GIBSON PEACOCK. Editor. • VOLUME XXIII—NO. 308. . married. w™ l n <, 7/? WKB -7? 1 i fhnnfday. April 7th, hjr Bar. y.“j ?,„i , 1 fo i r ? Bsl “ t 2 d *'7 Ker.M. A. D* Woffe, D.D., I"2K . c , k „^A Klng ’S f froTldsncß. K. 1., to r.or»nla 0„ f;S^i£T5 f . C l cor * < ’ F - J , ont ’’ of «><• Cltr. [l’roridrnco and Hew York papers please copy J . § ; ‘ ' DIED. T9ftri«^ , "“9 ll xF r^, y r,t * l *®*h Inst.,at Treuton, N. J., J Chow, In the 62a y oai ofhlsaee. ty» n services will be hold at his late residence, 2*p wroth Warren street, Trenton,on Monday afternoon, at 4 o clock. Interment at Pblladelpblat'oa Tuesday idorimig. )2th inet. Carriages will bom walling on tho train flt Kensington Pepct. *, OOLLINB,—On the 6tb inst., T, K. OoHmi, in the 68th year of hfs age. His relatives and the friends of the family aro respect* fully invited to attend his funeral, from nip late resi dence, 1916 Oroen streot, on Monday next, the 11th inst., at2o’clorkP. M. KLftlEft.— On the Bth inst., Mary P. Elmer* relict of the late Jndgo Daniel Elmer,of Bridgeton, N. J, The relatives and friends of the family are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, from the residence of her lister, In Montgomery county, on Monday, the 11th miifc., Ht 3 ci'rjo-k P. M. Carriages will leave No. 606 Arch street, at 11 o'clock. * LOXLKY.—At her residence, in Mnntua, West Phila delphia, on the7tb Inst., Mis* Mary PryorLoxiey, in tbo 7 Hist year of ber ago. ' ■ Tbo relative* and friends of the family are respectfully invited to attehd the funeral, from her late-residence, No. .*ti(J7jlJri<lge street. West Philauelpbia, on Monday, iiielltbiiiHt.,at2o’clock P.M. Suddenly, on the 9tli Inst., Elizabeth C., wife of M illlam E. ltboads, and dnngbter of the late William and Malinda Coutstou, in the 68th year of her egf**. ... .. .» The relatii e» atod friends of the family ars respactfnlly intiteU to attend the funeral, from her late residence, Hq. 1252 North Tw«lf»hstrect,on Tnesday morning, 12th ihet . at « dVPwk . Serrires at the bouse on Monday avcDinir. l]thintft M at 8 o clock. ■» ' : At Cermanlown, April Bth, Lldyd.ln fant aop of 11; Prank and Annie J. Robinson . * <il HIJACK SIEKHI ~ 4>l 3>l (; oo d jr hoi;t;h .fok d isesses. tjil 92 BLACK BILKB. 82 Tbcpft are the nnmo as the Lft*t Two Lota. EIRE A LA NiJKLL. Fourth amt Arpb SPECrAX Su birth pate far additional Notion ITS* Tins ANNUAL MEETING OK “Tint PHILADELPHIA SOCIETY FOR THE EMPLOYMENT AND JNHTJIL'CTION OF THIS POOH will Held at Na. 7U Catbarlne »trwt, oa BK COND'D.VT (SlaDday), thollth ln*t.,at 4 P. il. H r V. L. NICHOLSON* Secretary. A STATED MEETING OP THE Sutidny bchool Association of tb« P.E, Church.iu Pbihd'lnbh.. win ho hold on MONDAY KYKNINO, April 11th. 1370,in8t. Lnke‘*Cbarcb> Thirteenth §trr<t, hs-iow Spruce, commencing >it ft o'clock. .Thesubject for dittcm*slon,”How tu prereat the low of Children between the School and Onarch.’* will be ntH’t’CMUijr the lUt. Kamuel ClmroM, Principal of the Mlt-ion House. _*AU interested In Banda: :; K ELI’G I Opis Ni)‘Jf I C ESi ~ ~~ ITS* THE EEV. H A. CLEVELAND will preach in Trinity M. E. Church to-murrow at JO.S and , ‘ 3 . Straujari are invited, It' rrs*Alexander Presbyterian tK£r Church, Nineteenth and sr«n itreeta.—l’raacb loir to morrow, at 1(»I o’clock A. M. and at 7,‘i P. M., by Be*. tlan.-K. Cain, Factor elect. If IP'S* SECOND REFORMED CHURCH, Joe/ Hcvantli «tra«>. abore Brown.—Bar. laaac 8. JlaHh-y. P»«iojr. will preach to-morrow (Sunday), at lO'i A. M. and •>* P. M. Subject—'* Korivaia.’ 1 If XEGAX~?rOTICE»T IK THE ORUHANK’ COURT FOR THE .1 City and County of Philadelphia—lit the matter of WALLACE LIPPINCOTT, late of the earn nt>;, dre-eaecd. To H i Uiam C*i< an<f his eldest snn. his htir* and at »«#/<*. ike keeper 0/ the Cvhtitnrn Cemetery , or persona in o*QTtt thereof; tb* SUthodlst Conference of the city of Philadelphia ;th<* niece* and nephews, crand-niece* sod ffraud-nt'phrwii of th* said decedent, or their guardians ytinlni-r*; tha Btahnp of Ste Mufhodist Episcopar Church Id thfcity of PJjJl*d?lphi:t,a&d&U orheruevjaees. lecrxteeeand <>rtier person* interested in the eetata of *aid decedent; TaJusootkal Tb*IMAUY ANN LIP- . PlM. , osT*thewidow ofsaidrferedfrnkon tba twroty sixth dfljf of March, A.ZL.ISTO,' Jo tbo said Ceurt berjpctin«*tt tutting forth.that tbo part!** Inter «>atea ia tbesald estateratnotagree, for the. appoint*' seVen pm<ms to wukepanitJoo oftbo shm*. and prayip« U^‘Court tn H«ani ac iuctnft'‘t tomake said partitioii.WnongttM- partie* fntcrfabxi fo 1 Aid. ucccrlu>£ tb Taw that, therefore. : th* said awarded a citation to the parties interested tarsaid estate, commending them to appear before a Court to beholden £atardayy<be twenty-third day of April. A. D. 1370, at lOrfVloek of fha forvnoou, to show t-aa*e why the Court thouhl cot award an leanest to make said partition, and further abide U)e order of the Court in the premise#; and did thereupon also order that adrertiseuieat as to partita whose names or residence*# are unknown to be made twice a week; for two vaeki. in two daily newapaperii lo the city of'Philadelphia and twice in the v said last mentioned day-application will be made to the Court to grant the praverol the said petition. - Attest , ALKBEIJ J. FORTEN, ——»p9»tH"4is ' " UeputyClwdc Orphans* Court.'; 1 TESTATE OF J CJLIA AN N • STUEtIS, DE ~I~2 ceased—Letter* testamentary'uiwin the aCuTai-s tale Baring be*B granted to tlio undersigned, all perrons haring clauna or ilemamls against the estate of the said decedent:««reounted to make known the same, and those indebted thereto to. made paymeat to CHARLES P- BTVBIIB, Executor, No 40* Aon street,Philadelphia, or to his Attorney, LEWIS D. TAIL, No. 703 Sansnm street. Philadelphia. ap9*gt* AGKIC I!LT tRAL." APPLE, PEAR, CHERRY, PEACH, . nJ* Dwarf > aod Standard, in b*M ring. Ornamental free«- .Large Evergreens Tor lawns"an<T Tiedges, J. PKKKIhS, J. It* tTHE PHILADELPHIA LAWN Blower has rapidly grown Into faror at Chvitnnt at Germantown, aod wherever need. Its nse makes Ike car* of a L*wnea*y,ajid beautifies it much more than cutting with a ecylbo. Sold by the patentees and manufacturer!. GRAHAM, KMLEN A PASSMORE, It*. , . No, 681 Market Street. Philadelphia. «S FLOWER SEEDS.—NOW IS THE Z lime to sow. Twenty-hve beautiful Free-bloom - mg varieties, with direcUons how to cultivate, for Ono Dollar. 3S XITTJCE. GEM PEAS.-THIS VA- S rletif la particularly .adapted f»»r Family Kitchen Hardens, being riwarf(rt<iuiriu£ no sticks!, early, und of most delirious Mlgury Haver. HENRY A. DItEER, 7ll Chestnut street. m USAGE orange re ants'.for «CHEI»OE. CL -IJy the hundred or thous&ud Also, American AbotvJta, Hemlock, Spruce, and Norway Spruce, suitable for Hedges, at 11. A. DBEER’SNursery, Rlvertou, New Jorsey. Orders received at SEED AND HORTICULTURAL WAREHOUSE, 714 CHESTNUT street, ap9-g tu th Mt§ £g AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS AND GARDEN TOOLS, Ploughs, Harrows, Culti vators. Seed-Sowers, Churns, Garden and Field Rollers, Lawn Mowers, Railroad and Garden Wheelbarrows, Hay, Straw and Fodder Cutters, all at reduced prices, v Call and exawiuo our stock. 0 „ ... ROBERT BUIST, Jk., Beed \\ arebonse, 922 and 924 Market street. m THE PHIEADELPHIA LA W N «SE* MOW KR.