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Ladies and Qentlemen :
I appear before you on this interest
ing occasion in obedience to the invitation
of the committee, to perform a duty though
neither coveted nor anticipated, yet, from
its worthy character, willingly accepted.
Mv soul burns with the grandeur of this
event. It is on an occasion ot this kind, that
tho heart of every American citizen, (whose
history during the struggle of blood through
which we have passed is unimpeachable)
can beat with Inch and rapid strokes of joy
and patriotism; and I could wish for the
power and eloquence of Demosthenes, thnt
1 might express in words, the high wrought
emotions of every lover of liberty here to
day. Vo ore here not to worship, but to do
honor to the memory of our noble dead, and
though we come to raise a lasting memento
over their dead bodies, yet, this is not an
event of grief, but one of joy.
Our hearts pulsate with gladness, not that
the departed are gone, but for the glorious
triumph of the cause for which they died,
for tho fragrant memory they have left be
hind, aud lor the happy privilege of con
tributing to tho perpetuation of their honor
ed names and deeds.
Something, however, precedes all this dis
pluy and ceremony, which is so intimately
connected with the occasion, that wo will
bo required to take notice of it.
A brief review of the history of our grand
and ever to bo perpetuated Union, previous
to the first sweep of the angel of war, will
engage your attention. Nor will it be ex
cx petted that in this, on,in whatever else I
may any, thut you will hear what is new ; I
tint truths must of necessity be patent to
all.
The object in the repetition of past events
is to produce such a clitiin of circumstances,
as will lead all to recognize more fully the
hiuh position of the soldier, and to give
him that place in the memory of a grateful
peoplo which he justly merits.
The position which these men .occupied
when battling in a good cause, has never
been exulted to the prominence it deserves ;
to give the soldier what he has faithfully
won atniil the smoke and blood of battle,
rank and position have too often been the
conditions ; but what I shall suy, and surely
it is the intention of this occasion, will be to
rrivi! the ini'ii who have borne the burden
and trial of wur, the tdory and honor thut
should ever wreathe their memory.
It must be conceded by all that the his
tory of no nation on the face of the Globe
is wrapt iu the interest that attends our
own. tram its beginning until now it nas
been a nation of wouder and power, declar
ing in its events as tltcy followed each other
iu rapid succession, that its founding and
workings were all under the Bpecial cure
of God's providence.
The omens that have attended its growth
and progress, declared as they flashed w ith
increasing brilliancy upon tho uutional sky,
that its mission was alone, and could not be
accomplished by another. Now, it is sccu
better than then, that the landing of the
Pilgrims on Plymouth rock was the back
ground of the grandest picture that bus ever
risen above the horizon of nations.
The all-conquering tide of our influence
and power swept on uutil met by British
oppression.
Great liritian observed that a foundation
was beiug laid uu which must rise a nation
and government, unfriendly to her crown
aud more than ordinary in power.
Zealous for her own glory, and opposed to
the heaven-born principles of civil and re
ligious liberty, she drew the sword, and in
proud defiance pushed her embattled ranks
on tho field of carnage.
But the God of nations was in readiness
for the unjust onslaught, and though not
without a Banguinary struggle, victory final
ly came. After a full exhibition of all the
sorrows incidont to such a struggle, the
eiouiis oi war were ruueu uuck, uu iic.ncu o
fair bird of peace, covered a new-born
t .. , - . I I. -..,1 I. .....
nation with her wings. Then it was that
the soldiers of America, first, fully exhibited
their love of country, their atfection for
liberty, their self denial in the maintenance
ot right, and their military prowess.
Tho part which these unassuming warriors
nlaved in the first rise of liberty, is of such
vast importance, that without their deeds
of valor and devotion, we could not be
where and what wo are to-day ; nor would
our history bo arched with that halo of
glory which adorns it.
Hence the appropriateness of ever revering
their fadeless memory. When the tumult
bad subsided, aud order was brought out of
the confusion, the grandest government
thot the providence of God and tbo intellect
of man ever originated, was brought iuto
being. ; . ,
Boon slat after star was planted in the
brilliant constellation that now beautifies
our banner. .
A Constitution w as writlen ond adopted,
and the new government commenced its
triumuhant march : a radiant bow spanned
the national beavcus, anthe perdictious of
men were of tho most hrpeful character.
But evil is ever present with tho good,
nothing here is perfect, and it was not long
until the clorv of the Republic was sullied,
and 1 its on-croinsr nroeress retarded. It
is true, aa a nation, we rose ; with our form
of government we could not do otherwise ;
art and science advanced, the power aud
intellect of the natiou were expanded more
or leaa under the wisdom of those who stood
at the helm of the great ship of State; but
as with the ill-fatetl vessel mai tockb on
the deep, there, were breakers ahead ; against
these rocks the great ship was thrown and
her fate decided.
