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Original copies In printed peper covers are fllme5a£; H oa '? /•' rf «*-t *-**^-f^^ t- ^ • •/ » ^ »-■•«. >\ tX:. ■>:<^'j^i ^^Vr - v:..4i(>04^5l: ■i^norn't^V V Co MM E ai th« In IV r SpJI Mo- th th wh 111 i* vv Hir t ert (^re i« bris are eii iiig*. Wit mid fr years, • rl ^^ ORATION /« Pronounced liy H. C. SAINT-PIERRE, Es(i., 0. C. ON- MEMORIAL DAY, MAY 30th 1900 AT Richford, Vernaont, Hefore tlie VETERANS OF THE G. A. R. Cn.vr.MVXDKK AND CoMUADES : Ev(n-y year, upon each recurriiio* spriiiryfime, at the openino- of that cht'eri'ul season when Na^ tare robes herself in her ft-arnient of verdure spano-led with ilowers of the brightest hues, when the winds are murmuring in the forest ^ ees their son»n(lr|)jirh'(l Ml order h) oir-r l<» () 11 <»w.'ry liiris JoovUirr will, il U'lr onives your lnl,uh. n\ 'loii of your uudviuii- I Ir Tl will HN year, vou hav "v<' Jind (>r voui >«'ii('\V('(l exju ■('S- sori'ow. <* «'a dul I you ill il,,. perlor II. Ml '•P'»H UK* lo join o ilh y, and vou hav.' i Miaihc of iliis j,i,,n *>'^<' pJisl ev.'Mls in \vlii,.h ih l«l<'sled lup t . Njx'Mk 1 o VoU common slunv. I ihauk vou for ih'.s kind ^ourniiihl easily In, vHound y and w,' ha'd u ';;<;Ht/d;ihosoi;iH>unhiswiihwhieh;uii yonriuiuds jirr iill,.d 1 a njorc clocjuciil ex- lis da V loyal toil 1 tw reiui'iii) \vh »«' past, nor uior<' sii )Ul iiol soeasilv, on t* Uloi'c '•<''••' in liiNNynij)ail >nmcHoftl,o.s,.. |,oll, dead and \ <> Wert' once his ronipaui ic niiii;-, my pivsciu'o auionnsl you on n NUsc..p(,]>le(d'oprntinoaUVr} ons in arms ; ;,nd if lis o «'<'asirotht'r I |}^ ^Ve have mot today to sp.ak tojrelh ilvpavM oompauions and to put ourselye VM'ie, m communitm with them Ah ' <*r of our as it il>.s are closed for ever and th louirer be heard, })ut it line, IJieir eir voices can uo spirits hoy e rill ns to this hall and It s«»ems to me that th, 'ir ff oyer their tom])s have followed tn-e still moyin «eems to me that upon recalliiHM ry the crr(..at deeds vyhi<«h they 1 and the great cause which thev' h f>- amongst us. o our ineiiio- iay«» ach ieye( y haye defeiuh'd, we v iiiL*- 1 it Kei whis away Volvi eiiiljf UTow th.'y those deL»i'( load I C.i years ar;)ui; Was iiiidit West invad ihri'a \l |)resi( the A sirifl; Counl ])riuci Wore issue such { I ca issue \ more c Nt.TNt.u'.rdsLv.. will, nsoMlh. d 'j)nrhMl 'ir iiil)!ih' «.r \\('(1 'XjUT Hir sori'ow. iiiU- by our side, I'oel ihcir ,.| 8 ivs when ihi'v wcr*' lii»hl- n'ouraM'iiii,^ iiiHu.'ii h KoiMu.s to in.' lh:i( i)n>nij)f»'(l hv i] «'(' ispeniiirs, w,. vvill, (Ml h'avJM-- thi. h;,||, walk wh iway inlp^(^s.sl'll with tli.. (»l)!mMti "'.Id ii'ir s('cr«*t volriuu' upiMi us, ihf v.'t oil Mow (!»' Jut' to join Iciiio' |),.ior,' lli,* «»v<'s (»!' (M'iiii.s soldiiM's, (>r pla- r il lis pious lurow.ii^r o-,.u,.,.aii,>ii. ihc iiul)l our . had a I those cxaiiiph's, ,,iir chihlr.-ii iiiav l.-ani v lud kind d rnm r('(|U('st. I decree «d" h.'n.isni and dcvot r.'ii iiiav Icani what u!i!rv uriiiu' the lour »v coiiilMtaiirs O.unriidvs, wliat was it w]ii"'"'-i i-y n.. r,M .nul'i 111 y and ecpial "', and tl imong-8t us. our nienio- i<1 «. .le.lieat,..l e«„ lo,,,. e.Mlnre. \\'e are ,.,..t <>" » Kreat l.att eliehl „f ihat war. We are met o e, u,.te a ,„.r,.o„ „f it a« the H„„l resti,,,, ,,(,.. to he ,le,lu.a e' tilt' (iotf^H- vlicre Hit many „» Haid : — o, (Hir fathers i'i<'iit a iM»\v • licutcd to rlic I <'qiiul. Now. war tesfiiiir no conoeiviMJ Wo lire Mh't ^Ve art' Tik»t to restiiiir place ut that nation ilivinirratlier '»! work that >'i oil. It is ^o the gr. ut heno honored the oiiU8e for II measure of he tlead shall ' shall under nd that the Jople and for earth." Iiich brought ious lands to lance of the 5 Oh ! I atn well aware that the rehelli mis poiuila- tioii ot the Southern States weren..r without friends and sympathisers, ami [ am not by any means sur- priHed at the sJn.utH <,f exultation whi.