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lasting comradeship. the offerings Of an
a1ectfonate people and the undying graf
itude Of a nation
''As a popular orator his voice has been
heard in every State and Territory OF the
Union. always for his country and for the
fas he so much loved.
The highest euIogy ever paid him was
by his father The latter In his viii di-
vided his property between his widow
and children equally. except-and I quote
from the wiII-John Alexander whoss
marked abilities are such thai ne can pro-
vide for himself and aid his mother, il
necessary. This provision is not made
from want Of affection, but because Of un-
bounded confidence in his future success
What remarkable tribute from father
to SOM That expression Of faith was
enough TO quicken the young mans mob
lest aspirations and call out the best that
was in him. And hey wOrthily he Vim
dicated the confidence To have Inherit
ed, TO have deserved, and to have fulfilled
that commentator from his fathers love
and faith was better than any Inheritance
of lands and tenements, stocks. bonds.
and money Beloved of father. wife, and
children. beloved of his comrades in war
and in peace. and beloved Of his country,
his whole life realized his fathers proph-
ecy and its words would adorn any monu-
ment to his fame
SENATOR DEEW's GRAFTON.
Music followed the Presidents speech,
and at its close Senator Depew. the
orator of the day, was introduced He
said:
The history of our country is con-
densed in the revolutionary and civil
wars The first was the creation
luton and aspirations OF the En-
glish CO1onists from 1870 TO I776 in the
experiment of eIf-governmeBt The
second was the triumphant solution on
the side Of liberty and humanity. by the
most gigantic and bloody of modern con-
dlcts, OF the problems which the founders
Of our Government had left for posterity.
Since then there has been no restraint
upon American development and no bar
rier to American progress The story Of
the revolution and the rebellion viii be
read BY future generations, not in the
narration of their causes or incidents,
but mainly in the lives of the master
minds who participated in those strug-
giles We now read the Revolution in the
careers and achievements of Wash
ington, jefferson, Hamilton. and Samuel
and John Adams, and their compatriots.
Our marvellous material development and
the pace at which we have advanced in
every department Of national activity
since 1855 make the great civil strife seem
as distant almost as the classic tales Of
our student day. Is Washington stands
out in the first Of our crucial contests. so
does Lincoln in the second. About Lin
coin cluster Grant Sherman. Sheridan.
Logan, Mcpherson, and a host OF other
heroes.
h
the subject of discussion and portraIture
In caricature, in picture, and upon the
stage, our national characteristics are
represented Dy the Brother Jonathan
who is sharp. keen aggressive, and fear
less, but who exhibits no trait of that
culture, sensitive honor, and lofty NOR
atty which mark a noble and successful
people We do not, therefore, find the
typical American in the sketch Of the
artist or upon the dramatic stage. The
professional or business man who has
been successful IN his pursuit; the one
who, with the great opportunities offered
in the United States and BY the exercise
Of rare gifts has accumulated phenome-
nal fortune; u the distinguished soldier
or sailor who has come from the severe
training OF West Point or Annapolis, IS
not peculiar TO our country He exists
under all Governments. and accompIishes
the same career under all institutions
ADVANTAGES OF An AMERICAN
American liberty and law. which grant
70 all equal opportunities, which neither
foster nor favor, nor permit class or privi-
lege, cultivate q Kaleidoscope activity
which is possible alone with Us It de-
velops an American who passes easily
and naturally 70 and from private pur-
suits and pubic life; is ready and forceful
I'M h. nj
ton; is faci!e with his pen, and keen upon
all questions of current interest, and with
that leisure which cores only to the very
busy, finds rest and recreation in travel,
fraternaI organizations, and society He
early in life becomes 4 member Of the
military company OF his town or the IA
tiouaI guard Of his State. and locks his
Office or leaves the SHOP to march with
his command TO the field Of duty and Of
danger. If he survives the perils OF bat
tie and dangers Of disease, ne practically
beats his sword into q plcwshare and
his spear into pruning hook by exz hang
ing the uniform Of the soldier for the
dress of the citizen, and quietly resuming
the peaceful paths Of the industry he
abandoned 10 fight for his country. The
Grand Army of the Republic has upon it's
rolls numberlesS examples. living and
dead. OF heroes in var who were also sue
ccsses in The professions or business, ora
tors Of rare merit and statesmen OF
unique distinction such rnau-a typical
Americans the solder, statesman. and
patriot for the Unyeililg for whose statue.
erected by a grateful country, We are here
assembled
1t IS a popular deiusion that the fibre
OF American character IS best wrought
and exhibited IN these who have been
deficient in early opportunities for educa-
ticu; whose strlsgtes have been harder
than their fellows, and who have passed
their youth either in or upon the borders
of the Western wilderness II was FOUND
in the civil war that there was no diff
ference in courage. dash. or endurance
between the men of the East. the West.
the North or the south: between those
who came from the fields, the forests, the
mines, or the factories, and those who
stepped cat from The pulpit. the lawyers
Office. the counting house, the professors
chair or the pet1g5sues seat In that
most illustrative body of American man.
hood. the Rough EJG-r regiment of the
Spanish war, the dandy from the club,
the student from the diversity, and the
cowboy from the plains. in the stress Of
battle. in the deadly charge and under
the hail of bullets, found that their only
differences were in dress. and that under
FIRE and following the flag hey were equal
ard equally good Americans.
In the crisis of our fate as a nation