The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-05-28

"oO oooVoS "i uly, UcioIe NeW
England audience, was an event,
the Importance of which can hardly
be measured. In paying a fitting
tribute to the memory of his late
opponent, Gen. Grant, he said in
part:
"Modest as a maiden, the heavy
blows Of the strong arm of an Ajax
were all there was to tell the storf
OF work that pushed him up until
at the end of two years he found
him self above all officers that had
held superior rank, commanding
armies of a million soldieas, spread
out over lines of thousands of
miles, yet humbly submissive to
the govern ment he so ably de.
Tended If another record. marks
such an epoch, fail to recall it.
1t is claimed that the pen is
mightier than the sword but
where is the pen that has cleaved
such magic blows and accomplished
such wondrous works? The Bard
of Avon is the most enticing, but
the pen of Shakespeare, nor of
Richelieu, nor of Bismarl is so
elevating in the hearts of mankind
as the sword cf Grant, that broke
the chains of slavery. Distin.
guished services for ones country
in her hours OF severe trial have
commanded the love and admira-
tion of all people since the first
battle axe was forged upon the
anvil of war. Leonidas and Mil
tiades, Cato and Tully, Washing
ton and Lincoln, Grant and Gari>
baldi live in The affectionate mem
ories of their peoples from devoted
services in the advancement Of
civil liberty, nationality and pat
riotlsm." "
Are these veterans here this
morning sorry they enlisted under
the stars and stripes aud fought
for the union? No, l think not.
Hardly an officer or soldier would
admit that. Fven our dead had
but one regret, and that was, like
poor Nathan Hales, in the days of
'76, "that they had tut one life to
give for their coun try" No, they
are not sorry. They remember
the excitement of the skirmish, the
ferceneSs of the battle, the fury of
the charge, the glory and salts
action of the victory, the triumph
of the flag, the salvation of the re-
public-and their chances OF pro-
motion. No, they are not sorry.
They are proud to be known as
Lincoln's boys and Grants old
soldiers, even as Cromwell's men
in after years were proud to be-
known as Cromwell's old soldiers.
The civil war flied an import
ant place in Gods great scheme.
He did not cause it. Nor did He
ordaia it. But He did use it for
our good and His glory.
To-day there have gathered in
churches throughout the length
and breadth of our preserved
union, hosts Of people conmemor-
ating our honored dead and the
deeds of their heroism.
A warm and sympathetic spirit
is pulsating for those who de-
/ Tended the home and equality.
} But, we submit, all history teaches
! that no nation ever yet endured
tong or amounted to much that
turned its back on its old soldiers,
, and old soldiers in their old age,
l and the United States may profit
by such example.
God bless the flag God bless
the old veterans! Long live the
republic God save America and
thanks be to Almighty God.
"The good ship Unions voyage Is DER,
At anchor safe she swings,
+ While loud and clear,
With cheer on cheer
4 Her Joyous welcome rirgs.
| Hurrah. Hurrah. 1t shakes the waves
1t thundnrs on the shore,
One flag one land,
: One heart, one hand,
One na tion evermore"
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