-h crossed the hroad Atlantic oeean at the pi.,speet of seeiiiff the Ameriean KN'puhlic eiit asunder and .levided into two deadly rivals. The men who were then predietmg the ilownfall of the U.vul»Iie were •M-owned heads and aristotu-ats, who bv instinct bv education and by profession jire the natural enneiniea ot the people. iJut if kings sind aristocrats were the eniiemieii or the American Union. " the m -n of the iieople " were not so. They felt that in the mighty strug.rle which was going on, there was a cause to defend which was their cause, namely, the cause ot demo- cracy : and moved by Colombia's inspiratino- and «oul stirring national songs, from almost %verv ;i««arrer ot the glohe, hundre.ls and thousands hastened to rally around the giorious "stars and stripes, the sacred emblem of popular rights in order to give a helping hand to the American bovs and to hght and fall if necessary in the defence of democracy. In those days as well as now. there were in our tree Canada, men of the people with strong armg and stout hearts, who did not think that they would proved disloyal to their country by ffivin.r atri(3ndly help in the defence of the cause of the people and of humanity, and who cheerfully joined the ranks of their American brothers. I, and many others whose names are familiar to you, were among ,f-: the miinbei-, Cinnulcs. Canie,! a«av l,v fl.P tl.« sac,e,l cause „f ,l,e people „,„| f„, the a H T.T ot.lHVery; an,l the l.luo.ly .tnfe „.ce ove , -^'''^ retunie,! to <.,„• h„mos, p,-,>,„l ofliavinsf eo„tnl,ute,i o le t„,„„pl, .,r tVeodon, a,„i ,o the ^naintona ne ! teri'it entru ( )t' a most iiiton :S:'S :^:;';'^!:!^?:' '^'^'^•T-- i'^-- "-■'-. lli^^ jllest Ko but II iiient t.liii-d taiiiilj tlieir Thi «t * . ,' , .^... ,1,1.1 iiiriyyeai-saifd, t i rteeii States which tlien tbn„fi,l 1 he nucleus ottli, ,„i. ,f ■eiiublic now callcl the Unite,! States „f Ain^.- „ an.le.l togethe. an.l iniite.i their sti-engtl. t o la^ he f.,i„„lat,ou of a govenimeut such u„%l,e wo • M had never witnessed before. Thev Drocl-.in,! tl.e tir,t article of their cree,^ th.t^j '.e 1;': born tree and that in the eyes of the lau- a d ot^tl e constitution, any man was the equal of any other mu,. No privileged classes, noaristocratic di^ti, e I ^'>' tionwere a.lmitte.l. The American citizew Jurist., taught to beheve Inmself the peer of any mmi b'M»-«i aud hlce the Roman of the olden times who co ,ir«'»<" muke eveira king tremble by proclai. g his H tier' veto otctizenof Rome, the inhabitant of the soi ^I'^'-'es the Amenean Union was madetofeel that he coul, I*"'!*' " ^cmmaml the respect of the world by bein. cTlle i«'«tk "!' , f "'«"™" «ti^en. -Civis Ron^anu % i "|ti>le o: voitld proudly say the Roman in the days of hel"»'» ™ ^s' much e^ai 7- t ''"^' "".'*" ^"■'"'' -/wit I The LTeonle f ' ^n T""'.'''' '''^""'^ "'« man oflwere t tiie people from the American Union c-m in hi J t turn say to day, " I am an American citizen." L ^' " I staled, just now, that this republic was unlikejthe'L Jivvay hy f|,e M and |)|(m1 for or tlie uholirioji once ovor. we iiigcoMtrihiited le Miiiintenaiice tl)e people and '•sao-o, thirtoen s ot the Tuiglify res of America tren^rh to Jay 1 as the world proclaimed, as all men were Jaw aFid of tlie I of any orlier ocraticdistinc i citizen was of any man es who could mina: his title >f the soil of ' that he could y being called lanus sum, " le days of the de and with t, the man of m can in his citizen . " c was unlike my one over known to tlie wo Id at any period of ime hofore, and iiistory will support mv assertion. jArliens was a republic, but the ex'tent of its territory was so limited that its citizens, instead of ontrustm.