The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-04-14

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me to extol the military virtues Of the generals
Who led Il has, my friends, been nv humbie
lot-ordained, perchanse, BY HIN -. VINO
not the leaders OF men, and common With this
fate of my life is the sentiment OF my heart,
and II Of soldiers may be permitted TO speak
foot, sore, sthirst and hungered. marched with
out murmuf beneath the cross Of their faith,
with but their knapsack Tor their pillow, fneif
rife for their stan. their honor as their guioe,
the private in the ranks.
aLooking about me through the grand prone
nades Of the cities q the Union ana osnoadi t,
memory OF the deeds OF some commander, AK
myself why is it thus, that the most deserving
are too often the most deserted Metnlnks II y
were given to me to build memcnto Of the
worthless of that disordered national duel, /
would not build to the chieftsins, who, too
many, fear, like Wellington stood beneath
some shell-rent tree while the fate OF their coun
try was being determined at q Waterloo; but
would summon Azrael, the ange! OF death, ana
would command him to guide me TO the rest
ing spot OF each hero IS he slept
Under the sod and the dew,
Awaiting the judgment day,
Under the roses the blue,
Under the lilies the gray.
"Taking them from the narrow couches would
mould them into the enduring form OF monn-
meut, invoke the hand OF Peter to shape the
that nothing less than the quake and
tremor of the world-forewarner OF the
second coming of that Commander Of the
Christian armies-the greatest Captain Of them
all-could ever wake or shake it; and lifted so
high that the clouds, chasing each other around
the outer walls of heaven, would brush the mil
dews from its cspstone; and while besceching
the ceaseless care and keeping of Almighty God
upon my handiwork-I would cut SO deep in its
sides that all approaching generations might
Memory of the Fidelity and valor OF the yolun-
teer Private Soldier OF the American Armies
"As we turn to view again this horoscope,
wd delight Phat tns eeni1ry 3 ass
which brought US these woe and that we are
already standing on the dayhreak of the
twentieth GENTRY and with the civilization OF
mankind, tending as il does to submit all its
differences 10 arbitration within the limits
of the eleventh commandment we know
that the twentieth century would find us as
be dead, the scaiold will be dead, luminosity
will be dead, royalty will be dead. oppression
will be dead, only man, true MAJ, will live. For
the whole earth. For all there will be but one
hope, that hope the whole heaven.
Then he pictured the recovery of the South
from the prostrstion which followed the war,
and described the growth OF the new South with
its ceaseless hum Of peaceful industry, its Pc Is
crowded with ships. He declared the readiness
of Southern men to march side by side with
those of the North If foreign power, s'discon-
tented with the summary execution that our
people oftirnes see tit to give to their laws"
should invade the country. He went on to de-
nounce the spirit OF ssetionalism which still
survived, and to give warning against the greed
of gain and lust of power which were corrupt
ing the government. and closed with an exhor-
tation to patriotism.
Colonel Lewis eloquent periods kept his audi
ence entranced and he was frequently inter-
rupted by applause.
Representative George E de steiguer, the son
Of Unicn veteran, responded 70 the sentiment
"The Sons of Veterans of the Federal Army"
He said he regarded this as an suspicious occa-
sion. The lion and the lamb had lain down to-
gether; the lion had not eaten the lamb; the
lamb had not eaten the lion. In fact it was q
difficult matter to tell which was the lion and
which the lamb. History has many strange
pages. 1t has seen contending armies praying
to the same God for victory. 1t has witnessed
men of q common ancestry engaged in mortal
combat. The war of the rebellion should now In
history be considered an island in the river of
events which the two sections OF the country
passed on opposite sides A result OF 1t il the
is to perpetuate the principles OF liberty and
union.
Rev. Alonzo Bright spoke in response to the
sentiment, "The BENEFITS of the Continued
Organization" He began with brief review of
the memorable experiences of the war of the
rebellion. He then spoke in glowing terms of
the advantages of the orders which shall bring
about the benefits of continued organization.
To give to who are to come an example to
inspire them, these sentiments should be per-
petusted
"The Continuation of Peace" was responded
to by Charles F. Fishback, who began with an
amusing account of how he came to speak. He
then painted glowing picture OF the blessings
Of the peace that has come.
Peace began at the end of the war-a pence
that shall last as long as the stars and stripes
float over the land of the free and the home of
the brave. You may talk of war, but 1t is not
war we want. 1t is the learning OF patriotic
sentiments that shall keep the United States
the glorious land she is. At the conclusion
of his address the speaker called for three cheers
for the American flag, and they were given with
awill
The audience was then invited into the din
ing-room and partook of the regulation army
fare of beans, bareback and coffee.