Agitated in all quarters the waves rolled
high, and as lime marked our progress and
growing corruption, the fiual issue loomed
up, the volcano, long tbo prison of smother
ed fires, swelled and roared, until the room
was too small for its fiery bowels. A gov
ernment embodying in her very principles
the spirit and blessings of freedom, became
oppressive. A government distinguished
from all others because of her love of lib
erty, ' gav authority to anight 4o .triumph
over light. . : . T , V '."J ? ? . .
A government, the grand design or which
was to harmonise with that of the King of
kings, and intended to b the nearest earthly
typo of that which Mtenda tU overeignity
over the nationa of the earth, lUte, lara.1 of
old, rebelled and departed from the living
God.
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34.
Tho immortal Declaration of Indencn
dence was accepted in theory, and denied in
practice, and God rose in his majesty to
dispel the delusion.
The common rights of man were violated,
and the inexorable requirements of justice
demanded that a day of retribution should
come.
To such a pass had things been carried,
that, in some sections of the land, there was
not a day in which human souls were not
bought and transported as common chattels,
and families severed without compunction,
and nameless cruelties perpetrated without
the possibility of redress; whilst tho whole
population of all the States was put under
requirements, to aid in holding tight the
bonds of the unoffending, and in remanding
to their toils and miseries such as had
sufficient human feeling left to seek for
freedom by their flight.
What the fouutlers of our institutions re
garded nnd lamented as a wrong to the
bondman and an evil to the State, bad como
to be accepted and dcfendetl as the sub
limest beneficence, the foundation of liberties,
and the proper basis of republican govern
ment ; nay, as the very ordination of Al
mighty goodness, to touch or question
which was considered treason to the country
and sin against God.
The enlargement and consolidation of
enslaving power had come to be the ecgross
ing object of national legislation, and the
making firm of slave bonds the great test of
patriotism. The press, tliQ rostrum, nnd the
pulpit, were being largely subsidized to the
same interest ; and the free speech ol men
who failed in the pronunciation ot its bluu
boleth, in nearly every section of the country,
wa9 put under ban, and held obnoxious to
all the penalties of this world, and of that
which is to come. Long had the nation
submitted and yieldec'. to tho cvcr-multip'y-
lng tlctnaiKls ot the peculiar institution.
For the snke of peace we were willing to
and did concede much, war is not a char
acterestic of our race ; but an aristocracy
wrought to the highest pitch, and enthroned
on pride and wickedness, alike obnoxious
to a holy God and uninfatuated roan, like
the waves of the deep in waiting for the '
storm, became more and more fretful, and it
dared to accomplish its purpose, at the sac-
nhce of every principle of right ami liberty.
lnoutzli the outburst was sucktcn anil
unexpected, yet men of observation could see
that a crisis, yen a crash, must sooner or later
come. The time drew ncur, aud according
to tho unmistakable indications of Provi
dence, a Chief Magistrate, found in humble
life, wus raised to the highest position in the
giftof the pcopic. His nature and principles
were repugnant to oppression, and his name
but another word for liberty ; yet sworn to
defend tho Constitution, nnd a man of
honor, no less than humility, in this there
was not the shadow of a cause fur tho bloody
resort. The corruption of the government,
the wickedness ot the foe, nnd the idol to
which they did homage, only became the
more apparent by the course they adopted. '
The South, like Sut.iu, previous to expulsion
from heaven, dured to lock shields with tho
Almighty, ond in defianre of God and man,
perpetuate to the end of time t tic nation's
curse, and overthrow a government tho
best under heaven and to them the veriest
benefactor. Rut evil shall not stand ; it was
too much ; the imprisoned fires clamored for
deliverance; the frownia- heavens bent
heavily upon us ; the tocsin of buttle was
sounded, the nation shook, for fetir tho long
prayed for time had come, when right should
triumph over right. God Almighty swung
hack the gates of hell and out burst the
flames of war ; the sceptre of slavery is
broken and the nation's mighty curse is
swept from the face of the earth.
