Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1895-09-28

LON0srREEr's PAfbhoThsH'
On the 10th instant the United States
Government took full possession OF the
Chickamauss and Chattanooga field, in
the State Of Tennessee. The Govern
mens has another public park. which.
while IL may not be as grand from .
scenic point Of view as the Yellowstone
il will be far dearer to the hearts Of the
people. The park dedicated to the Ma
tion Sept. 10 was consecrated By . battle
which, for desperate fighting and car
mage, has few II any equals in the worlds
history.
Bot the unique feature Of the dedica-
tion was that the men who struggled
and fought against each other at Chicks
manga that day thirty-two years ago,
met again, and each did his share in max.
ing the dedication . success. They signed
. compact by which the last vestige OF
venom caused BY the War Of the Rebel
lion was blotted out.
There we're present over 5000 people.
Among the throng were some Of the Ma
tion's heroes. Is well o. hundreds OF men
Of renown who took part in the conflict
between the North and South.
Many able and patriotic speeches were
made by The grizzled veterans. but the
following address delivered by General
James Longstreet indicates that although
now in his 18th year. the FIRE Of patriot
ism within him burns - brightly IS IL
did in the earlier years of his soldier
life. He said:
On . similar occasion 81 Gettysburg.
President Abraham Lincoln said: 1T 10
for us, the living. rather to be dedicated
here to the unfinished work." and again
Mr.. Lincoln refers ''for us to be here ded.
icated to the great task remaining before
rs, in which the Blue and the Gray and
the sons and daughters Of veterans on
both sides can heartily join in extending,
broadening, confirming and perpstuating
"a government Of the people, by the
people, and for the people," l allude,
my countrymsn, to happenings in 1898.
to the exasperating interference in Hs-
wall, venezuels, Trinidad, and the gen.
eraI but steady purpose Of Great Britain
TO nulify or encroach on the Monroe doc
trine. Macmillan attempted an in
fringement of this doctrine, and although
the guns Of A~ppamattox had scarcely
ceased their reyerberations, the brave
soldiers Of Lee plainly indicated thai
they would follow Grant or Sheridan Ii
driving any foreign government from
America. And I believe there is 81
abounding patriotism, broad and deep
In ell Americans; that patriotism throba
the heart and pulse. the being. as ardent
~ Of the South Carolinian as the old
Massachusetts, Puritan; that the Liberty
Bell In lie Southern pilgrimage will be u
Es~vsrsntly received and o devotedly
loved in Atlanta and Charleston as II
Philadelphia and Boston; that we 81
idolizs Old Glory, and with Barbarl
Frische, we can say now, ''Shoot. II yor
must, this old gray head, but spare youl
oountry's Gag" and to stimulate and
evolve this noble sentiment all we need
10 resumption Of fraternity at the rasi'
Of 10 TO l-sixteen strong heart striker
Of mutual esteem and love to . feebl'
expiring one Of waning patriotism
She hearty restoration and cordial Guilt
walton Of nsighborly. ~brotherly rels-
tions, faith in Jehovah and respect fol
each other. and God grant that The
happy vision that delighted the soul o.
the sweet singer Of Israel may rest lik'
Q bsnediotion on the souls Of the BLU
and the Gray. Strengthen the arm,
and navy, look TO the armsments OF OH
wArships. and render moro efficient OIL
ssscoast defenses; in . word, make tn,
United States the first naval power o.
the world, and when another landing By
England 81 Corinto 10 attempted. wher
European colonization in Venezuela !
essayed, and when British greed in Mica
ragus 10 repeated. or any other invasion
or sncroachmsnt Of the Monroe doctrine
10 threatened, the followers Of Lee ant
Grant, the sons Of the Blue and Gray
some Decatur, Jones, Perry, Farrsgut
Simms or Mafit, on the quarterback o
IN American msn-of-war, will unfurl tn
Gag Of Washington, Lincoln. Grant AMI
Lee In the English channel. and tn
''Ysnkee huzza," and the 'Rebel yell
will resound along the British coast.