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same Ia both. The country saved as 1t was
founded by the qualities that have made II great
CRISIS OF THE CIVIL WAR.

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Of war This little eminence 81 CeJnete1E 1, M,
therefore seems 10 me In sense the Greaf l't b
stream of American history however brightly it
s sa the sun On is ss SIDE VII" o a Stream Of
American history runs clean and clear, singing ne
seeks the ocean of eternity,
The battle itself was titanic struggle WORTHY OF
the men who fought ii on both sides and worthy
Of the consequences that hung upon me 1sS sue
only have been prolonged No one can venture 10
s4y Getfy y been defeated The battle
every sense critical For three long days it suTgeq
seeming TO turn. now here now there almost on
untn the battle broke, as a storm culminates in
that moment Of consummate daring that IS known
as Picketts charge. How stubbornly the field was
fousht both in the attack and on the defence; Is
sadly attested by the twentysix thousand men VINO
showed also how greatly the power to save R3 td
XII After RI Waterloo it was ten days before the
Of the wounded had been cared for; after Get
great army of mutilated men attended to
within thirty hours
THE TRUE AMERICAN SPIRIT.
You will not expect me to discuss the taGcS of
an army that is beyond praise. 1t is enough TO say
that here the spirit that made Saratoga p9ssIne
showed itself once more mighty for the defence of
the home soil 1t is rather our part tosdaE, o as
age" We think of this great deliverance And
Since o the battle we NAV we'll endeavor 10 under
stand more and more clearly its momentous sig
The poet woTdsworth, in one Of his poems N asks;
Who is the Happy warrior I,,, who is Is h. he
and he says that one of the attributes OF suT S
This h ae iaes ' eertany Belongs in
fullest measure to you men of the Army OF the
have come. when you went to the war. and often
there must have come into your minds ncso III, IN
by day. as the war wore on, the resplendent VS.
rendered ndissoiuble forever associated in all your
thoughts with the welfare of your countrymen
you before the end came. there must have arisen,
also. the vision of better and glorious
it Vas vas to ,' be att Union wholly free
who among the most sanguine of YOU ali dared
dream, he listened TO the dreadful thunder
charge, that the day would come. within his life
time, when the men who wore the gray , and Y1 the
into battle, marching side by side against com
without being reunited in spirit. It was saved by
the yalor of our soldiers: and It has been reunited
both sides were able to accomplish 50 great
thing as this, No wonder that. to-day see our
of the earth; no wonder that men have confidence
in her future so long she shall be the mother
OF such men
MARVELLOUS MATERIAL DEVELOPMENT.
ness with which the wounds of the Civil War have
been healed; have you not also been surprised by
followed so destructive war? 1t is already hard
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and was made possible only by land grants.
very truth what then desert has been made
TO blossom as the rose; and what then from
tier is the heart of this Union of States Truly
you later constitution ma kers. who made clear
better than you knew.
But if the results sprnging from the perpetuated
Union have amazed the world. II is only in degree
and not in kind that they have surprised ourselves
Every true American understands that It is the
glory OF his country 10 be synonymous with oppor-
said to that if American institutions had done
nothing else than develop such character as Lin
Lincoln is the typical American not only because
s tb TT n HOGS m ana PoreTI ana enqea
trusted with supreme power In the most momentous
crisis of the nations history. he remained leader
and did not become ruler. Always he remembered
he maintained mistaken his confidence in the will
ngness of the people to support the right; always
right. out of this faith Of his in the people was
born in hem faih III in IN, him which made them
such people before had ever willingly
his memory. not much because he was our
martyr President as because he of
LESSON OF LINCOLN'S CAREER.
Lincoln's career illustrates. in aspect the
world-old story that the rulers Of men are not
always born in kings palaces but it has also
fbd Ipo am arf b 10 P9wer e es 0t
in which the ordinary processes Of have given
such opportunity TO one so born and SO trained;
TO him when he was already President; the war did
not make him President 1t only revealed 10 the
Lincoln's shows how open. in this country.
public fife ANY one who wishes to comprehend
this countrys history and to understand its phe-
nomenal development must remember that TINS
pathwsy Of opportunity mas been e9gay open
dustry, in art in science, In letters, IN the pro
fessions.
rnent Of native talent of every sort however born
been so free work out its destiny as in this
ham rrptr vCbf
SllSH cII wpr Nether did You preserve this
s rLoch o. NdI r1,,rty nni,- for the native born
The vigorous and the capable of Europe have
company there have come many who are less
strong and less capable. whose only apparent
aouipment for good citizenship is an ambition for
better things and hope of realizing them. we Of
the United States may vel no Know o9 o of Rba
household among them all will come the man who,
"! world bv services that cannot be measured
The Of the I for the hngs Of of
importance preserved gnmPaired ID thsss inst
t IN eeT %aR Of @ Il
also made secure field for opp9Etpnity to work in
on a scale grander than the world has ever known
OUR CONTINENTAL DOMAIN,
At the recent international Conference Of Peace
held at The Hague, Europe was TePTes Sfb by
twenty powers the whole OF No[t r. amer
ada and Mexico. Even after the process of CON
begun in Europe 6g ep16ent mas is s
broken up into twenty thirty nations. In these
adysntaFe as nation in Controlling really
tinenta domain Had the attempt at secession sue.
a second Europe in the subdivision OF It's territory
In that event even if our freedom Of oppor
tunity to those whom they sheltered the oppoF-
tunity 10 be preserved would have been incompara-
bly, iessened BY your vaor and through your suf
cess the opportunity ana ese otber and each of
them is greater than the world mas ever known
We sometimes hear 1t said in these times that the
DAYS of business opportunity are gone; thai Jie IN