The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-10-26

OF your valOr, the DIoVc1y "a Jus
deeds, the glory Of your triumphs.
Believe me, comrades, the patriot
is never dead-the hero lives for
ever. The loyal sentiment OF the
country is with you. lmbued WIN
sense Of gratitude and justice, the
Young men Of the Nation have
heard the story Of liberty; the glory
in your marches, your battles, your
victories; they sing the songs you
sang; they glow with the fires OF
patriotism; they will march to your
relief, thrice 400, 600 strong.
4 see in the audience young men
who were babes when Lee gave up
his sword at Appommattox. In
some particulars ! envy them. They
will be stalwart actors upon stage
) whereon my mortal vision can new.
|er rest. The coming century vii!
{ be the grandest in all the history OF
an advancing world. Invention,
: discovery, art, science, the growth
zIof knowledge, the glory OF lie,
J await their maturer years. But
> with all their advantages, there Is
4 lone experience which these young
: men can never know. 1t is our
h daily baptism in those glorious
memories which almost compensate
their possesssr even for the loss OF
d youth. 1t is the fierce delight OF
elhaying breathed the air OF those
d |eventful years when Patriotism
It flashed through the land like an
J. electric thrill-"when the canker OF
IS gold and the dust Of cotton"
d dropped from the manhood OF the
A. nation, and men went forth un.
If shackled and radiant to sacrifice and
Of battle, when men forgot party and
III marched faithfully to wounds ana
Lee death. Side by side at Westmin-
I'd lister rest the broken lances and bat
orltered blades Of the Roses-the
urlwhite and the red. Together we
u may see the trophies of the Round
n head and the Cavalier; and the de-
sr- scendants Of each, drawing an in
,il spiration in the living present from
ut 1.-THE heroic past, have fought side by
m side upon thousand fields to up
is hold the power Of the British Empire.
MS So should the battle-Aags be pre-
his served as part Of our National his
ov- tory, and as an evidence Of the time
when the energy and valor OF the
no. American people challenged the ad-
the miration Of the whole military world,
kes and from which as Nation, We
ior, shall gather inspiration on future
TIL fields. Let them be preserved a.
,es mementoes of the time when tn
by sledge hammer Of destiny, on tn
car anvil of fate, welded in the fiery
ntal heat Of civil war, the discordant el
ON. Iements Of common country into
ron United States. Some futu.e Guizot
itch as he traces the results OF the wa
lder|o on the civilization Of the world, vii
was paw Just respect to these old flags
curl Comrades, year by year our rank
ad- are depleted, and soon the Gran
both Army Of the Republic will be ma
Itlshalied on the other side OF II
rom food. But while we live, let Y
that not forget the mighty inspiration
and 1.-The heroic days Of the past, I
rry Washington and Lincoln, and !
then us strive by the victories OF peace
ane. keep in purity, in honor and in II
GERS, tegrity, and to raise to higher glo.l
v on that .sGovernment Of the people, I
and the people, and by the people,
LIANT which we fought to save. Then
Mex may be that grateful hearts "
waylstrew flowers Of affection on o
the graves. and our children evoke insl
tates ration from our examples, as we
issis- from our immortal dead.
and In conclusion, my comrades, p
lbdu- NIT me to express the wish that
'ject- YOUR shadows lengthen in the mar
one lof life, your steps grow less stea
But under the weight Of increasing yea
that and your tenure Of life more ,
ire OF certain as you descend the west'
, flag slope, that you may each and
and be consciously under the guard
SOL care Of Him who shielded you
i raj the fierce flame of battle, and fir
from " may you hear the words OF
1t is Supreme Commander, swell do
asso- good and faithful servant"