—This is tbo most improved hand-ma chine made, and is just the article needed by all who have grass to cut. It cau be operated by a lady without fatigue. Prlco32S, and every mower warranted, bold by c - , ROBERT BUIST, Jr., m!7 lm rps Seed Warehouse, 922 and 924 Market ek 3P BUISI'S WARRANTED GARDEN ,31 SEEDS. The seedd we offer are exclusively those of our own growth, and will be found far superior to those generally Bold bv dealers. Market gardeners and priest© families, to whom re liable seeds are of the utmost importance, should obtain their BUppliej* front BUIBT'B seed warehouse; * ' 922 and 924 Market street, aboYe Ninth. Call or send for Buist’a Garden Manual and Price List for 1870, which contains pAgcftof useful information to country residents; • ' - mhl7lmrp§ THE UNDERSIGNED OFFERS FOR fill! sale or barter his convenient and comfortable resi* doueo i*u the tine of the Kofth 'Pennsylvania ItnNroad, near Fisher’s Lane statiou, about fivo miles uorth of Market street. ,• •; • • ‘ A substantial atono bouse with modern conveniences, uud over six uocea of choice land* with handsome! lawn and tine fruit and ornamental trees and«shrubbery; a large and very’ productive garden* well stocked with grapes, strawberries, \&c.; ji commodious barn, and. carriage . Jious*, with stabling for livo horses and three cows: a good green-hou6e nnd grapery,' with choice foreign grapes; ico house, chicken-house, 4cc. " An ndditiounl house, nearly new, with good garden, well stocked with fruit.with i<?e-houBo,heunory, Ac.,and over throe acfrdbf laud, With fine trees, can also be hud ifde&irabl?,. Tim whole being admirably adapted, for two families desirous of being near ouch other. * .. SAAILKL MASON, _np9 a ttt th 6t§ . . No. 15 South Seventh street, . MFOIt’ SALEOR TO KENT—THAT fpf old, established business stand No. *29 Cboat-loiiiL lUttopanaunottlTnll. Apply to B. BHAK- D, V,OJ9 N\almit street, or to Kerry Chins Hull, 1218 Chestnut street, ap9otS 45£j'"COUNTRY BEAT AND FARM a* KiiA For Solo—ro or liXhieres—Bristol Pike, übovoUC 7 milo-Mone. ...... Blansian'ilouscnnd Dwelling to Lot. Apply on pro Julies, or to 0 «; WHITAKER. " No - . 810 Locust street. ]B ailjj (fttc ni n a Itelktm ITICKS School work * rein rited. 2trp HENRY A. BREEB, 714 Chestnut street THE ABMY OF THE POTOMAC Annual Reunion of the Society Brilliant Scenes at the Academy of Mnsje Distinguished Generals Present Oration of General J. H. Martindale Poem by George H. Boker, Esq, j - The second annual reunion of the Society of the Axmy of the Potomac is being held in this city'to-day. Great preparations hayb been made for the event, and many geuerals and other distinguished officers of the army during the war arrived in this oily duringlast evening and this morning, to take part in the proceed ings. , President Grant, Secjetary Cox, Gene rals Dent and Porter reached the city at five o’clock tbisj morning. ' Tho'ACademy of Music, which bad been se lected for the occasion, was very handsomely deoorated. The entire front of the audito rium was neatly festooned with the flags of Oie Union, while m front of the balcony was suspended a splendid State flag of Pennsyl vania. The fronts of the private boxes were' also handsomely deoorated with the national and State flags. The stage wasset with asplon did tented scene. The cbalrefor the officers and distinguished guests were arranged in semi circular form, and in the rear were a large number- of benches. On each side of' the" stage at the front was a small brass field piece, with all the paraphernalia, and decora ted with artillery guidons. The orchestra woe occupied by the celebrated military band from Governor’s Island, which discoursed delight tul music during the proceedings. • Previous to the ■ opening of the" doors, a large crowd had assembled in front of the Academy. The doors were opened at noon, and the house was soon filled. The parquctte circle and balcony had been reserved for la dies. Kvery seat in the house was occupied before half-past twelve o’clock, and the house, as viewed from the stage, presented a very brilliant scene. The parquette was occupied l*y the members of the Society of the Army of the Potomac. About quarter-past one o’clock ;the hand struck up “Hail to the Chief,” and President Grant marched upon the, stage, escorted by Lieut.-Gqneral Philip H. Sheridan, President «>i the Society. He was followed by other dis tinguished Generals. . .. J The entrance of the President was the signal tor a wild scene of enthusiasm* The entire,' audience arose, the men cheered, and the. ladies wavedtbeir hankerchiefs. The cheer ing continued for several minutes. TbeWash mgton party then took the seats which had been assigned to them V -Presidenty Qrgnt -and Lieut.-General Sherifhtn' occupied" the chairs in the-centrsof tbestage; . T r- rr - r-* < Among the other weH-ttno\Vn l militiry geti- q demen who were upon the stage were t lon end w.W. Belknap, Secretary of War; General .J. D. Cox, Secretary of the Interior: General >Vm.T. Sherman, Generals Irvin. McDowell, A. E. Burnside. - Geoige G. Meade, < S. P. Heintzelmair, Silas Casey, .John Newton, Win. B, Franklin. It. B. Potter. A. W. Den nison, Mott, K. C.Dfuro, I). W. O. Baxter ! Giles Smith, Markland, Hein- E. Davies, Jr ’ A*. A.Humphries, H. G. Wii«ijt,,J,Yll.Mar-‘ tindale, Bobert Patterson, : George Cad- CadwaJader, H, J. Hunt. Chas. M. Prevost, : Shaler, C. F. Buft, H. Houpt,. Stewart ’ Van V bet, Horace Porter, Dent, Jtufus Ingalls, H. H. Bingham, Wm. B. Thomas, William Me- Gandlees, JoshuaT; Owen; Louis Waurief Sharpe. Wiliiam B. Hazed. ' -^ TheVo were also present Hon. A. B. Borte : ex-Secretary of. the Navy, and Commodore" Gardiner, and a large number of the most prominent citizens of Philadelphia. After the distinguished party had taken their seats, loud cheers weregi ven-respeetively for President Grant. General Sherman, Gen eral Sheridan, General Burnside, Genera) Meade and others. , . The Opening: Proceedings. Lieutenant-General PbiJ. H. Sheridan, Presi dent of UieSociety, then advanced td tlfcfroht of the .stage and said : j *■ C oniradex —This Meetingwill jileiisfl oonde to order. The proceedings will be opened with prayeT by Bev. Jlr. Pomeroy; ,rV Rev. Mr. Pomeroy then delivered a fervent prayer. - r .... ... - .... . . Oration of General Harllndalc. General J. H.Martindale"was" then intro uuced,. aim addressed the assemblage as fol lows:. . .... ob my theme. You nave looked fqrwardi to this occasion m one of loyoni roaiuun Bat ihero linger jet in oar .Hre and lieurte the recodingSotindH Of th.