VOLUME 3.
(gomimmicationjs.
For the Citizen.
I)lli|;rncr a lhitj.
That which most immediately con
cerns man, and that which is best adapt
ed to secure his temporal as well as his
spiritual good, is not always that in which
lie takes most delight. Man is by nature
inclined to put off those duties which
have a more immediate reference to
welfare, and indulge in a sluggish, in
glorious ense. and roll as a sweet morsel
under his tonjrue. a poison which will
contaminate his noble powers.
Sound vigorous truths, like medicine,
arc not always palatable, yet like it when
permitted to exert their legitimate effects,
they purify and renovate our natures.
It is only by receiving and practie ug
sound wholesome truths, that our corrupt
natures become changid.
The Bible has survived the lapse of
centuries, and it has, since the history of
Adam's fall, borno on its pages this repul
sive, yet wholesome dot-trine, it is man's
duty to be diligent, and nature as well as
nature's God proclaims this truth with an
audible voice.
Man is naturally disposed to treat dili
gence as a general necessity, and not as an
abmhtte duty. Out that which necessity
binds us to do, is, of course, a duty ; dil
igence is a duty because it is a necessity.
(iod has arranged the course of nature
with a design that man should labor;
hence it becomes a duty.
It is a law of onr being that we only
reap it* comparison as we sow ; " He that
sowcth sparingly shall reap also sparing
ly."
No mau yet has ever accumulated a
great fortune, become a distinguished
statesman, ft profound scholar, or arrived
at eminence or distinction in any way
but by diligently improving his time, tal
ents, and means. Yet because every pur
suit >u life requires labor to insure sue
cess, we are not therelore to conclude that
diligence is general necemty. Since the
time in which Adam was driven fmnj the
sweets of Paradise to fiyd a home in the
cold and cheerless world, this has been
the hie of our being.
" In the sweat of thy brow shult thou
cat bread," is a command just as binding
<«n us now, as when personally addres.->cd
to our first parents. A M d since the dec
laration of these words, all that has ever
been brought about h;is been by labor,
either -.ncntal or physical. Acti\e labor
ha* always fed and clothed man, has con
structed dwollings for him, and surroun.
ded him with all the comfort* and luxu
ries of l.fo. By well disciplined and
constant labor, this world might be trans
formed into a paradise; and every home
be the seat of peace, pleuty, case and
happiness , and all the blessings 01 a re
ligious aud social character would teem
through the land, finding no spot go mis
erable in which they had not a dwelling.
Lot the husbandmen but lay down his
implements for at least a score of years,
aud heed not the injunction ''in the sweat
of thy brow shalt thou eat bread," let
our schools and colleges be closed, let
there be no voice heard from the sacred
desk, and what must be the result?
How indignantly would nature and na
tures God spurn such u course. Misery
und wretchedness would reis>u through
out the laud Stupidity aud moral dark
ucsg would overhang the world; rnin and
desolation would be legibly wiitten on ev
ery thing ; and, in truth, the very found
ations of nature turned, out of course.—
"I went by the field of the slothful, and
Jo, it was all grown over with thorns, and
nettlon had covered the face thereof, and
the stone wall thereof was broken down."
Man's physical nature is s'reugthened
and improved by constant exercise, but
is dwarfed and enfeebled by inaction. —
The miud acts in harmony with the body
and as the body becomes stupifiet! and
dwarfed, the mind looes its vigor and
fon£ It is as impossible to rear a strong
vigorous mind in a puny sluggish frame,
as to expect a puny stalk to bear a full
golden ear.
As time rashes by, on the might of its
wings, numbering each succeeding day
with the things that were, it never fails
to leave behind it traces of many things
performed. Progress is legibly written
on the entire face of nature.
Every thing earthly teaches the lesson
that it is man't duty to be diligent The
-most delicate blade of grass is constantly
pushing toward its tiny statnre; the
meanest insect never oeaies flitting about
hither and thither in quest of food. And
as the eastern boriiou is tinged with the
bright rays of the approaching sun, the
birds render the very air voeal wiih their
matin songs, and not until his last ray?
have gilded the western hills, do they
cease to warble forth their lays. The
brook, the rivulet, river, ocean, and the
over active life within them, are in oon
stant motion.
