New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-05-31
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THE vICE-pREsIDENT AT THE RHINEBECK
MEMORIAL SERVICES.
HE DOES HONOR TO THE MEMORY OF DUTcHEs'
CoUNTY's DEAD soLDIERs-oTHER

HE DOES HONOR TO THE MEMORY OF DUCHESS
coUNTY's DEAD soLDIERs-oTHER
ADDRESSES.
| Rhnebeck n. V, May 3o.-Ths being the nome OK
vIce-Presdent Morton, he presided at the memorial
services The exercises consisted largely OF serVieo
| of song and the clergy of the place partlclPateu
| Addresses made by George Esselstyn, OF hmne
| beck. and General George IL. Sharpe, OF Kingston
George Esselstyn introduced Mr.. Morton as follows
"Frends and Fellow Citizens Let US congrsrhhaS o
ourselves upon the favorable circumstances whsre-
| with we celebrate this memorial day. TINS morllns
under the direction of Armstrong Post Of the GahI
cemetery and there with tender and solemn rites we
once laid our dead heroes to rest ana ooa ays
music sunshine and flowers love, prayers and Years
have fallen like benedicons upon these patriot graves
This afternoon We have assembled here TO review , oo
TO any new tale, but 1t is OF which we never gre
It is story of the sublimest patriotism patriotism
which would rather lay down It's life than submit
| 10 divided country aud discovered Union. AS the
Old old story Of divine Lords love and sacrlhee
dear 10 the Christian heart so is this old story of love
and sacrifice for country ever new and dear TO the
NE are highly favored to-day in having with
one 10 tell this old story Of patriotism who was NOT
in that great conflict for the preservation of the
American Union and TO secure TO mankind the Heaven;
With the presence of our own distinguished fellow
townsman, the vice-Presdent of the United States
especially %SPgTGP ssa aS he c Te9
this occasion at his home, IN the interim Of official
duties in the presence Of his friends and neigh6ors;
Memorial Day. Let me assure our Vice President that
we all appreciate the honor and favor he has conierd
by his presence and participation IN the Hnto
Of this day Ladies' and gentlemen, will not DEAN
you longer. Permit me 70 present. as our pleSuilS
OSf 4e Norton aeTt r. spoe as foa
al tank you. Mr.. Esselstyn, for your compn-
mentary words and for the opportunity of engaging
in the duties Of the day with my patriotic neighboS'
and l thank you, my friends and felow-townsmeh'
most heartily for your cordial greeting. The com
plments l most highly value are those from my own
neigiborhOod and home. II was not my good fortune
to have first seen the light of day in Dutchess County
but it the birthplace Of the mother OF my chidren
and we have found In Rhnebeck on the banks OF the
historic Hudson, delightful home, where nope 10
pass large portion of the remaining years OF my life,
and where I also hope my children and my cmldrens
children will find an equally happy home
81 am rejoiced 10 do honor to the memory OF tho
dead soldiers of the Republic. and TO the living men,
bers of the Grand Army. ! have known many OF their
most ustrlous comrades, and am familiar with the
record Of their deeds. Some OF their comrades are
still left TO praise them. and the time Will never
come In the history of the Great Republic when
voices will be lacking to recount the herosm OF
the men who marched from Gettysburg TO Appomat
tox and from Atlanta to the sea. The county OF
Duchess has been proverbial for It's patriotism from
the time that Montgomery left hts bride on the banks
of the Hudson to head the columns that braved the
storm at Quebec. The regiments that you sent to the
war for the Union among the most distinguished
for bravery and you have to-day decorated the graves
of their fallen comrades. Montgomery and his asso
cates of the Revolution achieved the independence OF
three million OF freemen, but glorious as their work
was it would have been without enduring results II
the men whom we this day honor had not preserved
American unity.
"The Great Republic is to-day the marvel OF the
world. To speak of only one of the five new States
less familiar to us here whose Senators have recently
entered the Senate Of the United States the greatest
forum of debate in the world, the state of Montana
1t is larger than the Empire of Turkey The state OF
Texas is larger than the whole Austrian Empire by
10000 square miles, and the Territory Of New-Mexco
ia larger than Great Britain and Ireland together We
have 100000 miles of telegraph, and 10000 miles
Of railway, more than in the whole of Europe
We are near the beginning Of another century, and If
no serious change occurs and America contlnues her
normal growth, in the year 1o35-in the lifetime OF
many now in manhood-the shspeahing repubh-
cans Of America under one dag, will number more
than 100000.
"To escape the charge Of being vainglorious and
boastfu of our future gladly the prophetic words
Of the great Englishman, John Bright, whose eloquent
voice raised in behalf during the dark days
OF the Civil War Il see' said Mr.. Bright another
and brighter vision before my gaze. II may be
vision, but cherish it, / see vast confederation
stretching the frozen north to the glowing SOUTH
and from the wild pillows of the Atlantic to the camer
waters of the Pacific main, and see one people, one
language law and one faith, and all over that
wide continent the home of freedom and a refuge for
the oppressed Of every and of every cline
any friends ard neighbors, Republicans and Demo
Gratis, patriots all, in every succeeding year
decorate the graves of heroes, let thank
God for the rich legacy Of freedom and nationality they
and the Fathers of the Republic have bequeathed to
us, and remember that all these coming millions will
rise up and call them blessed"