^ the matters of state to the calm discussion of a house of representatives, wouhi, even, in the most momentous occasions, constitute themselves jiitoadeliberative council, and in boisterous assem- l)hes, tliey would pronounce upon the most vital piestion concerning the welfare of their country. * Rome was the mightiest reptiblic in antiquity • but note tlie wide differer > between its ffovernl inent and that of the American Republic: One third of Its population was composed of patrician families who would look down with contempt upmi their plebeian countrymen. The power of government was centered into the aristocratic vSenate, the autliority of wliich ruled supreme. The rest of the peopli soui^^ht their pro- tectioii against oppression in the use ot the right of I' veto " which wa sometime exercised by thei? •' tri- bunes," whcmi they elected every year. But history tells us that this protection was indeed but a verv ^yeak and slender barrier with which to stem the tide of the ever increasing influence of the proud and mighty senators. There was no equality there. The Patricians were the masters and the Plebeians the slaves. It may not be without some interest for you to know that at the e|.och when the city had reached the zenith of its power and of its glory, under the 8 first emperors Bo,„e had a populaticn of nearl.- si^ inillioiis inhabitunts, uiul that o.it. of thj.f U.l'. 1 gregatioi, of human bein.rs no W ,1 n »• ' ^'^^^ ""»s, mostb- all ^vhites, ,^e;e „v e" rLn" Jjouse. the home), frLd rof th 'tr'niXT.jd the house uiid were o-<.,,L..,lNr k •"^'"«'''".i,^ oti ^i'^, ciici^cs aiicl even iiot-'u* ^^ imiKi: i i ' ciiUf^i] " ToK^ii; , "'^'^♦^^'^^i>iihlic whom they oaiiea liihelliones " were a 'iv'«i*> n.wi <-. \\ a portion of the estate ""s:!;?; w hr;;: ',:!: *am.hes. Lawyers and doctors hovve ver we v 1 Tiame of " Hhr.i 1 ^. , tonun. Hence the otXfaw'oX^ltZL?'^'^" '" '"« '--'«' I need not press the comparison a.,y furtlier. anJfi>!':fJ" '^f "'M'"« ag«B was also a K public tt'&eTrtttiS^^^^^^ was an obligavehy eompoS o" n "e,. TeSeT'I' mong the members of fhe nobili"; The peooi; To America was reserved the hmir... ^e i • ernment which ever existed in the world Th. birth place of Democracy is America Anv 1. born under its flag, „o m^atter if he'sp^unglS: vithoi :)ecam |>ut an 9 tioii of nearly si. ot tha,t hv'ge mr ^ tliuii tour m\\ 8 Every men in e" servjiiir, (thii •Iiicli means tht le turnishini^ ot] ought and sold Tiusicians, paint- ^lic whom thej ind conslitured iahhy patrician vvever were an |e men (liborati 'mede(!ine or to im. Hence th< I to the practic ny further. Iso a R public, was proclaimed '8 government en selected a- . The people e affairs of pu )iior of being niocratic gov- world. The ua. Any man )rung from the morest or hnmblost classes of soceitv has an ennal •Jg It with the wealthiest, to aspire \o the hiohest |ind proinlest station in the land. Here, no titled Scape-grace, no aristocratic idiot cati expccr to com- nand inlleunce nor evMn respect, by the mere vir- neofhis birrh or(f his associations; but Grant ' the tanner " becan)e the commanding ireneral of m anny numbering over one million of men, and Abrsihain Lnicoln a toiler of the soil, the " rail 'i>!itter " as his ennemies would sometimes call him II derision, became the president of a miirhty na- lon . The former {u-oved himself ji o-encrafworthv )tbeingcompared to the most illustrious both in Imcient ami modern times, and the second was pro- •Isiimed the greatest man ot the ao-e. It must be admitted however that the moment he American people were left at liberty to chose lieir own form of government, tlie change was one ■inch was easily brought about. Their fathers had aded from old England, that classic land of iberty, where from their very chilhood, the notion nid been impressed upon their minds that " :N'o Bntton should everbeslave." The evolution there- ore troin a popular government tempered bv the au- hority ot aKmg '' who reigns but does not govern," knd that of House of Lord which may tor a time ^•heck, but never absolutely opposes the popular will 8 the system existed in England, the evolution, I ny from that system to a purely democratic govern- vithout a King and without [.rivileged dasses, became an easy one and was operated almost with-' >ut an effort. 