The earth never stays his coarse around
the sun, who is constantly gladdening in
numerable worlds with his rays, eacl
cboring on in his course jn regular and
uninterrupted motion.
AMERICAN CITIZEN.
And shall man who is styled "the lord
of creation." who is little lower than the
angels, being endowed with faculties sus
ceptible of endefinite improvement, be
surpassed by every thing inferior to him?
No, he is designed for a higher and holier
purpose. And man who fails to outstrip
all creation, animate and inauimate in
diligence, fulls far short of accomplishing
the ultimate end of his creation.
" BRITOMARTE."
Utena. Pennsylvania.
For the Citizen.
Celebration at I-'alrvicw.
MR. EDITOR: —The birth-day of our
nation was celebrated in this town in an
appropriate manner, by a very large as
sembly of patriotic men, women and
children.
The day was remarkable for both of
those blessings which fall alike on the
just and unjust.
The patriotic "ducks," however, were
not afraid of the rain, nn'd continued to
ariive until the shower that came about
noon fouud hundreds without any shel
ter save the forest.
The celebration was gotten lip by tho
ladies of Fairview and vicinity, as a wel
come to the returned soldiers whom they
had often welcomed, but not on this ap
pr priate day.
The committee of arrangement were,
Miss Nancy MoUarvy, Miss Martha Gar
vy, Mis* Mary E. Alexander, Miss Olive
Campbell, Miss Anna L. Adams, Miss
A da V. Adams, Miss 11. J. Storey,
Miss Martha McCleary. Miss Isabella
Smith, Miss I'.lla Campbell, assisted by
many of the old citiz»ri3 of the vicinity.
The procession of soldiers, and dthers,
was formed by A. G Gibson, Chief Mar
shall, assisted by .1. B. Storey, .1. C.
Alexander, Milton Alexander, J. J. M*—
(Jarvey, W. F Campbell andC. M'Claff
erty.
Martial music was furnished by Banks'
drum corps, and from the nninuut of
noise, a blind spectator would have im
agined the army of the lVtoniac was
passing in review.
The procession marched very irregu
larly, to the eye of a s ildicr, but it was
the happy, proud careless step that comes
after victory. No rigorous discipline.—
No heavy uinsket|; no sorrowful thoughts
bouud them down to the earth and no
enemy lay in ambush for thom, but loved
unes awaited them, and soon the process
ion arrived grove, where the
bohoys were matched up to a table bend
iug beneath tho luxuries of lilo. The
ladies issued eight days rations, and the
soldiers were all sorry they had not their
haversacks along, as the Fairviow Com.
misaary was the best they had ever capt
ured. Some of them couipaired to a
raid on the Suttler. But to lift the in
expressive mantle that covers the old sol
diers soul, and go down into the depths
of the heart, and no tongue could tell, no
language could express his joy upon this
occasion.
After the cloth wag removed the meet
ing was organized by appointing A. L.
Campbell, Pres't; .lames Hlancy, James
Wilson, A. B. Story, nobert Campbell,
Esq., and Archy Campbell, Vico Presi
dents; J. T. Timmaney and W. G Steu
benspec, Secretaries. To the toast, wel
coming the sjldier, accoiding to previous
ariauL r emciit of the committee, Simeon
Nixon responded in a lengthy address
prepared f».r the occasion. After music
by the band, a toast was given by the
President to the loyal Congress of the
Uuited States which was received with
three cheers. A toast to ' the ladies of
Fairview nud vicinity," was drank stand
ing while the bani played Yaukce Po>
die, aud all gave three times three. The
last toast, "The Stars an 1 Stripes," was
received as marching orders. The flags
were brought to the front. One bore
the inscription, "Remember the 4th of
July, 177ti" As the Hugs were waved,
never did we hear such soul-stirriug
cheers. The voice of Washington and
Jefferson was there, and it appeared as if
the souud might follow the - waters of
Bear Creek to the Gulf of Mexico.
The procession reformed and marched
to the town, each soldier accompanied by
"The Girl he left behind him." In the
evening, Messrs. Adams and M'Kanney,
furnished all with amagnificeut supper,
aud to music that might have charmed
Franklin and his philosophy, those who
wanted to dance, did Janoe, until tho wri
ter being reminded a new day had dawn
ed, le.'t them in all their glory.
The fireworks at night were grand and
attracted considerable attention ; espec
ially the display at the residence of Hen
ry Grupen, Ksq., who was lately married.
