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 -BY- 
 
 H. C. SAINT PIERRE, ESQ. Q. C. 
 
 ON- 
 
 DECORATION DAY 
 
 May 30th 1899. 
 
 PUBLISHED BY THE HANCOCK POST, No 105 
 VERMONT. 
 
 C. A. Marchand, Print. 38 St. Lambert Hill 
 
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 ON DKCORATION DAY 
 
 30th may 1399. 
 
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 ON DKCOKATIOX DAY 
 
 30TH MAY 1899. 
 
 Comrades : 
 
 Thii'ty-tliree years ago, on this aniversary of 
 the inontli of May, a strange and striking sight 
 was witnessed for the first time in every part of 
 the Ameriean Union ; men, who, then, were yet 
 in the full developement of their menhood, dress- 
 ed in military gavi, were seen filing on througli 
 streets and roadways, escorting chariots bedecked 
 with the national colors, atid loaded with the 
 choicest and freshest iiowers of spring. 
 
 "Whither were they directing their sleps ? 
 
 To the stranger or the uninitiated, this 
 gorgeous pageant might have been mistaken 
 for a triomphal ovation prepared for the purpose 
 
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 "'''',""■"-'""• ''"'.v "•.,-.. ..i,i.c.„.. „.,,„ r. 
 
 wiioin tlio (lurk An.rol of I)«.,H. i. i • 
 with his wiiiL'-s TJw.;.. 1 • . '"'ucii 
 
 by the si,,.. „f t,,„..c (,„„i,„ ,1. ""'"'""'• T"-'i-o, 
 
 flag "n,l to t,,:,,. I,,,;,,""" ''^•™""" '" "»- 
 They «,,„ke „s ift,,„; ,,„, „i„,,^,^, ,|.,i,d ,^^ 
 
 tiieir jojs. ihey talked as tliev 
 wore wont to do i„oM »■.„.„,.,. H„es,w„e„tl,i; 
 
g Ijoro ro(nri)- 
 iH'li, liowevor, 
 '^ A liigher 
 '« of the riR'n 
 " flint moni'-r- 
 
 -•IH wjio. ,.jj. 
 '« IH't'vioiiKly 
 
 n^' their ntcps 
 "<1 " wlioriMrj 
 H'irooniradc's 
 'ia<l smitten 
 to (loc'onite 
 ••11(1 their old 
 g over those 
 tteri. There, 
 ke tosfether 
 i«' huttles, of 
 on to their 
 
 heir depart - 
 'fthoy had 
 ir thoughts 
 ' if all their 
 ' life again, 
 ' sorrows or 
 ed as they 
 
 when they 
 
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 W(!ro pressing forward with flags unfurled to 
 meet the foe, or when by the side of the hivouac 
 tire, after a stirring conllict, they recalled tiio 
 various inciclcnts of th.- day's battle. They talk- 
 ed of that which, both the dead and the living 
 liad once done, when together, in the dark and 
 gloomy bours ot defeat, or in the gl<»wiiig and 
 che(;rful antbusiasm of triumph. And after 
 sprinkling the tond).-; of their dead comrades with 
 Howers, they returned to their homes, their 
 breast tilled with that gratifying impression which 
 one experiences who lias met an old lonjr de- 
 parted friend. 
 
 CoMU.VDKs. it is now over thirty years since this 
 pious duty was performed for the first time. 
 Every year the nund)er of the {larlicipants in the 
 pageant has become smaller. Every year, some 
 of the old friends have failed to answer to their 
 name at the '• roll call " ; but not once have the 
 survivors omitted to jierform this duty of visiting 
 the last resting place of tb j departed comrades 
 and of scattering flowers over their graves. You 
 Comrades of the Hancock Tost, I know, have 
 never failed to it. 
 