-jniillUddrum, the measured tread of tho fiea.l Muwhi with anas “• 'ytoch lnrtywtatrfay.by the sheres of the Hild (.111, lUteuded the funeral hearse of t.eorge H. Thomas \\ e seem to stand by the open grate of one of the truest, “M^iWpttjlbluigttfthsabf yb,ir comrades. Earth to earth. HU mortal remains jhsf begin to mingle with the dust ; but his deeds and fame surtive To day we bear a hation a wail of sorrow : it is the ore- Imi* to History a voibe of praise.' ■ ■ i. ' l p Gf/itltMtn-ylfthe importance of each particular dav tn the retelling year could be estimated Ly the conse uuencea tuid the magnitude of i lie events which it dom immoratee, then thieSth day of Aprilfin our country,' snould bo placed conspicaous, perhaps prominent, in the calendar. Only live y> are ago the. morning dawped riipun the Aimy oj the Potemuc, oxteudeii far bovund Petersburg “bore the Falls of the Appomattox, fuR panoplied . pressing forward excited w ith victory and • expretation of.the surrender of the Confederate army of Virginia with that surrender the closing scene in the tragic, bloody drama of civil war. Do you see in that transaction the more success ot one army over another t As the- cantnfles liavo rolled away, there have been surrenders of defeated to vic torious armies again, and a thonsuud times ngain. Bat this was grander than a great victory iu the Held, The Nation, the free Pcpplont’tho United States, the heart and soul and vivifying spirit Of America .Liberty, torn and rout, and threatened with destruction by ttio nro tractetl fratricidal struggle, were all represented there. What a scene ! in the glowing colors of that hfiionc panorama! * Our Chief wtw there; in clear, decisive, but generous terms, inviting aud receiving the important wools which yielded not an army alope, but ull>tho weighty ißsues of the war. . . .• ■ j Our nation is not yet one hundred years old; but in that brief cycle wo hud developed two deadly and opr posing civilizations. On that memorable day ouaroDto* (tentative American confronted another. They stood to gether, after four years of gigantic war, like Americans* Sir* ? 8 i a l? of dishonor iu tbo\f<;t;oyy.of. *ho one' or. tho defeat of thaother»co«snmmatipg a surrender which affected the destinies of all the uatioqa qf the earth." ‘ “ 1 To-day we are removed but tf short distance frohitto base of the great transaction.' We seem. still: to Umar, wi re w «L ne ?» 8 tb® find transports of, a nation's-joy., When the lightning flashed along' tho wiroa, and’ with tongues of electric tire spread the glorio’ni intofligeuW, whatword. can express tho ecstasy', tho Wild emotional wnicfa pervaded the Country like a magic inspiration Thousands of homesteads ; ,w>rq.. .illumined as thongn fomitates of sunbeams were 'opened - bo neaththeir roofs.; Could, yon-but;gather tho aspira tions of the hearts which, all over this northern land*, expressed thoir joy ! Victory at last! Thank <JodP inanK itoa! Our boys now may come homo, again! lhe maternal, tho, friendly, the ardent embraces in which they were clasped, when, at length' discnargea, they were welcomed home agalu !. 7 . , ‘ Mttnpropoaes-rGod disposes ! n * 1 ™?i : l®* 0 ™ 3 principal‘ tbairactere iri tlio trims-"’ ?#V. we c'ommemara to, the ir comprehended ou ' >t ' "hejher tho intellect of the .‘r, um PfhSSna«l them. Eat they are tclt b> popular intuitions; "The conscionco of the na b“? JffSf ™ s . e * »}‘h » vita! fuith that some way or othor out of that surrender, Wofild emerge tho Ameri can idealof Liberty, no lonkWobSured hut huSTon i’ complote as the Fatherellrsf floclared it from Indcpe' denco Hall, uoarly onelinniireit yehraago. „ Assembled as we are, might tndiilgo. in pleixine retrospect of the ovents whlcli iorm tiia lilstory of o Army of tho Potomao. lt would not bo iuaDDrooriate to “ light its hßttleao’er nCTin;’-tVre q o, , ?i!t th P a P 2S :Wua incidents which illustrated tlie ropmnca ,of actualwiir I suppose we might dwell on iUkoUlovomeotain dotail i to . mllltair science: we miaht axnlt la which it weald not bo dUßcalt to accuaia h«olMn amid trial, “id x n 4 c ;fc^T n b J o o.^^vs& h “* W"*"« h tlmfreto? ifjf e no,b< !i r 11 7 e ,°( wtro«»ectl<m and preepee- J!^ n > x ’ bu .‘ boMI F considered,' of l bUt * deflrßde ' ” r * * r ® * n tba very presence f i u *i coittownoratod—no longer open to ttST*" i oll .**,: *? •» ««»PIW W « fact accomplished, f'nlmJ^ m i , n K f ?J' erer associated with thfl.Artnyof the i 6 caua f? in , ’"’Well that army had its resulted the war which It in part tnuUSSI,. fv a™y» like all the others of tho Union, . of ' ot«nto« r ß—wprunpr from the people,ani- C 0 wlE tlo °? ,nd enthnslasm. It makes B »At' nTl !li. lU ' ,°. la,lI t* to pra eminence in marlt the held ”*Jw ,be opposing forces in whom »n ba,l, °' wer ® aaaliist onr countrymen, IteVrecks we/a 6 / ofjf ,b u b iS!? ,f "f ot ,ho w«fi-iUrerer»es tho siost dsmaglacr-dtedltimate fucceesesjbeiuost conclu- Jtielruothat it was required to work out along ftofn^nreSlFf n yhlch occurred more negatlre terse « B!ili I nn*i® D H , I ?, rosfi ont of the first great re !*£• at i>aJl Ban,—bat it wan preserved for the last f r Thefl , n < ii c ii l I c^ lusi»o trlomphat Appomattox. , 11 ,{’; i .onaleuccees, iu its relations to the iillIno»«!t i J? )r « l ‘ onr if o,wt,T ' enables us to recall, i n.5hSS t ’! be earlier,reverses. Within a month KirhiL«!d'uf.Sleaatue «l anlnterview, In the city of K?™?' l’ nh . » gentleman who held an important ihssr.nl'V!,^£ Df^wf 4t 2 A , tn> y of Virginia. I revisited Wrtft^WnJ? b i on . t i M ;* cb *P ic *I ui<! ' where the first move "®,T | e* of engagements now popu- t U ,V. , ,l f 'IVi I> ;o h, * tor,ca | f' ti »“ cr ‘bod as the Seven-liars’ t }«*. fought and retired down to ‘he ■lamesriver, at Haxh,ill's and Sr hrto£rio ttß sl, nß i i. d ? c . ril,< * l tfa e eacampment of, ftj&fffru?." the 23tli of Jane, lmtnodfato w LlHhoi 'ySwamp, and the position mh.r h Jf4i^* p Hii? llne ° r battle on the 29th, whUe . SStoeK tl?n -° f s , b Pi>* r ?T deflied behind: us towards ] vre pticlaioied my friend,snpposa 1 wa bad seized the crossing over the swamp before the , -f t i W wv bcffnn T belore the battle of Gainesville elyouthSi* 1 ” have seized ith-what would have become | _ "Vo-cay the people, Kortb-and South, may well con- L , i\ t - h ' 1 V lhe oampaigu of that year saw caved perhaps because the passage over the ?w*mp wss unoccupltd, but returned to its lines be tween the BappabLnnock and Potomac Biters. u,7Zt .'t t l ot war was too Immense to bo decided then. , l ,V. b 2V brce ' n . cce, . <lin ff3 r «« of Woody ceoflict—it has x4ar s of protracted strife in the civil arena ,f urI ?l2 tl ' r or Appomattox— to reveal the raagnlv i-e .°h r . t f he . diff ' r ‘’neea j between the North and Soiith: hoatlle to liberty,and com mon to both sections, which provoked tho war. It was not a war for aggrandizement or connnest; It was neces- W f *o P r . r ® e f*e the nation and assimilate the people, i i,?. b hheths sun ablaze at noonday, that' IV f ( . B ?*' on •»«,?“ U W ho free. must recognize (net as tt&fS* gouerralitles, but as living, vital parts) the po litical equality of the citizens, and that . the. powers in' to" o^ b 0“ MDd °“ ly th#,e wtUeh tbo . Said Chief .Justice Taney, in the. great .case of Sand tVfiifa* 0 ? 1 ® r * d .® co, .f : “ The words ‘ people of the 1 rated btates and - citizens ’ are Bynonomous terms, and mean the rams thing. They both describe the pa l! l,ra ‘ -•oof, who, according to our republican institn ! I“.^:’ a*” s who hobl nhd conduct Ins government through thetr rcpresentuicts. They sro we familiarly, call * tho sovereign people, ’and *7**7 of the people, and a couftitnent member of the sovereignty.’’ And the Chief Justice proceeded to demonstrate to,his satisfaclien, that a edr ijlßclittof penoM, of Afrjc»iie»c«nt, were not in *W t .