The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1891-05-08

IN Their character and cannot be cor.
rected by sectional remedies. Hence
recognizing bnt one flag-the flag of on,
! common country-Impelled by a com.
mon purpose, actuated by a common
motive, confronted by a common dan.
ger, they have solemly resolved to turn
thslr backs upon the past and make one
ha'ghty eIlort TO rescue our Government
ana institutions from impending peril
lhey have wiped out, and forever. the
iast trace OF Mason and Dixon's line
| across Alliance territory. African
| slavery IS gone, thank God, and in The
| spirit OF manly magnamity and frater-
| nity the Alliancemen Of the "blue" and
me AllIancemen of the "grav" 'say
Let the bitterness, animositieg and
pTeludices, born of its existence. perish
with 1t and forever" The proud Saxon
spirit, and courage, and patriotism
which crowned the herois,n of The
blue and the gray" with urdyine fame.
| are now summoned 10 break the CALLING
| and degrading chains Of white slavery.
he slavery of honest labor and how fit
ting that they should lead in this
glorious struggle for God aud humanity.
4e brave men of the North who
stood by the stars and stripes with a de.
votion and a courage that would have
ADDED new luster 10 the splendor OF
Rome's legions in her palniest days
We brave men of the Souifi'i who stood
by the sinking stars of a doomed cause
while you bore in your manly hearts a
more forlotn hope than that which in
splred the six hundred 1T Bal klava--
Americas heroesl Did We win glory ia
he lIsad conflict OF arms
stapaiFg now Hndef The Alliance
bannef. on wlseSe folds CLOVIS IL radiant
Ibeaaiy: On earth, peace, good viii 10
men, how grandly and resplendently
sublime that glory shall become when
crowned with your noDler achievements
as citizens in peaeel
Grant and Lee, Jackson and McPher- |
son, Sherman and Johnston, Stewart
and Custer, with thousands of their
brave and devoted followers, haye1
crossed over the River, and are
bivouaeke@ under the shade of the !
Trees, where they will rest peacefully
Until the arehanael shall sound the Fl. |
male reveille and summon them TO the |
Grand Review on the Eternal Plains
Let the living, and those who are to fol- |
low us, remember only their virtue
their superb manhood and heroism.
IDscribe it on imperishable tablet I
EmEalm it in undying songl Let the I
genius of pencil and chisel embeliish If /
with IFS most respleHdent inspiration /
Let fame place it among her richest !
treasures in the Pantheon Of Immor- |
aaIity, and let the time swept harp ell
the ages swell in gIander strain the /
giant anthem Of its praise
Fathers, brothers. husbands and sons,
who are more profoundly interested and |
concerned in all that pertains to the |
peace, the happiness aud prosperity of
our country than the noble women Of
the land They are here tonight |
would be false to them, false 60 the occa-
sion false to the Alliance and false to |
myself, did ! fail to tender TO them my
profound acknowledgements for the |
honor they have thus done me. Proud !
as we are, and should be, of the spen- I
did record Of the American soldiery TO .
which have referred, yet in honor off
her patient endurance, her devotion,
her cOnsiauey and her superb moral |
courage, We stand uncovered in her
presence. Do you ask me for model of |
moral heroism? would rot &c. 10 the
muster rolls of the splendid armies of "a
Grant or a Lee; would not point to !
the waving plume in victorious battle,
but I.would point you 10 that Isolated /
country home, with its cares and trials,
its loneliness and anxieties in sickness
and in healthe presided over by The /
queenly- spirit of her whose hours. Of
anguish through four.long years of war
were more trying thanthe ordeal Of bat
tie. i
And would summon all the grand /
old heroes among the living, and the
spirits of our immortal dead, and align
themzin her presence and ask them TO
Join me in saluting her as the queen OF
the heroes ofsthe world.
A celebrated English bafrister when
&c ending criminal was reminded by
the court that he was extending his ar.
gument TO very great length. Turning
to his honor he said: Remember, sir,
that / am pleading for the life Of a
human being"
Ny friends, if in my zeal l have tran
scendrd the prophecies of the occasion
and have wearied your patience, can
enter the plea in exclamation that am
for the life of the republic and
the liberties of the people.