 Many a change has taken place since the day 
 when we were here together for the first time. 
 The freshness of youth has long since departed 
 from our cheeks ; the body once erect is now 
 slightly inclining towards the earth ; the soldier- 
 
I'oct „rti,e probable iiihoi-it.ni b T f'™"" 
 
 " moment to cast „ look ,i, t "" '"""" ^"' 
 Have wo „o„o o„r d .t/t .""" 'T' "'""^• 
 
 the ..cco,„pli«h,ue„tof the .IohI, " „ V 
 Can it be said of n. th., '-'" °" '>»'J«"co? 
 ^warming multilu ! '""'"'"''• ''««" b"t a 
 bauds of de" !t "°"'' °'' ""<"«-l"i-'"l 
 
 of their fule L\h''' "'■■'''" "^''''^' 
 i.iMou (008, the scream lie desn.,ir , .• 
 
 woraou and the tears of children' L r7 , 
 - were Christians soldioi. ^ht^! fo, Th' 7' 
 cause ana like the CVusadors of ^l,,, 4 "IL2 
 tneir valiant swords in thni,. ^^ . , *«mca 
 
 -slaved brethren ^l-^':^'^: ;:: f'^ 
 ruthless conqueror., we devoted .11 '^ ''' 
 
 -mmoued all our'eneri , tt Ik ok'^""!:''-^"' 
 -pieces the shackles .^.^vhi^llrtreniiS:! 
 
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 race; 
 
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 year, 
 
 name 
 
"oraprirleneHs; 
 -'»c whithoring 
 
 still as Warm 
 |H(1 coinpaniouH 
 
 once brouglit 
 
 natu red epoch 
 ■e divided bet- 
 and the pros- 
 hay j.re])ured 
 U8 pause for 
 G past events, 
 flave We coii- 
 inall, towar<ls 
 ■rrovidenco? 
 ! been but a 
 mdisciplinod 
 leath and de- 
 er the agoDy 
 ' despair of , 
 o Comrades, j 
 g for a holy 
 ^ho wielded 
 free their 
 5 foot of u 
 ir courage, 
 of breaking 
 millions of 
 
 Imnian bi-ings were kept in bondage. Wo toiiglit 
 I for iilx-rty and for humanity. We fonglit also 
 , for tlio preservation of that sacred compact by 
 wliicli the founders of the Republic liad pledged 
 tlicmsclf to the maintenance of a "government 
 of tlie people, by the people and for the people," 
 and had dedicated the fate of their country to 
 the proi)osition that " every men was born free." 
 
 Have we faithfully accomidished out task? 
 History which has recorded our labor and the 
 grateful thanks of the nation and of the whole 
 word have given to this cpiestion an answer far 
 more forcible and in a language far more elocpient 
 than I have jit my connnand. I say '' the whole 
 world," because not only luis the Americun lie- 
 public profited by our efforts, but the war in wliich 
 we took part has induced a long stride forward 
 in the onward march of civilisation. Humanity itself 
 has been freed and the hideous chains of slavery 
 have been shattered for ever. The year 1863 
 will mark out one of the most momentous events 
 in the history of the world and of the human 
 race; and a thousand years hence. History will 
 repeat to the then rising generations that in that 
 year, the disgraceful monster which bore the 
 name of "slavery" was stifled out of existence, 
 
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 and ir 
 
 ever. 
 
 We 
 
 nnia 
 
 "•ty freed from its polluti 
 
 »gg 
 
 rasps for 
 
 ™t.o..s which win li.e arte,- „V »'""'■ 
 
 '^. 'o'hii:;:,:; !- ^- '-."-» ^- •- 
 
 abo>.io„o.,hl.,,;r;;;-;;-™.t^^^ 
 
 that we havp nnf k« i -^ anirmed 
 
 the same e&hrt fl, Ejpi'blic, and by 
 
 the ,ove eS S r^ "™;"°"*'" '^"-•"'^ "'• 
 
 The A,„eHc.n K, i,.t:rr?'-'' ' ■■^'" 
 
 '•<- •«'-""'::';;;:;:;:;:::"'■'-'-■-■'■ -° 
 
 V'^-t^ .111(1 tiiat //i6' sourop af nil ,, 
 
 Athenos a„,l Eome wire b , t''^"'''" "'"^ 
 eighty republics i„ ,h ,h,e T "T'' "' 
 