10 Th e new form ot Government hnd many years but it excited the admiration of world, and very demanded and u exci hoon not snbsircdi th( changes and reforms \v ted u«>on by every nat en Europe I have just sai,l that the evoh.tfon from » .1 , monarchical to a republicau torn, of governm«„t ;!• " ". Amenca had !,een au easy one in tl.o mi.Ut ol ve your puritan ancestors; it was far from beini; so „ „ hovyever among the nations of the old world wli- K wished to follow their example, as) will n,.w show K,™ you . V' Fourteen yeara had hardly elapsed from the datluin ofthe signing of the American constitution, whel'h the struggle began, and when the most sweepin Jig^ revolution eve,- recorded in history broke outinthf L ^ old vtorUl. Prompted by the example set by thl , a ! American people, Democracy which thus fai- haj , ' been enslave, 1,1 tlie old continent resolved to assei* , „, her nghts. L,ke the athlete of old in the Olympia,f j , games, she rose iii her might, bearing her ara.» foJ,„,l the deadly conflict about to be engage.! betweeifha l' herself „„ the one si.le and the C-owT, Heads a,i Jwe « the priviledged classes on the other. Ia „ „ France became t1,e battlefield wherein theqnes|„"on ton was to be decided whether it was true, as ha,l fe been alhrmed by the fathers ofthe American Conslfood titut on that " every man was born free and thJ ax f equal of any other man," or whether it was nofto „r better that three-fourths of the population shoul Ja J' be the slaves ofthe other fourth ■■''Siai Cora,-ad.-s, whilst I am thus speaking of thEere' march and progress of Bemocra,-y th^.u^hout thll^c «, world, allow me to make a short digression and tJlppre "they 11 hud not snb8ire( Inii ration of th< 1(1 reforms wei every luitioM ii evolution from j I of govern men e in the miiLst o r trom being hc. i old world \vh J will now shov led from the date iistitution, whei most sweeping broke out. in th mi)Ie set by th h thus fur ha esolved to assei II the Olympiai ug her arms fo igaged betweei own Heads anc herein the qnesj 'as true, as had American Cons- n free and th ther it was noi pulation should •eaking of th( throughout tht ^ressiou and U Hit before your eyes a small sketch of what the !<)ndition of France was before the great revolution |)fl78l», which swept away the ancient order of lungs. You will then judge for vourselves wheth- M- we were right in fighting for^he niaintenanco )t the republic and of the great principle of the overeingty uf the people upon which it Avaa made () rest. King Louis XVI was sitting upon the throne of ranee wearing a crown and weilding absolute way over the nation by the authoritv of what he •laiined to be the devine rights of Kings. " The vhole of the territory of the kingdom" says the iistorian Chambers ''could be divided into three listinct parts : one third was owned by the nobility md another third was the property of the clergy, »nd both the nobility and the clergy were exempted ''roni tatation." Judge from this statement of the condition of the nass ot the peoi)le, the toilers of the soil, who alone had to bear the whole burden of taxatioi*. Imposts vyerc put not only upon such commodities as in (America are considered fit subjects for taxation, but unon every thing which is of primary necessity to life. Taxes were imposed upon every article of food, even upon salt. The peasnat had to pav a tax for every animal he possesed, and if he desired to gratify his luxury to the extent of putting up a glass window to his humble cottage, he had to pay a tax for it. Direct and indirect taxation were botb resorted to. The direct taxes were col- lected in a n.anner which made them particularly oppressive and odious. In each circumecription, they were sold in advance to the highest bidder at i ! iiin 12 9 ])\\h\\c. auction uiid bought bv men who took tlx iiaine()f-Klng's tanners gtM.onil/'u'ho.iii