Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-02-05

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and has stricken the household Of your
World 10 in sympathy With him; il sorross
With him 1t seems all the more terrible
to me from the fzet that the peopls who
are thus stricken are obliged to work and
appea. before the pablo; that they are not
permitted the sanctuary Of their Own homes
sith their osn griefs. We are today also
in mourning because another distinguished
citizen has met IN equal sorrox- We have
. beautiful talisman that every man win 4
hear echoes back tonight when We read
that the devoted wife 10 save her h1soand's
life sacrificed her owp. Here il is, COM
raies: As you and knos, il was the sac
rIfce Of the dear women AZ home that made
% the soldiers that We were We haze
seen them upon every oartlef I'D; xe have
seen them in the hospital; we have seen
them minissering to ihs, dying. 10 the
wounded. 70 those Who were in great attic
ton; We have seen them close the eyes OF
the dead with the tender hani that oaIy q
woman has. And as they are helping Us
in our work, in our organization. we say to
them God bless you There is ro;aing
that man can do, no matter what hi. am BIZ
ton may be. that be can do properly aad
we'll without the Aid of gentle woman
Comrades, se have another organization
that we should foster. The years are rap
IDLY passing, ami every one is shorter than
the one before. TIE organization Of the
sons OF Veterans should be encouraged in
every town and comfy, or wherever they
may be found, for sooa we must turn this
heritage that We have won over to theif
keeping. We have no doubt of the loyalty
Of the people who were not ia the var; We
know that but for their spirit we should
have failed. and Yet, there is feeling In
the breast of every old eomrade that sheI.
ev~f there 10 a man who wore the blue and
| ~herever there is the Old Tag aud the bas
IL safe, the comrade is content
We have been asked frequently what i,
this great organization of ours; what are
its objects and what It's aim. We are
frequently confronted with the Statement
that We are trying To wreck the treasury Of
.he country; that our depands are uu
| reasonable, and that If We could have oui
say the nation would soon be bankrupt
Great Cod But Tor the men who ART
here before Us tonight and their eompan
IONS, where would have been our country
You may open The portals of the great
building in Washington and commit it IL
the care of the men " no saved il, and they
~ould guard it as they would guard theiI
ilves. We are not treasury vreckers. but
| Mr.. Toastmaster, we demand that what i:
fairly due TO the sold ers shall be placed ii
one scale of the balance and that enough
of the promises that have been made b,
the candidates Of ali parties placed in the
other until they balance.
We remem Der, comrades, twenty sever
years ago almost, when the great north said
| As q single line Of blue was stretched be
fore the enemy in front of our capital
For Gods sake, and in the name of oul
Dag and our country, save our capital and
We will care for you" We fulfilled ou'
part of that great work. We did it for Slt
4 month. We ask for no more, but we de-
m4nd tonigh! in the name of 100000 sol
ders that the men all over this country who
are in want, the men who are not able tt
care for themselves, shall be cared for, no
| as paupers, but as wards of the Nation
shich they preserved and made what it i,
today.
Comrades, it is very gratifying to be here
Whenever Maine and Michigan met and
joined forces, the enemy always gave way
wherever the First Maine Cavalry went
if they started first. the
Michigan men starved. But, seriously
we are very fond of this grand old heroic
State. The Grand Army gratefully re-
members your reception of four years age
last June in Portland. We have such a
grateful memory of the Maine men we as
ISOLATED with in every department and our
people, in the north part of our State are &c
made up of the people of Maine, thai
although long distance spans between US
yet we are glad to feel that we are one, d
great many of your people have come ou
with US, and think they have taken 8
large share of our wealth to themselves
We could not lumber without an ox-driveI
from Maine, and finally we had to educate
a few ox1rivers from Michigan.
am very glad, comrades, that this occa
sion is grsced by one of the grand Ole
heroes whom we all love and who was tbs
co-wo rker with Abraham Lincoln at the
time of the war We had hard work to ge
him Here tonight, but upon pledge giver
that he should not be asked to speak at sll
and because We promised to have bin
arrested if he attempted to escape from
the city he is with us. Hannibal HamliI
does not belong to Maine. Claim him a
you will, love him as you ought, yet he be
longs to every loyal citizen in this grea
land
But, Comrades, have taken much NOR,
of your time than expected. thank 20,
most sincerely for the cordial greeting 70,
have given me, mindful always tina, it i
| because for short time | represent th
great organization of ours. and | wish t,
4 th.& I oh. Al -
myself personally. But as 90 to othe
departments I will tell our comrades tina
Maine is now as she was in the war, Away
ready and always present for duty.
Mr.. Marley being absent at Washington
the following letter from him was read b.
comrsde Rounds of Calais:
The President of the United States
Hon. }. II. Manley
There WAS State without Kings or Mobiles
there was Church with ut n bishop, there wa
people governed by grave Magistrates which
had selected, and equal laws which 1t had framed
- hodte.
ArGrsrA, MAINE,
Feb. 3, 1890
Ma. 0. E Miehaelts. Toastmaster.
SIR Itiss matter If great regret tina
| cannot be present tonight and respond t,
the toast" The President of the Unitet
States"
Ii seems fitting, that at a reunion Of tn.
members of the Grand Army CT the Repub
lie, this toast should be offered; for tbs
Chief Executive was your comraie in arms
and is a member of your organization. HI
shared with you the hardships, the trial,
and the privatious of the war. and he partc
ipated with YOU in the grand result,
achieved He was a soldier in war and is 4
statesman in peace. Cicero declared, ii
speaking of the Roman republic, that 1.-THE
one occupation that places man on the high
est plane Of digniiy is thai OF the soldier,
and he added. the forum must yield to the
camp, peace must yield to war. the pen to
the sword. and the shade to the sun" II
must be u source Of qualification to you thai
this Republic has been controlled by the
sentiments contained in the declaration of
this immorts tai orator, for she has often
placed in the Presidential chair men who
have won glory and fame on the field Of
battle.
The Presidency of the United States is
the highest official position that eau be given
to mau. More honorable than King or En-
peror, the title is conferred by free PEG.
pie, exercising the greatest right of man
hood. All have the privilege, under our
form of government, of gratifying their
own judgment in selecting President but
once the preference made in the way and
manner provided by law, snd the peoples
choice made known, we are all
united in the brotherhood of American
citizenship, and it is the duty of all good
citizens to render obedience to this decree
and pay proper respect to whomsoever is
selected as the Chief Magistrate of the
people. Political contests are necessary
and not altogether fraught with evil The
great danger that threatens our form OF
government is not too much activity in
politics. but too little. That great Hun