The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1915-06-03
1d }lilitia Days in Maine
2.-rt Of Adjutant General James w. Web
ster of Belfast for 1878.
-- ursnderar in franklin Journal

|
-..a v-marks in his History of Eng
H. literature that history has been
..-.r.-.rue5 by the study of itera ture
.:.saaas. that literary work is not a
". .l!.vidual play of the imagination
i-. ranscript of contemporary man
.s-s ard that careful study of litera-
mr. brngs a knowledge of the manner
Sstr men thought and felt in the
.r.. 1 which they wrote. The truth of
r.. s4ory is strikingly proved by com
.,rsar Of the literature of half CEN
rr, ago and the writings of today. Read
.rr.4 lie novels, or essays, or addresses
Allie late SOS as they may be found in
H. gurd volumes of the few magazines
... published and one finds the style
,r-si, the language f1orid, in marked
,orrrs4Ietion with the easy style and
gm1.s language of the present day. The
Tsytsrer has recently received a copy
uart of the Adjutant Generals re-
o.r- made by General James w. Web
..sy If Belfast, who served in that
anssi-y in 1878. The Wayfarer re-
all, the General perfectly. He was one
4 r1- most prominent citizens of Bel
* n his day, and as man of scholarly
.-.s.-uants, and one who had served his
rr.- d, prdagog. he was for many years
s~.e.p7r of the school committee and
;r.-l4a.ly addressed the pupils Of the
.ra5s much to their satisfaction, as his
,s-srs we're always somewhat lengthy
.rt therefore cut the recitation periods
gs minimum.
General Webster was not only oratori-
ga d. was rhetorical. He gloried in
m-,-v whether it was in the guise of
verse Oh prose, and he carried it into his
MI acv reports. But he was not alone
fTs 1t was product of his time and
vsayer quotations are made from this
r-a.r, must be taken as typical of the
i'm as we'll as of the man. In the
rr9rt of an encampment he speaks
Of ue hour of rest and rations, when
friendly greetings were exchanged and
ggT.a courtesy stood sentinel at every
breast. After a somewhat prolonged
nHcl about the streets of the city (Bel
| tssri the fervid heat of the sun began
| Dwaae and the heightened shadows told
lie hours of departing day." In the
evening there was a ball Gin beautiful
/ ball richly hung with armorial trappings"
aa-le might be ''seen the sylph-like
form. and tieecy robes of many maiden.
7.J TO- the joyousness of youth and
a4lty, had come to garland the assem-
bag Of strong and brave men, and there,
| ria lshing wit and sparkling eyes, was
Id J,s may dance till the unwelcome
/ HgsI Of passing time tapped the small
hours, and motioned away, away"
Speaking of a visit of the Canadian
/ militia to Portland, he says: Portland,
beautiful Portland, proudest sister in our
gaaI5 OF cities, outdid even herself in
generous civiIities and hospitality to-
g4rls the war clad representatives of
Bulsia queen" In the evening there
Va. reception held at Mayor Jewett's,
Tdsrr mid the incense Of refined senti-
aera the perfume of rare eXotics, the
aaFaing Of leaflets. the dazzlings of
beauty. and the swaying.of f1eecy robes,
l one might we'll have imagined himself an
mao!tant of fairyland.'
Again the report refers to gathering
Z, Belfast on the morning ofsthe 31st of
august, when "the sun from his eastern
| slt threw aside the sable curtain of the
night and rose in majesty above the misty
9Dors that crept in stealthy silence
aong the waters of the Penobscot. !"
After Jay of much marching and drill
Ing the troops were dismissed "to court
Nat rapose which dame nature so gener-
olSy oestows upon the weary" When
i',.r, i
nF&t day he was met by his staff in a
most courteous manner. An elegant
S93a,rgerr richly caparisoned, was tender
% BIN which he accepted and immedi-
''ey after was introduced to the caval-
.soe which acknowledged his presence
Y loting the cap and a wave of the
asll, highly indicative of that genuine
,lFairy that marks the bearing of an
"'ej'gent, generous and free people.
and here we may be allowed to
~ with pleasure and with pride that
W. ctlzens of the place, without dis
1'c non Of party, Wed with each other
y Nose demonstrations of couruly civili-
ssS towards so distinguished a guest, in
gtnaI tone of feeling well calculated
'onde' that rugged chain of party
s-..alosliy which divides those of differ
ay 9Moions, nor was there heard on this
Syasior discordant clank of single
a'' While political creeds and political
'-f'4g7 were allowed to slumber amid
w. universal waking Of respect for the
r XXI head of both the civil and
ny rs".ary. " In H." evening Gov. Morrill,
NJ is'endeered rettption and met "many
A- held and s,atf officers of the en-
,,--'uPHent, also that distinguished Sena-
w. w. 'he Hon. jefferson Davis of Missis-
TYP, and host of the elite of the city. "
p.- opeaklng of the soldiery, than en-
S sJpea one of the officers said, with
3 stu troops as are before me, we may
M ., the combined forces Of the world
'uant the song of freedom forever.
b. t an encampment at Bangor he writes
tst ri, l9oiiowing strenuous day the troops
H. to rest, but "the brooding night.
eya. nad scarcely futtered from her leafy
srnnn. When the booming of artillery
O. P tt; the dawning of another day.
Dan " al occasion Major General Cush
sbcSS spoke his farewell to the troops ir
sbsn l ne said that seven years before
Din |, ne was honoredawith the commits
baby the Legislature "you were mer,
Of ra 'ul OF men without tent or a yard
Al '"s sas to shield you from the nigh
agan0,' lou have struggled manfull!
BAT s s;o me tide of popular opinion. :.
sltenn tkiy sentiment which has vainl!
troww p y. to break your columns ant
spks iIs sable ipall around your serriet
asntf lasting its shadows OF discourage
asds y, IN the brow of the soldier, ha
llsnt f fos last gasp. and its tongue il