tun. .wi.ul.i •'olleet them from the people tor tlieir own pers.mal prolit with nnmerc!'''il ^n-eediness. Intermarriages be. «en the nobilitv and tliJ people were frowned down and looked upon asstainJ upon tlie former, and the unfortunate scion of noble birth who would marry a maiden ( f the people wa> ci.st away from liis tamily as having ])rought slianu and disgn.ce upon the esciicheon of his noble sires At a pinch, he could make her his mistress however lo bring shame and dishonor ui)on the maiden'^ himily was not thought to be wrong in anv wj.v but tor him to take lier to his bos(.m as the Woma. of his love and the mother of his children was j crimd never to be coixhiued. In the army no man wlio did not belong to tht nobility no matter how pure his patriotisme or liou transcendant his abilities or his genius, would eve be allowed to reach a liigher rank tlian that o sergeant. In the navy, he had to be satisfied wit) remaining an ablebodied sailor. Wars of the most disastrous characters would ht undertaken not for the defence of the country no yet for Its benefit, but for some anticipated adva.i tages in favor of the King's family connections, an. Ill some cases, for motives still less worthy. " Through the windows of the room wherein , am now^ speaking," or.ce exclaimed Mirabeaii the great orator and statesman of the revolution it one of his eloquent outburst of indignatioi 'ied oi r waf Jus ossly lying. ion, J !ould [lunge ailed ithoi is fri he d( yrany 13 ? brought slijirn Tlironjj^h tlio windows of tlio room wherein I am <>\v siieaking, I see the verv palace wherein aconrti- \iu set the whole of Europe in a hlaze, heeanse a V\ug had been too slow in i)ieking uj) the glove liich she had (Iropi)ed on tlie marble Hooor''. (renerah and Admirals were frequently selected i)r the most important and responsible {»()sition8 at llie head of the army or navy, through he whymsieal [aiicy of the Kings favorite mistress ; and the in- rigiies rest)rted to and the manoeuvres put into i|)eration to conciliate the good wishes of the gracious lady were not even attempted to be con- ieiled from the observation of public curiosity. OfHcers' commissions were bought and sold to |he higliest bidder, no matter how wreckless or mworthy the applicant might be for the position. The son of ;i craftsmati had no right to aspire to my higher occupation than that which had been car- [ied on by his ancestors, and if shoemaker the fath- ;r was, shoemaker the son was bound to be. Justice was shamelessly sold or still more shame- lessly influenced by the friends or favorites of the lying. And to crown all, upon a secret denoncia- ion, a citiz n, sometime the father of a family, x)uld be suddeidy pou!iced upon and lodged in the pungeons of La Bastille," by means of a warrant jailed ^' lettre de cachet " signed by the King, v'ithout any member of his family nor any one of lis friends ever being made aware of the fate of ■he doomed man. L itude one of those victims of tyraiiy was kept for thirthy years in this terrible l! 14 priHon. He Nvroto the story of Lis lonely life wit iiH bl<)o.l upon the wall of his dunifeon Whe. thopeopleof Pans, ontheHthof Jnlv 1780 h WUH found to have become insnne. He was hut S^''"' "'*'^ ''"'''"''*''''''''''''''''' ''''^'' in body an. . Do not fancy, Comrades, that I am portrnv ng to you a state of thin-, such as exisled d.n- ug the dark ages ef the worhl. IsTo, I am referring to the condition ot the people of France at the vei^ e^eofthe breaking out of the revolution, a littf over one hundred years jigo. I have just^given you a'^small sketch of the con, d tion of ho Jrench people prior to the revolutio, but (|o not conclude thereby that tliis state of thin <^ was to be found only in France : Had I made the pi" frame, Italy, Spain, Austria, in fact tlie whole „ fc.urope except England and Switherland. Every where the people was the slave of kings and of th nobdity. ^owhere, except in the tfvo