The Republican journal., 1908-07-09
THE VETERANS IN LIBERTY.
They have Successful Meeting July 4tl

July 4tn. Inc meetlus was St'ii0~ w OA~SA
at 1890 by president Stinson. Secretary
Jones was absent and the report OF the
previous meeting was omitted. d. ..
Bowen, J. Harvey Stinson and Fred A. Grif-
fin were appointed committee on time and
place of next meeting. President Stinson
made remarks relative to his first reception
| in Liberty.
The name of Sflas Young was then read
as having died since the last meeting. He
was a member of Freeman McGllvery Post
of Searsport and served in the goth Maine.
Remarks by Hon. L. c. Morse relative to
the erection of the monument by the State
of Maine upon one of the battlefelds OF the
south. He also exhibited piece of hard
pine from the stockade of the prison in
which Col. Bradstreet died, and some mag
nolias he brought from the grave of Col.
| Bradstreet.
The meeting then adjourned for dinner.
AT O'Clock the meeting was called to
order in the church by president Stinson,
who made some very interesting and touch
ing remarks; recalling where they were
) and what they were doing upon the 4th of
July 10 years ago.
Singing of the Doxology by the choir fol-
| lowed. The committee on time and place
of the next meeting reported as follows
place, Vaughan grove, East Belfast; time,
the first Thursday in August; committee of
arrangements, Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Vaughan
| j. Ii. Stinson, Eta E. Savery, Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Russ, Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Langill.
| Singing by the choir, anthem, 81 will
| Praise Him.
Address of welcome, Hon. L. c. Morse,
who said in substance.
COMRADES OF THE G. A. r. 1t gives me
| great pleasure to welcome you to our beauti-
full village of Liberty. Liberty furnished
| her full quota of men to assist in putting
down the Rebellion. Of 81 men OF those
there are now living s. Why should
| you not be welcome to the homes of these
men and women, to whom some of those
! recollections are today the most striking,
| the most enduring, and the most sacred OF
| all memories.
You comrades have been welcome at all
times and in all places, save one, from the
| time OF your enlistment to the present time.
| You were welcomed by the citizens of your
town when you enlisted, you were welcom-
| ed by the State when you were sworn into
service, you were welcomed by the govern
| ment when you arrived at the front, you
were welcome to do your whole duty while
| in the service, you were welcome to the pay
from the hand of the people, $11 and $13
| per month OF the money we had, you were
| welcomed by those citizens who could stay
at home by reason of your going into the
| service. you were welcomed by great
| country when Lee surrendered at Appo-
! matt0x you were welcomed home after four
years of awful war, you have been well
! coined by all the loyal citizens of our coun-
| try ever since. and you are welcome
| today to all the honor we can confer
upon you and on this day and at this
time after our flag has been in the air for
| 131 years we feel that you are entitled to
| your full share of honor for all that it means
to us as a people. The one place where you
have tailed to receive hearty welcome was
| long ago, and always on certain occasions
you were unwelcome, and that was in front
| of the enemy. Still you often had a warm
reception there. There Can be no doubt at
| this time that the great majority of our
people are more than willing to entertain
| you comrades, and thus better discretion is
| constantly in evidence, that the great and
lasting service you performed at that time,
when it took all the courage and manhood
| you possessed, was the great achieve
ment Of lifetime. Comrades. again | wei
| come you.
Singing by the choir, "To Thee, Oh Coun-
try"
| Reading newspaper report of last meeting
in Morrill,. Report accepted and placed on
record.
| Comrade John 0. johnson said he did
not want to be the last one to go-to be
mustered out; that the sons of Veterans
should be trained to take up the work of the
Veterans. He then introduced the son of a
veteran, born and raised in Liberty, Mr.
Harry A. Brown of Montana, who gave a
very interesting address, calling to mind
the great men who founded our nation, also
the men of '61-'65; our growth as a ma
| ton, ideal form of government, etc.
| Rev. c. II. Bryant of Searsmont was
| then introduced and gave an earnest and
rousing speech, creating great enthusiasm,
and we regret that lack of space forbids a
! full report of it. He said that while minis
| ters as we'll as others made mistakes, yet he
today. That he was proud of the fact that
he was a son of Veteran.
| A son of the oldest Veteran was then
called upon-Mr. Chas Adams-a repre-.
sentative of the 4th generation, who spoke
with depth of feeling which appealed tc
ALL
The response to the address of welcome
was by D. o. Bowen of Morrill,, who after
thanking the people for their genrous hospi
tality said, among other things: We are
here for purpose, and that is educational
to show to the future generation that this
country and the privileges we enjoy cos
something; to make of us better citizens
Reviewing our history as nation he called
to mind the acts and events which from the
small beginning of three millions has made
of us nation of upwards of 100 millions
and world pOwer-Of the Veterans who
will soon pass away, of the sacrifices which
saved the Union and made possible the
beautiful homes in Liberty and the refine
ment of its people, which might not have
been possible if the Union had failed ;of oul
wealth of our honored flag, of the 500,00(
brave men, who were Killed; of the grea
sacrifices which gave us all that we now
possess, as a nation. He spoke of the rapid
ly approaching time-10 or 10 years-Wher
the white haired and trembling men whom
we see today will all be gone and we will
see and. hear them no more. That it i!
the duty of the Veterans to be faithful il
the future as in the past, that their children
| NAV so learn the lesson of patriotism thai