Morning journal and courier., 1890-08-13

on behalf Of he Massachusetts department.
man, M Mayor T Hart and General Xger FoIloMins
General Alger, President Harrison was intro
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applause. President Harrison said:
THE PRESIDENTS RExARKs
"Mr. Chairman and comrades Of the Grand
Both and painful as sip hane iooHed
swept through the streets Of this historic capital
to-day-pleasureable in the contemplation Of so
many faces Of those who shared together the
perils and giories Of the great struggle for the
how seldom we should meet again. Not many
times more here As have stood in the great
those silent battalions Of the dead Thave thought
how soon in the scattered cemeteries Of this land
shall be gathered to honored graves
;, "And yet could not help but feel but that in
the sturdy tread Of those battalions there was
strength OF heart and limb that would
not be withheld if present peril should confront
the nation that you love. tApplausel. And, il
springing step Of those magnificent battalions Of
the Sons of Veterans the resurrection [Ap-
the nation viii not be defenseiess when We are
gone, but those who have read about the fire
sides OF the veterans, homes in which they have
and the stories of heroism will come fresh
armed to any conflict that may confront us in
gather from this magnificent spectacle a fresh
and strong sense of security for the permanency
thought it altogether proper that should take a
brief furlough from official duties at Washington
to mingle with you here to-day as a comrade lap
States must realize that the strength of the gov
eminent, its defense in war, the army that Is to
muster under its banner when our nation IS as
sailed is to be found here in the masses of our
people. Applause and cries Of ':Goodr1 And
ia n ady hat r,rtcf lloor
again the cordial, sincere and fraternai
can only hope that God will so order the years
that are left to you that for you and those who
teness and @ y ali PROSPERITY and g9c
cess, and that when at last the comrades who
survive you shall wrap the flag of the Union
may die in peace and in the hope of a glorious
resurrection" 1Applause
THE VICE PRESIDENT SPEAKS
On closing, the president left at once for the
Shore Line depot where he took the midnight
train en- route for Washington. There were loud
calls for Vice President Morton and after consid-
cradle persuasion he was induced to say a few
words as follows:
Gentlemen of the Grand Army of the Repub-
lie: Boston tonight is a centre of patriotic
memories. The representatives of that grand
army which was the expression and embodiment
sion, therefore, brings before our minds a
crisis eVen in our national life, the
supreme crisis of free government,
not only here, but throughout the world.
In that crisis in which you bore the
greatest part the issue was settled upon the
side of justice freedom and the indissolubility of
the nation. May the nation which was preserved
and regenerated by your valor and sacrifices in
the language of Mr.. Lincoln, ''never perish from
the earth" and may the government thus pre-
served ever keep in generous remembrance and
kindly care for you and your descendants,'
This closed the speechmaking and the hall was
quickly cleared of all savethose who are quar-
tered there during encampment week.