The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1900-05-25
is destined to bear hottest influence throughout

and matchess eoquence such mighty power that the re-
of hottest for the st Time i h
American independence humbed in the dust The dropping
of that flag at Fort Supter the signal adjourn The
debate closed beat spectators rushed out
the folds of that banner that had
very spot wet by the blood of their fathers and in an instant
they ready nervousy awaiting the
Soon the signal and repeated again intervals
heralded by shrll pound of drums the
rumbng cannon the gtterng bayone the cheer of the
crowd and overhead the tapping of penhant
The welcome for battle, turning away
An armed IS advancing to welcome it,"
This the most impassoned period in the nations life,
and from this day, from high altitude with
vision unobscured reaches back through distance
but when you out to take your places there you faced
all this in valley the future like mountain wrapped in
heavy Clouds You knew not what awaited you for
the road lay all untraveed, but with courage inherited
from the long past ockbbed like your native hills with
determination calm and seadast 1.-The wales stretching
in pensve quetnes between you entered the Clouds and
scaling the heights revealed the way sacred destnies
And returning from dream of such sights having the
form of soldiers marching the ranks resuming the
known ine having imagined the swift Charge the thick
struggle comrades falling and the brief prayer the short
FAREWELL having the tortured features smile the SOL
dlers soul departed ya the unknown road still marching
returning from dream OF having been with soldiers
sights thus known to learned of the of liberty
and been taught lessons of immortal vaor and if to
ask of my fathers thought stir the overwhelming
passions would look the face of old soldier, say,
of all your seges tremendous your memories of advances
and retreats of the long line of COTS and the that bill
low the southern hlsldes what remains with you and of
which you tell us? Of all those sacred of camp
and field and hospital what remains with you latest and
deepest and OF which you can never tell us?
fields has known most thrilling experience and as future gen.
eratons read the record they will marvel and
all that anspired during that great struggle and long it
Will be halowed memory to him who can say have looked
into the faces of the survivors of those days. and marched
pausing, resume spectacle of soldiers,
and the decked Of the departed beautiful and
very impressive.
How little armies realized what awaited them through
years of battle with skilled and chvarous foe is we'll illus
trated by the Brooklyn regiment going out with each
bearing in jest piece of rope tied his muske BARREL with
which soon bring home Southern reeater Defeats
power upon the terrific battles be fought and brill
liant victories before dom and force brought the
Northern concerted action and triumphant adj
GRANT MODEL FOR FORCE
sculptor sought qualities his repre-
senting force he found them expressed by the heads and
faces of three eminent men, and CHIEFLY by those of the Gen
critical your divided forces
exclusively personifed in him. His vision touching the
object to be attained he could recognize check of
the energies at his command When Buell. arrived on the
field of Shiloh he astounded the conditions and
cried If beaten how will your the
rver These transports will not garry ten thousand men,
and have thirty thousand To which the grim COM
mander made cool reply beaten transports for ten thou
He knew the rebellion would die only at fearful cost and
manded the sacrifice and he the force to make
Veterans whenever think of him. you feel the touch of
that ndomtable will that of sharp cold steel AS
you follow his march, you picture him plain regaia
faerng and never boastng of his exploits You see
him at Cairo quiet and unassuming again Donelson
tent and earnest later Shiloh and Vicksburg and Look
Mountain COOL vigorous and aggressive then at the
OF the leading them through the
Wilderness Spotsyvania and Cold Harbo fighting out
the line and waverng till at last forcing his
Petersburg and the mountains AppOaOX where
swordless ana wlhout military PonP or vctors naughty
MEN, this silent, determined, capable General Grant
the surrender of the Confederate This
u1ment of his dream and this height he displayed
his greatest force and the glory of this immortal hour
him he still calm and modest and magnanl
His character expressed in this great victory dspeed
whatever impression might have prevailed that he heart
less and the nation behed that attribute of his before
which all Christendom years after bowed in when
the spirit having taken flight they found suspended about the
old warriors neck long braid of har,-a womans and
a chd's intertwned.
well for this nation that his attributes superby deve
oped the struggle and the instruction contained
of human sacrce should find perpetuation the
Memorial Tomb where the great Commander sleeps On the
dedication within the splendid
structure, and realized for that approaching
departing through that immense throng than
fifty thousand of countrys soldiers and beheld gay with
and banner the warhps of five great nations they
unanswered the historic below the of this
unparalleled military ageant day of profound peace
upon with overwhelming force not be expressed, and
thought when the North and South strike hands in this
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