Now revolution commences, the fute of a
mighty nation hangs on the decision of the
sword, a terrible, but the last aud only re
sort. Nor are we who are assembled here to-day
accountable for this dread scene of blood
through which wo have most triumphantly
passed. It was an event long desired by
the South, and was projected long before
abolitionism was thought of. It is indeed
most astouuding to hear that arch-traitor
Jefferson Davis, appeal to the civilized world
and affirm, that the war und the conse
quences of it, are not to be attributed to the
South. I need not ask this audience who
waged the war. Who with rebel lip and
sword, bid defiunco to the powers that be,
and are ordaiued of God ? But the day is
too late to discuss this question. Whatever
the South may think, all the world knows
that their position was of theirown choosing,
and out the unavoidable result of their
armed resitance to law and government.
They closed us in, to the issue of govern
ment or no government. From absolute
necessity wo accepted the issue, the great
question must be decided, and for its ac
complishment the brave died aud the nation
wept.
And though the shock of battle took us
by surprise, and when wholly unprepared
to meet the foe, yet who does not to--day re
call the Bublime uprising of America's sons,
and their willingness to peril all for the na
tion's life, with exultant pride and joy. It
was but necessary to call, and the response
was given.
God gave us men to fight our battles. I
welcome some of their focus here to-day, and
regard as sacred tho memory of tb.ou who
full by their sides, and over whose dust we
would rear a mpuuinent, Ji jxjapctuato to
generations, yet unboru, their noble death
aud deeds. ' '
History, iu her impartial record, has al
ready given their names a place high on the
scroll of fume. Wo now Bpeak of them as
we once spoko of Hamilton, Jefferson and
Washington. Many are dead, Lut the angel
of liberty is the bright vigil of their sleep
ing dust. Viewing them as they once stood
in embattled ranks, we may venture the as
sertion, that a nobler and braver set of men
never trod any soil or any deck. They
were taken from all classes of society, and
well did they vindicate their claim to tho
nation s gratitude.
They were true to the cause, patient in
sufforiug, heroio in battle, shrinking from
no danger, yielding to no discouragement,
and never proposing to lay down their arms
till the flag of the Union floated in un J'ujpu.
ted triumuh over the entire land.
Most ungrateful the nation that would
not revere tue memory pi sucn men. rr
Many things In couneotioa with tbli con
flict tend to raise the character and immor
talize the life aud memory of our soldiers.
Suoli a war never rooked the earth. On the
nart of tht 'eneftiv it was cUaractt ited by
all the Laibaritvihat. numau dcprity could
investor JwU devise. The uyiwtiee of the
constat on the part of the toe was p'ataiy
exhibited in the manner la which tbejr pro
ceeded. '.'.77:7 . i -
After resorting sU.ll lhtt a.Il14
originate) the couHict, they carried it on in
the most cruel and devilish raennar. get
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SATURDAY MORNING, JUNE 2,
ting at naught all law, both divine and
human, they called upon the God of Heaven
to sanction their deeds of blood. Dead to
all sense of humanity and flaming in the
rage of fiends, because of their want of suc
cess, they shot down our pickets, fired into
our. hospitals, bayonetted our wounded.
Utterly regardless of tho laws of war, they
violated the flag of truce, robbed our pri
soners, stripped them of all comfort, tor
tured them by exposure to cold, filth and
vermin, and then deliberately starved them
to death. They mutilated tho bodies of the
dead, violated their graves, made trinkets of
their bones, wore them as ornaments, trans
mitted them as keepsakes, and preserved
them as mementoes of their so-called chival
rous deeds.
The pages of history arc examined in vain
to find examples of meannoss and in fain v.
of cruelty and barbarity, compnrablo with
those endured by our soldiers at the hands
of Southern rebels ; yet how willingly and
paiicimy iney oore tneso cruelties, rather
than fling contempt on the glorious banner
under which they foiicht, bv consentins to
tho oath of the Confederacy, they preferred
to die, thus giving the world a grand ex
ample of'dcvotion to country and love of
noerty. luclecd is it littinir that we are here
to-day, to applaud the virtues of the living
and honor the memory of the dead.
But the cause in which thev died rxntln
them abovo nil similar martyrs that have
preceded them.
hatevcr of sublimitv attends the char-
not of war, characterized the conflict through
which wo have passed, when viewed from
tho victorious side.
It was war in the behalf of which the
Throne of Grace could be and was success
fully besieged, a war in which Heaven had
f art, and in which angels were interested,
n the thunder of our cannon and tho flash
of our steel, the power of Omnipotence was.
felt. God's justice flashed amid the smoke
of battle, aud our ranks moved forward
with more than human power, und prevailed.
The cause involved not only the universal
spread of liherty, but the better preparation
of the way for the triumph of the cross, and
the speedy reign of Him whose right it is to
reign.
