The National tribune., 1895-09-19

! lightly brook the effort of State to with
/ draw from the Union. Slavery is gone.
/ Secession is dead. The Union, with It's sys-
tenn of Statehood still intact, survives. and
with it power aud glory among men pass
ing the dreams Of the fathers of the Repub-
/ lie. You and may fold our arms and 20 TO
sleep, leaving to younger men 10 hold and
defend property l0-fold greater than that
received by us, It's ownership unclouded and
its title deeds recorded in Heaven!
1t is, therefore, with a kind of exultation
that fling open the gates of this Gateway to
the South! bid you welcome in the name
of the people. whose voice is the voice OF
Gcd. You came, and we resisted you; You
come, and we greet you; for times change
aud men change with them. You will find
here scarcely a sign of the battle; not
remiuiscence Of its passions. Grim-ylsaged
war has smooihed his wrinkled 'front.' and
whichever way you turn on either SIDE,
deepening as you advance-across the Chap
lin Hills, where Jackson fell, TO Stones
River, where Rosy fought-and on TO Chat
tanooga and Chickamauga and over Mission
airy Ridge, and down by Resaca and kenesaw
and Alatoona. where Corse held the fort, rs
a second time you march TO the sea-paus-
ing awhile about Atlanta to look with won
bcl vi q etSDc ltSSu Wy tnC manu- va
chantment-thence returning 10y way of
Franklin and Nashville-yeu shall encoun-
ter. rs you pass those moldering heaps which
remind you of your valor and travail, only
the magnanimous spirit of dead heroes, with
Grant aud Sherman, and Thomas and Nc
PLerson and Logan looking down from the
happy stars as if repeating the words of the
Master Charity for all, malice toward
ncne'
We, TOO, have our graves; we, too, had
our heroes! All, all are comrades now upon
The other side, where you and must shortly
iaiu them; blessed, thrice blessed we who
bsve lived 10 see fulfilled the psalmist's
prophecy of peace:
'.' Peace in the quiet dales
-Eade rsulSly fertile by the blood of men;
'sacc ia The woodland aud the lonely glen
Peace Ia The peopied wales.
Peace in the crowded town;
Peace in thousand fields OF waving grain;
Peace ia the highway and the how'ry lane
Peace Ger the wind-swept down
"tPicce on the whirring ynarts,
Peace where the scholar thinks the hunter roams.
Peace God OF peace peace, peace In ali our homes,
And Rii our hearts, W
Enthusiastic applause interrupted the
speaker every few sentences, and when he
finished the whole audience rose in acclama-
tions lasting for minutes.
When quiet was restored
PAST oosiMAKDER-IN- CHIEF WIN. WARNER
replied on behalf of the GAR. He said:
"Commander-iB-Chief: The first duty of
soldier is obedience TO orders. Althsugh
the duty you have assigned me is a pleasant
one, / enter upon it conscious of my inability
TO fttinsly represent these old veterans, the
survivors of the grsndest army that ever
marched to battle, and, had it not been that
/ remembered the fate of Jonah, when my
name was called this morning / would have
fed the hall.
Col. Sherley, Col. Watterson, Ladies and
Gentlemen of the City of Leuisyille: Our
annual, pilgrimage has brought US to your
beautiful city 20 hold our National Eucamp-
ment You have received us as though we
were the Princes of the earth. 1t is difficult
10 fnd words in which to properly clothe