The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1899-06-08

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70 preserve snd 20, TO destroy, and sh
u ended. the world Ms how msenarinc
. free people could be. The Rspubll
bleediee al every pore. held no state iris
closed DO prison doors upon political "a
dsrs, reared no scsfolds for the rebel lei
ere, bat sad; 'You sre equally The Oh
dren OF . common government aud u
teirs OF . common destiny aud all II
benefits Of free institutions. all the lib
ties. oil the rights, oil the advantage
which are possessed by those who fousl
10 sustain the Union. shall be share,
equally BY those Who fought to deslrc
H.
0ne Of Nspoleon's Old Guard, brave,
OF the brave on every feld Of battle. VI
rendered. for distinguished services.
sword bearing the Inscription 10 the d.,
Grensdier Of Fnnce.' He refused IL Sc
log Among soldiers there 10 neither hrs
nor last, constantly declining prono,io
and ever winning lsurels. He fell Hshtinl
sloriously for bis country and an impcris
decree gave 10 him = distinction never el
dyed by the proudest Msrshsls OF France
HE name wss continued on The roll OF hi
company and wbenit was called the eldes
sesrgept said Died on the Asld Of Honor.
And 90, this yesr and next and for the neI
decade ard for centuries after, on the ~
niversary Of bis death, when the roll csl
In every church ysrd and cen terry o
the men Who died 10 the copn,ot i, read
the answer Of . grateful people will be
Died upon the field OF Honor.
There is an old epitsph in an Eaglist
church yard qusiutly ssyG He who save'
loses, he who spends saves, he who gives
away takes It with him. These men & ave
away their lives aud took with them i'm
mortal glory and the gratitude OF endless
generations. they may repose 10 upknoWn
graves south OF the Potomac. or sleep bt
meath the seas; yet theirs is q desthles'
fame, poetry and eloquence will emba!n
their memories and keep bright the reccol
lections OF their heroic deeds, they belong
to the Grand Army elect. who. thou, b
they died before the cause had triumphed
vet their blood and sacrifices inspired the
TO victory,
They never isil. who die 10 great
cause. The brock may soak their gore,
heir heads may sodden In the sun, their
limbs be hung TO city walls and castle
,stsr, but ttill their spirits walk abroad.
Though yesrs elspse and others share ss
lark doom. they but argument the deep
md s weeping thoughts which overpower
II other aud conduc. the world st last TO
reedom
So IL we sl ould eliminate from history oil
to hefoism and the story OF it's heroic
leeds, how barren would be the record
The national spirit Of Great Britain is kept
live today by her Marlboro, hr yelling
on and her Nelson. Rome lives, not on
Ter Empire, nor 10 the century OF her rule
,ut 10 her few great names, whose deeds
Ave been transmitted for example and en-
,oursgement.
The ten thousand. who ~ Marathon,
rove the Persian hordes into the sss, lit .
Ire, the sparks Of which enkindled the
ame three Thousand years Of erWsrds that
xpelIed the Turk from the soil OF Greece.
The bsrons st Rnnny mede wrested Magma
Jhsrta from King John which gave the
eople . representation in the House OF
commons, the House OF Commons created
'ym. Hsmpden, Sydney and Bromelle
nd the spirit Of theee men produced the
mericsn Revolution. The shot which the
% b.ttled farmers ct Lexington fired, ,echo
around the world. the result Of which.
ss to take the power away from the
,rone and place 1t 10 the hands OF the
eople.
1t wss the echo Of that shot which. 10
sGl aroused the National spirit to the pro
,ction OF the National life and while Lex |
aton founded the Republic. the memory
Lexington preserved II.
30 today, this 30th Of May, 1899, Of oil
,e days Of the year, We can, without criti
sm and without snimosity. fight sgsin
lose old battles. We can recall those
reat deeds and heroic sacrifices snd psy
II tribute to the men, liviLs sud dead
ho did so much for us. To-day. We can
IT'D the old Hre and fervor sweep with
herman in his march to the ses, stand
ith Thomas while be is holding the eme
, d bay, be with the chivslric MoPher
10 as be falls st the front. fight 10 the
ouds Of Lookout with the gallant Joe
oc ker, follow the rough road down the
,lley from Winchester. when the heroic
,eridsn. on iosmiog steed reformed bis
Tiug lines snd plucked victory from de
st, be With Butler - be svenges tina in
IL to the American flag 81 New Orleans.
ith Fsrrsgut In the shrouds Of bis flag
ip At Mobile Bay, look st that one arm
restless body thst lies among the dead
lib bss Dol "A eye and determined Look. Of
hich death csnnot rob brave Phil Kesr
y. Look st the hero OF the Peninsuls
gorge B. Mcclellan; who proved bis vsl
skill and pstriotism on many field.
i never 90 brsvely ss st Aptietsm. Stand
ain smids, the shot and she'll Of Vicks
rg and the sepulchre Of ShiIch, The M
NJ ked graves 10 the Wilderness. the car
ee on isir Malvern Hill. the livid fires
Fair Oaks and sll the clouded heights
d turaing plains on which ws wsged
0 var Tor the preservation OF the UnioD,
sily gszs sesin 10 memory upon one Of
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