It scattered tho darkness aud permitted
tho glorious light of the Gospel to beam
upon the unchained understanding of tho
African, to whom, in many cases, it had
before been denied. It rolled prophecy into
listory, in that it brouirht about thnt time.
long siuce predicted, when Ethiopia shall
stretch out her hands unto God.
I am not competent to sftv how cloriouslv
God will make this bloody struggle subserve
tlie interests of that kingdom, to rise, when
" Ko war, nor battle sound
Is heard the earth around."
Such is the cause in which these illustri
ous dead fell. When death, under such cir
cumstances, must come, happy those who
are thus privileged to die.
An American mother, as well as a Spartan.
may be proud of tho son whose death-bed
was the altar ot .iberty. Bright martyrs of
the nation rest in peace, ami palsied be the
ongue thnt would dare profane your mem
ory, beautifully green with immortality.
To die in such a cause should exalt the name
ot the humblest private; Hud lead every trtto
American lo regard thoir dust as sacred,
and their deeds as immortal. But there- is
still another consideration that should lead
us to acquiesce with our whole' heart in the
proceedings of this uoy. It is the prospe
rous condition and the sublime position
that has attended the nation's triumph.
Contrary to the prophecies of many at
home and abroad, the nation has survived
tho shock.
At times wo thought the mad waves
would engulf her, without sympathy abroad.
and never to bo forgotten disscntion at home,
the prospect Bomot lines was clad in gloom :
the national sky was dark; the loud mutter
ing thunders of revenge were heard; at
times tho nation stood in silent awe; men
prayed and wept lest the tide ot battle would
sweep us to ruin.
xsever can we forget tho peril through
which the nation passed. This occasion
calls tu mind tho thunuer-cloud of destruc
tion which time and again threatened to
overwhelm our homes and country in one
common ruin ; of tho great lucbiencss to
which the cause of loyalty, lrecdom
and humanity, had been reduced; nnd
the almost miraculous deliveranco which
was vouchsafed. Think of tho gigan
tic proportions, far reaching influence, aud
subtle sophistries of that long organizing
movement, wuicu must Do forever known as
treason and rebellion ; think how, in the
midst of discouragements and disasters on
land and sea, tbo contest for tho majesty of
law, nation)! unity and equal rights was
maintained, until rebellion was defeated in
its disorganizing aims, disrobed of its pride
and usurpations, and bereft of its ill-directed
power ; think of the thousands over whose
remains America, proud of her brave 6ons,
rears monuments of remembrance. Grasp the
whole bloody struggle, and comparing re
sources with thoso of tho foe and the other
nations t f tho earth, then ask where does
our nation stand to-day, and to whom do
we owe her lofty position under God most?
What a sublime spectacle- we present to
the nations of the eart'.i how fur we tower
above all others I Crowned heads once
smiled sneeringly upon our humility ; now
tbroues tremble, und crowns blush for
shame; tbo nation hat destroyed its vilest
stain and greatest curse, aud Heaven's be
nignant smile is her. blessed reward ; her
great motto a Liherty and Union, One and
Inieperawc" nulled to uer tlagstatr, and wo-
.mm' ...tilt a..1.... i o ctr...l
,cu null cuioiviiiiiu k'iu.a, a tuu tfjL.ai
of hope to the oppressed of every laud.
Liberty Is tier great gut to every nation,
tribe and tongue.
Iter protection is oflered to all who ny
from tyranny and oppression, while in Tur
key ,evcn after it had been promised, it could
only be granted to Kossuth aud his com
patriots, on condition or renouncing their
religion, and denying their naviour ana
God. Here liberty is enjoyed in its widest
sense; while to strike fur it in Poland,
brought the linn,' tiger and bear Russia,
Anstria and Prussia, furiously upon her,
who tore ner to pieces, and glutted them
selves on her flesh.
. To strike for liberty in Hungary, and
maintain that stroke against tho imbecile
House of Uapsburg, brought down upon its
champions the barbarous hordes of the Ne
roio despot Nicholas, who, -uniting bis ar
miea with those of Austria, carried death,
devastation and destruction, by lire and
word, through that ill fatod land.
- To alrike for liberty in Italy, still of
clarions memory, brouirht ranee, the Orst
to ' : strike lor liherty to Rome, and
najiUnrUncf onlr. Judssvlike. to cive her sis
ter a friendly greeting with a kiss, drew a
dagger, atabbed her to the heart, and
flung her mutilated carcass to the ground
186G.
OLD
But wo havo triumphed ; that for which we
fought, and for which our brave brethren
have died is attained, and we stand admired
and imitated by the world, and now, as long
as tho government of the United States en
dures, tho fires of republicanism can never
bo extinguished in Europe.