Every thing passed off plea-antly.—
Not an unkind word was heard, and no
accidents, except a swing constructed of
unsuitable timber, gave way, and Mr.
Chambers Scott, a merchant of the towu
had his collar bone fractured.
Fairview has long been noted as a place
of real pleasure; because the people in
stead of prohibiting, oontrol amusement
to the'benefit of all, and the injury ol
none,
Yonrs truly,
A SPECTATOR.
" Let us have Faith that Right makes Might j and in that Faith let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it"--A LINCOLN
BUTLER, BUTLER COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY, JULY 18, 1866.
poetry.
FOR TUE CITIXi.L
THE CRYSTAL SPRING.
Deep within the forest's gloom.
Where the robins sweetly sing,
And the loveliest flowers bloom,
Lies u little crystal spring.
Crystal fountain, Oh ! how dear,
In thy murmuring sound tome,
Asthy waters bright and clear,
Rippling, flow away from thee.
Crystal fountain, murmuring low,
Oft with Lama by my fide
Ifare I watched thy gentle flow,
Where tby waters softly glide.
Where I tolJ her of mv loro.
Whispering softly in her eHr ;
Lost the bird-* that *ang alK»ve,
List'ning, should my words o'erhear.
llow thy sparkling waters danced,
As her hand in mine she placed ;
And our lips together chanced,
While my aim was 'round her waist
Crystal fountain, murmuring .low,
May thy nmsic never coase;
May thy wators ever flow,
Ever flow in quiet peace.
A. M. C.
THE FLAGS.
The Presentation Ceremonies in Phil
adelphia, July 4th.
The I>isplHj «'rhe C'ereinoiiles--
The Crowd.
THE CROWD AND DISPLAY.
Tho reception of the State flags, 111
Philadelphia, on the 4tli inst., was one of
the most imposing display ever witnessed
in that city. Tho crowd in attendance
was immense, moving slowly in every di
rection under the raya of a sweltering
sun. Almost every house along the route
of the processiou was gaily decorated and
every window occupied by fi>ir ladies
waving handkerchiefs, and little girls,
dressed in white, waving tiny flags to the
passing pageant.
TIIF. MOVEMENT.
Precisely at ten o'clock tho procession
commenced moving, preceded by a moun
ted police force, spreading from curb to
curb, clearing the way, which they did
with great difficulty. Ou some parts of
the rouio, the sidewalks were so densely
packed with human beings, that the
mounted officers had to apply the maxim
of "give and take." Immediately after
the police came the
Liberty Cornet Hand.
Ilenry Guards.
Major General Winfield S. Hancock and
staff.
Detachment of City Troops, mounted.
Headquarters' flag, labelled Second Army
Corps, carried aloft on horseback.
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FIFTH DIVISION.
General .James 8. Negley, commanding,
and staff.
Headquarters' flag of blue bunting, la
belled 2d Army Corps.
This cusigu was carried on horseback,
liand.
Mounted and dismounted officers.
Logan Guards, of Lewistowu, Pa., in
citizen's dress, with white badges aud
tri-eolored rosettes.
National Light Infantry, of P«ttsville,
with blue blouses, black pants,
white gloves.
Washington Artillery, of Pottsville, blue
blouses, blue caps, and dark pants.
Allen Light Infantry, of Allentown, in
blue blouse).
Tho Color Guards in tho several com
panies paraded with rnuakeU without baj--
onetf. They were preceded by a moun
ted flag bearer—the center of the field
containing a large ''White Star"—the
emblem of the famous White Star Di
vision of Major General John W. Geary
—which fought above the clouds in Ten
nessee, and planted the flag of the Union
on the highest peak of Lookout Moun
tain.
SECOND DIVISION.
Major General Kobert Patterson and staff.
Hand.
Thirty-third and Twenty sixth Regiments.
Hand.
Twenty-eighth and One Hundred and
Forty-Seventh Regiments.
Hand.
First Pennsylvania Cavalry, followed by
The Reserves.
As follows : Fir9t; Second ; Fourth ;
Fifth; Ninth ; Tenth ; Eleventh,
and Twelfth Regimenta.
There uiayhave been othor regiments
of the Reserves in this pojition of the
parade, but there was no mark by whioh
they c»uld be distinguished.