*94 * eT * n*y»tj»ded f to U'iactttdeft, dodor tb* : citizen, in the Conititntien, and coaid tbere “oo* of'h" rights apd privileges which that lr,fctunirnt prov ides for and secures to ■ the citizens of the Initod States: and he declared that, “ on. the. con tlmecoßiiderai *a asublardi hateasdinferlerclaasof beings, who had been subju gated by the dominant race, and whether emancipated « r "e. l, yet remained aubject to their authority. ” iPh-d r SS!J“.r7f^ < ! 11 , UlB hWoricnlfagt, which can-, not be denied, tligt tinapiaae of mtrsons had beeniatro deced into tho country aa captfvea, hold and' sold as slaves ; that under Use Oopstitotion it|clf,fdr the period - «f. Cbugress from allowing the nnportatism of these captives. In short, they could’ riot £ f wntler the Oonsututron, because they were > Jfc* b J? }!} b tfS ,, *'' e 4 »»the pleasure of the States The conversbofthe argiuncnt, as prasontod’by the Chief Justicp, Wnalostonlnnd dechdvs. Said tic,— 1 " rf SJr- J? n * of the African race are clttzenswCa State of, tlid Puit*d States, tbsy:W.ould be suHtisd to..jdf ,01l these j r ,w I 8 '!’ f 5 <I?tl Sfate, at»i* too State Could not reatrict them; for’they. vrquM 'held these privileges and mm unities .'nsfiori thi* paraiouat au thority of the FederatOoveramsjttsaudifScourts would he bound tpmalmaln and enforce them, the C'oustitu tion and -laws of-the State to'fhe'- contrhry nbtwlth* „ _ ‘ ..It requires'nuargnmiat'now.to demoQtrote that the differences which, bad arisen .between (be {forthera and Somberai people by - induiTrial wstetns g»d initnutlons,as tbeconseuuencaa of slavery and the exclusive jurisdiction and righto or the States over the pea to attain to any.participation in political power, No human invention or law camaeaimilate the people of the l nit,d States, and unite them iu the bonds of Trnternal regard, when a ,cj»fsifica}iou of inhabitants into Ü b°r»rs heneafhaia raters above thill bwipierafed arid estaWlahidthroiiShonta wide belt of o'nf couafry. Such a syvteni is not freedom—it is tyranny. 11 would tiitvitaWy make tyrants ofi.ths rnlers. It is against the fundamental ideas of the Declaration of In •lepeadence—against, , all nor, American -ideas , of liberty junl. ofi naUogalaljty :aa .expressed lu thc '.oii-lltutioa of the L’mu-,1 States. Thatinetrumlnt de clares that the citizens ol each State shall hare all the prm vsee-anfl immunities, of ,oiilzem, in the. several atafruu..'Fifty,years ago,m.aObnstitUtiou'al Converitioii of New York, the distinguished Chancellor Kent and burns King (eneeMinister to England) maintained and ■ire-hired that this clause conferred on emancipated Afri cans i life tight .to tote on tho name terms as.othor Citi tcns, irom which right, as Was malntphiedAtltey couhl not li.fdetoimd m a sfato CoUstltuiloTi BnVthfe prare deal construction, subsequently rtetine<l and jndhdally adopted in Hie case «.l Dred Scott, while admitting tho power of the State to conftrajlfiriifedi stare citizenship o.u these emancipated men, had fairly established that they could not thereby be invested with the' character apd prerogatives of citizens of the Lulled JBtates. , Within the .limits, of .-one Mate they aught be niade frfeo; goiffg into a|io6her, tb ey might be imprisoned, sold for jail,fees and maSo bluves } h >' n com Lion, iind discordant reiafionsinlvTiicinhese facts placed the several States and the people thereof tended to war—made it, indeed, the only avenue to peace, because,it opened-tho only fprnm In,which these incon gruities could bp contested,fought out and-reconciled opintohs S of The roldfere of t& Army of the Potomacpind of all the armies or the Union, they were constrained by events mure potenuthanstates men—supreme, like the voice of, God—to ,lu batt] L -, like their grandfathers,tor the ideas of the revolution—self government by the people for thopeoplp.: Wd struggled tor pescosnd w-o have fraruod at last that the indfspeu- of peace is the homogeneity of the .With some hesitation, r have pursued this course of thought in this presence, at this time, but Ihave been persuaded by the belief that tne occasion Iras appro prlat.e the subject germaln to the war—tho object of practical and natural importance. • ; V M ; Ido not knoir of bodies of men in tho United States more potential to influence kindly awb beneficially the /Vi b J , S Sfb' 101 ’'?? orthe Somh. ana the North also, than the soldiers of tile Northern armies, still preserving- or gaulzatton and intsreourse in societies like this, dtsso h.ated from political parties, assuming only to repre fient. thfiDßClvcs. * It ifl pleasant tip meet, ea f y»« aouow—to look info each dthera reefy© and recalttbe incidents of the war hi which %ve boi'O onr eeteral parts. But \VB uro citizeua dnu a deep and absorbing interest in the welfare of our country«animated, I belieye, with an in case ana conlial deaire to ece our old flak cheered again, aapf yore,.by thernenwhotincouaterod nsiu battle ar ray ' who were infuriated with tho purpose to lowoV It ‘ uirougbout the Bouth and eupplant ft with tho stars and bars. Hail again.the time whqn,.from St. John to the Gult, our whole poopleßhall motb forward heartily and prosperously to tho music of the l/nlon ; when the Con federate and Union soldier, and all the peonle whom they represent, shall recur to the war wtthoota nanrof sorrow ca*ammomous hate*; when the war ehalfbo’un derstood and accepted as n necessity,absolute us destiay, ifhich no peaeeiul measures or statesmanship could UTert-a* the we >ertf Xoroed-ht staaices and conditions which, in'ISGl, nohdihaa preciui tion could control ; aa though Qotl himself.,had issued the.edict for the draft vfihd summoned us in opdosluk musßea to the field, thepc, and thofe alofiei with tho with shot and shell, the national dis putes which were rending In twain onr common country When this view of tho groafc: contest shall be finally accepted and apprehended as truthful—at the North we wiU b? y prepored to dismiss the arrogance,(ifJbero he auy > of there bwanyl excited by the sufferingaifd sorrows of the war. Attn® South , the idea of subjugation will be dispelled, qud tho nublic mind will bo prepared-^acquiesce in the results and their lam devoutly thankful,that within tho last two webkatheie thoughts liave beon relieved of a partisan aspect (sounsulted to ihisplacei by great consummation embodied in the b iftOomh4«iQmimtsnt to the-Constitution of the United Mateo—an amendment which commands arid guarantees, with supreme authority,»the political equality of the citizens, without oiatinction of race or color. (It sceniB'as;tboTigluh? time is now at hand when; xmi- apinestrtpay-Mjllojv; Is itnot-true that the «ol- havtf awaited such a measure of clemency With im -* Witience, reluctant to delay so long—somo of us, per hapaaOver-zeaJousj and tU?him|runcos which h?lve hithcrt6 mado ifc inexpodieat?; All along-, < from the beginning of the contest, we have been liko' children at school, gradually-and-with hesitation brought taunderataud th»vwar.ic which wo-were in volved. Who cannot recall the amazement with which >yo looked on oar'Sonthern brethretrwließ began ' to secede, actually to proparq for civil, war I. What frenzy! What causo! - Whftt^hadTtha'North done to drivo them to such a fllre proceeding? Con they really fire on the old fiag,—break away from thri glorious sentx ujent of Union and Nationality? Aroftuey,^reslly,ln deadly earnest 1 The Bouth defiantly thundered that we wero' violatiug Southern rights !. In utter bewilder-'' lUentvwe oxclaimed, what Southern rights have we rtolated.f, • t • '■> . ■ i", . Stahdius nowou the eminence thr firiccqei.f ( > A- 1 -\i.A ' ' . > K'. ? OUR WHOLE COUNTRY. PHILADELPHIA; SATURDAY, APRIL 9,187#. JhS ,? r f at * bare rained u». wo on m and almogt explain rif. bta ,’’wlilcb w« ware In fact nndor ' . "S’ ““i* th ® ra ®* n * which wo were and , b*»we coaid no more re tlr»lii ourßelvo# thin vre could tarn back the torroutof ‘ niigßn. ffe.bad no glavery; we hidunirorul po iiV, ca i!? i,l^l’ y ' *? r f tl‘° dlgcHnilnatipn which, r??