Tho free-breezes from America, wafted
across the Atlantic, have already reached
the embers of tho funeral pile of Italian
liberty, tho sparks of which have burst
forth, aud fanned by the hand of Garibaldi,
have overrun and burned out the stubble nnd
brushwood of despotism, and Italy now stands
on tier broken shackles.
jlungary is now catching the loud strains
of American liberty, end will soon rise
from a grave of tyranny, and enjoy a re
surrection of national life.
Tho prophecy of Daniel Webster has come
true. Ho once remarked: "Human liberty
may yet, perhaps, bo obliged to repose its
principal hopes on the intelligence and vigor
of the Snxon race." We may, to-day, rejoice
in the certain prospect of the disenthralling
of the whole world.
It is ours to celebrate the sublime triumph
of liberty. First, darkness, blood and tears;
now, tho fullest realization of our hopes.
Hail, sacred radiance I God is in thy rising
beams. Christianity has been long waiting
for thco. Tho philanthropy of tho civilized
world is looking on with delight. Angels
in heaven shout thy praises. God, on his
throne, greets thee as the bright effluence of
his own attributes. Shine ou, thou sercno
and holy orb of morul day I History, with
eager pen, shall in ages to come tell of thy
conflicts and thy triumphs. Upon thine
altars poetry shall consecrate her song.
Eloquence shall find in thee her thoughts
that glow, and words that burn. Thou art
welcome to this nation, welcome to the
world, welcome as the harbinger ot good to
all mankind.
Bui I need not speak further of the glory
of this nation ; sho needs no tongue to tell
of her power and pre-eminence among the
nations of the earth.
In ail that makes a nation great, ours is
first ; all others lie at her feet. But to what
human instrumentality are we more indebted
for our superiority, to-day, than to the pri
vate soldier, both living and dead ( When
you inquire, whence this high elevation,
this glory puilding the national sky, you
must count the graves of the lamented dead,
you must look upon the lame and maimed,
you must consider the bravery ond self-denial
of tho soldier, nnd in these you find the in
struments of our deliverance.
Ayo, raise a monument over their dust,
inscribe their names thereon, consecrate it us
a shrine of pure patriotism, make it a hal
lowed spot to which you and your children
may oft-times resort, and when you look
upon tho marble, let your souls swell with
truo devotion to the cause for which they
died. Honor them ; honor their parents ;
honor their wives and children ;. and think
it no idolatry to transmit the purchase of
their blood to tho latest generation.
Hut the pale marblo which we rear to their
fragrant memory is not imperishable; amid
the wreck of matter nnd the crash of worlds
it will rock to ruin ; but they havo raised a
monument tlmt will last. Time will have
no impression upon it a montinieut reared
by their own valor and virtue. Bravo men
die, but the result of thoir lives lasts through
time, and is written upon the broad chart of
eternity.
Such illustrious deeds bless the world and I
blend with the work of angels. Well may
their names be embalmed in the sunny mem
ory of tho Ameiican people. Never while
this nation lives, never while this glorious
government sheds its heavenly influence
upon the world, never while the world rocks
in space, never wbilo we have hearts to love
and tougucs to speak, never, never let the
lamented dead, whose lives have been sacri
ficed in the mightiest civil struggle of which
history has any record, be forgottcu.
With a love and patriotism akin to that
of tho exiled Jew, let every true citizen,
every man, woman and child, as they make
their pilgrimages to tho green gravts of the
departed, declare, standing on the consecra
ted ground If I forget you, O honored,
brave, lamented, departed, let my right bund
forget her cunning, and let my tongue cleave
to the loof of my mouth.
Tho time was wheu these brave men were
tho subjects of slander, the vilest calumny
was heaped upon them, and at a time too
wheu they were lighting, bleeding aud dying
for the Ark of Liberty for tho perpetuation
of our glorious institutions for tho protec
tion of our very fire-sides, for tho beuefit of
tho world and the glory of God. But that
day has passed ; every tongue is silent ; the
world acknowledges thut they were right,
and those who were their enemies now covet
their favor and envy their glory. As au
American citizen, loving my God first and
my country next, I bless heaven that we had
such self-denying men to suffer und die for
us. I rejoice thut so many of them still live,
truo ond brave, regarding with a holy jeal
ousy their country's houor, aud upon whom
the world may well look as tho sublimest
example of our couutry's intelligence, power
and bravery.