 -itho..ofthem,vastho!at„ „"'• '"' '" 
 «"oh as is enjoyed bv 1 T ^^'"■'"'"""'"* 
 
 Athenes,the{.f.:t:L^t'::x'rr'■ 
 
 "- ^-ions, each o. .bie:\;:;;;i:,^:: 
 
 tO\V( 
 
 ielib 
 
 ?lar i 
 
 |orato 
 
 land ( 
 
 so at 
 
 jin di 
 
 JTher 
 
 I was i 
 
 ^and V 
 
 jbecan 
 
 Ihibite 
 
 I in ac 
 
 |clu.siv 
 
 Iwliicli 
 
 land fc 
 
 I 
 
 I was iti 
 
Ilntiiiggrasps for 
 
 '> the past with 
 ionsness thni wo 
 ''(Jstho ailrunce- 
 >ess of the gcne- 
 
 liJive been use- 
 ill s(3cunng the 
 safely affirmed 
 'ii«intainiiig the 
 public, and by 
 tic i:)rint'iple of 
 hich lies at its 
 whicdi it rests. 
 •St one anion o- 
 Id which was 
 ^^ery man was 
 werandofall 
 le people only. 
 ^e centers of 
 nie, but in 
 
 government 
 »» people. In 
 fie hands of 
 ^jed all its 
 
 .power in controling tlie will of the people. Every 
 deliberation in matters of state was held in popu- 
 lar assemblies, wherein the influence of such 
 ^orators as Demosthe.ies, Eschines, Themistodes 
 . land Cimon vei-y often carried the day, a.id oven 
 jso at times when thoir own personal objects wore 
 |in direct conflict with the interest of the nation. 
 jThe result of such a system was th,- the Republic 
 jwas in perpetual quarrels with lu nei^hbonrs 
 Jand when called upon to det\3nd its terHtory, it 
 j became an easy pray to the invador. Rome ex- 
 
 Ihibited more unity ofpurpose and greater strength 
 I in action, but its government was almost ex- 
 jclusively in the hands of a priviledged class 
 I which was distinct from the rest of the people 
 I and formed a real aristocracy . Its Senate which 
 I was its only deliberative body was composed ex- 
 1 clusively of that class. The mass of the people 
 *had but the negative power of Veto which lost 
 its authority when opposed by the more potent 
 influence of the Patrlciens. 
 
 The world owes to the genius of the founders 
 of the American Republic to have framed a 
 system of government based upon the sovereingty 
 of the people and in which the people is called 
 upon to take their shere in the government by 
 
ft "m 
 
 III; 
 
 means of their Piesidpi.t tv, • , I 
 
 «»d their house of R "'"''"' Senate jhe; 
 
 wasthisforn of G '"''"'"""'" ^» Perfection, 
 
 ^i- the rt:oStr::rr"""^*" "^'^-^i- 
 
 "- principles upon wh ct • T" ^'.^t.'""™"' h" 
 vol«tioni.ed th! whole the -f ?''''"■ """ 
 and to day with .T """''^"^ ^"rid ; I„ 
 
 - ..Ota eo';„Ch I"""": "'^'■'^'^'*''-« 'P- 
 
 Governement IJd *", "'"'■"'" '^'Vonme vho> 
 
 people, has ;;: °" : "'""^"'^ o^*^ J-'^ 
 
 p«ti.,t;acti:ro;r;:r''"^-'^'----%(>ons 
 toSr;e"ofr'^''^"''''--"'^'''-e4-^^« 
 
 founders of th, A ""'*"""" ''™'»«'' ''^ «- ^ *» 
 maintaining tleu„tr"'"" ^^P""'" »", by Ln , 
 that we ha!e l!d th """'^ """'''''""' "'S™ P" " 
 dear to cv , ,o,t ofT T''''"' "''■^'' «« T" ' 
 
 Dem;cracy ,! h '"'""■"'•"""' based upon der G 
 faceof tlfca '""»" ^^P' away fro„ the -What 
 
 - have acr, Jr "iHlt'th- '"' 7" ^^"'" 
 
