Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-11-16

III does not come 10 edcn generation
to be privileged to offer life that a
nation may live. In our time the OPP
portunity came and was accepted Do
any doubt that history Will repeat IT.
self IL the opportunity is again pre-
sented? The young men OF the ma
ton are as patriotic, as eager as the
men of 81. their hearts beat as true,
and they enthuse as readily. Men
grow languid in peaceful pursuits, but
the legarthy disappears as the mist
before the rising sun when the nation
calls for help.
The lessons of the war have been
thoroughly taught in all our broad
land. Memorial battlefields are an OBJ
ject-lesson and the monuments tell the
story. Built of bronze and enduring
granite they speak to the ages. to the
millions of the future they convey a
message of conf CT, Ct sacrifice, of hero
ism and patriotism. When individual
deeds snail have been forgotten these
monuments will bear witness to hui
manity of the sacrifice of self for the
benefit of the State. But to the youth
of the present generation they speak
of the heroism of their fathers. Let
but the impression be vivid enough and
the future is secure: and can any
thing be more impressive or more vivid
than that which is taught by these
monumental battlefelds. TIL, sacri-
fees which purified and strengthened
the republic in the days of 1S6l-65. arc
here perpetuated, and these silent
memorials appeal to this generation
with irresistible power. The story may
be tcld differently-it is told differently.
but the great facts remain. the conflict
was waged, men of heroic mould went
forth To meet death face to face in the
enthusiasm of their young manhood.
the union of states survived. and the
flag Of the country. respected and be-
loved Throughout; the land. waves over
brave happy and reunited people.
Decoration days come and go. the
graves of our heroes are kept green.
the flag floats over the school house.
children absorb patriotism at the sight
OF each gray-haired veteran with his
army button. and come veal or woe the
nations honor is secure. Sentiment
endures in human hearts. il moves the
world. Love Of country animates the
people, the sun of our prosperity not
yet at meridian. lights the way to 4
future glorious with promise
Let us then who have borne the bur-
den and heat of the day not lay down
our arms fearful Of the morrow. bur
let us rather reinqush them To the
willing hands ready to receive them
and as the rising dawn If this new hui
mainly ilumines the land may we
thank the Almighty Ruler Of the Uni
verse that he has vouchsafed to our
beloved country the blessings OF peo-
pie full of hope. resolute and eager 20
emulate the deeds of the fathers when
necessity rquires.
The address by General Henry Boyn-
ton. president of the Chickamauga and
Chattanooga National Park Associa-
ton, was as follows:
Mr. President and Comrades:
That this national park has been es-
tablished Is largely due to the vaior of
the sons of Pennsylvania on these and
many other fields arl 10 the patriotism
with which these empire states of Ten
neseee ard Georgia, with their sister Sc
ceding states, have accepted the decree of
great case brilliantly tried by both con-
testanis in that high court of last re-
sort where the sword decides.
You surviving Pennsylvania veterans.
who. in common with the soldiers of two
armies looked upward through the night
Of November "a. thirty-four years ago,
saw that arch OF cleaning Nights There.
under the cliffs. at the highest point
gained ii. the battle those flashing guns
were from the lines of Pennsylvania $
18th and 141th the Keystone of that hstor-
ic arch battle whose fame will endure SO
long as Lookout staEGs on its firm foun-
dations.
But with the morning light there came
even prouder sight for you. and ali of
us. With the earliest rays of that beau
tifu dawn, calm and peaceful as ii death
had never stalked along the front of bat
tie. or tle smoke of conflict ooscured
earthly vision, fioated the flag of the
Union from the summit of the palisades.
above the Keystone, above the banners
of all the states.
And 50 it was everywhere. ration above
state. until the war ended. and in its great
heats. not only had states been welded
into a perpetual and indissoluble Union,
but into ration which today presents
the grandeSt example of concord and
unity of purpose 10 be found on the plan
ct. Standing in This southland we rejoice
with all its thoughtful men over results
which have brought renewed and most
vigorous life. entertainment from Old
conditions dignity to Ia Dor, uneXanpied |
deve:opmeEt. ard the spectacle of vast
communities thoroughly American. with |
faces set with high purpose toward the
working out of national destiny.
abiding meaning in the fact that Penn |
sylvania comes here to horror the military |
achievements of her sons. and preserve |
their memory till the centuries shall nave |
crumblSi granite and wasted bronze. |
there is deeper ard more far-reaching
meaning in the fact that all the states |
of the South well as the North. are
engaged with equal enthusiasm. under the |
same national authority. in the same
work
You have seen on the field of Chicka- |
nauga the guns of every Confederate |
battery that fought there against flag re- !
established by the rational government
to mark the points of their fighting. and
tel to the ages the military skill and
courage with which they were served. |
You have seen the state monuments of |
Tennessee and Georgia, and Missouri rs- |
ing along their former lines of battle |
You have read the multitude of tablets |
erected by a national commission, under |
the authority of Congress, which for each |
side alike commemOrated story of |
American vaior, which Is a national glory |
and national resource as we'll. since in |
that story may be clearly read the mill |
tary possibilities of a war,ike future |
whose fitfu CLEANS are playing even now
like summer lightning around our whole |
horizon.
Have YOU ever read of anything like our
park in history? Did any nation ever ex-
ist where it's establishment would have |
no laC In n