While these war-worn vetcraus are enroll
ed on the living scroll of America's sons,
there, need be no fears that the honor of the
nations flag will be insulted. Once they
have, with a zeal that astonished the world,
defended her, and if needs be they stand
ready again to unsheathe tho sword for tho
flag of our natiou's love. Many are gone.
You remember them to-day with com
mingled feelings of grief and joy ; they sleep
their last sleep they havo fought their last
buttle, aud laid their armor by ; their graves
are bedewed with a nation's tears. Pouts
tune their lyres and sing to their praise, und
when the trumpet of the resurrection sounds,
and fields of carnogo Rive up their dead,
theu liberty's martyrs, headed by him of
fadeless memory, who died by the hand oi
an assassiu, aud stamped our triumphant
cause with the "golden seal of his own
blood, will como forth, and a just uou win
viuijicr-.te their course, at least in the just
causo'f which they died. .
How wJo tuo uillerenco uuiwccu iuu
nipmnrv r.f nur dead and that of those who
cave their lives to the cause of treason and
rebellion. X wouiu utit ucwubib iuwi uuai
Many of them were misled many more were
too blind to make an intelligent decision.
T extend to them all the charity that the
circumstances will allow, but the decision is
sguiuat thcin ; the God of battles lias do.
clared that thev fought and fell in a bad
cause. They are gone, aud by the world
untnourned, unwept, unsung. Few if any
mouumects rise to their memory. History
cives them a place on ita darkest page, and
their names find no place on the scroll of
vtrtuon fume. Deluded men, duped and
led by designing and selfish demagogues of
most iufamoua memory forever, and unwor
thy the name aud blessings of Amerioaa
citizens, their memory, of necessity, must
rot. But otuerwUe with those in whose
SERIES, VOL. 26, NO. 34.
behalf we arc assembled ; a diadem, brighter
man ever sat on Kings- prow, wreathes their
memory. Gone, they have left their foot
prints on the sands of time ; dead and bu
ried, they were followed by a shower of
stars, and as long as the heavens beam with
sparks of light, so long will they hvo and
shine.
But, fellow citizens, there is another way
in which wo can revere the memory of the
dead.
It is by a strict observance of the grand
principles for which they died. The public
mind is much exercised about monuments
and memorials to our deceased warriors.
It is not in me to say aught ogoinstit;
but the greatest honor that can be rendered
to their memory, is for those who revere
them, to stand by tho great principles for
which they died. Other monuments will
perish. Tho memorials constructed of na
ture's elements will pass away with nature's
wastes. At best, they arc but mute things,
tho meaning of which mav be lost. tv.n
while they yet stand. But sublime princi
ples, practically brought into immortal
minds, and lived into tho histories of
mankind, will endure through all the
ages, and keep telling their impressive story
forever. We shall be recreant to our duty,
we will defile the Goddess of Liberty,
we will fling contempt upon tho graves of
our worthy dead, if we depart from, and
disregard the great principles for which they
fought.
Our marble mementoes will bo mockery,
and their blood will rise in judgment agninst
us, if we in theory or in practice adopt the
vcrypolicy, most adapted to the selfishness,
ond in complete harmony with all the de
sires of those, who though claiming to be
our friends, are our secret and dangerous
foes.
When I think of the billowed graves of
the martyrs ot Constitutional Liberty, when
I remember their unparalleled suffering and
cruel deaths, my soul burns at the thought
of any divergence from the sublime ond
God-given principles, the salvation of which
cost so much blood nnd treasure. In view
of the dead a mighty responsibility is bound
upon tlic soul of every American citizen, and
woe to tho man, who from mercenary cuds,
or the gratification of evil passions, utterly
repudiates these principles and frowning
upon men of sacred memory, throws up a
high way of his own ; better for such an one
that he had not been born.
All such must full uudcr the avenging arm
of justice. No my friends, if we would give
that honor to the departed soldier which ho
bus bought with his life, wo must stand up
for, nnd maintain to the end of time, the
great principles which God has approved, j
and which tho "truo patriot loves. Nobly :
the brave battled and died, tho Republic
lives Etto Pirjxtua, let this be our motto.
As you journey to this marble pile, think of
the wordsof the immortal Lincoln as he
stood by the graves of those who had fallen
ou the memorable field of Gettysburg. "Let
us resolve thnt tho dead shall not have died
in vain ; that tho nution shall, under God,
have a new birth of freedom, and that t ha
government of the people, by tho people,
aud lor the people, suuii nor. perisu irum
the earth."