 Ser-''"'^^''-«''^'"irprr""^^ 
 d:t::::;s:;rtt----'h^^^ 
 
 rpi ^ "^ •'' 1 strate 
 
 A"e war once over th^ a^ j^ . i 
 
 might 
 rank ? 
 strate^ 
 
9 
 
 ir elective Senate 
 tives. So perfect 
 found to be, that 
 niout in America, 
 founded have re- 
 ' civilized world ; 
 n of Russia, there 
 lerein responsible 
 overeignty of the 
 id is not actually 
 
 lave contributed 
 •n framed by tlie 
 ^public and, by 
 ^nfidently affirm 
 pies which are 
 from being cast 
 3»t based upon 
 away from the 
 's, is the work 
 ^ this work in 
 hand of Pro- 
 ture which we 
 
 tily strife once 
 use army from 
 
 he highest commander down to the drummer 
 >oy, every one returned with joy to his former 
 eacetul occupation, happy and satisfied to have 
 contributed his share in the restoration of peace 
 lid the consolidation of the Republic. 
 
 In our boyish days we were taught to look 
 ipon Cincinnatus, bcipio and Cato as men 
 ivhorthy of our admiration, because they con- 
 sented to return to their former peaceful occupa- 
 ions after they had vainquished the enemies of 
 ;heir country; but Comrades what else did our 
 eaders do but follow the example set to them 
 hy those great citizens of Rome ? And what say 
 Vou of the magnaminity and the patriotic devo- 
 lon of Mead who but a few months after he had 
 on the greatest battle of the war at the head of 
 he army of the Potomac submitted to serve un- 
 to Grant, who was, by several years, his junior? 
 What say you of Sherman who would not con- 
 sent to be appointed Lieutenant-General,because he 
 wasin^ fear that GeneralGrant, his superiorofficer 
 might be displeased at finding him his equal in 
 rank? What say you of the same officer whose 
 strategic science had contributed more than any- 
 [thing else in bringing the war to a succesful 
 iissue, refusing persistantly to accept for his 
 
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 2 ' '"""'""■'^- ofself sacrifices ilrve 
 
 ratr.ot,s„, „„ t,,„ „f , „g.,.^ '* ;j ■ f ^ , 
 
 SHvllZ^ ™'' '" '*'"'<=-«ful issue; Wofe-s 
 
 '-oriu.uios, — Wc (l,d more — Wo f,rmp.l fV,- l- f 
 
 Z vi 7""": ™™'"'' "^'^ ■'""' -"h it Ling 
 
 unfeweh f •"™'«-" -Idi-- In o„,|ostere 
 
 o' of 'r "; "'' '''' '"'■"'™'"^ asaocia-Lves 
 fon of women know,, as " Tlie Relief Corns " I wv. 
 wh.ch has done so much during the war fo'be I, 
 ass,stance of the sick and wounded, and wh '"r 
 bcnovoe,.ce has often reached even to thver! l''''r 
 hoartot those dreadful prisons whc-ein so na, "1"?'"; 
 ot us had to face sickness, starvation and dmh li' , 
 " '^« Sons of Veterans, the Governn, nt la' I '"'" 
 ^ound read, material for its late war wi" Sp „ If "'^ 
 The, found a whole generation ofyo„ng™e"i* '" 
 
 7T'),!rC^^T ~X ' ^'3% ' ^- :' 
 
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 •* ''Ovulation pay :|''^'^ "^ the school of patriotism and eager to 
 ielf sacrifices aii(if*''^'<^ *^^^^^ Country as their fathers had done. In 
 
 ofiicers and nietf^® Women's Relief Corps, they found u fully 
 ir side during thtri^'PP^^^ ^"'^ thoroughly organised association of 
 epeut : is this alir^"'^'" trained to give assistance ajid relief to the 
 
 of the Republic ?Jck ^"^ wounded and ready to take the field if 
 "esful issue; Wof^^'^^^'^'T- 
 
 he principles of Such Comrades has been the work of the 
 varover, we laicl ^rand Army of the Republic. It has perpetuated 
 
 labors of peace ;Und spread throughout the Countiy thesime 
 all we did? KoJ spirit of patriotism and ^-elf sacrifice which had 
 ^Ve firmed this? listinguished them during the war. It has 
 
