Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1890-08-28

among them Hannibal Hamlin. the oulY
living eN-yice president, General Hovey
of Indiana and General Burdette OF the
District of Columbia; told anecdotes and
made alleged speeches, among them one
of which was substanually-or unsub-
Stantially.if You please-as follows;
Mr.. Chairman aud Comrades:-Sin /
have been in this city attendant upon
this Encampmcnt | have heard numbers
Of my comrades deli yer addresses and
they have declared themselves TO be
young men and old men, able men and
crippled men, and men of many kinds.
am here representative of the beauty
of the Grand Army Of the Republic. /
am newspaper mana fact | seldom de-
clare-and only do 50 now for the pur-
pose of saying that with a lifelong prac-
tice OF making memoranda, l. on this
nip, threw away my memorandum books.
The places Of interest-of such universal
interest-that came before my vision were
SO impressive that memoranda were not
necessary so long as retained my think
ing apparatus.
/ left Puget sound, the Mediterranean Of
/ America, came through spokane Falls,
which having risen from its ashes, like
/ the famous Phoenix bird. of which you
T have heard, is, in its architectural grand
eur, a wonder to the world. crossed the
Rocky mountains, grand In themselves,
and saw upon their snow-eapped peaks
many and many time the llag which you
50 much love. / crossed the broad plains
Of Montana and Dakota. the breadth Of
which makes western people broad.
/ passed through Chicago, which j. a world
[ in itself, and aside from its twelve and
/ fifteen story houses, is great In so many
other ways that have not time to speak
I of ala city where you can purchase
anything for sale on earth for less money
than you can buy it where it was pro-
duced. | saw Niagara for the first time
| in my life, over and under which poets
and prose writers have raved to the de-
/ light Of all readers. | crossed the great
state Of New York and then thl Ough the
/ HoOsac tunnel, and not alone. but with
one whom IL was pleasure to be with.
even in the dark. Now | have seen Bos-
ton with It's myriad winding streets:
have rambled through Boston common and
I its Public Garden. have stood admir-
I ing, almost appalled,. beneath the great
equestrian statue of him who was first in
war, first in peace and first in the hearts
| OF his countrymen, and saw summers
granite form. | saw Robert Winthrop.
and all of the heroes whom the people of
Massachusetts have seen fit to honor in
uncrumbling stone. but | stood longest
underneath she statue Of Webster. that
golden-tongued orator of Massachusetts.
who gave to me and thousands of other
young kentuckians that inspiration
which made of Us the Union veterans we
are today. am hero-worshipper and
Webster is my hero Way back in the
/ days before the war, when boys were
reading and memorizing and declaimng
/ the great and grand sayings Of great and
grand men. | memorized and detained
such portions of Mr.. Webster's speech on
the importance OF the Union. ia reply TO
/ Mr.. Hayne of South Carolina. a. were
printed in the school books of those days.
And that speech, my beloved comrades
did more 20 make union defenders-there
where the ties of kith and kin and the
common interest in negro slave property
had the force 10 pull them ia another
I direction-than any other influence could
. possibly have done. Ia the close Of that
/ famous speech. you will remem bpr Mr..
Webster said. Liberty and Onion. nov
and forever and inseparable."
This. strange a. il may seem 20 you.
this great city. with all lts historic inter-
est. j. "a new country to me. but aud the
| comrades who have come with me from
the young state Of Washington live in a
newer country than this. We live in a
/ country, q part Of this Union. under the
I wave Of the same beautiful banner-that
same old glorious banner that waves
above Ms here-and we have built elite,
/ in year. We have in our state four
cities that are a little older than many 1f
those now standing which were swept
from earth during last year by the bosom
OF the blazes, and yet today all evil
dences Of that fierce attack are gone.
Those cities. Seattle. Spokane. ensburg
and Vancouver are today stronger.
brighter and better than they were be-
fore. Aside from that in the places where
even few months ago were tangled.
dense wildernesses. stand cities with
miles of paved streets lit by electricity;
arc lights on all corners Of streets and in
all places Of public business. and ia the
homes the incandescent light. We have
electric street car lines. excellent water
and fire systems and all the other con-
veniences OF metropolitan cities.
As | have indicated before. in that
state lies the great gulf. which is the
Mediterranean of America. Upon its
bosom float steamers as grand in all their
appointments as those of any waters OF
the earth. We have. indeed. in the state
of Washington region of resource and
advantage unequaled. and Of all that
region, and of all those cities. the blessed
place which has given the comrade who
speaks TO you a place TO live. the greatest
OF all 10 him i Fairhaven on Bellingham