I call you to-day to look upon that flag, j
the beautiful emblem of this free and happy
land. Emphatically that banner is ours. Its
whole history is sacred. In every Benso it
is a banner of beauty. It is studded with
sturs, crossed with stripes, aud variguted
with red, white and blue. It is the banner
of self-government, "its red synfbolizes the
bloodshed to secure it; its white, typifies
tho purity of the principles on which it is
based, and its bluo signifies the favor of
heaven which has rested upon it. It js the
banner of our country, the representative of
its Constitution, the ensign of its government,
the bond of its Union, the embodiment of
Its power, tho shield of its protection, and
the standard of its army."
It is tho banner of triumph. It wus bap
tized with tho blood q victory at Bunker's
Hill, confined by tho hand of victory, at
Yorktown, and it has maintained its pro
fession of faith in victory, at home ond
abroad, by land and by sea, during three
wars, and on more than a hundred battle
fields. It is tho banner of glory. It was
crowned with glory in tho war of the
revolution, gem after gem has been inserted
in thut crown, uutil now it is ail 6tuit(.ed
with glory." And us it to-day floats more
triumphantly than ever, I churgo you to re
member, that it has been re-baptized with
blood ; and to save it from being desecrated,
tramped forever in the dust, to reveuge the
infamy hur!ed upon its precious folds, thou
sands bled and now sleep the sleep that
knows no w ukiug. The grave of every deud
soldier should muko tho banuer doubly sa
cred. Thousands have died in its presence,
have been wrapped in its folds, and now
sleep in its embrace.
If you would appreciate and honor the
soldier, then, you must regard inviolably
theeprinciplce on which our oeautnui nag
rests. The revolution could produce but
one Arnold to betray it, the subsequent age
but one Burr to conspire ugaiust it, but tho
nineteenth century more than one Davis to
dure its destruction, but all iu vain ; aud
now God grant, that while time rolls away,
no one meuu or low enough may be found,
to insult that bauner, the pride of the na
tion, the shroud of the dead aud they joy of
the living soldier. I call you to look upon
tho colossal proportions of our niagaaniuious
government, and then rememoer juu uiy
to the nation, for the life and immortality
of which the brave have died. I call you
to anticipate the great blessings ot your
children, and your children's children, and
then remember those who falling in the
sinoko of battle, have found a murtyr's grave.
Let us to-lay rise to a true sense of our obli
gations as citizens of this mighty Republic,
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and in respecting ana acting uni i-
ciples for which we have triumphantly bat
tlnrl. wa will exalt the name aud character
of the departed more than if we raised over
every grave a scperato cenotaph, richly car
ved and all covered witu inicnpi
gratitude. Let the nation majestically move
on in her conquering path ; our brave sol
diers in the hands of a just God have re
deemed her, and it we are laiwuui u .
trust, notbieg ean hinder her from increas
ing more aud more in power and glory,
until like the propbetio church of God, she
is beautiful as tue morning, uinju.
fuir as the moon, and tumble as an army
with banner.
Kim ia now the cradle of religious freedom,
the standard bearer of civil liberty, the
plague of despotism, the terror oi tyiante,
the sun of political turth, the very arch
angel of nations. If such a thieg were pos
sible to what should I liken her fall, but to
that of lucifer, the ion of the morning, from
the towering heighta of heaven down to the
unfathomable depth of hell.
I But such a calamity cannot happen if we
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from the very nature ofwjur glorious form t!f
government, and never forget that our fall
would involve the fall of the world.
But the crime of treason holds such a re
lation to the memory of our soldiers, that I
cannot do them justice by closing this ora
tion without a brief allusion to it. It was
this vile and venomous reptile that plunged
its poisonous fangs into the nation's heart.
Upon its loathsome and detested form tho
blood of the dead must be found.
In it we find the origin of their suffering
and death, nor can I recall their trials and
the fiendish purpises of treason and rebel
lion, without expressing my utter hatred of
this mighty crime. I would cot agitate nor
disturb the peace and harmony of this im
pressive occasion, but when I think of tho
men, who in fighting for the nation, fought
and died for me, my conscience, my honor,
will not allow me to pass treason unnoticed.
I thirst net for blood, its shedding is
averse to my nature, I om not here to plead
ior vengeance; 1 hold a commission adorned
with the signature of the Prince of Peace,
but justice is the immutable rock on Which
government rests, and to disregard it
through mere personal sympathy, is to un
dermine tho foundation, and expose the
superstructure to ruin.
To announce boldy that treason should
be punished is the duty ofevery patriot, and
only justice to the dead we revere.
No class of men lie closer to my heart
than the immortal soldiers of America, and
how I or any other worthy citizen can re
spect their memory, without in some way,
(I say not how) approving the punishment
of tho high-handed treason, that laid them
low, I fail to understand.
