The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-08-28

have accorded me here tonight I come
with no set form OF speech; / come with
no studied phrases TO present 10 you. but
! come In the spirit OF comradeship: to
talk with you as we have often talked I'm
the past. around the camp fires IA war as
well as at camp fires IN peace. Gap
piause) To me, see by the programme,
has been assigned the toast THE Country
and It's Defenders" My fellow citizens.
blessed s tina. country whose defenders
are patriots. Blessed Is that country whose
soldiers tight for II and are willing 20 give
the best they have, the best that any man
has. their own lives. 10 preserve II be-
cause they love II. Such an army the
United States has always commanded In
every crisis OF her history. (Applause).
From the war OF the revolution 10 tho
late civil war the men followed that nag
because they loved that nag and believed
IN what IL represented. (Applause) That
was the stun or which the volunteer army
OF 1861 was made Every one OF them not
only fought. but they thought. Cap
plause) And many OF them did their own
thinking. and did not always agree with
their commander. daughter and APP
plause) That young soldier who In the
late war; upon the battle line. ahead with
the color guard. bearing the stars and
stripes. way in front OF the line. but the
enemy still I'm front OF him. when the
general called out TO the color bearer:
Bring those colors back 10 the line,"
quicker than any bullet that young sol
der answered back: Bring the line up
70 the colors' prolonged applause) IL
was the voice OF command; there was a
man behind Il. and there was patriotism IN
his heart.
"'so nigh TO grandeur is our dust:
So near TO God IS man. When duty whis-
pers:
10. thou mustl the youth replies.
Il can"
and so more than 100000 brave men
responded and made up an army grander
than any army that ever shook the earth
with it's tread. (Applause) And engaged
in hollcr cause than ever soldiers did be-
fore. What defenders. my countrymen.
have we now? We have the remnant OF
this old. magnificent, matchless army or
which / have been speaking, and then as
allies In any future war. we have the brave
men who fought against US on southern
battle fields. Great applause.) The army
OF Grant and the army or Lee are together.
(Applause) They are one now Ia faith,
In hope. In fraternity. in purpose and in
an invinclble patriotism. and therefore the
country Is In no danger. (Applause) In
justice strong In policy secure. and Ia de-
votion TO the nag all one Great APP
plause) My fellow countrymen. ! thank
you and bid you goodnight" prolonged
applause)
The presidents allusion 10 the south
and its unity with the north was re-
ceived with yociferous applause. the
audience standing upon their seats to
cheer and at the conclusion OF the toast
Gov. Black led the applause. Other
toasts and responses were as follows:
''The Grand Army OF the Republic"
Thaddeus G. Clarkson.
Song, illinois,. by Comrade o. h.
Knight, Of Columbia post.
THE Army OF the United States" Gen.
Russell A. Alger.
THE Gehoral.' Harry ID. Estabrook. Chi
cago.
And the Colored Troops Fought Nobly."
Charles w. Anderson.
The American Volunteer" G. Porter
Johnson OF Chicago.
Under one Flag, John S. Wise.
The Chaplain" Archbishop John Ire
land.