Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-08-27

in sivirr you this sensimeps. God eleis
yeu, may you live long and prosper.
a.muks ct Hoa. ssth L. Mniiksn-
Mr.. President, Ladies and Gentle men ;
Ihnov yeu are Christian people and have
! read The Scriptures. and in them you have
real thss Rath vent ont when the reApefs
| had gathered in the harvss.. to Slesn the
| few head, and spesrt thai remained; % l
today, after al the brilliant ard witty AMI
pathetic sHorts CT my predecessors. an
| !sft to gather up the fee heads aud spesrs
| that around the hooks ard corner
remain. cAnac. se-~so this opportunity
Of expressing to you my feeling OF geatin-
cation Q. beiog able to NEE: here fo0ay 90
many Of the old veterans CT the arm.
whose great sacrifices and grand achieve
uen,s saved the unity Of the nation. say
| I canoos help expressing my gra'ireaeon 81
| NEE ting yeu and the good people, !, 9Th ltdiee
snl geniiem who rave come here 10 give
You greeting, Ny friend the General and my
friend fri IN the western part OF the county
discussed It some length the services OF
the xomen 10 the var. They might have
been more eloquent than the topgass OF
men have ever been and they could not do
tina, question justice; but one thing. ladies,
| you can RENE mber. My friend talked soma
thing sbou. your casting ballots. l.
makes no difference whether yeu
do y or not. You make your ini-
press upon, mankind and. you can con
graduate yourselves with the fact that
whether you vote or whsthsr you do noi
vote. the hand ,hA. rocks the cradle rulss
the world. lArplAu"l | congratulate
you rco. upoA this gsineflng. IL shows
thar We have NOS forao,ten the great ser
wees of ,se no; only WHO are present
h. ~ td.y, but who hsve or, ssed over the
dgk river in saving the nations life,
| in securing 10 Us the great pros
osiiy ~hich We nos enjoy and
| the proud position which we occupy
| 20 iav before the rstions of the earth.
sn exec. gly grs,ii, d, ladi. and gentle
nan, that you have msde tins organization
Til r. can ro;.iag but good come out Of IT,
| an glad 81 he orssniz Atom OF the Grand
| Am, IF the Reprhlic, and By the way, let
me .sy .hst il esms TO me there IL some
| tn ~ peculiarly fitting in the ceremonlts
OF IL Grsrd Army upon Decoration Day.
| Those bsautitul ruis of spring which
ven Lay upon tie graves Of your
dad comrades. the token flowers
which til vhit words csn never speak so
| well, seem to me, IS they bsgin to olossem
out, to be typical Of that better life into
which have bl3ssomed your dead comrades
d into which you and believe that all
e. o men will blossom. They are eDrollt d
permanently upon the scroll Of fame, and
| Il 10 not al unenviable fame, either. Why,
| i +, is to the greatest souls and the grsrdest
spirits that fame 10 the dearest How
b ime 10 Us sometimes seems the
sight of those who by their merits, who,
| BY deserving we'll Of their country have
attained places tina, the people honor them
for How sublime seems be who, strug-
giirg up the heights is still pushing on for
some place Of higher responsibility and OF
more prominence. and my friends, how
supremely grand seems he wh,, as 1t sp-
pears to US, has passed the vsle of struggle
and difficulty and stands upon the
topmost peak, respondent in the gof-
geous sunlight that gilds forever the
pi1nacles of human attainment. What
shall we say of the soldiers OF the UDiop
The men who fought from '6l to 65! Why,
gentlemen you are SIS brave a. they. You
accepted suffering as uncomplainingly as
they. You achieved victories as grand at
they and you achieved them in the interest
of humanity. you achieved them for the
government Of your country. You went
forth inspired by but one sentiment
and that was the most exalted sentiment OF
patriotism. Alexander the Great fought
for upiverssl domination; Hannibal fouah hi
to conquer Rome. then 10 civiiize the
world; Napoleon fought to establigh =
l ~. b. v,E
awe Euro pc and excite the adnirsiion and
amusement OF mankind, but, my friends
you fought to defend the ins'itu
,ions the free institutions that youi
fathers hxd achieved through seven years Of
bloody var and b, queathed to you, and
your victory was the victory OF msnt ind
(Applsuse after the revolution your
me- mber ,has George Washington with the
q d Of Gen. Knox, buried in our own State
establ shed the order of Cincinnati. Il
was for the simple purpose Of keeping
alive the patriotic fire which had carried
them through seven years Of the War of iht
revolution. But it was not so compre'
hecsive, it was hardly so patriotic
IT o. rfsinly was not SO democratic as ths
institution Of the Grand Army, for it com
prised simply the Ulcers of the army OF
! LUt htFUlutu'. lOuIc khhSS III CNSl
honest man and brave man that wore the
blue, AMI in that it is right, and your great
organic stion is the nucleus around which
today the patriotic spirit Of this countr,
clusters, aid to you, mora than you think
is due the feeling hich keeps in preser
vaion the grand fruits which your victory
won Ladies and gentlemen, il had ever
40 much time and hsd had ever so much
| T hat NOT
snvibiug on this occasion which would be
satisfactory to myself, and l cannot see
how it should be satisfactory to you. For
YOU know there are times when, if Language
be siivery, silence is golden. There are
times when words, that so we'll convey tt
the outer world the ordinary feeling;
of the human heart. are . vehicit
irely made quate to carry those deep emo.
tions that come sv ellirg up in our heart
ard which We cannot give utterapce to
There are times when we feel more like
sitting s i'll in silence and in contemplation
and it seems TO me it is such 3 tim, today
~hen you old &C mrsdss Of the army come
here and call up BIZ fore your mind all the
Tremendous and overwhelming sssocia-
lions of four years OF the mot stupendous
contest tbat has ever been ~sged upon the
| 1Hcet sbth Dc yNu hS't
here today should recur every year. Why,
the very fact Of your coming together
inspires again the patriotic feeling of the
people. Now. my friends, it would be
a matter Of qualification to me to
talk upon this subject coed while,
but felt when got up that after you had
lister ed TO such feast as you have hsd
here today that you would feel go3d deal
Is brother Of mine did upon certain oc
cssion. Our father and mother were reli
gious people. Possibly you may dispute
tina. bot then / can get an affidavit Of it
| daughter, and they always used 10 ask 3
blessing before meals. One day they had at
the Il Bile the old deacons and the minister
and Frank and had to wait and take the
second table. They asked a blessing and
started in and they talked. and they would
est, AID they went on slowly and we got to
be fearfuly hungry. Well now, although
my people bad gone through the ceremony,
that is asking the blessing, they had
never been accustomed to return grace
after meal. We were in the
little side room picking through the little
crack in the door and at last they were
gathering up the knives and it seemed as
though they were getting through. By
and ty the old minister returned grace,
ard with as hungry face ss you
ever saw, and terful picture IF despair,
Frank looked up t, me and ssid My
heavens, Seth, they are gong TO estagain 3"
that you would feel that way when came
on, will not dstsia you with
any further remarks now, but sincerely
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