£?v.fta ll ftiPft od lhe r* T <>lnl‘on, we had learned ,L < i II ArLi° out ' l tw make against the nnall remnant of f*®®s® on »pe* With wbat immense etrldes ?* MM S*?*enced and were advancing I The wholo curing, not simply trcaearee of art, bat poo human beings oil ever oar Mortlien lands, fhoy leaped over the bnuadaileeof Htatea. Thogtreome a .A freedom were epreodlng and extend «dvsr firoooald no more reeiat J Blayery could withstand the P«JP>«« «f the earth In increaglng *e«<|» t and poeaesa the Territorlee of the United Btotea. The barriers Interpoaed by conetlta- I dogtnaa to stay thfa progroes were Idle and weak as, £r„ lt ;. t J rea<,il in ! he bondsof ginate. In fine, the laws or Nature are not more certain and Inexorable than the power of population, thus increasing, and multiplying, and accumulating In immense masses, to ovorcome ana !iiu!r ! y ! beet from the terrfteries, and orentn ?"? ftP. 1 ?!,I* I *.?M® 1 ® *?“!*Before thi» torrent of people . 0 f n. °f• ** j* that slavery vf as doomed i JSsft*v!* d ?“ rib .f d ' a . ndfal !r. doecribod, the aggression of the >onb bd Soulhcra rights. .It is (ruoi totre vu Di freedom ; there were vigorous de •larery; but these Were mere words: wWeb never feared, and which disunion ccmld netiiu.»prsse, ; r t .£ a C tEK>u P h elarery was entrenched in And protected by tfae Constitution ! 80 it was, Bnt the same Oonstltu- the govern meat of .the people* the equal rignts.of the citizens, .invited, immigration, announced the power to naturalize all the subjects of klugs, dis regarded the obligations of 1 allegiance* assumed' the ■ national right to take any man,wherever born, and how ever bounq»and to translate him Into an American citi zen—tbcequalvbefore the law, of fhd princes whes© authority he repudiated, and free as the ocean wave which pore him to our shores. These were the germs of inevitable war fn the Consti tution itself. The tenacity with which the human mind clings to the possession #f power, of. authority ever men, whether derived from actual ownership* or in any other equiva lent torn, is seen the world over—is written in all the histories of the human race. ~ Oar Southern brethren were born and reared in * the absolutism .the most intense in'the whole civilized.earth., They did not create it. It was theirs. witbeut f wrong qm their part, at least of this generation. . c^ u a°K tr , ut .V fnU l r ward , ofr "A*® reuiimiors ■tiered In the halls of Congress and re-echoed through the press, that ths commercial Worth, more than the agricultural South, had made profit out of the staves ‘ trade carried oh from Africa to this continent. So hid Portugal and Spain. So had England, and all th© com mercial nations of Christendom, daring 200 years. And the traffic, still continuing. In ifa), was actually and ax-" pressly sanctioned and licensed in the Constitution of the United States. What wonder that the Sooth sin cerely believed that their ownership of this species of property was just, and that all measures and policies and opinions which impugned their title were unjust! On their standing grotfnd the Constitutional guarantees nearest and dearest to them were theso which assured theirrightstotheirslaves. But they could net silence the public opinion outside their States, which denounced the natnial justice, while restrained from assailing the lawfulness of their title. They had no constitutional shibboleth to stifle the voices of mankind. Above all. they could not keep back tho stream of immigration which eet-athwart ths tfnlf-Stream towards the coasts of the North. It is a fact that there was no alternative for the South but rebellion, independence, separate nationality, if they would maintain and perpetuate their peculiar so cial and industrial institutions : and there was no alter native for> the North bnt resistance amt war, if they would maintain and porperaate the Union, and the im migration and naturalization of the people of all nations who are attracted towards America by our prolific soil and the magietic desire for liberty and self-governmen t And so we were launched into the tremendous conflict, orgt-a on both sides by the most powerful interests which can ever incite to human effort. It is curious now to-yecall the .blindness with which we, at leaat of the North, engaged in the straggle, and how we utterly failed to comprehend the causes of the war. Was there a man among you who, in I*6l, believed that your hand coaid not be stayed until Southern .slavery, with all its incidents, was uprooted and annihi lated S' Did Congress believe it, when, on the memorable dty;iu July succeeding tbe flm.battle of BailNaa.it solemnly resolved that the war was waged only to maintain the Union, preserving the existinarightsnfthh States nnfcjpared/’ Did President Lincoln (canonized bed) ismemory and name!) really believe it, when in September, after Xho reverses of the Peninsular Campaign, he published a. preliminary notice ©Lninety oays, that be would proclaim emancipation if the couth did not cease from war ana submit to the authority., of, the. Constitution tU-.AYhat was that but' proclaiming ; that; ■if ;‘the South ■wouMfcSnbtnit.thereshould be , Bo fnrthsc step towards emancipation? It would be falsp-to aeclare that, at that- rank and Tdek>f tb© armies of the North received vdtttunanimoq? satisfaction and joy theseincipientrerelhtiohsof the providential ten descies of the war. Bnt we could not recede nor delay The army and the nationaud'ba&ifta Tb*to, th* /Unseen presence and pchrerofrlie saihenpiHt m ilo**rty which mspirtf ttOTreat 1 Declaration of K Td. Th < ui.rld looked on withtUversesyidpatbies. r f.-u 1 - t-v-‘prion?,-the princesapd nobles longed.fey ,qur overthrow, f bup the masses wore on our. side.. Vfbj not? Our cause was theirs, [Not, tb« piinceSvbnifhejr subjects .had emi grated hither. Ouraoldiv*had, friqpds*-ibrothers, fa- Bettered Uurope. Our recruits camefroxn hondmeawnose governments. Wore plotting • ourruiq, -Btillyrersefor institutions . these legiongorrffiends, hntthwr la " - bbr?pei»|iplatlomhiu!boen.ixaDsfotaLod: Into a most «l#iigerouaau4 hostile element bfeucath their very roofs, OnrSimffnra countrymen were bravo—eh the whole .eirtbntmeweiwferever t bnt ifevtme inovitobtotfaat they j.bouJ(l succumb belore the myriads still gathering aod . ppro*chißg;whom no disaster could diminish or appal When, five yean*"ago. the clash of resounding arms was etilisdvgpd pnr paijt -as was performed, ths » oD.