The evening Republican., 1902-05-02
d.~G. GARNER
COM MA NDBR.

At the afternoon session 8 t the
Delaware Encampment Of the G. A.
X. at Newark yesterday, there was
a lively contest over the election OF
officers. William G. Baugh OF this
city, and John G. Garner of Smyrna,
two OF the most popular men IN the
Grand Army, were the candidates
and after a lively canvass by the
friends OF both MI. Garner was chos-
en-, The officers elected we're as FOL.
lows: Department committee. John
C. Garner, Of Smyrna; senior vice
commander. L. G. Coke Of Whining
ton; Junior vice. commander. William
e. Carpenter, Jr, Of Harrington;
chaplain, l.. V. Aspril, Of Odessa;
medical director, DIR. Columbus Hen.
ry; assistant adjutant-general and
ouartermaster.general' Joshua Lit
zenberg OF Wilmington.
The department. decided to admit
the members Of the Sons CT Veterans
to the meeting Of the various posts as
guests. In the evening there was
an open campfire. at which several
brief addresses were made. Inc
orator of the occasion was Horace G.
Eastburn who was enthus iastically
received.
In his address Mr.. Eastburn said:
If you expect me to speak Of the vlr-
tnes OF the American soldier aud the
debt due him from prostritv, you
have assigned to me most dlt1icult
task. Were ! to speak of bis faults
might fully treat the subject within
fifteen or twenty minutes and have
had twenty-five minutes to spare but
men like to be reminded OF their bet
ter traits, so | have been ordered to
speak of the larger subject and the
orders of an American soldier are not
to be lightly disobeyed.
I cannot undertake in the brief
time allotted me 10 discuss in detail
any of the great questions that were
settled by the surrender of Lee at
Appomattox, for all time, aud set
| tied, as those soldiers can tell you, in
way that did not leave them open
or further dispute cannot refer to
many of them-but | can say in the
words of Abraham Lincoln, when
peace came. it came TO stay: ana
with it came and stayed every state,
North and South. under the control
Of bnt one national government,
under the guiding hand of but one
! President, under the protection OF
| and inspiration Of but one flag the
stars and stripes. The undisputabIy
truth that the unity of the American
people is the necessary condition OF
human progress on this continent,
was settled beyond all questions,
Would we be claiming to much II we
assert that the unity of the Amerl-
can people was and is the necessary
condition of human progress on all
the continents OF this planet?
Continuing he said 1t is not foI
me, in the presence of heroes wht
we're vital actors in this struggle tt
attempt to portray the deeds they
performed, the sacrifices they made
the bardships they endured. the
courage they displayed. We have
among us the real articles; men wht
bear the scars Of battle, men who
have faced the cannon's mouth, mel
/ who have endered more than we eau
know, more than they will ever tell
In the possession Of their vivid recol
lectionS, OF their deep impressions
they would hoot aud ridicule an.
any lame attempt Of mine to tell thel
story. But the war was ended. Sol
der in blue. You were not q met
minion or hireling of Abraham Lin
coin: YOU were not y mere DeiaWar
volunteer; you were not the Soldle
or the North; nor the soldier OF Tn
West: you were not the black Hepu'I
lican party; you were the soldier {
the whole American people; you wei
, the defender of the American tlA4
YOU held aloft the torch Of freedom
to the oppressed of. the world; yo
| vindicalcf and established the prli
cipals Of Republican institutions; an
interpreted the Constitution. IT
| task Of hlingng back to the field tt
prodgal son was as painful to you a
( to him, and to day the South lift II
: their free hands to Heaven and bIcS
| God for the victory you won.
r "Our thoughts are drawn by a
o occasion like this to the country &hc
these men helped TO make and helpt
2 to save. Spain and Portugal ont
: claimed by divine right to divide Il
i Western hemisphere between thcI
: France once owned half the Amel
:, can continent. The Russian II;
once hoated over the Alaskas. Fo
times has Hawaii been under Eu'
k pean flags. For three hundred yea
d Spain dcspoled the Philippines, Gu
and Porto Rico. To-day u large p;
- Of this territory is owned by II
ID American nation, and all OF it
E. under the protection Of the Anne
4, can nag. This vast domain can ma
lie us rich and powerful in physical
+. sources, but our real inhcrltanc
al those things that make US truly ri
a. and powerful and great, are the dee
and words and lives and charact
of these mcE. We inherit from tn
not the bare land upon which
- live, not the mere rags out OF whi
al we make a flag, but the glory a
l. honor and the wonder OF the de'
that make them hours. The Wo
e our fathers have written, the wo
IL they haye spoken, the battles til
" " have fought, the victories they Ia
'' won, the heroic excellence OF tn
characters, the sacred memories til
~ leave us are the welIsprlngs fir
'e' which we draw the life blood Of
!. national existence, the vitallzing I
az ccs in our civic life.
so ~, They are our guide posts to
NC m future: our foot prints on the So
Gl | - tinao. In 1aS u. unir frflIn WliGl