The Weocaeoe Legion—Fifty-first;
Sixty-first; Sixty-ninth; Seventy-first;
Philadelphia Fire Zouaves; Seventy,
fifth; Eighty-first ; Eighty-second;
Eighty-fourth ; Eighty-Seventh ; Nine
tieth and Ninety-first Regiments.
The standards of all these regiments
were mere shred*.
THIRL* DIVISION.
Brig. Gen. Charles T. Campbell and staff.
Efficient Braes Band and Drum Corps.
One Hundred and First; One Hund
red and Fourth ; One Hundred and Four
teenth (preceded by a fine band) ; One
Hundred and Eighteenth; One Hundred
and Nineteenth ; a wagon with wounded
soldiers ; One Iluadred and Twenty-first;
One Hundred and Fifty-fifth; One Hun
dred and Fifty seventh ; One Hundred
and Fifty second and One Hundred and
Ninety-fifth Regiments.
The flags of this division attested the
bravery of the men who fought under
them.
FOURTH DIVISION
Major General D. MeM. Gregg and staff
Brigadier General C. M. Lieper and
staff; Sixth Pennsylvania Cavalry; Third,
Eighth, Fifth and Thirteenth Regiments
of Cavalry; Carriages containing invalid
officers.
Major General George G. Meade and
Staff. The Scott Legion (68th I'. V.)
The colors of this division showed ev
idence of many a hard fought battle.
FIFTH DIVISION.
Major General John W. Geary and
Staff.
The old Whito Star Division head
quarters' flag was with the General, and
he was cheered lustily by the soldiers of
the Army of the Potomac, vieing with
those of the Western army in doing hon
or to tlieir loved commander.
Keystone Drum Corps.
Colors and Color Guards who did not pa
rade as regiments or detachmeuts.
The tattered banners borne in the line
proved thoy had been in many a desper
ate engagement. They occupied a tquare
of ground and formed a pleasant contrast
to some of the new flags carried in other
portions of the line.
United States Marines,
Major Thomas Y. Field, marching with
the precision for which they are so re
nowned.
SIXTH DIVISION,
Major General S. W. Crawford and Staff.
Hon. Andrew G. Curtin, Governor and
Commander-in-Chief of Pennsylva
nia. and Staff.
The Governor was applauded through
out the line of march.
SOLDIER'S ORPHANS.
The male children walked, and the lit
tle fellows were the object of great sym
pathy, combine! with the rejoicings that
the State has so nobly cared for them.—
Those among them who held the rank of
officers seemed to have been well instruct
ed in the tactics, and gave their com
mands with as much confidence in them
selves and exactness as old veterans.
The Guard of Honor to the boys was
composed of rep i csentatives of the vari
ous fire companies. The females con*
veyed in ambulances belonging to the
various fire companies, fitted up expressly
for the occasion. Each one carried in
her hand an American flag. They sang
gaily as they moved along.
SEVENTH DIVISION,
Major General John R. Brooke and Staff.
The Gray Reserves composed this di.
vision, and were out in full nuinbors and
completely armed.
THE MARCH.
The time occupied in marching from
Broad and Arch streets to the Main gate
way, on Walnut street, leaking into Inde
pendence Square, was but fifty minutes.
Near the entrance to the square the peo
ple were packed so densely that it was
with great difficulty an opening was made
for the' procession.
ENTERING INDEPENDENCE SQUARE.
The first to enter the gate was Maj. Gen.
Hancock and staff. The band struck up
"Hail to the Chief," and thb people rose,
waving haudkerchiefs and cheering vo
ciferously. Soon after General Meade
and staff entered, and again shout after
shout rent the air. The General bowed
his acknowledgements, but notwithstand
ing that, the cheers were kept up for
many minutes. The Square soon became
filled by the numerous color-bearers, with
their standards tattered and torn, which
excited thoso who saw them to a still fur
ther pitch of patriotic enthusiasm. Bunds
of music, officers, soldiers and civiliians
crowded in the Square till scarcely a va
canftoot.of ground could be seen within
its circumference.
Governor Curtin arrived shortly before
12 o'clock, and as the soldiers caught a
glimpse of his familiar face, they sent the
word along the line, and three hearty
cheers were given for "Andy Curtin,"
which were again echoed by the
the ladies waving their handkerchiefs.
