The evening times., 1896-09-16

also attended in another portion of the par
ish hospital filed with Union soldiers.
| Though not sought for BY Inc. 1 received
from President Lincoln o commission as
army chaplain. with special charge of
Union aud Confederate soldiers OF the mil
itary hospitals OF st. Louis; so. gentlemen,
you perceive have some claim to be an
! cN-Uniied States officer, and. therefore,
something of a peaceful veteran
AS however more than three -fourths OF
the sick and prisoners in my parish were
fConfe dcrate soldiers. and l believed l
should have more influence with them by
being a simple citizen. returned to Wash
| ington. with nany thanks, the commission
! sent To me.
THE EVILS OF SEPARATION
Il do not believe that even men WHO
were on the battlefield could have more
fully realized the evils of the great sepa-
ration by war than we who were In the
border States. and especially such OF US
as had to visit the crowded prisons and
hospitals in the, cities and towns OF these
| States. Hence we rejoiced the more on an
| occasioa OF the reunion of the people.
AT first l thougbtit "A mistake 10 erect
/ monuments either in the North or South
battle. because these monuments seemed
destined to perpetuate the sad memories
| and ennlities of;he past; but when found
Northern sotdieys, like our noble Pbila-
| delphia brighdes going ON 10 Richmond
| for the unveiling of statue 10 the gal
iaut Southern soldier, Gen. Pickett, whose
| valor they GdiJlIed as well as felt, and
| Southern soldiers coming North to cele-
IA yv,,;, n
thought within myself. let us have many
monuments OF this kind as possible. for
they are monuments to the magnanimity
| OF n mighty nation and reunited people.
FINALLY, gentlemen" said he, in con-
ciusioD, "let us put an end as soon as POS
sible to all religious agotry, and this We
can do by knowing each other better a nd by
dwelling more frequently on the points in
which we agree than on those in which We
differ WeDecd all the conservative powers
OF natural and supernatural religion to
perpetuate this glorious republic Let
Catholics and Protestants meet each other
Ike fickctts men and tue men OF the
Philadelphia Brigade, on the old battle
fields Of the past and charge again, not in
blgotcd hostility, but to clasp hands OF
friendship and vow that We shall do all
that we can to defend and to perpetuate
the institutions of our country"
Handsome Miss Louise Nanuette Orndorff,
of Baltimore. sang. with much feeling:
THE NEW RosETTE."
Let us sing a song
That all may hear;
Sound the death OF wrong,
The knell OF fear;
For IN this cordial clasp OF ha nds
America united stands
The new rosette
or blue aud gray.
Without regret,
Isworn today.
Fire the signal gun,
Proclaim our creed;
Libcrt Ia S won
And we are freed;
Our country's creed is liberty;
And freedom shall oUr watchwo.u .oe;
The new rosette
or blue and gray
Loves amulet
Shall be today.
Ring the bells wish pride,
Tie brave are here:
Heroes true and tried,
And each peer;
Their deed nd yalur c 'er shall be
Our caveat on land and sea,
The new rusette
OF blue and gray,
pledge, threat,
Is worn today.
Give the armies praise,
OF Grant and Lee;
Shafts in honor raise
That all may see.
Proclaim that they did. 50 we
Would do and die for Liberty
The new rosette-
or blue and gray,
BIDS none forget
Their dead today.
Let the broadsides roar
From ship to snip;
Shout your cheers from shore;
Let colors dip;
Brave Farra s9it, Buchanan, too,
Showed what our gallant tars can do.
The new rusatte
OF blue nd gray,
Shall homage get
From all today.
Give your tina nks to God
That we are one.
He withholdsthe rod
Our strife is done:
One flag alone shall DER Us wave,
One country, or Tor each a grave.
The new rosrtte
OF blue and gray,
With loves tears wet
Is worn today
Other numbers on the program We're:
Army OF the Potomac Gen James A.
Beaver, Pennsylvania; Army of Northern
Virginia. Gen. William r. Aylett yir-
ginid, and The Meaning OF the War" Col
Charles Emory Smith, Philadelphia
The national campfire will commence at
730 p. m, when Gov. Hastings, Col. A.
X. Mcclure, Hon. George Hawkes. and Gen.
Ivan y. Walker will speak, and Mrs. vir-
einia F. Boyle OF Tennessee will read
poem
At O'Clock tomorrow morning the vet
Grams viii take the train Tor the Antietam
h..t1 In inld