 Grant Army oflnaintainedits military character, and through an 
 'ityand charity, fcrganisation similar to their own among the 
 bo land with its i-ising generation and more particularly among 
 •petuating itself Ichildren of veterans, they have arouse and 
 Idlers. In ourlfostered the same spirit with which they them- 
 nirable associa- Iselves are animated. 
 
 the^ ^"^ . /^^^'" i ^^^"^^ ^^'^"^^ their duty to the living, they 
 ^^le war tor the Ihave not forgetten the dead, and through the 
 .^^^ ' ^" ^^^^^^ liuHuence of their organisation, the duty of 
 en o t e very Jvisiting the resting place of their dead comrades 
 in so many l.^n^j ^f decorating their tombs on this aniversarv 
 ion and death li i . ,, •' 
 
 ucciui. |has become so universally observed and so found- 
 
 a7w-th"s ^^^^r^ cherished by the whole population that it has 
 
 wi bpain. I become a national holiday in the Republic, 
 of young men* " ^ 
 
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 Co,n,,„Ie, wo. „s members of the g' A ]• 
 do.ng honoMo „,. .,0,.,, C„m,.„,le J ll \: 
 
 -.tfeHugsorinthehouf^X'tt"'""'™'-" 
 '" ""'■ ■■eeolleeti„„H their ,I7'„.^' "' '■""' 
 
 «et»ot patriotism tor t^-^^^tjitrj-^tl' 
 "es. and brotherly devotion to their cl'i" 
 
 eloep, never fo wake Jf . ", 7 '"""■ ''^^^ *" 
 let them rest in pea!e '"' ""=""" ^'««' 
 
 hat we are Canadians, and that we lo fro 
 I'ving m a free country. Let us ..ott T . 
 our first and dearest ^ffJlZeZZ t' 
 - nearer to our hearts, and th:wha'':r£ 
 
 trLdreSTir-'--- 
 
 and fidelity are th^ . country. Loyalty 
 
 ry are the two cardinal virtues of a 
 
 eoldie 
 ;]>ecte 
 iioart 
 |Tlie s( 
 speak 
 
 C'lUlCI 
 
 a gai 
 count 
 
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 of the G. A. n 
 
 ■^lis {»iou8 duty „ 
 ^'^es. Let us o 
 r throw (,uv mm 
 i-eourcujiipanion. 
 n the moments o: 
 • I^et us revu\ 
 of bravery.^ tbei; 
 try and of kind- 
 
 ioldier, and nowhere shonl<l those virtues l)e ex- 
 
 ected to find a more sacred shrine tlum in tlie 
 
 earts of those who are called upon to defend 
 
 lie soil upon which they were horn. But why 
 
 [speak of the defence of our soil? Who are our 
 
 ennemies? Arc not England find America united 
 
 together to spread throughout the world the good 
 
 work of civilisation ? Are they not actually ex- 
 
 1 . ^ tending to one another the liand of friendship ^ 
 
 noir (Jomrades ■ 
 .J . , 1 ^ Have we not seen lately the banner of St. George 
 
 ' 1 ^ ,!' '^ ^i and the Stars and Stripes floating side bv side or 
 'seu their eves fal • i o ^ 
 
 i,„- ^ , I entwined together? Oh ! Canadians, nivoountrv- 
 
 'iat eternal sleen I ' v „ 
 
 i J men, let us bless Providence, that our home is in 
 
 J.1 . la land of freedom under the fostering care of a 
 
 ,M,i T-T ^^^^i ^'"<* but mighty nation; but let us also thank 
 
 mci wiiiJe thn^ I 
 
 i^^j ^ J Heaven that we are living by the side of the 
 
 ^^ ) oung . g,,p,^(. j^epublic which has done so much for the 
 
 orget i liberty of mankind and whose friendship is to us 
 at we also are I ^ *u ^ i? 
 
 I a garantee that for many years to come our 
 
 not forget that 
 i for those who 
 
 what we did 
 defence of the ; 
 
 we would be 
 3f our own flag 
 >try. Loyalty 
 al virtues of a I 
 
 country will enjoy prosperity and peace. 
 
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