countrie just named were the lower classes allowed the leas •share of mftuence mi the government of their resne tive countries. ^ One day the oppressed people of France felt tin, nnX-"' i ''"'''^'^"'''''^'" "^ longer : goaded to de. paration France rose in a state of frenzy ; the chain were snapped from her writs ; she wrenched from tj", hands of her oppressors the weapons which they ha<| so long wielded for her destruction ; she picked u the sword yet crimsoned with the blood of he children, and with all the power ihat madness ins piled by fury and revenge can instill in the arm Corr emoc 15 « lonely life wit Imigeoii. Whe 'f tlj(^ BjiHlile 1) July 178J>, li'j . ][e was but th in body uni I am p(»rtray h as existed duV S I am refen-in ill ice at the ver olutioii, a littl :et(;h of the con ► the revoliitioi is state of thing \ I made the pu eluded witliin if L't the whole o erland. Even :ing8 and of th two countrie lowed the leas of their respe ^ranoe felt thai : goaded to de- iizy; the chain] nched from th^ vhich they ha(| she picked ii] i blood of he t madness insl U iii the arni[ one who has long been suffering, she struck to le right and to the left. IFuder her mighty blows, le ''Bastille" the hated pris(»n crumbled down to eces ; the King, in spite of his devine right, fell ever to rise again, —and the blood of the tiol)ilify, hat lieadstrong nobility, which, even then, would ot consent to yield an iiudi of its self as erted pri- iledges), tilled the gutters of Paris. The crowned heads of Europe took alarm and •embled on their thrones at the sight of the rise of emocracy in Fiance. They combiin;d together ) crush ir under their feet ; but the vigorous prench Uepub ic was erpial to the task, and no L*ss than fourteen armies organized by tlie'Com- 1 ttee of Public Safety," rushed to the front in efence of the cause of Democracy and of the soil f the Rei»ublic. At the heads of those armies, we iiid men, who, like Grant, Sheridan, Thomas and cores of others in America, had sprung from the nimblest among the people : We find Napoleon i«>naparte, the son of a lawyer, Berthier a sergeant nd Bessiere,a private in the King's body guards. We nd Souk, Suchet, Victor, LefVbvre, Loison, Mas- ^ena, all former privates in the King's army. We ind Ney, the bravest of the brave, the son of a poor rad'sman of Saarre-Louis, in Lorraine, and Murat bedashing civalry leader, who always charged at he head of his troops waiving a whip in his hand n lieu of a sword, the aon of an inn-keeper. Comrades, I am not ignorant of the fact that >emocracy in France was conquered for a time, but n\ I ! ! r 16 vvliilst rogrettiiinr tl,af niisfort tuui ssitisfjicfioii ill U nne, vettlioro i th« giittering cliurniH ol" milir (1 nowiiiir tlijit it (Mil H a |»h it\'\\ the woi-l the (.'oiitinento liore is IjiirdJv : I'l'ii (^)nftMlorJl t'V A llniisp di\|(|('(j !ivllif llolv Writ .'tii*:iin>t ilH'lf i!iv« toroh.Id wlint the tiiiiil lah' of |) liiiiiilit iiiiv'*' JtftMi ill nil rl ail(i linojic ,'(Mlid • ■tiiocracv -r tliat ^stl•(•IIJ^|l, .„,,J ,,(• ,1,., »<»so small rti-iMiMit's slmni iniitiial conHdct [wliirli ivsiiittvi tV(»iii tliiMi- Lrinu- j,;,,,d.Ml tcu-.'ther I'l'iiit'iple <>l"g(.veiiiin.'iil aiil what wonl.l ho the late of th.-ir coiin'trv. in tlir vent of their ever hrinir t<'iii|.t.Ml to Invak the ^icred pledi-H-d which had hniind the inhahitants of the wliole territory of the L'nited S iiiU'lc comiminitv latcs into oin Who can say hut some compierors from across th( <'ii inio-ht nor hav.