The record-union., 1897-08-25

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seem so great their glorious work is
done, and they wear purer crown than
any man can weave them. Speak no
more of their renown, but in the vast
cathedral leave them. God accept
them; Christ receive them. 1t is our
duty, it is our business to perpetuate
their memories. 1t is our duty it is
our business to preserve and improve
and strengthen and glorify the mag
nificent institutions for which they feel
and for which they gave their lives
II thank you for this moment that
you have given to me to pay my re-
spects to that noble army of volunteers,
the sacrifcial giants who threw dark
ness asunder and thus insured our ma
tional existence" Great applause)
M'KINLEY BANQUETED.
BUFFALO IN. V, Aug. 24.-From
the moment that the special train that
bore the President and his retinue to
the city arrived until he returned to-
night, there was one glorious and spon-
taneous demonstration. From the de-
pot to the Niagara Hotel, a distance of
two miles, the streets were lined with
people, and at the hotel, in front Of
which there is great square. the po-
lice and soldiers from the nearby bar
racks had difficult work to keep the
multitude in position. In response TO
the continued cheering of the crowd
the President said a few words from
the balcony of the hotel.
AT a banquet this evening the Pres
ident was the guest of honor of Co.
lumbus Post Of Chicago, with 500 other
distinguished guests and soldiers
Among those at the guest table were
Commander G. H Mcconnell of Column
bus Post, POSTMASTER of the OCCASION;
President Mckinley, Commander-in-
Chief Clarkson, Archbishop Ireland
Mayor Jewett, General Russell A. AL
ger, Governor Frank S. Black, Wilson
S. Bissell, H. S. Pingree of Michigan,
and former Comma nder-in Chief Law
Ter. The POSTMASTER introduced Gov
ernor Frank S. Black, who extended q
welcome for Columbia Post to Presi-
dent Mckinley.
AT 8: A. o'clock, Senator Mark Hanna.
who had just arrived in the city, came
into the banquet hall. and was warmly
greeted by the President When Pres
ident Mckinley rose to speak for fully
five minutes it seemed as though the
bulge with the roars of applause of
greeting. Then the President said,
very slowly and distinctly:
Mr.. ToastmaSter and Comrades and
my Fellow Citizens: I wish I might
frame fitting words to make fitting re-
Spouse to the more than gracious well
come which you have accorded me here
tonight. I come with no set form of
speech. I come with no studied phrases
to present to you, but I come in the
spirit of comradeship (applause) to talk
to You as we have often talked in the
past, around the camp fires in war, as
we'll as at camp fires in peace. Gap
plause.) To me, I see by the pro-
gramme, has been assigned the toast,
The Country and It's Defenders
@'My fellow citizens, blessed is the
country whose defenders are patriots.
Blessed is that country whose soldiers
fight for it, and are willing to give the
best they have, the best that any man
has-their lives-to preserve it, be-
cause they love it, (Applause) Such
an army the United States has always
commanded in every crisis of her his
tory. From the War of the Revolution
to the late Civil War the men followed
that flag in battle, because they loved
that flag and believed in what it repre-
Sented That was the stuff of which
the volunteer army of '61 was made
(Applause) Every one of them not
only fought. but they thought and many
of them did their own thinking Qaugh-
| ter and applause), and did not always
agree with their commander. Gaugh-
ter and applause.) That young soldier
who in the late war; upon the battle
line, ahead with the color guard bear
ing the Stars and Stripes, way in front
of the line but the enemy still in front
of him, when the General called out to
the color bearer: Bring those colors
back to the lines and quicker than any
bullet that young soldier answered
back, Bring the line up to the colors!'
prolonged applause.) 1t was the voice
of command; there was a man be-
hind 1t, there was patriotism in his
heart.
80 night to grandeur is our dust,
So near to God is man,
when duty whispers,
"'Lo. thou must youth replies,
q T can
"And so more than 100000 brave
men thus responded and made up an
army grander than any army that ever
shook the earth with it's tread, and en-
gagged in holier cause than ever SOL
diers did before. (Applause.)
What defenders, my countrymen,
have we now? We have the remnant
of this old, magnificent matchless army
of which I have been speaking, and
then as allies in any future war, we
have tie brave men who fought against
US in Southern battlefields. Great APP
plause.) The army of Grant and the
army OF Lee are together There are
now in faith, in hope, in fraternity, in
purpose and in an invincible patriot
ism (applause), and, therefore, the
country is in no danger. (Applause.)
In justice strong, in policy secure, and
devotion to the flag, all one. Great ap-
plause.l
MY fellow countrymen thank you
and bid you good night" prolonged
applaIse.)
The Presidents allusion to the South
and its unity with the North was re-
ceived with vociferous applause, the
audience standing upon their seats to
cheer, and at the conclusion of the
toast Governor Black led the applause.
Commander-in-Ch Chief Garrison re-
sponded to the toast, The Grand
Army"
Secretary of War Alger spoke to the
toast. The Army of the United
States"
Henry Esterbrook spoke to the toast,
1.-THE Generals
Charles W. Anderson, a colored ora
tor, spoke of the colored troops.
c. P. Johnson discussed 1.-THE Ameri-
can Volunteer" and John S. Wise spoke