-uirmioDr-that there raun be no more slavery. And -o the U tfip Qonstltbtfcrt; was . adopted, Mower to make the prohibition effectual. it ;f^ssixßMfta^^sSsiu^ , a^fe^#sa^. enough that the word 41 slavery ” fihouM bo obKteruted from JOT«tftt»muflowan(l lower express ■naan idea or aeuiitout, was luumlea. ■ thhociatea from nil its mdusuuU. social -and political tucidentu. Theae iweidenrs, and not tho word, embodied .-cparatenatiOßaUtsr. . . At first tße3l «raSi.'TOpeople,nqd their rcDrea-ntitUvcA in Diyjudgmeuf.if it liaa toou,eoiietrue,l acForHinc to it« import. That stickßOonatractioiiWA rosisteil, anti nmillj oytirjKWwfaaciunmaUT.o jjroof (If ,tto depth anil' 'irulest! of, dKtiioaaa® ulucfe iuieqted tho.arhoJoconntiT CMOP of war nxp all I, eajl wmolreg, wa« , -necdti I tor 9 tawrll an ourp uth ri brethren Tho lionce l gAo of til® Tj out \a n meat, and the act -f o«Bgt<at((ainodiJi«!farvil,JUKntxhuUpasaed ; in:pu"r -uniico thereof, would |ii*Tti, plnced tho ballot in the liniid ut the t»uncipnt«i''Atrirnn or New York and cthto, as V irtrini*, But, despite tke lOKltntfid M Evoat-wrOnx and uanxer-of'enforcing , I .! ll Btmg,oßS«gpti“ikit‘a'iVPlVl«toa apniust Georgia and t irgttia wfile hot eanaily-obeftittve against Ohio and NBwiotfcjiilesjiUu Utnimno»jibiUtj(,oCasshnUatiug theselabnmd shohhl AmoudmeutwaS emsteulatod wnid'w conatrued that it would not secure the wand -and irtsfgna of ritizonship—toth© m;i»clp*ied 'iraCe in the Northern Sjates. • • • '.i-5A -vi Jt, was a deadly and suicidal construction.* it degraded rbaname of American citizen ; it infnrfilttl'mto th© Con- Htitution ndistinctfon between sovereign citizens and udhjugated oitizeng.: the one clius and their poateritr to rule, tne-htherblau and- their pwterity to submit and labor under sush a CVnstitu- Aip^rkftfi.idea tf } liberty and equal ity?. systeniß of . Tho words people VAWfe* 1 cUizens,” said Chief Jus tice Taney *.\ws antj mean the same thiug J} in tho Pon*tltntion enjuiaed KepuhHcanicSrtrnment On.thotJtates* and pledged the iiiiifOti, with wHti ( “poweps, ,3?gWative. executive and judkiqh declared theeqdjilfty of citizens in inunu- eoiiJd vioVtM. Ii wmiM scorn that the Tinder th© rngia of . that supreme law, from Mo icwuot© boundary or this country to the other*thaetjual lu poHlical ppportupUies.at least, of I every citizen. It declared, in ex plicit language, thut th© people- ordained: it— 1 ; that .■> they.., shall ‘•’choose representatives ” horcould nil these powerlul and conclusive provisions and intentions of the OonsUtutionithfvwptk of Washington and his cotera Pdra»las;, of men wpu had composed arid proclaimed the DfPtWwbn.Qf lpdependonce, and therein first enmi i self-government, who a little ' \?hUebsfqMthntf floJ«aonlypledged their.llves, fortuaed, a4d ? all in a war of eight years’ durjHiou,to defend and maintain that Declaration. , ThoajfgttdiCottoiaecomplicH the suicidal-work was Fimploand-btief.-. It. was found and evoked tVbm tho clpHßpwhichovhUo commanding that the people shall have tho ballot,—that!«, shall choose representatives,— adopts., novertholess, !as a suitable qualifloution of voters, such as the States impose on the ulectoM of tho most numorbnsbranch of the State Legislatures. Thus a taer© rule of Cdnvihhmce, adopted as >uch>wasper vertediand trauefonued into a of apolitical power; Tho word qualifloution was wrenched trppiits ordinary vmeaningtts defined by lexicographors, and illustrated practice' in Coustitn tionalgovernmentp.. It really implied only a process of preparation/by> maturity' rit years, or Success in the acquisition of property or education, or length of reai ddnee; somethingwhich- tho- citizen could'attain to with reasonablp. effort and time—but all the while con aridvf^faflft 4^6 rulo ( of li^puldicanuim Ihe.ccmstrpction placed oft this word • “ qUalifl<«tion.>» trio'Stntee were auddenly made aeror- - 6,/ P® deft he pretence of qualiiylng atid fittihgthe people tq tricorne electors* thpy could utterly 1 aubjtjgatnSftd destroy electors. Tliey coiild Annihilate -| tlie coafltltuenoy 'br tbo National -QoverrninontV and of Congress! - Worse still, they conld imikf a f epubjican rhlq of qualification’ for one .-class'of Ifiepeoplqrindtbolr'posU'rityi Umb foro+bcroitram and' debase uiiotherdogs r a*ift. their posterity. Thoy could sftbjec;bmqf^l^to, f th©^cqug— the rich { i i £ /? i /j;.k uK / a {Kk® 1 * *•?' P c T, ha P* °f African, perhaps German or liq!iiifiiis o E? o lian deaceai, to some oilier favored raoo, f„.L tr ?, rnr ' iuexorabir and forerar I Did It nerer occur to tfco Cone ructloniaM that they bad ordained a power SmiiS./? S! I *.’ In com® Political convulsion, in some Boutheru State, subject the white race to tbe black ? nnhsl».ts‘° ». con “, tr V c ,*i on was a counter revolution— t?-„. ™ ? f ,h ,? of tbe American srstom. “J u w f* incongruous and destructive. It thereilSJ.l ®{ oro *>* on theoretically asserted against <, . p^ oplo .* D ? cl,l ***» of the United States. l £® status of the African race had formed no menrif lias 1.1 088 ’ to ‘l» Thirteenth Amend ?ree thnt^,?v b 2™ c,U . bli “i' c<l h f, indlocal do- HBDDII? t fn!' %!ZZ , ot a ".i c, ,i“L d ,10t ftscome citizens. diMinatcJt »!5L« C ? un,rJr ’ *?" rif '?™ , h Amendment has . ,nc .oegrnitiee. It is the cnlmlnatlatr emith-s loetlc 11 W * r ‘ 11 OUreT Uold? Swells r’rcm l . 1 1 clifr f h “ l '** awfuTVonn, , Thoaih SSinu 9 iJ. a i,“ an l l * a *®« tho storm, br '?“ t tbs rolling clouds arespread, E Mr r i?V "“Shute settles on its head.” . ’ ■; Keen oar individual,'perhaps our J" 0111 ttteelevated plain to which .we h r “ st length Malted, we can now begin to unfold in all t' l * destiny of our government and-country. whetier'thebiealir™?,' ' Vo will solve tne problem 1 r iitiSULtZ' sstf-dossranient is blasphemous or bVSir'f.ii^™® 1 i. d expreßsiou and consecration uJ ,,■ It ha» boon embraced by ourielrea. t ii ,^, a "tr J 1 the Wood of oar cunntryraen. The po-’ at jongth Snlsbi-d and prepared, wo Ire from the experiment if we wonld. Wo S?i t i,?r do ?l. ® x t>® ,l *h®® whether the equality of o<!iS bc A?P?i! be rnuicnt and law is or is not a asja-. sion. God has provided bountifal resources In which Pl‘„l?u,? orimeut ny k® begun and extended; but,- re 2nl. b ivi. we ar * af tmonlahwl by nil the agonies of civil Wih.Ca£not. Ca £ n0t *®“ “ with tho highest I >.PSS-:, sf - the hnmsu . race aloue Wo ■ otart with admitting the brotherhood of man—that all* 1 are *!"? • „ W f. lmv , e thrown oar “,rUI« wid “ open; onVhi »Aroif. z “ tl ‘! n ! l ''' v “ b “ ve hiTitod all to coma anab6*nr«H«i ks citizeas—aa nlembara of wsi? f P 0 V at V l Ve “” 8t tak« them »» “h?j ?”rao. durt??^!sK *s® , * n ' r j l r t ; Incite the slothful to in *r®c£tk«depraYfdtoward*’nrttt©. Oar preju* dices wjU confront ua—we must sabdao them. This i» a thii°Nm™ 0 . r n k - JL f . W ® faiI ’ ,h ® con'oluslou wlli Simply IS S '‘T?*?,, “ at , nre f“ nnot endure seif-govern- So2iUj«i ll r t r« e % " t 2P©otloua experiment, now fast » °T!'® d ' w ® sccognize the cordial co-opera tlon andaid of all our countrymen of the South, bet wU? all «£ e £lS£ii ,h ® r ® D K*,°f the people, reinvested 'JLii .privileges and Immunities of citisens, I }?