The sun., 1891-07-05

yet e sss The past that sh.5s was wrGgs .iSs
Ha,s. died for the csq.s Of the right And 90.
the right and TO the Union forevermore.
SPEECH OF SECRETARY TRACY.
To iptreducine Secretary OF tho Navy Benja-
,.a s ps's sSd when m hs
Foundation q lie creation II
the supremacy Of the sea. q waa TIoaa.s hon;
srsd soh e. shat she cal to her aid and Il God
ave s'sTS @s viii snss %oi.
ld old nag aoatingon eyery sea, from the rising
ssssry =: ssS'.,nff frsey 81 q: ssd SSn a part.
Thirty years ago to-day, on the 4th OF July,
1851 on the very spot where We are now stand
of the na!ion's birthday, Always up. 10 that
every man. woman, and child among the thou.
stand before you. after ysars Of absence and
gathered around me upon the stage recognize
e.s hSs' bSS ThS we're Mh But q
s%spsa faces; SEQ I oRIy here and there i;s ~
cation oi monument to the heroic .dead who
ms met here sI upon %' this Ei Day W thirty gssfs
ago, the strngsle for the sSistsnce Of the
then knew and rscoenised, that 4 the, Union
o s s s h.s sHss SeI s y
hsa rt Act e;
p ssdx a'fTq Tnso sea
csesiys proclamations calling for troors. Here
conflict OwsRo had raised and organized
her hrst company Of volunteers. one of
s @ had Ps Been as .s Il. .
battle Of Big Bethel Two armies Of the Con-
one under the other nn r.
IA % mss axS snss
seemed to u.s. stood confronting each other Il
a
should sivo the dsH,h blow to the rebsiiop
vide % nSss' %ss s,rsnstHeSed trent SY the ssisbrstiens
upon that anniversary: and the sun Of the 4th
Of July. 1851. wen, down up2n people firmly
How little we we're able to judge the force Of
mex ioaa nSw 'ss You'd 81 ssre
eai 'ss .bse l
battle Of Bull Run had been fought and lost; g
Il .qshs e hs 'sn and nasS.a s.
have SsDtq,si the seat o. the Ha,ions Gov
oshea csss S9 roons s
the resolution that the cause Of the Union
Bser avc out he horzon had be.
gun to brighten. But our successes; glorious
hs' ihe
sula, and our next celsbration Of the national
JI sS2 SsS.I SSs h11a SnaeE fne
Il shss S @anIS q i JuIs III VIZ CHASED VIZ tss
Ens eSanss on HRs fp
to the Governor that, two fu!l reRiments
sSs 5 'p NV Se0ss TorE R' P S ss mSss
a IN their isw G.ys 5, hs he 1stR 5fR sSsss
%Ss: rs Ss:; SS:
Ss sS ssos
Senaets afoana % s a"a &:
which ieuahi 8. Gettysburg, and which ioI;
ibT through ihs Csrolinss. They we're present at
3. he eae 9Rs
Greens t o sSorO. 10 those Who went and VINO r;
turned not the sons Of I9gs county, wh9 fs
drsn sbelr !snSse saoree and nd Sc
Of tho see war; ao' s the
arrnes are familiar to you sll.to some by
SS sse t6ss
Il; ns%Ss S q ga ga aoa sI$ss
More than 2.2OO, 1000 men gave their services TO
The Goyernment and $4,000 perished i3 }ota The
sasS NAE sas3if on Hpr ana On 1ps
% war sEded In the oomplete and absolute
triumph OF the cause OF the Union.
weh 4 bad fought Slavery wss
during the war as war measure, and the ; sS;;
sa II. t ssa o
ever. That the South believed they bad the
hsYe Sn, never deab.od TSis bsIis, Ess she los
ical consequence Of the premlsSs that were
sssas L a had d'f besa nsssd n,e
ihe Southern people. The question had been
ahd ss t9s oHs abe
determined BY, the arbitrament Of arms:
snd that bsI q p.1s se oy1
And shall We, fellow citizens. who came vic.
precious tradition Of valor and heroism that |
their, armies. even though vanqui.he havs
and ali ahs bter ess 81 the struggle Iorsot
ten. They fought bravely aud unGinehingly
ns E6p s'r tns s ut swH n :S.
their defeat. the Southern people discovered
in the results Of the war the foundation
dict can 1t be said that though one party
trlumphed the vanished d. gained more than
VIII ich for centuries had hung like q milestone
around their necks was removed. and straight.
oHsasa Of TSeR Il.
Would Galveston now be the outlet Of the
trans Mississippi region. or Now orleans OF
vast share OF the commerce Of the north
west through st. Louis. II these three ports
were ihe ports OF foreign country2
Iwould not be understood as saving that In
the results OF the war Pny change has been
Constitutional Government further than that
embodied In the thirteenth,, fourteenth. and
Old heresy has disappeared forever II must
be that men will Still iiler In their interpreta-
tion Of tho Constitution. MS would be the case
or I'M ordinary legislative enactment: but the |
fact is now Acknowledged and ACCEPTED