^ invaded fho>e divided state • I'dcr t eru>li nnder foot the work (»f tho fati >nho Ilej.iihlic and put an Mud [<) the liated del on -e am 1 f ler or ever nocratic ^j^overnment ^ Have voii for direful reaultj Iviiio: upof th( II accepted thai allowed to pre] 'ther,underth( light not hav( by the South- le, the cause of iJemocrucv iiif vir i America. / J/^ ^ We fought for the Union in order that the greatf '''^'•^' antl honorable title of American Citizen should bel'. ^ ^' preserved and respected. ISontI We fongljt for the Union in ord :'r fhat in this, thiL,,^ A' hind of the worker and of the toiler, the nmn of thtf^^i, l)eople miglit contifiue to feel that there is m )ivl|,g^ \ nobility in honest labor than in glittering titleH. | „ We fought for the cause of Democracy, in ordeif ^^*^ ^'' that no man should one day presunie to de{u'ive U: of our liberty or dare to thrust any one of us into j dongeon without any just cause for so doing, un( without due process of law. We fought lor the cause of Democracy, in orde that our virtuous mothers, wives, daughters am sisters should not be looked down upon with th lips of contenipt by an insokrf courtis.n, wh(jrapidi would believe herself a sup^^ior Dcmgfrom the faclttiem that she happened to have been born of patriciaiferu Si parentage. |p,,^^j^ issue. ten ninci nan g ive o he e^ ||)remi ere i lissap 10 Ml nuiil wirli lii I'tiiii;; to l)i;c(>liic A'iiiit iiiiglit iioll Jl;'|iiil)li(« beoii up hy pjirriul And Hniilly, ns pn'siiloiit rincoln so well cxprosiscil r, we t'oiiiflit even \n.')t»rrlH' \ .m'}' hIukIow of tifutli <() that the nation iniirht livf. Tli'iH is what hnuiirlif, so many holpins: lianilsund ilovoted licartH aioisnd tin* tlai^; n{' Wushino-ton. ore : Tn dofond lint, aside troni the eanse of Dcni lOt) our cause, Dernori'acv o<'ra 20 will ()ftho people aul ropudia iuir \fi-. Liiicohi their [nvsideiit. the secession of the Soiirhcr States, the election of Mr. Jcfierson Diivis i\i. \h. head of tlie Southern Oonfederuey. the attack n[M)i, fort Sumter, the proclamation of independaiice h\ the Southern States and the war. II. ^i i il Comrades at th« same time as we were d( ose My 1 pr the ■ ii si h a re u fendiiiir the cause of the Union, we also defeiidc that of humanity itself hy tio-htini,^ for th(! aholirio of Hhivcry. Is tliere any one of us who ever re<,n'ett v( ted it ? "" ,^.pi A man may sell his hihor, his ability, his skilllihl liis learniuiT, but he cannot sell liis }.ersoit. Mai his a creature of God, born to do his will ; he can not withdraw himself from God's dominion an. substitute to tliat dominion that of man, l)y beconil^rwj ing enslaved under tlie absolute power of^lnothcliize t Xo one has the right to become the absolute mas ter of another man. no matter what country tin ark- pejd ren tlie Wit latter hails from, no nnUier what sun may havAen c darken his face. * lould ^ Have you ever travelled through tlie Southcrip''®^^ States })efore the war ? Have you ever visited I 11 slave market ? If you have once been a witnesf of what was being done there, did you no feel your very tcTuples throl) with the deepes indignation at the sight of the husband toni from liis wife's embrace, the father from hii son, the mother from her children, and even froii, her iniant baby ? To a man harboring in his breasj the least feeling of respect for humanity, could an, sight he more shocking, more revolting, than thji ottered to his gaze by those purchasers of humi T I^ K 21 I? Ml'. Liiicolii jiJii.ojK pjitlincr witli their lascivious IuukIb tlie tonus )t the iSowthenld flesh of ji vomii^ woiium, just us they would do )ii l);ivis at. llnlose of Ji heasl: of burden ? , the attack >.lM>nJM^. blood boils at the verv thou-ht. Methi.d^s I iMdependauce ]n , present at sucrh a scene with my old conirHdes the 76th, X. Y. Mcthinks I hear my brave cap- as we were dc m shouting to Jis ; '' Boy8 are we going to allow e also (iefeiidci cii abominatious to take |)lace before our very eyes? i'ov the al);)liti()i re we barbarians, savages or christians soldiers? who ever regi-el d you no see that fatlier taken away from his Rei»ing children ? Do you not notice that young ild torn fVoni the arms of liis distrac^ted motlier ? ;d)ility. his skill s person. Mai is will ; he «'aii s dominion aiK man, by beconi wer of another e absolute mas hat country- tin sun may hav b the Souther u ever visited