■iifTs.thesoldieisof the Army of the Potomac,and all the Union soldiers, will hall thslr return with unanim- Burr the smouldering animosities of civil ■ *( ar *i B er ®ft «f animosities and regrets, it was a na tional struggle, replete with glorious memories and rs ■ cjtjf-. X«H V®£ ita incidents with the Southern soldier— erst our foe in battle array—always our fsllow-countrv 1® w * ba T* demonstrated before the nations of the earth our united martial power. There i? cc exaggeration in the statement that on our own con tmenl—lay, aoross the narrow sea to the neigliboring isles—in a jnst cause, we can confront and rep,-l every possible combination of hostile power. CMstrainod by events .which no human sagacity could 7* have waged an American Oivil War—ended it without a trace of conquest, without tho infliction of one.rsvengeful blow, without the imposition of any !?£? , , eac ,“, , ’. t J ha c°n«ssio» of liberty, with all its bles sings, to all the people. may not tbi Men like those in whose presence I now stand well exult in SBch a war! The pages in whieh ita wmw««ii£Lii k Lri rit fii n willh , aT "/our namee inscribed, will he signalized in the records of the ages; not alone iUustratnur militanr achievements, but for tbe spirit wliich prevailed and UilTused ever the desolations of tho andfSte!«llS^|! Dg . T " ,lnr ® ° f Dational llfe - lib9r ‘f The oration of General Ifartindale was fre ijuentl.r interrupted by applaase. At the ; conclusion of the. address the No* tional fdrs were performed by the hand. - Boein hjrOeonj* U. Belter, JEoq. Geo.H.Boker, Esq., was then introduced, and read the following poem - ; OCB IIEBOIC THEMES. Turn as I max in search of worthy themes, To fill with life the poet’s solemn dreams, — Some bint from Borne, soma retrospect of Greece, Bed with their war.orgolden with their peace ; j Some thought o'f Lancelot and Guinevere, ‘The* 4 Anil in samite 11 and the 44 mystic mere Or those grand echoes that forever flow I'rom Belaud’s horn through narrow Roncesvaux ; Some spark yetiiving of the strange romance Whose flame illumined tbeCriisader’s lance; Or that' strong pal-poeS which unclosed the seaa Bsfore the vision of theGeaee*c; Alrwben theinvedeck aid the close-cropped crown a!anfi>, pr?rinmp!}ed with a frown ; frail 44 jiaytiower : v poured her prayerful flock. Upo'ntllotr'eastofPliniouthVwintryroek; Or *heh'the children of these hardy men Bearded the throne, they noser loved, again:—, Those eplendid themes t eo sacred tomy youth, • Those dreams of fancy with their heart of truth, FUgd as I viewed them la the fresher rays That light the scenes of these lieroicdaya ; Shrank.'an the young Colossus of our age WitJisf9slfl>lfl»*<r.tit<pedtMhist«Hc paste, -\ , To jeer hfssfaturp and pis dreadful scarsj— , tidi’smiiet’erran Withdhiusft-pwn, : ’ *' Then hosed liie retards suliawinfe his otvu : > i;<> - .MateMpts in grandeur, product of « cause , • As peep and changeless *s those moral laws That fcaso themselves upon the throne of God,— Fair initli Sis'hlessitfg's, aSrful with Uis'rod, : 1 ' But why explore thesouxcesortheiUoU,. . . . Whence all theJaiul ran otiielVud lire and blood '* My tetberißditeod’ft, ! ' To yblndlift heroes iu ibSii* noLIe deeds. ’ * • A nob,* of armjc* gather in my ears, . ' i v T be.Soutbern jells, the Nortbern.battlechier* ; The'ebdleVs Volleys, eeaselt-ns as the roar uf the vexed ecean brawling with its Moire ; ata breath ; Mas. : 6Btirod*ftpd fragments through the jaws of-death ; Thexufth of horses, and the whirring away OF the keen sabre cleaving .soul from cluy ; And ovei all, intelligibleand clear Aaspoken language to ear, ; tb°>uinultiu»U9,Wrii«,.; , : . / battlp with itSiVtor^ls., ’Twarmiuojo and to feel the shame ‘ ‘ ’' tiWnfeftr'iajtty fame,* 7 v; •' ‘ • 5 : WhefcUtte’rhtf g'rebfcncssdfour l>oa«tfhlbanii!» *' .Yiolded'aiviotors'almoatintheirhfthdH; Fled'frotn thqftpldbefore a vanquished fo* t Andlied about it. 'tocomplete the woe. Sintfe then, through Ull lhe changes of the .war, 3fy o«y<tlh4Vo followed oi»r ascending itar : ‘ .*• Aecypdinya'erj tbnngh at times the cloud .About ovir guide, op pressing men withfeur LWt tW That day of liberty drew near Through'ail 1 knew,Vud, with my faith upborne, Turned op tho wejxlc a smile of pitying scoru, cxiilm atur still filled its desdued place, Lost to our sight, but shJniog in Got!’a face. With gmiwinjJconragCj day by day, I bung Abqve fbo soldier of the q uiet tongue., Bheejß.bisaed him, penmen fought his war; Here be was lacking, there he went too far. Alan,bow bloody ! But, Slack, how tame ! 0 for Lc*'A talent !*-0 ye fools, for shame! Frojmtb.e first move,, hie foe defensive stood ; An sJn%s I** al nothing.* It was worth thoblood. Ojr Chief Supreme, the head of glory’s roll! OiwiUbf ateel, 0 lofty, generous soul, Sharing thy laurels, lest a comrade want ,* Why should I uamo thee? Every mouth cries, Grant! Fjrm was niv faith jn him whose sturdy skill • Three dreadful days had held the quaking hill; Stood Ukp & rock bn which the fiery spray Biatoutits life, thrnslowly ebbed away ; : 'Sxjvejd our domain from rapine, w&stound wrath, .And taught tfic foe ah unreturning path,~ Light of ourdurkncflrt,succor ofour need, Gpd'ofour Country, bless the name of Meade ! I jaw with w onder Sherman’s Titan line .Pour from tbe mountains to the distant brine, Sdrecp treason’s cradle bare of all its brood, And turn its garden to a solitude. Fear ran before him, Famine groaned behind, And, following Famine, came the humble mind! • Who felt a care within his bosom crow, Of more thau pity for thb hapless’foe, • 7 Or spent a fear on that which Fate’s decree* Already wrot©om<»4a her'victories, l When in the tumuH’pfth'e battled van Shone Fortune’s darling, mounted Sheridan I Rapid to plan, and pborlesa in tbe fight, : He plucked Famft’schApleu os by sovereign right, Emorgedtriumpbant’floma wiidretroat, Andblazoned v}otory’*,colofs-on defeat. . ’ 1 1 watcKisdwith Thdmas whito tils war/gladca ; , Marked Iho raalMoea tiidr heedioaa ltui.'fVadvauee; $ top af tar eteplie lured ttwlrwlllingfret ; ; ' lutatlietolis:fr<imnbleh wasnoretroat; : Then witba'awoop,as ffheatUeaagla swing* • Optofhia ejTry’.with iktvToar of winds, driaiteteranfelliliijftt hJsVentUrouii pt|9jr; Aitd.fdlled liisillßesto.maba in wild diiiuajr;', ' B^t ltarkiwhat tiding* front Uio West adnmce, " ■ '«■ itti-tv v l '"'’ ’ll { J.?:- Ji. ;iatr. ’■ ' F. I.FEIHE PRICE THBEECEtm. Tocb°k«r»m«’«y o f c O(»Dddl»»h«r«!ilniß* jtfkuce* ."'m “ conimfuid,- ££* .P ro . ,nsf e^9 ' »”d ®»M tija feud ' p„,''"! ,h * “•'X ll ® ««w* r d* the northern sky, Pointed ono way-the way of vtotaey. ' • . (luraanala hold acotire the soldlar’o fame : £ 0 ?!. 0 , r '"‘ ol “ ,er r0,,,,d a( * »»»•; No deeds of hia renulre tho crsoe of song; ESf! 7 v" d '»olp .In.pl. grudeuir wroag.. Turn from bio honor*, which Be left tooartb; ' And ponder what he boreto Hraven-hie worth. ; A single natnro cast in antique mould. Gentle, serene, child -tender, lion-bold •’ 1 ’ ’, 1 A hear, with aytnpdth'eaao broad and true, If:y v tr P Bt * nd lov * * rew round bf “ ere tttef fcW.