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Senator hansbrough's Memorial Day
S''5es : a. Address

OCtiutVa BEuilSDtVuyaI NaCiItUS t0t Uay
:, S'$s g. Address
Reprinted on request of his, numerous friends) |
Throughout our fair land today |
are assembled the patriotic and liberty
loving people Of every shade of opin-
ion to commemorate an event that con-
stitutes one of the greatest chapters |
in the worlds history. Eloquent ton
gues are recounting the decides of val |
or Of those who made up the Grand |
Army of the Republic and endured |
every sacrifice, even to their own lives, |
that the Nation might survive. It was
| a war of sacrifice to both the north |
and south. =
To, my mind the most promising
thing growing out Of the great conflict
| is the, fraternal feeling that now ex-
lists between the two sections of. the
country. AS 1t now appears this new
er could have been brought about save
through the arbitrament 4+4of arms.
1 War Is hideous thing, and yet it
|has it's compensations. Without 1t
slavery could not have been abolished,
and so long as slavery existed in the
Hand there could have been no such
thing as an adjustment between the
north and the south. One flag, one
Ecountry one people-this lis the re-
ward that comes to all Of lis as re-
suit Of the patriotism of q compare
lively few brave men at astime when
patriotism was at a premium. The
), generations to come should not and
4 will not neglect to honor sthis day by
placing wreath on the last resting
place of their soldier dead:
!, 1T is. fitting on this occasion to re-
: view briefly some of the most import
> ant results of the war Of the rebellion.
! Aside from the greater question of the
r relation of civilization to human slav-
ri ery--for there can be no perfect civi-
8 |lization where slavery exists-the civil
! war played a most Important part IN
!. our economic history. %
I'll Il Slavery. of whatever kind, not only
n I1e1noralizes the institutions OF ma
+ tion; 1T is degrading to tgslabor and 6
' blight upon its progress. Prior tt
. E1S61S the white man WhosWas depend
! I ent upon his own toll fora LIVELIHOOD
I Twas not regarded who'll a:respect
20 able citizen. II In the Y estimation O.
: those who employed him he did nc
Irise above his eolored brother Of The
i south. He was poorly paid and In con
d sequence of his social position. hat
II but few aspirations. :: 35$S sz'.S =.
% This was one tof the fruits Of @Af:i
itIcan slavery With four; millions, o
= black men doomed to eternal serfdom
!: they had their progeny, the white la
v9I borers had a competitor with whom
.t1!1le could not successfully contend. Al
i. though the labor Of the slave was con
$! fined to one section OF the country IL
Ia influence was far reaching. The effec
4 was depressing upon industry botl
te inorth and south. Is T.: .,;fs II. %s
n Again, the efforts of the slave own
,,eIers and the great statesmen who wer
i. Fin control of the politics OF that pei
n iod to extend the institution of slay
Nj Iery to the northward simply added t
a the general decentralization. lit is al
III most inconceivable now, Z, something
III more than forty years after, the aboli
8 tion Of slavery, that for fully two #dee
,$$E lcades the very existence Of free gov
s ernment was seriously thr reatened p.
d Ithe effort to extend the system 9
human bondage to every part Of tn
~ country. It was this that aroused tn,
,el latent patriotism within the breasts .
M the great majority of the America
81 people. sIt was this portentiotls threa
s. that gave us the glorious Lincoln, VIII
n-E1ed the way to- freedom and secure
81 the unity of states In fact Az we'll a
,d In name. II was out Of the necessitie
1e OF the dire condit tions then existin
F that the Grand Army of the RepublliI
81 Twas born +sss
lo Hence LII is that the ssomber meta
il, button on the lapel of 3our soldier g
,f II the civil war, the empty sleeve lat hi
al side the wealth worn crttch Il tha tlsa
of supports his enfeebled bod Ion
n., since took their place as badges #o
Il. honor that any king mig De prou rIs'ul
rs To wear
~ The nerfcan slsilie l
dsI and unskilled III most irlnT,or I, L
,es ant part II the great ntsrneeine col
,al Htest Iaes aad been the victim of tta q
to Jl 4 baneful nauences s3off frican SLAYER.
ha me dark shadow the cruel irstitl FEits
tion lhad hung Iaen naeineI over q n
4 ssioIne. Povertys had long been his sal
seI fortunate lot hen the call arm n
m mossl was sounded he Has the first to offe
onI his sers teen lars u
sr month ben york was to be bad. ssgs 'Ffa
al the ffaS. ffis,l civil Tsi ~
ID i gIlii s,r dl,oint 4