Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1889-01-04

no thought to keep alive the memory 81
theif ma'chless deedsg Not thus do the
Northern States forg the men who fen
10 their ranks.
At many points are National Gene.
terles to gather anl shicli from ip;nrv
heir honmei remains
ihe slopes Of Gettysburg are s,ndded
with monGnents to parpetuate he f,mo
Q, those who died there in defence Of ,be
Union: With all these things we find
no fault. It is prop r it isrisbf when
men nave died upon the Geld tina. fb.;.
valiant deeds should he he'd in remam.
pfanre And when a people has SINK
so low that Ia memory of their gallant
dead IS no longer cherished ,Len ore
they 1T to become race Of bondsnen a
race OF slaves unworthy Of their freedom
unworthy that bcave man should die
in their defence.
Bu some one will say "Ah well we
Know that this is so. We know that onr
Oh comrades did valiant dc, DIS But
otter all they died in vain. The couse
for which we fought is lost Wby then
should we strive now to perpetuate their
memory! let us rather torgei tie Past.
lire ia he Present, and draw over ali
TIER devotion, all their yalor, the mantle
Of Oblivion
but who will say they died ia vain?
Is success then the criterion. the test of
right Is every conflict waged in vain
that does not end in present triumph?-
| cannot believe it. In every age has
the cause Of right been trampled in the
dust. In every age have heroic men been
content to die for Freedom and for Home
aud never witnessed the triumph of their
cause
But never yet was such contest
waged in vain Never yet dill any man
suffer and die for his country's cause,
who did not leave that couhtry rich with
the heritage Of his noble d eds.
What though tie II be lot! The
noble men who p3ri>hel in the strife.
they have not died in vain Their splen-
did example of courage and devotion
shall still survive. TO them their hon
ored mother shall ever point as to her
richest jewels Their chidreus children
shall feel their hearts thrill with new
emotions Of ardor at the recital of IL cir
matchless deeds They have not died in
vain. No spot is there in all this laud
that is not consecrated by their valor,
made sacred by their hallowcd dust.
"fhe waters murmer Of their namo:
The woods are peoplea with their lame;
Their spirits wrap the dusk mountain.
Their memory sparkles o er the fountain,
Tie meanest rill, the highest river,
Roll mingling with their fame forever"
We do well then to build this monu-
ment, and all the better tecause the bat
tie went against us The side that con
quered IN the strife nj.ht dare rer-
haps to leave It's Aad alone, with not .
slab to marl Ia ir grave The very
triumph that they won would bp to them
IA monument With Us il is not 50 -
Our cause is lost our hanEer fqr,As
idfi1 We Who urrive would he false to
ourselves, false our heroic dead, If We
did rot thus. in presnc Of the world.
attts' at ance our 1--we for their memory
and eur ixci i arrin,tiou that that
mcmory SHOULD n.,,r f,dt
Go forward 'aea. in yonr fiou>
work ami Shpw Yourselves. in the very
at OF erecting this III motla', No.tl! "a
yonr v''ian deal.
Il may b. tlat il the spirit orli
those faithful slt'@ KNOW iaore than ",
have ever thou-ht, # whft i cone on
earth. 1t may b" t','f lhey Sc u nnw:
and we may fany with no irr ver nee
that TIE sistt oi 5 tai = i'n+ - lay
q ms vast e'.'s.Arse 1T Lends asa
!oNou olle5 "'u '.l'l''''8 Assem-, ~ : nee
~ "oA u 'ac'' ~ n1'y m'V W. 'h't'
; ;'ga''s % w., ) ne~ '.l'3@,s '''''i NE very
But sI,ou| vpoIs r,,l I'm a,i n,,Lino
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upon them TIA t4e Frlnc.plr tor wHcl
my '9'S ~ "a'' ecu ~ "'a''''''''e' q
tht'f aeFo'lnn ali t"F vai"f ta' been
utterly forgot, slOul their OH CON.
\ ratles stand nv in = en-, arA hrar II !,
lncti,os,ynn,saI tl,.;r
their herols II de"lrd. Their claimS :,
! reverence all ne IltI2 i-thrn ny III they