Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-09-19

! S"HdHl HlCH anu Ddllly DrcCzeS ana
where now only the dead rest
! come from that commonwealth ana
from her people upon the gracious III
Vitation OF the state and people Of New.
hampshire. to take part in these cera-
monies, and. IN the name Of our state
and in behalf Of her people To exnras.,
to you, sir, our grateful appreciation
of the noble and patriotic sentiment
that prompted your people to desire or,
presence on this happy occasion
How much grander it is. fellow citi
zens, to unite in enduring peace tha,
to separate by bloody war. If v,or
shall come again, as doubtless it viii
continue to come 50 long as human
selhshness and greed shah prevail ovar
Christian charity ana tolerance ana u
long as the ambition Of man. the Iust
| OF power ana conquest ana dominion
/ snail be stronger than the love Of iu.-
tice ana liberty and equality; ana If
the kearsarge. in deadly and UNEQUAL
! combat. shall search the horizon for
coming help, | know that this tahIat
and its inspiring inscription will give
! swift wings to the Alabama to hasten
to the rescue and turn her flaming guns
| upon the common enemy.
Sir | feel that | may say also far NV
people that if an invading army shall
ever press its bloody heel upon vnl,r
shores ana by superior numbers drive
| your troops from the coast. let some
descendant Of Starke rally them AZ the
| foot Of your great mountain. kindIe y
| fire on its loftiest peak and you will
soon hear the impatient tramp Of the
gallant sons of Alabama Then side by
side with the men of New Hampshire
that viii never stay their Irresistible
steps until the flaming cross Of Ala
bama shall On the soashore. salute the
Stars ana Stripes floating VIGOROUSLY
from the mastheads Of the KeArsarge
ana the Alabama
sir, this tablet with its proud in
scliption that will be riveted upon the
stout timberS Of the Alabama. has al
ready left an unfading image upon the
hearts of our people. one that will for
ever unite New Hampshire with her
majestic mountains and thriving cities
and thrifty people in enduring peace
with Alabama, the faircst Of all the fair
States in the fdirest land If the sun
ana the sky.
Because VA the inclement weather.
the proposed exercises IN board THE
battlcship kearsarge were omitted ana
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Tn exercises We're concluded with an
historical address by Former Score
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