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as he is told its story, for what It
was erected. and what reminder and
a warning to him that the country he
is about making his home must stand
forever, and that he must guide his
life and his actions that he may be-
come good citizen, and not ask, nor
expect that we shall forget the past
work of our forefathers, and guide.
our lives, our actions and mould the
lives of future generations by his past
teachings and mode and manner OF
living.
And what an inspiration to our
young men, rising under God, from
generation to generation, and upon
whom the responsibilities and burdens
of government must fall, will this
monument ever be.
This monument, to manhood brave
and high,
VIII do more than forts or battleships
to keep
Our dear bought liberty.
Twill fill the mind of youth with val
or,
Wide and deep. and build eternal bull
warks to command
Eternal strength to guard our native
land Z
The young man just entering upon
the work of life will look upon it and
sbe reminded that his future is his own
making; no pride in ancestry, no de-
pendence upon a long and more or less
doubtful pedigree, no resting upon the
reputation OF some distinguished rela-
tive gone before, will avail him ought
These are but foundations Of sand
even among the weak and shallow
minded The doctrine of the divine
right of ancestry was shot ITO death
by the patriots of the revolution one
hundred and thirty years ago, but this
shaft will remind him that all men
stand equal before the law, all avenues
to success in business and political
life are open to him, providing he
nourishes within him the attributes of
honor courage, patriotism AMI wisdom,
the prime and chief attributes of all
true American manhood; and let him
remember that not solely through
| mans wisdom have the great princi-
pies of human liberty been embodied
in our Government, and every man be-
come the peer of his fellow man be-
| fore the law, but because our Al
mighty Father hast so ordered it,
| The faith that never faltered, the
wisdom that was broader and deeper
| than any learning taught in schools.
the courage that shrank from no peril
and was dismayed by no defeat; the
loyalty that kept all selfish purpose
subordinate to the demands of patriot
| ism and honor, the sagacity that dis
| played itself in camp and cabinet
alike, and above all, that harmonious
union of moral and intellectual quail
| ties which has never found its paral-
lei since among men,, these are the
| attributes of character which the intel
ligent thought of this century attri-
butes to the patriots who fell upon this
| field, and which this monument repre-
sents, and whose example we must
emulate in order to maintain what
they have bequeathed u.s.
| But other and more eloquent lips
have rehearsed to you the story OF
| this struggle, and to myself has been
| assigned the simple, formal duty, in
! fulflment of which | now do, as re,
presenting the County of Gloucester,
| in behalf of its people, receive this
monument from his Excellency, the
Governor of New Jersey, and declare
it dedicated from this time forth. and
forever more, to the immortal prin-
ciples of human liberty and the equal
! ity of man.