The platform was crowded to excess, j
Co*Stewart, Mayor McMiehael, Judge
Kelley, Hon. Charles O'Neill, Governor
Ward, of New Jersey, and other promi
nent perrons, soldiers and civiliians, oc
cupied seats. The old soldiers of the war
of 1812, officers of the Loyal Legion,
also occupied prominent positions.
OPENINO CEREMONY.
The exercises were opened by the play
ing ef the "Triumphal March," by Birg
field's Band. After a few eloquent in
troductory remarks by General Harry
White, the chairman of the Committee
of Arrangement, a most fervent and pat
riotic prayer was offered by Rev. Thos.
Brainard, D. D.
After prayer the Handel and Haydn
Musical Society sang the '• Star-spangled
Banner," accompanied by the band.
THE PRESENTATION.
The grand ceremonial of the day then
took place, namely, the presentation of
the colors to Governor Curtin by General
Meade. General Meade took the colors
from the nearest standard bearer, and in .a
most eloquent and appropriate address,
presented the colors to Governor Curtin,
to be deposited by him iu the Stoic Cap
itol.
GOV. CL'RTls's RECEPTION.
At the conclusion of General Meade's
speech, Governor Curtin, taking the col
ors. replied as follows :
General and Soldiers uj I'ennsi/lrania:
Soon after the commencement of the
late rebellion the Cincinnati Society of
Pennsylvania prcseutcd to the Governor
of the State a sum of money, which they
asked to be used in the equipment of vol
unteers. The sum was too small to be of
material service in that respect, and the
subject having been presented to the
Legislature, an act was passed directing
the Governor to use the money, and
whatever additional sums were necessary,
to procure flags to be carried by Penn
sylvania regiments during the war; and
with a wise provision that the flags should
be returned to the Sta'e at the close of
their service, with proper inscriptions, to
be archives of the Government.—
The ceremony of the return of these
flags was delayed until all the regiments
in the service from Pennsylvania had
been mustered out. mid today, surround
ed by your fellow-citizens and in tlio pres
ence of high officials of the National
Government, of Governors and officials of
sister States, of distinguished soldiers of
other States, and of the army and uavy
of the United States, and the representa
tives of the government of this Common
wealth, more than two hundred of these
emblems of our country's nationality, all
of which have waved aiuid the rapture
ol strife—all of which have been carried
by Ponnsylvauians—are returned untar
nished. In their azure fields the arms of
Pennsylvania have been en'iblazoned, and
her motto, " Virtue, Liberty and Inde
pendence" has been written in letters of
fire, with pens of steel, by the gallant
men beforo us, and their comrades, liv
ing and dead, upon every battlo-fiald of
the war. The record is glorious, in mem
ories of the past and in hopes of tlio fu
ture.
If I consulted my own feelings I would
receive these flags in silence, for this oc.
casion is its own most eloquent orator. —
My words caunot add to its sublimity.—
Human lips cannot express such lessons
of patriotism, of sacrifice and heroism as
these sacred relics sublimely attest. The
man is to bo pitied who claims to be a
citizen of our America, especially of
Pennsylvania, who has witnessed thete
ceremonies without profound emotion
alike of sorrow and exultation—sorrow for
the dead who died for liberty, exultation
in recalling the blessings of God, the
laws vindicated and enforced by the sup
pression and punishment of treason, the
Government protected and maintained,
until the List armed rebel was beaten
down, and the redeemed Republic emerged
from the smoke of battle.
It might be better to accept the mo
mcntouß lessons talightby these returned
standards without a word. In what ad
equate language can wo address you, sol
diers of the Republic, who live to take
part in this ceremony ? We have no
words to convey the holy sentiment of
veneration and of reverence for tile he
roic dead that wells up from every heart
in your presence.
