Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-05-31

unity and liberty, from the great lakes
on the North, to the great quits ON the
| South, and from ocean To ocean, ana even
| TO the most southern island on the most
Southern seas, and there it viii foat for
| eyer the pruudest grandcSt emblem Of
the greatest and freest nation on the
| face or the earth. We have vindicated
the rights Of man, and settled forever TN
| have defined the Statc-thc rights ana
duties Of the people thereof
What constitutes the state?
/ Not hiSh-raiscd battlemcnt or lasorcG
| mound.
Thick wall or moatcd gate:
Not cities proud with spires and turrets
! crowned;
| Not bays ana broad armed ports,
Where. laughing at the storm, rich naVlcs
ride
Not starred and spanglcd courts,
Where low-hlowed bascnrss watts PEI
| fumr to pride
No: men, highmindod men,
| With powers as far above duh brutes en-
As beasts excel cold rocks ana bramblcs
| Men. who their duties know.
| ljut know their rights, ami knowing care
Prevent the long-aimed blow.
And crush the tyrant while they rend tfe
chain:
/ / ltSt CONSTITUTE Il STAT
| Ana sovereign law, that states collected
will,
DER thrones ana globes rlatc.
| Sits empress, browning Good, reprcSsll%
ill.
we stand here tonight from our van
| tage point Of history, ana turn back the
| scroll of almost half a century. 10 pro-
| uutnce Il Just judgment anu to conceive
an cdcuuate estimate of the patriotic ser
| vices and heroic sacrifices of the soldiers
| and sailors who persisted and who sur
viVed in that great conflict in dcfgn 81
| OR national unity and liberty. We can
| before us in one vast review the countless
| thousands who persisted and who survived
| i'm this great Civil War. We see them
pass before US in one grand review, a
mighty host, unnUmher'd ANA uhcoUnt'".
| We stand in the presence ol lhcSe hcf"'..
| with uncovered heads ana rcNtfcn,
| HEARTS. We see the cumWlr.Suned Stctd1
| dcrlcd in the pHraphcrnlli" ~ war. " "
see them stamp the earth ana scent tn"
battle afar. we look a43in and We sec
| their warrior riders. ON what q spec
| tacIr, on what !, panorama. There upon
| his black steed sits the great and sliclt
| Grant. the noblcst chieftain M them an.
| we see General Scott bowed with age,
| wrrathCd with laluClS pluckvd from Vera
| cruz ana Chapultcpcc, ana hc Bears alolt
| i'll his hand the Same starry banner W1it }
| he raised over the Palaces oi TN" Mon
tczumas. General Mcclellan "A" youth
| ful NAPOLEON. and the idol of thr army
General Hancock, the hero Of gettysburg.
General Sheridan. the great cavalry lead
cr. the hero of Winchester twenty miles
| away. Fighting Joe Hooker, W'h the
| smoke of Lookout Mountain On his brow.
General Sherman. who marched from Vt
| lauta to the sea. General Garfield, In"
martyrcd president. and General Ih'mtS.
| the rock Of ChiCamduga. AdmlrdiS FaE-
| racIlt Porter and Dahlgre n, tn" heroes
| of the ArmadlS Of the sea. We lo"E
| again and in the midst Of these mighty
| leaders the man Of men with the SIdd' m
| face and the kind st heart N aH Jh'
| world the great rmancipator; the immn'-
| TIL Lincoln. Who can stand ana rcNif n
| thig mighty host Of martial heroes anr
| even recall the names Of the countless
| generals. colonies. majors, captains ll'I
| tenants. sergrantS and corrorals? Iholf
names may remain mrecalled, thclr iatCs
ana their deeds unnumbCrtd, nut lhtlr
| names and their deeds are written 1T
the nations ron Of honor aad my tncy tn ~
mortal. They have shcathcd thcir S"ot'S
and pitched their tents in the silent DIV
nuacs of the dead The reveille has becl
| sounded. they have Joined the Triumph ! i
| hosts on the shining heights ABOVE, all'
we listen as the evening zephYrS SWEEP
across the continent from the sunny
nf ,t. Win ~ one harmonfous accord. 1t is
sweet and glorious to die for one c3uIl-
try But who are th nd h mutoe an -
aloft proudly and grandly? Ihey az
heroes who pass in this grand review;
INA carried the Stars and Stripes amid
| tbp roar. the smoke and the carnage OF
| battle Those battle flags. al tattered
and torn come from Gettysburg, tnlca-
| manga Fredericksburg. Antietam, Cnaii-
cellorsville and Appom1ttoX Batt.e fiS HI
| dismantled but not dishonored, batheu ~
| thn host blood Of the nObleSt sons OF tllis
nation. and redeemed regenerated ana re-
stored to all their pristine ana oflslndi;
| beauty and glory, and upon their tattere,'
| folds we read again the beautiful leGeE,d
| orr national watchwords, unity ana nd
ertv What more can we say in culpgN
mr. eIepv of the great leaders and the Slo-
| rious heroes who wore the insignia o.
| authority and the epaulets OF Once! lhtS
| have passed us in the great review anu
| marched through and beyond the Srtdt
| triIJnnhaI arch erected in their honor bV
| the grateful hearts and the noDlc hanuS
| of their countrymen. Iney SIT. loIhsHI
as the grandest and the nobleSt heroes u
| the Temple Of Fame. with those Sre%
| heroes of ancient. mcdlaeval ana mo"-
ern history, Alexander, Hannibal. caesar
| Wellington. Napoleon and Washing s,.oI
| Their broWs are crowned with the laurel-
| of victory. and in their hands they hoio
| the olive branches Of peace. Theirs ar,
the few immortal names that We're no.
| horn to die. 1t remains for some luturt
| Danosthenes or Cicero to pronounce ar
| Grafton which shall be adequate ana al,
propriate to their patriotic services ahc
heroic achievements in the supreme hoG!
Of mankind. 1t remains for some Honnel
| 10 write a new Had or Odyssey. Some
| new Virgil to write a new Aeneid on this
great national epic. and these great mar
| tia! heroes.
| we have thus far stood in this Crane
| review with uncovered heads and reNer'
| emf hearts fascinated and entranced by
| the greatness and the glory of these. tht
| greatest heroes of the most gigantic wa
| ever waged for mankind. ever fought To-
| national unity and liberty. But they nave
passed in grand review. We now tufl
| our enraptured vision to the countless
| hosts of that great army of the commo'
| soldiers and sailors who stood in the fore
| front of battle. and who died in IN
| bloody trenches; who We're ever foun,
| where the cannons roared the lOudest
| the shots flew the thickest and IN
| smoke Of battle, like pail OF death, en-
shrouded all These also are heroe.
| These are the men who, from every wall
| Of life heard the nations call to arms
| They heard the bastard shot fired OF
| Fort Sumpter by the rebel hordes. The!
saw the reasonable hands tear dow
from its proud heights, The Stars AM
Stripes. the flag of their country, an
| tramnle il in the dust They saw tn
| serricd columns of the armed foes frnE
the South, insolent with pride and iiIshe,
with victory, threaten the North witt