I know thut tho huo ond cry of thoso
whose history during the struggle I do not
envy, is, thut by such a policy we ouly mani
fest our revenge; but such is not the con
tracted selfish vic-.v of those w ho look to tho
nation's good and are anxious to expungo
that from the land which has drenched it
in blood, and upon which God has flung His
indignant frown.
The citizen that demands that the sword
of justice striko the blow to which mercy
must assent, is no more revengeful than was
the illustrious Washington, when, with tecrs
running down his cheeks, he signed the
death warrant of the uul.uppy Andre; not
more than the elder Brutus, wheu he gave
his two sons to the victors of Rome, nud sat
unmoved on his judgment sent while they
laid their guilty heads upon the block.
Equity is the true, tho divine basis of
government, and leniency to crime und
countenance to offenders is an open door
into the treasury where tho regalia of na
tions are lying. I say not what the penalty
shall be, or how it shall be inflicted, but I
only respond to the cry of my brave bro
thers uiood when 1 arhrm that treason
should not go unpunished. I know as a
nation, now tho mistress of the world, wo
can allord fo be magnanimous ; let the last
drop of mercy consistent with justice bo
extended; but we cannot afford in our
nohle-heartedness, or from a less worthy
motive, to allow this crime to go unpun
ished. By so doicg wo would stamp upon
it the seal of our approval ; wo would hug
to our bosom the very enemy that basin tho
most defiant manner sought our destruction,
and more than all, wte would fling everlast
ing contempt upon tho graves over which
a nation reigns and lives.
No, my friends, if we are here to-day in a
most noble undertaking, treason and trait
ors ore accountable for any sorrow that may
wrap the scene. They arc responsible for
the bloody wave with which the nation has
been 'swept, and if you can measure the
depth of perdition, then only have you fa
thomed their mighty crime.
Respect for the dead and justice to this
great government demand that treason
should have its merited reward. All honor,
then, to our victorious soldiers. All honor
to the wisdom and justice of our govern
meut. But while here enthusiastic to do
honor to tho memory of the departed, let us
not forget to give gratitude, to that God
who gave us such men and nerved them for
the day of buttle. It would be a dangerous
error and futal delusion, if, dazzled by tho
lustre of our triumph, we should forget nim
who "maketh wars to cease."
The cloud of war is past,; the bright sky
radiates the smiles of peace and heaven ; tho
clash of arms, tho tread of armies, the cries
of the wounded and dying, have ceased, and
the nation cemented with the blood of our
sons, stands one and inseparable firm as
tbo everlasting hills. Whi'o we bring our
tokens of everlasting remembrance to those
who have been instrumental iu securing for
us these blessings, let us not forget to recog
nize that God, who, w rapt in the folds of
our banner, caused final and positive vic
tory to perch upon it; aud over the graves
of the dead, and in the presence of the
living soldier, will we not fondly hope and
devoutly pray that our course, henceforth
as a nation, shull be so in harmouy with the
government of the King of kings, that it
w ill never again bo necessary to chastise us
with tho scourge of war; but that we may
become a nation, whoso God is the Lord,
and coutinuo in peace until that time wheu
swords shall be beaten into plough-shares,
and spears into pruning books, and heavcu
and earth joins to swell the Bhout of "Glory
to God in the highest, on earth peace, good
will to men."
But I hove detained you quite too long.
Go on, my brave brothers, raise the monu
mental pile, aud we will gather round it,
and baptize it with tears of gratitude ; wis
will call our children about it, and vow to bo
true to our country and our country's God.
Thanking the committee for the honor
conferred, and the audience for the atten
tion given, I have only to say peace to the
ashes of tho dead, and a long useful life, and
a blessed eternity, to tho living soldier.
An orator in appealing to tho "bone
and sinew," said: "My friends, I am proud
to sue around me toiuicht the hardy yoe
manry of the Und, for I love the agricultural
interests of the country ; ond well may I love
them, fellow citizens, for I was born a farmer
the happiest days of my youth were spent
In the peaceful avocations ot a son of the soil.
If I may be allowed to use a -figurative ex
pressing, my friends, I may aay I was raised
between two rows of corn." "A pumpkin,
by thunder 1" exclaimed an inebriated chap
just in front of the stage.
The Government has flu ally determined to
hold the gold claimed by the Richmond
banks aa belonging to tbem, some account of
the seizure of which has been given already.
The proof seem to establish clearly that the
gold belonged to the . ao-caUed Southern
-onfeder&cy, and was on deposit with the
banks, subject to the drafts of the Cod fed-eracy.