIII como forth,
worldly EurcpgaOrA ~ thor noble sirrH, Iyhr
rUiiUli endurance and devotion lp the llnr by
thoFoldlcHo of your country durlug thg past