The evening times., 1896-09-16
THE INVOCATION.

Following it came the invocation of Rev
j. W. Savers, chaplain of the Department
| of Pennsylvania u. A. K.
Almighty and Eternal God, Thy favor is
life, and Tiny loving kindness is better
than life. Oh, bless us, assembled here to-
day. aud may what We do lie pleasing in
We tnank Thee. thou God of battles,
that from ne beginning OF our history 1 hou
hast raised up men who were willing 10
lay down their lives in defense OF Iberty
and Just government.
We thank 1hee for the preservation OF
our national existence ana this restored
brotherhood. united in loyalty to one flag,
manfully the good fight of faith. May we
ever bc inspired by the true gospel of
charity.
Auer the warfare of life is ended. and
We are lulled TO sleep by the tattoo of
death. may we all, in the morning OF the
Resurrection. be awakened by the reveille
OF angels. and ascend 10 the realms whcrs
war never enters, but where there is eBd-
less peace. This we ask in the maine OF
the Prince of Peace. Amen.
The Introductory address was delivered
by Gen. J. W. Frazer, commander of the
Philadelphia Brigade Association.
Mr.. Frazier, in part, said:
CUmrdues anu eIIUw-cIiZens: When
the pcUpir vi or wnole country read Ill the
uaIiy papers tomorrow or tins reunion ul
lut blut but III ltti anu KNOW
THAT Une Nur IA ana the sou I'll are ciUser To
gelucf upon the tnirIy-TUurtn anniversary
VI the baUIle OF AnI!eCam than Iney iIa, L
Deen ut any other Time during the present
century.
Iue ,etera rs OF the armies of Grant ant,
OF Lee meet here to sUiemnly pledge
themselves to the supremacy or law, OF
oruer, Ot government and OIL Constitution.
We meet not TO renew allegiance 10 uead
past but, elbows touching elbows, 10 stand
together for such living present as will
instead or the thorns OF strife and sorrow-
bring future golden with peace and pros
perty.
Veterans of the North and the South, this
is the last time shall ever have The hign
honor OF presiding over such an assemblage
AS this, and here, amid such surroundings, IN
such a presence, and before such an audi
encc, let me say as my last word, that
would be false TO freedom, false to country,
1alse TO conscience, were / TO fail To sa that
the Immigration the chancellor OF the dio-
cese OF Philadelphia so bravely and elo-
Quently deprecated Is the greatest danger
that threatens Us as nation, and ask J ou
in the interest of American honor, happi-
ness, freedom, law, order, Constitution
most carefully.
The time may not be so far distant when
these thronging Goths and Vandals will at
tempt 10 tear the clustered stars from the
brow of Liberty; if it shall come during our
time the veterans OF Grant and Lee would
stay with hands of steel the accursed crime
and If the attempt to trample in the dust
the gifts of American Freedom should be
delayed beyond the day OF the Veterans Of
the North and the South, their sons united
~ and with one accord would DEFEND Amer
lcan liberty, law, order, Constitution and
government.
Hon Charles F. Warwick mayor of Phila-
delphia, then addressed the assemblage
on the subject "The North" Gen. William
A. Hemphill spoke for "The South"
THE ARCHBISHOP'S ADDRESS.
Archbishop P. J.. Ryan then eloquently y
presented the topic, "A Reunited People
The archbishop, in part, said:
veterans of the Northern and Southern
armies, am invited to address you on the
subject Of a Reunited People The title
OF this address supposes three things
first, united people, then a people sepa-
rated, and thirdly, people restored to
unity.
II have seen and observed our fellow
countrymen in these three stages. For
nearly ten years before the war lived In
st. Louis, Mo-, when we were a united
people. During the war, in the great tenn
porary separation, no part of the coun-
try felt more deeply that separation than
the border States, like Missouri, Kentucky
and Maryland.
1.-THE North was united in itself; the
South in itself. but these border States
were divided against themselves. family
against family. and even members of the
same family arrayed against each other.
In the parish OF which l was rector had
the Gratiot street prison and hospital. pop
ularly known as '.MacDowell's College,"
from which possibly some Of the veterans
here today may have graduated. and 1