Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1895-09-19
NATTEESON's WORDS.

Grand Army in IA Brilliant Speech:
Let the Past Bury
Louisville, KY, Sept. IL
Grand Army veterans and their
friends to the number Of 1000
attended the grand camp fire at
Music Hall to night. Like all
other buildings in Louisville, the
hail was elaborately decorated
and every one was just bubbling
over with patriotism and enthu-
siasm. An elaborate prog ramme
had been prepared and it was
cal 1ried out TO the delight and en-
tertainment of all present. The
campfire opened with .'March
ing Through Georgia." played
by a military band. The Hon.
Henry Watterson, editor Of the
Louisville Courier Journal, then
made the welcome address in be :
half Of the citizens committee
He spoke in park as follows:
Conn AIDES, for under the star
fowered flag Of the Union all
who truly love 1t are comrades,
in the name of the city and the
State [ bid you the heartiest
welcome. [ have been i'll every
State and territory of the Union
and [ can truly say that [ never
came away from any one of theIu
where I had rot found something
to make NE proud Of my coun-
try. A IL that [ do contend for is
that you will find here more kinds
of good things and more of them
than you will find anywhere else
on the face OF the globe
Let the dead past bury all its
dead You at least have no
reason TO complain. You got
away with as many of us as we
got away with you. The brave
men who have gone to heaven
have long ago settled the act be-
fore that court where all is made
right. God reigns and the gov
erpmenU at Washington lives.
That should satisfy us all II
there is any more fighting to be
done, lets go and lick England
and take Canada: lets go aid lick
Spain and take Cuba; let's go and
lick creation and make the un-
speakable Turk vote the Ameri-
can ticket. We can do it. Shoulder
to shoulder, with the world before
US and old glory above, who
shall stop us,
mo surrender. 3"
mo pretender "
''Pit1ed together in many a fray"
Lions IN tight
''And linked in their might,
The North and South will carry
the day.
''All that is wanted in this
great land Of ours is for the peo-
ple--the pain people, as Lincoln
called them-tO realize from
Maine to Texas, from Oregon to
Florida, that there is nothing
whatever to divide them. They
are the same.
! The monstrosity Of slavery out
Of the way, the foolishness OF
secession out of the way, and the
nation having actually had its
new birth of freedom. What but
ignorance and prejudice to hin.
der the stalwart Americans in
Minnesota from taking the hand
of stalwart Americans in Geor
gia and calling him "brother?'
Both came from a common orig :
in, good old Anglo Saxon and
Scoth Irish stock, and are welded
together by common interest and
a common destiny, bone Of one
bone, flesh Of one flesh, in nation
al aspiration and fellowship. Goo
made this continent for Us ano
consecrated it to freedom. The
TRANSPORTATION Of nature not less
than the TRANSMISSION of blooc
clearly indicate the will of God.
Who dares dispute His awfu
work?
But pardon me. 1 did moi
mean to be serious. This is ar
occasion for rejoicing, for merry
making, not for reflection, L
anybody, thinks he's thinking,
wake him-he's only dreaming
If anybody thinks he's not wei
come, tie him. If there's q dog
that fails to wag his tail for joy
shoot him. We are glad to see
you. We are glad you came
Now that you have found the
way, come again and come of
ten. The latch string will al
ways hang outside the door an6
the only pass word shall be Il
am an American citizen"
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