- Open, sincere rnncoTotona and 1 pure, , Strong to achieve and patient to endnre: Heedless of fame, he looked within himself aor that reward which neither praise nor pelf ” tan give the sonl whose naked vlrtnss stand* ■ - : , Before Ged s eye, beneath God’*lifted head,- In the long future of title mortal hive, predict what records will enrTiref ’ A little shudder of earth’s brittle crust, ' " And man and man’s renown Lore scattered Mats ' But In his ; day to Thomas it was given \i°.77 h p flc!d ’ and »"» h «rf r a/ts fpr heaven,; Whlchn.lther worm can gnaw nor care make dim. ' And these are deathless, these he tbdk'wltfe hith. <■' : ■'■■■ •- .1 , : ■:! . - - • Tbrongh •nxlona year*, I M w- t he nutrtl&l.fiood- - Sur&e back andforth in wesoffirtaodblood. Sometimes ft paused, ai)d sometimes seemed to reaT,- npent aim exhausted; front the Bobs!steel • '' Bntetory ihock wns sapping, blow by blow, ‘ - Thebyi-sthatbwkward heia tbb.hrerfloir ; ; , , , TUII suddenly the rifiii crapked and reared, ... . And o»er all the human torrent poured!‘ Then bloomed the harrestof our patient aims’; • ' Then bowed the World before mirdsodsand names ; Then oxvthe proudest of TamoVtonipie-gatca ■ Shone novel records and thick-crowded dates.. New wreathe were hung upon her horn rids brines., la'. New clarions blown before her martlel ifne* • Fresh incense smoked,and fresh libation, dripped; '. The vernal laurels from the hills were stripped, , And woven In Chaplets. Far and near the hum Of KladncHi ushered the rotarnlngdriun. tVit l h 0 c I Si. Btoo^i! Ck0 * In *’ ,00kl »S towards the South, . W th cheers of transport brimming in the mouth: Tillcametheraptureof that crowning hour. When the vast armies poured their awfal power. . In dense procession, through the marble banks S 1 ** ""f » Bd 1«l«red with a nation’s thanks- •' While, i ike a tomplo of the morning sky,— August,aublime,refulgent, calmaudklgh,- ; Towered in ita might, aa symbol of the whole,. r\ The dome-crown*d ptosence of the Capitol I envy those wh tie tatterod standards waved' : Within tka city which thoir valor saved-l The Kestam herecs and their Western peers,— The holy joy that glittered in their tears, A« thronging npward to the nation's throne. They Knelt, end'sobbed; and kisHed the very stone. And thon, brave army, thathaat borne thebrantc orslern repnlee so often on thy front,— Thou who hast rallied from eachßtunnfng blow. With godlike patienaa facing still the fdeW- Thou moving, pivot of the deadly fight, i Whoso steadfast centre held all things aright. Twice saved us from tnc foe’s audaoioaafeot, Anddrovrhfmhewlingthrouglihisfaslretresti- ' ’ llung on hie etepi until for peace be knelt, '•> •- • Andsnedformereyiwhjk!hiionerer,folt;—■ 1 ■ '■■■ ) 1 thank just Fortune that it was tby fate . Alone to hurl thd, traitors froin'their state ; 1 Alone til make their rapffal thy prise', 1 ' ; ' And watch the .treason closeits bloody eyed’ - . U roll, Fotomae, prouder of tby name, . Touched by the splendor of,thy army’s famed ’ Thrill with the slept of tby returning braves, : Wall through thy margins of Uncounted graves. .Laugh St the echo of thy soldiers’ shout, Whisper tbeir story,to the lands about. Tea, feej each passion of the human soul, But ioll, great river, In thy glory roll i, Forget not hero the nation's martyredG'hisf, Fallen forthe gospel of yenrown belief, > Whii, ere he menhted to the people's throne, 1 ! Ask»d for your prayers, and joined in thoiu hleowis,. 1 know the man, I eee hint, as heatanda ’ .. , With gifts of mercy in. pis ontetratched hands ■ A kindly light within his gentle eyes, ‘ Bad as the toil in which his heart grew wise; ' .His lips Balfpartcd with the constant emile : V 1 a j.;; .. t thedeopeat guile- His head bent forward, aqd.hls wj)l/ngoUE ’ Divinely patient right and wrong, to hear - (treat In titlmbfiinbia•tl»te ,, ‘ Finn in hi# purpose, yet not passionate, ' Ho )ed bit people with A tender hiidd.M. it, And tvenby lore a, sway peyoad command.,, Sonimoned by lot jornltifeate atiina , Freh/.led with rage; uttsctupuldds tdllhcHtite,'. •. He bore hts aiission With BO meek aheart • ;i but Heaven itself tooh'up hie weary part: And when he faltered,helped him ere |ie fell, .r 1 Skipg hie efforts out by miracle. Y. ‘ "No king tbitinari, by grace of God'd intenti Mo, something better, froenjen—President! A nature modelled on a higher plativ . hold ol himself, an inborn gimt|cmaji.! Pile* by his Tate. Forget tlie closing strife ' 1 In the vust memories of his noble life. Forget thescone,the lirgvo stealing nigh, The pistol-shot, the uew;mado widow’s cry,-, .. ‘ Thepalsled people, and the tears thutran' fi Vr half a world to in mini a single mail. - ’ " ; But’oh! remetbbor,%hUotheraindcajiiiold One record sacred tothpdaysof old, , The gentle (fiat beat its life away , Just as'iduDgpiorning donned bis robe of gray, stolfe through -the tears beneath his golden tread, Andtonchediii vain the eyelids of tho dead! Itemtiabee Wa as one whp diedifor right ■ ' ' With victory’* trophles-glittetiug in bis sight;. ' His iiiifj'sion finished, and the settled end •' A sabred and owned by stranger, too and friend. '. Nothing was loft hhn.bnt to taste tin* sweet’ Of triumph sitting indhe uation'asoat; And for that triumph Heaven prepatcd its courts,. , And cleared its campaigns for unwonted sports ; ' Summoned the spirits of the noble dekd ’ Who fell in battle for the canse be ted ; ‘ Soldiers and chiefs awakooi'ilfrom the cldy, :■ ; And ranged thoir legions lathe oldarray., ... ~ There Lyon led, and Kearney.rodetunain, 11 And skilled McPhersoii drew bis brldle-yelu; Brat-e Heygolde marikalled his undahnted corps. ’ And Sedgwick pressed to reach tbftfrdnt once morn. The star o f Mitchell glittered over all. And Stevens answered Renos buglo-calt. Bayard looked worthy of bis knightly name, ' And Mansfield’s eyes were bright with battle,flume. ■ Lander’s grand brow was flushed with eager ire, And Strong arpse from Wagner’s roaring fire, There gallant Buford in the van wn* seen. And Corcoran Waved his flag or Irish grten. Biruey’e clear eyes were rddiant with hie faith. Winthrop and Greble smiledat baffled death. Down Shaw’s dark front a solemn purposo-ran— The slave's resolve to prove himself— merotnau ; The hero's courage, for that Imhtble hepe, Wuk nil that winged him np the bloody slope, theroburly Nelson binstrrori through bbtmen* Andllichardsoi) deployed bis lines again. f llaker looked thoughtful; Wadsworth's libera! Ifamcft Pointed right forward ; and thd sharp command Of Smith’s wild valor bore hla Hoteliers on, 1 As when it rang o’er fated DoneUou f - ; » \ All these, andmore, before the Martyrs sjaze y „ Passed through the shouts of fceaveirs tun*ulit*ouA praise, ' J The sound of clarions, and the choral gouga 1 • Of rapture bursting from the seraph throng# ; -• Passed, like a pagcaid from theereuinj£bku^. Put left ft picture ou cclcstiat eyes iJ u- WhfiHo tints abaU'deepon asthe days IncreM#, '• • 1 Ajid fhinoamurrel in that Bealm ofPeaco.: u(,i; il,- j. —Edwin Adams lita found it laureate in Omaha, who calls him; I‘ithe, onlyßosciua of • • the.age,” and calmly asserts: ; < , ;• if “The laurelled motrn is now his own: Excelled by, none, he,reigns alone: The living presentseesWa spreading; game. Another age •will re&dhis'deathless name." ' Perhaps the jptinter is responsible ifor thn originality ,, . , , is ; proje<rting a New Eons ■ somewhoreia, Jtaly, which.shall eolipao Ist . splendor his creation pf Imperial Paris. ! IK. FoMister, 1 i '.‘.y i ‘ i r.> 'fV i.i-': j ,?t f .i . :» vt .1 { i-j i-:,\ - i 't\r Uri'.fV.)
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