The National tribune., 1895-09-19

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JOHN NJ. DELPHI. LoUIsv1LLEs "AR
MAYOR.
read vou an original poem, prepared al the
raopest of he Commander-in-C Chief
James whitcomb Riley came forward
amid general applause, and read:
PEACE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC.
Crou,.ville XIV. Sept IL. 1895; 29lh Euoampuleni,
G.A.R)
There's voice across the Nation like mighty
Borne up from out the Southwark as Tie seas pe-
fore the gale;
Its breath is in the streaming Gag and in The iying
sail,
AS we go sailing on.
,Tqs voice that we remember-ere its summons
when II ran, ia bNrte-chaIenge aud We answered
Win roar .. gun and hiss Of sword aud crash OF
prow aud prov,
AS we were sailing on.
our hone ssnk. even as we saw the sun sink isint
The ship Of state went cropping through the biiad-
ing smoke of rst-
Through blacke., K1idnight lurching. all uucheeIed
OF moon ar star.
Yet saing-sailing on.
AS who SpHke the oe&u hNAhes Will tt4t-DtNoN
who wpiked The troubled waters, all unsosLbed. in
rnortri form
We felt our Pilols presence with Els hand upon
As we went smiling on.
@ voice Of passion luled to peace. this dawnins Of
o voices twain now blent one. ye sing al fears
Since foe and foe are friends, aud io the Lord Sc
glad as they
lie sends us sailing
Loud applause called for Mr.. Riley 70 sp-
near AGAIN. when he recited with exquisite
pathos "Good-by, jim Take Care OF Your
self"
HON. HENRY wATTERsoS's SPEECH.
The whole assemblagc rose in acciamaticn
MS Chairman Sherley brOaght forward Lion.
Henry WattersOE, who spoke rs follows:
"That psomissory note, executed hy nae
subiect TO the Endorsement OF the city OF
Louisville and discounted by you IN the city
of Pittsburg year ago-It has matcEed-
and we are here TO cancel 1t! You. who were
60 prompt aud So generous about II, VIII not
bedisDieased 10 learn that it puts us 10 40 in
convenience TO nay it, On the contrary, II
having been one of those obligations on
which the interest compromising day by day
was designed to eat up the principal, ITS dis
charge leaves US poor only IN the regret that
we may not repeat the transaction every j
months and convert this central point Of the
universe into permanent Encampment ioT
the Grand Army of the Republic
"Fxcept that historic DIST notions have
long been obliterated here, il iglt he men
toned that appear before you as the repre-
sentative ali ke of those who wore tbe blue s1d
those who wore the gray in that great sectional
al,a& icls bata elG q. a II
not, left DO shadow upon American soldier
ship, no stain upon American manhsed. But,
In Kentucky the war ended 80 years ago.
Familiar iBtercoRm unication between those
who fought Ia il upon opposing sides; mar
rage and given in marriage; the rearing OF
a common preeency T; the ninistTGti0ns OF
private friendship; the all-subdniDg inAu-
ence of nome and church and school, Of wife
and child, have eliminated in such closely
knit web of interests and affections that none
of us care to disentangle the threads that
compose it, and few Of us could do 50 II We
would.
Here, at least, the lesson has been Taught
and learned that
You cannot chain the eagle
And you dare not harm the dove;
But every gate
Hate bars 20 hate
VIII open wide TO love"
AND Tie Hng! Gou press tDe nag n
Che heart of McCailum More warned
30 the tartan, do all hearts warns 10 the
flag Have you upon your round OF sight
seeing missed it hereabout? Does 1t make
itself on any hand conspicuous by its aosenccE
Can you doubt the loyal sincerity Of those
who from house-top and roof-tFee have
thrown il 10 the breeze? Let some sacrilegi-
ous hand be raised TO haul il down aud see
how many gray boards who wore gray coa;s
viii rally to it! No, no, comrades; the peo-
ple en- masse DO not deal in subterluges;
they do not stcop TO conquer; they may be
wrong; they may be perverse;- but they
nsyer dissemble. These are honest flags,