been ji witnes] , did you nol th the dee]>e> husband ton ather from hi and even fron ng in Ids breasi unity, could .'ini I ting, than thai laers of humail irk — Do you not hear their screams,! heir desperate ^[)eals for lielp ? Is there no hope for them ? Are we remain idle spectators of such degrading scenes ? ^H'ward boys, sweep away all that heartless crowd, [ize those weephig children and bring them back their broken hearted parents,'" With what alacrity would not the order have ?en obeyed ! Who is the coward anong us who fould not have risked a thousand lives for tlie jicred cause of pity and humanity ^ Had I been there with sword in hand and tifty Camerons by, That day, through Dunedin's streets had pealed the sk>gau cry. Not all their troops of trampling horse, nor might of mailed men, Not all the rebels in the South had born us backards then. 22 r ;:iii il: Ml Coninides, It ever wur wan wjt^od for tlie sole j„ unique purpose ot siuugliteriiiu. nion and wer of the erieii id rendered in( trrn, all hostili 3 o er of peace. lit that Lee an S from that sail 'estoratioji besra army of over oi] world this grai 2 may become tl at any time ab( ng the duties ai tails upon hi direction whi s. I catinot he risk of detain i I an I desired) kH from the li ve years ago verv anniversary of the montl» of Mav in his evvell achlress to h.s army : '• To sncli, said he, as 11 renniin in the military service, your general id only remind yon tlnit success in the past. s due to hard work and ^n!ori>etnatinc. n..H in"l ^^^ good Work ij^ve le new (r* le veteruTi sol,] ler, '•'^f'o", the children of tl wliieh ha., done ;,.,,'"... "'r?<'l"'^'-l< e a>l th( o'ie so nineh d war for the assist '^'''".i? the duH .'Ol "1(1 whose ben. vol iinceof thesickand 11 enee has otten readied iv (lavs woiindt « very heart of those d read fnl even I I'ianyofushad to f In th Jiee sickne e Sons of Vete J^lTHhiic has fonnd ready with «pain. ;nul of fh.i. nms, the ( |>nsons wherein ««, starvation and deal h «j ni government of tl 'I igen oration of '!' '^"^^at the iirst sound iterial for its I of patrioti ■•^"i. and ea«- young men bred of th !»te wj e frum their fathers Jiad d zeal to the call ger to serve tl one, responded with al I'l the seh. i^'ir coinitrv tl th Thi le natural result of iicrU V a «- (.'ind you may well b ''''^} of it) has be. your Work in 4--t;;i:,'t5iil»,'=:--^. perpetuatii C< mrad i"g hack to es, wliilsc w ^o your own 1 ^ niay on thi assoe lear i^ride whatth ;>»'• '-ecollection with a ieel '« be for all the words of praise and m. Let it be fo and Ol our dead comrades of the every one armi( grai pacr ilvei can sacr thos one of tl 'theii |abon Isouh for t true ll lac€ [upon In ess heir ■ott,' and ^vhen proch ill vai 25 lof the north, of the son'h /.f ^h . ^ i « , west Let u^ .•emet.re'^vith'a hrttel'llti h hand ot History has already encrraved n.,o, H.! Ipedestal of the statue of Lihertv ° ir^nt >i iMead, Sheridan, Dol.,reen Du nont n ' ^^""'"""'' others who have' lead',,s to Victon- " "''"'''"* ••Ve'rrao>,t^RL'' ^T^ f P™'^« '"' ''"''■ """'"■•tal L,..^-'/ 'i''"7'' ;'"' '«' "» give expression to our deenest S filled ."'I'l '"■"•■ 1 ''-'"^^ '""'"'"« c'-bata," Tho jsaoimced all, even their names together with thl i. fives, upon the altar of tlieir counlrv A can speak more knowingly- t , i'of h.i " "'if Isacnfice and of their devotiin t heir eou.U v t tes 'n'r"^ "*'""' so..tK wherrrf tha ; of th»m r ^-J" "'"' "P*""- I I'ave seen hundreds abotM:vfh ;'""'" • '■" ""•''«''' '""■ «^«» «"'«1 lauouc. Ma> their remnii) west ri n«»M,'o ..iwl fi. • fc hefrf ":" *;"• --■• '^'»vv hrvi'dred;c i t: rue hn, ; ■' ' '""'"' "'"' "■' »« I l^^''i«ve, it be "e that there IS somewhere hevond the ..rave n |U|.on th.s (lay, there must be added to their hnn,?; [.ess some particular gratification i kn wing that I'n d 1' " / : !:::;">;-'• <•-- ^^ througl,out the hvhon thl^, ■ ' '".l»>-<>i- their memory and r hen the universal gratitude of a