The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-05-31

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of Kenosha county most sincerely
thank you. May God graciously pro-
long your life that you may have the
satisfaction of the completion of this
! long cherished wish, and when in the
| lapse of time you shall have passed to
that great beyond may your name ever
remain fresh in the hearts and minds
of everyone - remain revered and
honored as long as yonder memorial
shaft shall stand where your hands
have placed it.
| Again and again thank YOU"
The St. George maennerchor then
sang a beautiful selection entitled,
Brave Heart Sleep On'', after which
Hon. James Cavanagh introduced the
speaker of the day, Right Reverend
Samuel Fa11ows, of Chicago. In in
Producing the eloquent speaker Mr..
Cavanagh referred to the connection
which Bishop Fallows had with the
Wisconsin troops during the war and
said that it was most fitting that the
Fighting Chaplain of the Thirty
Second Wisconsin Volunteers should
return to assist in defeating a MONT
ment erected in honor of the brave
boys with whom he had fought He
had been with them in JOY and sorrow
and no man was more eminent1y quail
fed to tell the stories of the past and
its g1ories than Samuel Fa1lows, of
| Chicago, whom he presented to the
large audience.
| Bishop Fa1lows was received with
great applause from the veterans and
the assent 1ed multitude for many of
| the old soldiers had marched side by
side with him in the terrible times of
war when the bishop was only the
Fighting Chaplain of the Thirty
Second regiment Of Wisconsin. vo1un-
teers, who thought that the place for
| the chaplain to be was at the front and
| let the women and nurses care for the
wounded. Others remember him as
the Colonel of the Forty-Ninth Wis
consin Volunteers and on this account
| the bands of comradeship caused the
reception to the speaker to be nothing
less than an ovation. Visib1y moved
! by the ovation accorded to him the
''Fighting Chaplain" delivered an e1o-
quent- address as follows:
Comrades, Fellow Citizens, Ladies and
Gentlemen
The sod is scarcely green over the
graves of many in both hemispheres,
who listened to Edmund Burke on the
floor of the British Parliament, as
with his broad, ma jestic e1oquence he
spoke of America as having been with
in the life time of some around him "a
little speck scarcely visible in the mass
of the national interest; small semi
nal principle, rather than a formed
body
| During the few short years since
these words were uttered ''this little
speck'' has grown to be one of the
most popu1ous, civilized nations of the
earth. Within it's borders has been
carried on war compared with which,
the most gigantic military campaigns
of the past, dwind1e into comparative
insignifcance.
Two million, six hundred and eighty
eight thousand names were placed on
the muster roll of the armies of the
Republic. Over one million and a
half on the muster roll of the Confed-
eracy.
1 need not stop to recapitu1ate the
causes which led to this struggle.
That memorable April day came
when the flag of the Republic, never
before dishonored, was shot down and
trai1ed IN the dust-that flag Of which
we had often proudly sung
| "When freedom from her mountain height
| Unfurled her standard to the air,
She tore the azure robe of night
And set the stars of glory there"
Then came that unparalleled upris-
ing of the people, the call for rs, 900
men and the advance of 'Ethe whir1-
wind of the north', the darkness and
defeat of the first Bull Run battle, the
deepened determination, the varying
fortunes of war, the piercing of that
long and we'll defended Confederate
line stretching from the eastern noun
tains to the Mississippi, and the cap
turing of forts Henry and Donaldson,
by Unconditional Surrender Grant, the
battle of Shiloh, the gallant fight of
the Cum ber1and and Monitor with the
Farragut and Porter, and the capture
of New Orleans; answering the song
of the nation, eve are coming Father
Abraham 800, 900 more''; the battles of
Antietem and Fredericksb burg, the
bloody conflicts of Charlottesville and
Gettysburg, the surrender of Vicks-
burg, the starvation, defeat and glori-
Gus victory at Chic1samauga the en-
thusiastic response, ~We are coming
Father Abraham 100000 more; the
planting of the flag on Lookout noun
, tain, the storming of Missionary Ridge
and the eight above the clouds. The
song more earnestly than ever sung,
eve are coming Father Abraham
2OO,O more, the decisive battles of
, Atlanta and Nashville, seige of Rich
mond, the ''Grand march to the Sea-
{ and the final chorus of the nation, eve
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