To the men who carried the steel, the
musket and the sabre—to the private sol
dier, to the unknown dead—the demi
gods of the war, we this day seek in vain
to express all our gratitude. If there be
men more distinguished than others,more
entitled to our highest veneration, it is
the private soldier of the Republic. If
we follow him through all tho sufferings
And privations of the service, his long,
jreary marches, his perils on the ontposts,
his wounds and sickness, even in the .ar
ticle of death, we trace him back to that
sentiment of devotion to his countty that
led him to separate from home and its I
ties, and to offer even his life as a sacri
fice to the Government his father*
him and his children. As the official
representative of the Commonwealth, I
oannot take baok the remnants of the col
ors she committed to your keeping with
out attempting to gather into' my arms
the full measure of her overflowing grat
itude and lay it at your feet. I there
fore present you with the thanks of your
' cherished mother, this ancient and good-
ly Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, for
the great glory you have given to her
history. She fully realizes, and whilt
public viituo remains she will never
cease to realize, that she eould better af
ford to lose the sources of her natural
wealth, her rich fertile valleys, her great
cities, her czhaustless minerals, than to
lose trom her archives a single one of
those torn, faded, precious, consecrated
flags of battle and its history, and of the
brave men who suffered and fought
around them. A Commonwealth may
exist without cherishing her material
wealth, but no Commonwealth cau worth
ily, or should exist, which does not cher
ish as the joy of iti life, the heroic valor
of its children.
In the name of Pennsylvania I gave
you these standards, fresh and whole,and
asked you, in all trials, to maintain your
loyalty, and defend them, and to-day you
bring them back tome, torn with rebel
shot, sad with the gloom of some reverses,
bright with the light of many triumphs,
but beyond ujl, saved Dv your courage
from dishonor, reddened by the blood of
your dead brothers, borno over the ridg
es of a hundred battles, and plautcd, at
last, ou the summits of victory. Surely,
State never had nobler children, nor re
ceived at their hands more precious gifts.
What heroism, excelling the fables of ro
mance; leading forlorn hopes; charging
into the "imminent deadly breach;"
"riding iuto the jaws of death till all the
world wondered !" What sufferings of
pain and hucger, and outrage and death;
what ardent love of home; what tender
messages to mother, wife, children and
betrothed maideu ; what last prayers to
God, do these old and tattered flags sug
gest and unfold !
The State will guard them reverently
and lovingly until, in the fulness uf time,"
some gouius will arise to murshal their
legends into the attractive order of his
tory, or woave them into the immortal
beauty of poetry, and then, at last, will
be found fit expression for the part Penn
sylvania has acted in the bloody drama.
It will then be remembered that our
State was represented at Fort Sumter,
when traitors first fired upon tho flag of
the Union, and that the volunteers of
our State first reached tho National Cap
ital, and were_ at Appomattox Court
House, whore traitors fired their last vol
ley, and in all the terrible intermediate
struggles in every rebellious State, in
every important battle on land and water
where treason was to bo confronted and
rebellion to bo conquered, the soldiers
aod sailors of Pennsylvania wero to be
found confronting the one and conquer
ing tho other—that hor peoplejnever fal
tered in their fidelity to their distressed
Government.
It was.in due historio fitness, thoro
fore, that tho wioked struggle to destroy
the Union, should culminate upon our
soil, its topmost wave be dashed against
our capital, and its decisive defeat be
suffered hero, and accordingly from
Gettysburg the rebellion staggered back
ward to its grave.
Alas ! how many other graves it filled
before it filled its own. llow many brave
and familiar ( faces we miss to-day who
helped to bear theso colors to tho front,
and on whose graves are growing the
wild flowers of the Southern land !
Our words can no longer roach them,
nor cur gratitude serve them; but we
thank Heaven that those they loved,bet
ter than life, are with us ; that the widow
of the war, and the orphan children of
the soldiers, are within the reach of our
cherishing care. We must never forget
that every soldier of Pennsylvania, who
died that the nation might live, thereby
entitled his widow to be kept frgp want,
and his fatherless children to find a fa
ther in the Commopwealth.
May the flags which wa fold up so
tenderly, and with such proud recollec
lions, never be un furled again, at least
in such a war; and may all mankind, bo
holding the surpassing power of this
free government, abandon forever tho
thought of its destruction. Let ui re
member, that at Gettysburg the
blood of the people of eighteen loyal
Slates— rich, precious blood mingling
together, sank into the soil of Pennsyl
vania, and by that red covenant are we
pledged for all time to Union, to liberty,
to nationality, to fraternity, to "peace on
earth and good. will towards men."
