New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-07-05

story D. II nations bth, pTocltnlhs liberty IhiouHl
ont the land ana 70 all the inhabitants thereof but
sacred these memories OF the past the men OF
the present generation have seen ana parcpat9H IN
conflict hovlng no parallel since the world began,
over forty millions of people were interested III inc
strife and mighty factor IN the gage OF war Was
interviewer the fate OF four millions OF Slaves whethef
TO be bound free. -
As look upon the soldiers around me to-day, my
memory is carried back TO tn most tremendous batte
Of the war, twenty eight years ago WheH quarter
Of million OF the hravest soldiers the woria eteo
previous days the struggle RACED from Round Top 10
Oulp's Hill, and over the field of carnage the gI''ss
was red with the blood OF the stain. The morning OF
tho Fourth of July dawned and the fate OF the Natoa
trembling in the balance Scarcely any Dattie oi
modern times has furnished such a record Of carHage
and disaster No foreign foe was Ia be met hut on
either SIDE the flower of tho saxon race Ihe
6ght was renewed The sun sunk down in the west
that evening, and under the shadows of night the
grand army OF Lee, oil shattered and torn reeleu oach
across the Potomac never TO foot Northern soil
again and the Republic was saved loud applause
1t is our happiness day 10 know that anohG inc
brave soldiers q. oga 5 % Win y immortal honor
who had been tried In every station welglAu IN INC
SSano9 a t ben vf u us % dav to III the hearts Of
our old men with eladness at the renewal OF NC
associations of the past and to inspire the hC.s OF ING
Young men to emulate their example and 70 tcach
them IL they ever hope TO have their names inscribed
upon the golden roll they can only secur that honor
the right and proving themselves worthy of the grand
old Tioea County stock from which they sprung
(Cheers)
A TRIBUTE TO THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY.
introduction to either of the speakers Of the day, for
probably there is not man in Toga County as well
known as General Tracy (Applause) All the Ola
mon know him, all the old ladies reverence MIN, ana
all the young ladies are proud OF his acquaintance
We are all happy have him with US on this suspicious
OCCASION ana to bid him thousand welcomes to his
old home lie returns 10 not an old man ana
shattered wreck. not bowed with age and worn with
toll but as full of life and youthful vigor when thirty
wears ago he marched at the head Of our brave
Tioga County boys. Yet he returns to rs, not simply
as the gallant soldier the honored citizen Of II0sa
EST Republic on the gObeFathful In every place to
which he has been called whether attorney or legs
he might well have exclaimed =" have done my
share@ Yet wher the United states wa about to a.
sumo the most arduOus task II has ever uhucrlatKcn
since the foundation of the Government the creatl9h
Of new Navy, which was once more to give Us Snc
supremacy of the il was HOga's hOn0Ted son tnd
she called 70 her aid and u God spares MS NC
before the present generation has passed away We
shall once more behold the old flag floating on every
sea- from the rising 10 the setting OF the sun
Cheers - e.. 49,. J.. ,,.uo,,oo 90 .
Toga County audience the war-Worn veteran VINO S[S
beside me- General Isaac :. Catlln cbees i0r nearly
remember the gay Young soldier who left US TO enter
tire army of the Union thirty years ago ne maiCH
away fun Of life and HOPE 70 come as sSe his
progress how eagerly scanned the bulletins Of the
and how our hearts sank within us wil the h S
flashed over the wires that our friend and brother mao
fallen In the shock Of battle. and crnelY manned; va
wavcrlng Mt the gates OF death Ihen followed u%
long and dreary weeks and months OF agony borne WIN
heroic fortitude till at last by constant care ana VII
faterRg devotion they won him back to lie ana health
and he thank God, is with us To-Day 10 Veh no" uN
Republic saved. (CheersJ
RECEIVING THE MONUMENT.
1t now becomes my pleasant duty, on behal OF 'i'
citizens Of TOCa County and Of the Board OF super
visors and their successors who are TO be the guardians
and custodans of this sacred trust, to receive Ihs
memorial monument from your committee and conSe
so1dio dead con
formed its work noby and well, and YOU. gentlemen OF
the Board of Supervisors have richly earned the CRATE
full thanks of your fellow citizens for the admirable
manner in which Won have executed your trust Here
NAV IL stand for ages, less monument to the brave
soldiers who died than evidence OF the patrOuc zeal
and love of the who raised it. Here may 1t stahd
for all time, guarded BY flia reverence and affection
teaching our young men to stand by the flag ana 70
live and to die if need be- for the preservation Of the
The time has come when it seems eminently proper
that We SHOULD with mantle OF fOrsctillncS7 We
brOadest exercise OF Christian charity let rs not or
et i'm the contest of the past that there wrong
side and there was right side and that the soldiers
whose memory this shaft is TO porpetuae dled Tor tie
Of the right And 50 in CO.'S name 1 we d egrr
more. loud and prolonged applauseJ
SECRETARY TRACY'S ADDRESS.
More music followed, ana the secretary Of the Navy
whose reception exceedingly cordial delivered inc
Grafton Of the day He said
MIR. Chairman and FellowCitzens; Thirty years ago
to-day. on the Fourth Of July 1861 on the very spot
where we are now standing, had the honor OF delivers
ing the Grafton in celebration of the eighty ann
versary Of the Nations birthday. Always up to that
time resident Of my native town and county, was
able TO recognize the face of nearly every woman
and child among the thousands that greeted me on tt
occasion. Again / stand before you, after years Of
nd o~atha the stage !
recognize some of those who were with me then. But
I'm all else how great contrast In this vast audience
before me- in this of upturned faces see only kere
and there a few that familiar. To-day we arc
celebrating the birthday OF the Nation by tine dedica
ton of monument to the heroic dead who fell in the
war which then inst beginning. When we met
here upon this day. thirty years ago, the struggle for
the existence Of the Nation had fairly opened The
last one that hoped for peace had given hoping and
all then knew and recognized that If the Union to
be preserved at all ii could only be by force Of
Eleven had seeded, separate Government had
heen oennized the Confederates had committed the
first act Of war by firing upon the flag at Fort Sumter
and President Lincoln had Issued two successive prOca
nations calling for troops. Here In this place we
had already felt the stress Of conflict OwegO had
raised and organized her first company Of volunteers,
one of the rst II not the nrst in the war and
her sons had been under fire at the battle Of Big Bethel
Two armies Of the Confedeacy. under BeauPegad,
the other under Johnston, threatening an Invasion
Of MARYLAND To meet them. two forces had crossed
tbe Potomac one Of 10000 men under Mcdowell. the
other of $4,000 under Patterson. While trese great
armies as at that time they seemed to MS, stood
fronting each other in Northern Virginia. were
waiting in daily expectation to hear Of decisive battle
which should give the death blow to the Rebellion.
Our hopes were high, courage far and wide
strengthened by the celebrations upon that ami
versaIy; and the Of the Fourth Of July, 1861,
went down upon people firmly resolved that what
ever the sacrifice the Union must be preserved.
BEGINNING THE STRUGGLE.
How little we were able to judge the force OF the
conflict upon which were then entering, And how
few of us dreamed that the next four years would be
years strife of battle OF carnagc In less than three
weeks after that Fourth of July celebration the first
battle Of Bull Run had been fought and lost defeat
so crushing to the Union Army that If the COniedcaes
had known and puzzled their advantage they might
with little difficulty have captured the seat Of the
National Government But It's result was only
momentarv. II created depression. but not dis