Year: 1871

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ADDRESS OF Mr. EvARTs.


LADIES AND GENTLEMEN I am sure that when your
Committee few days ago did me the honor to ask tna'
would take some part in the closing hours OF ths


graceful and grateful tribute OF the people-saved In an
that they valued most by the sacrifice OF the dead ana
the valor too OF their living companions-I, oould
claim any part Of Americans feelings and an Amer
leans duty, could not decline the profered service
should, indeed, have hestated much, II had thouchs
that any part Of the interest Of the impression OF TINS
occasion was TO depend upon me; but know that on
sucn celebrations this II IL the deal that speak ny
whatever living lips breath is given to their uteranee
anu that the eoquence Of no living eulogst can nov
| speak the eloquence OF these commemorative lives
%h9se Tame has brought US together to pay TINS Tribute


don't know how it can be supposed that any thoughts


however graceful, any words however well chosen
can compete with that fragrant tribute Of bright ana
cheeIu gut OF mowers upon the grave OF tue soldier
which thls commemoration provides as the nations
fame and yet to reasoning land thoughtful people az
you the In this conmemOraton and a. the
brave men who fell in the field In the motives
which led them TO their great sacrifices IL out Of
place to recall briefly, 10 be OF the principal


In their great conduct that make proud Of
trymen who have fallen, proud Of our country that Is
The war was the war OF an intelligent, upright, and
honest people, who were fighting for what they owned,
country Of all Of u.s. and country which ali found
suitable TO their hopes suitable to their love- We do not
occurred was civil war. We do not admit that those
who fell fighting for the flag and to ophod the Govern
mept of the United States, not entitled to the great
praise and the great gratitude which attends those who
have fallen in battle for their country however other e
for the Gommonwealth FOR the empire; or ,or y,
S se lie kpSe pSa & our 1f r an our tue country


IAppause The opposing hosts whatever yalor they
they died in lost and falling Rebellion; and whoever
seeks 10 keep alive their name and call II fame seeks To
keep alive she name and the credit OF the keDeilon'


But we are not to be told Mr. President that those OF
who honor the graves OF the soldiers. who fell for their
country keeping alive civil STRIFE or maintaining d
visions except that division that must always be main
It. and those who attack and would despol II. Jap
pause Now all who fought in this war fought noe by
the command not to sustain the interests not to main
tain the glory of any any set OF men, They fought
for the country which all equal all had equal
a personal honor, formed their motives aud
led their st., steps to the Date bSw asd a
that country OF which it be truly said that the heroic
dead counted by hundreds OF thousands a we %a0 sur
can greater than that IN which all know and feel that
II is the common manheod OF tue shoe peope 'nat we
thus celebrate and pay our homage TO- as herolsm So-
ing from this too who is these but feels that what
ful enough whoever may have been the sufferers, ana
they were numerous enough from grief and wounds
death ea OF fnosS 1d they 9 e and yet the
Of the war, though suilering, Is left oy yla uis
ton in revolt and subdued by our triumph Of has
been robbed curtacd In single right, In single
equal honor and prosperity with ourselyes and
selves maintaining our Government al It's institutions

been accomplished really is this, that whereas there
was occasion of strife, and cause aus i OF weak,
an institution foreign 10 freedom and its enemy,
the has wiped all OF this shamf and stain from our
escutcheOn, and shield is now wholly Inscribed with
the names and the hopes OF Lberti. Applause when
there civil war in wh}h this was the result,
part OF the nation had trnphed over any other
part Of the nation in the sense OF bugaton OF an fe
rior force that they did not mpreis upon them the fact
that they had trumphed IN evil which called for
this mode OF sacrifice and SUCCESS. lApplause And
when was there nation DeIoIf rent with elyi war
counting its sacrifices by hundredl or thousands OF slain
and millions and millions or trea ire poured into the lap
OF war that was more attracyeo all the nations than
history and for such state that these men deter
mined be robbed Of their country and died brsyey
W And now through the length au breadth OF this land
OF ours smiling and peaceful again because our soldiers
were patriotic end could die Dr their country, need
an ever active, diused and growing public
be Americans al love country, and have patri.
otsm everyday matter with for the service OF that
country. do not know cannot trust my own obserya
tOns my reflections but have understood that
one great point IN the failure ana msiortnnes oi
that her people her soldiers had lost The passion and


the wish to die upon the battle ed and when nation is
brought TO that IL is at the mercy Of cold resolute
public spirit willing TO die upon that field, for that " the
last and final test OF war Let us then see 10 IT, letus
feel that long preserve the enthusiasm which
leads 10 celebration to-day, which animaes you to-
night towards the dead or the last war we shall never
fail in any future struggle for the right lGreat ap
plauseI .sss.ss~ 80


Alter singing by the children ofsthe Union Home and
school, who marched upon the stage for that pur
pose, the Chairman introduced the Rev Dr. stephen H.
Tying, jr., who spoke az follows;


SPEECH OF THE REV. DIR. :. II. TYING.


The character of the present meeting is cOmmemora
ton IL is an assembly for aectonate and grateful
remembrance OF the faithful men who have departed in
the service of their country and OF the honored surv
yors who are still living II recalls the history and
character Of 100000 valued citizens whose bodies are
sumbering in the dust II arrays in roll OF living
honor an equal number still abiding amid the the
tolls and he dut of a w
fold assembly the exalted title OF the Grand Army
the Republic. As such, ana in tins corporate character
and commOn relation, are met 10 pay the just and
honorable tribute which the citizens and the nation owe
to them, and on this day purpose annually TO express
thought upon my miUd-How much this country t0
this noble and honored army. IL Is interesting fact
in national history that the army oi nation Il the index
and illustration Of lts character might almost say T.
compendumo OF its history. The several armies Of the
nations OF Europe illustrate most remarkably the dis
criminate character Of those natOns and England and
Germany, France and spain are really Living in their
character and operations or their several amies in and
after the warfare ey whien tIey nave nave Deen proved.
This nation hundred years old, and have


aence upon our National history has been most remark
able-n the principles which they have established and


in the personal results which they have produced They
have all been OF indispensable national Defense and
they have all resulted in the trinphant acquisition OF
national power, the enlargement OF national ter
rilory and the exaltaton of national honor.


Eight years OF patient warfare IN the bitterness OF
much inevitable suffering. a country free aud
Independent country Three years Of psrseyering war
fare by land and gave Us free ocean, and hon
ored navy throughout the world. Two years OF sharp
ncsye contest in the Mexican : free poe
sesson-our grand Pacific Coast-roOm in which
terity may dwell. under the same equal and honOred
laws for generations TO come, and make land the
highway OF the nations, In all the lines OF imperial com
merce. -Four years Of solemn earnest, conscientious
warfare have given us free nation, TO be heneeforth
forever unbroken and forever respected and feared
well loved and reyerenced among the nations the
earth. Now, We look back upon these four
defensive ars, aud contemplate the dignity the import
of her results-not TO ourselves ony, but To
whole history OF the worldwide shall dare TO that
they much. life sacri-
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