Now that the war is over, we give
peace to those who gave us war. And
in the universal freedom, purchased at
so large a cost of blood and treasure, we
give true justice to all men. Under the
benediction of even justice to all, and ic«-
viting them to obedience to the law, to
industry and virtue ; we offer them the
glories of the future and the sacred bless
ings of freedom for them and their chila
dren. We ask them to forget their ma
lice and hate, and the counsels of the
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iusaue and wicked ineu who first led them
to strike at tho heart of their eouutry ;
aud to return to a participation in the
rich rewards iu storo for this the freest
aud most powerful notiou 011 earth.
But for you and your comrades, rebel
lion would have become revolution,* aud
the enemies of freedom and uuited na
tionality would have achieved their infa
mous purposes. Under God we triumph
ed. The right ha« been maintained.—
And to you, in the nauie of all the peo
ple of this great Commonwealth, I ten
der thauks—warm,deop,heartfelt thanks!
May your lives be spared long to enjoy
the Government you saved, to illustrate
your oountry's grandeur, ind to enjoy the
priceless blessings which must follow
from tho results of your courage, fidelity
aud patriotism.
The State of Pennsylvania, during all
your services, has not been unmindful of
you. You wert followed to tho battlo
fields by the benedietious aud prayers of
tho good, aud benevolent people carried
to you the contributions of the patriotio
and generous at home. Never, at any
time during the war, did this constant
benevolence shrink, and always good,
Christian men and women were found
w : lling to endure privation and suffering
to reach you on the field and in the hos
pital. So far as it was possible the State
always made ample provision for the re
moval of tho bodies of the slain for Chrh
tian interment, amid their kindred and
friends. When it was practicable, the
sick and wounded wero removed to eujoy
the tender watching and caro of their
friends at home. And as the crowning
glory of this great Commonwealth, sbo
has gathered together tho helpless and
destituto orphans of dead soldiers, and
adoptod them as the children of the Com
monwealth. The Legislature of Penn
sylvania, moved by justice and Christian
charity, for three years have made mu
nificent appropriations of the public mon
ey to place within tho care of the State
the homeless little ones of your dead
comrades. They aro to be brought up
as tho glory and honor of tho State, n
monument that Pennsylvania raises to
the memory of the slain, more enduring
than brass or marble, and in harmony
with the Christian teachings of her peo
ple. Here are twelve hundred of these
little children before you to day,the chil
dren of oomrades left upon the fields of
battlo, bright jewels in tho crown of glo
ry that cniirJei this great Common
wealth, the strongest evidence of the
fidelity and patriotism of her people.—
Let this work be so now engrafted upon
the public policy of the State, that it
shall endure until the last orphan of tho
Pennsylvania soldier shall be trained,
nurtured and educated.
This is a hallowed place—this is a hal
lowed day. Here and now, in the uamo
of Pennsylvania, I accept these colors
fitly, for wc are assembled upon the birth
day iu the birthplace of American lib
erty.
We are foroed to oon template the won
drous march of this people to empire,
colonization, the Revolution, the Declar
ation of Independence, tho Constitution,
the Rebellion—its overthrow, and the
purification of our Government, and tho
change of our organic laws by the lesson
of discofd, and our hopes for the future,
following each other in logical sequence;
and the duty and responsibility of this
labor for mankind are developed by the
grace of God and the hearts and arms of
our soldiers upon the loyal people of this
land.
In the presence of these mute symbols
of living soldiers, [ pointing to the flag* ;]
of yonder touching memorials of our
dead soldiers, [pointing to the children ;]
in fealty to the blood poured out like
water; in remembrance of the sorrows yet
to be assuaged, and the burdens yet to b«
borne, the graves yet to be numbered,
and the horrors yet to be forgotten; in
loyalty to our State, to our country, to
our fellow-men everywhere, and to God,
let us rise to the height of our great
privileges, and place the American Gov
ernment upon the enduring basis of jus
tice and liberty. This is the great lea.
«on of tho war, and the Tory rock of polit
ical truth. "Whosoevor faHs upon it
will be broken, and upon whomsoever it
Bhall fall it will grind him to powder."
Then our Government will represent
the result of American civilisation, and
then these old flags will glov with ths
light of thoir true meaning, and the val
or of the soldiers of the Republic will
receive just reward iff rendering a mem
oriable service to mankind; for them in
the words of our illustrious martyr, wo
will take care "that the Government of
the people, by the people, and for the
people, shall not perish from the earth."
And now, having received these stand
ards, he who addresses you has perform
ed his last official act connected with tho