Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1894-05-31

of the first-born and best of every house
hold, and that boasting treason shoul,
know that loyal men could fight as hard t.
preserve freedoms land a. traitors coult
fight to destroy it?
The first call to arms. the ready anC
eager response the marshalling Of men IL
our streets, 1ocking from every hiIlsid,
and valley Of our proud State; their de
psrture amid tears of love and words OF
hope to the battle front, our early depress
Ing defeats, the rising tide OF patriotic
fervor Increasing and growing more pro
| nounced as disasters and discouragng de
lays thickened upon Us; the long aud
weary marches, the hospitals Of sick aud
wounded, battles and sieges, fields of car
mage and fields of buried dead where sleep
your heroic comrades who from their
quiet graves and silent lips speak so elo.
quently to us today; troubles of finance
and troubles of diplomacy, the republic
so often trembling upon the brink OF de =
trnctlon until your grand crownlng vict Try
At Richmond settled all for country and
| hoerfy-these are among your proude>i
a. well as >addest memories today.
1t Is not necessary that should dwell
upon them; neither am | here to mourn
with yon or to stir with patriotic speech.
feelings OF grief and regret, The loyal
men OF '6l to Go who displayed the for
| titude OF the best character OF the Roman
| republic. were not superior In this respect
to the women. who, through the long day.
| of painful waiting working, hoping aud
| praying, maintained themselves a. stout
and >thrdy OF heart ss the Spartan mothers.
/ or the brave women of the Revoluti 70 ;
aui dn not believe there t. one before
| mp who ha< decked with the fpuer- III
{ ibgs here giAaN fit. q 4 "a ~
and dearest or whose affection goes out to
| him where he sleeps meath the soil OF some
/ ta.t,.iicd Of the South. but does il with a
| feeling Of proud triumph In her heart,
I knowing thai he died at his post Of duty ;
| ihtt she would not eXchauge for any feel
! ing Of glidnc>S - zee him alive AMI ~ hrr
side, II at the expense Of feeling that he
had shrked the duties sud DANCES that
had been htavely borne aud confronted by
his comrades.
No. gent t'cmtn. | am not here To repeat
the history OF Snar own great achieve
ment~. nor 10 Use the hand OF grief snd
mourning to pluck from the grave Of hero
iSn the garland Of honor which crowns
IL And yet | can assure you that am
/ ktcnly grstiiivd 10 meet YOU her. aud ,ha,
profoundly sympathIze with th- purl o,e
which has brought you together. Indeed
hpld that they who hesitate T. honor the
dead who have died In their country.
cause are not themselves the last Of the
living
GREATNESS OF THE q. A. II.
believe thoroughly In such commemor-
alive ceremonies and displays a, these To-
day believe that the Gr4ud Army Or
gan xatou-. like tue order Of the Clncin-
natl established by Washington after the
Revolution, will serve to stimulate the
patriotic heart Of The nation. sud keep
alive memories that Il Is tcaHthfui Tor IL
tn cherish. fhcy are better and more val
ua'le than the society Of the Cincinnati.
fnr that iuUlu cd only the officers OF Tie
RrSo ution. while these more wisely. ,re
justly and pat,intica!ly. take IN every man
vito NOR. tue blue.
Aud these memorial ceremontc. are 10
honor q yourselves while they speak eu-
C"uragluEly "a the nation They Show
that y"u have not lost your oil patriotic
arao.. HAT YOU have not forgotten through
whose brave sacrifices and great achieve
m-nt- Your ConutTy has been saved la-
deed, they >hoN more than this; for those
dt monSiratlons, Of whatever character
thrt be. whether to commemorate the
mcu aud deeds of The Union armies In the
war OF the Rebellion, or iIl Ise OF the Rev
uiuttou, To no small degree mark the
character OF the communities In which
they occur.
Where they are en.efei into with
cIrnestness and zeal and are prosecuted
with good heart and Will, there you may
safely reckon to dad the homes Of pubic
spirit and enterprise, and the thrift aud
prosperity which follow them. Yes, IL l.
not 10 the hoveis OF slorh and -lovenlIues-
j. ~. rut ali IA
II l. not where men are laggsrds ard women
are drones that the pIant Of tender AMI
Scncrativr affection for the patriotic dead
grows green and houri,hing, Il is whore
men are brave and women are true. where
men are earnest aud women sincere where
HE j. looked upon As serious thin. sud
each oLc i striving to make 1t a good thing
. himself, hts fellowtneu aud posterity.
ANA 80 Ia this active and thrifty commuu-
n.y. where the evidences ~ enterprise are
seen on every hand, where the hum OF the
mills Is heard and the promise or ID
dl-try's reward is on the face OF the
farmers field, we hnd heart, beating il
fervii sympathy with the patriot dead
aud living
And who will ever know how many
noble elements OF character that terrible
struggle brought TO the surface: how the
grandeur Of the sacrifice made the souls OF
men strong; how human hearts grew
great with the greatness ~ occasions, aud
how great occasions drew from the depth,
oi hundreds Of thousands OF human hearts
powers OF generous selfsacrihce ard
splendid aspirations which might have
laiu buried and dDrman, forever!
GREAT TRAITS DEyELorEp.
These heroic services and sacrifices no,
only developed great traits in those who
made them but they Inspired them In
others. We cannot but venerate him who
struggles manfnlly in a cause which he
honestly deems just, aud il is not the least
OF tae debts which we owe 10 your brave
comrades that their patriotic deeds have
Inspired our hearts with the most magnan-
imous emotion and have given Us new
examples of virtue 20 admire and emulate
An. how these examples stimulate our
noblest aspirationsl Without them the
world might stsgnste and die OF its own
moral etfeteness. How the shining glory
that surrounds them captiyates and ener-
gizes mankind. How sublime seems the
seats or their greatness and fame. To
see how the great souls and quick intel
lects OF the past have gone rushing along
the ages, awakening the half-drowsy world
ing every child Of the race 10 follow them,
and commanding such tributes from the
hearts OF men as We In love and venera-
tion bestow today is to forget the rugged
path they have irodden and think only TO
emulate them. How we are inspired to
struggle and to climb.
There is something divine in this feel
Ing, this lifting up OF humanity by the
heroic efforts Of the best of the race to
lJfiier purpose and a higher plane OF life.
How it accepts labor and toll; how it
despises hardships and dangers and suffer
ing and even death; how it casts beauty
and pleasure behind it and pushes on to
the golden goal of its ambition
Alexander the Great rushing forth with
the celebrity and enthusiasm of youth from
victory, driving before him the armed
millions Of Asia as a young lion might go
out aud scatter the flocks and herds OF
the pasture; Pyrrhus at the head Of
his phalaux by his great talents and
uncoLquerable spirit crushing the finest
legions Of the ancient world; Hannibal
scaling the Alps, falling like an avalanche
down upon Italy and standing amidst the
re.plendent bsze of his matchless genius
upon The bloody field of Canne Napoleon
at Jena, at Austerliiz, amid the paud.
IT'S Of France and the amazement OF man
kind at his astounding f,ats of prowess;
blind old Homer in the golden numbers Of
genius-inspired song; Demosthenes In the
crushing sentences of his immortal Philip
pics; Cicero holding up In words OF burn
Ing .xecra,i1n crimes against justice and
tue liberties of his countrymen; why, they