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t ' i" H- 'I f ! '• r-iri-n,- , •••••liir .i-'-iTi -it'Trfr,, " Pledged but to Truth, to Liberty and Law; No Favors Win us and no Fear Shall Awe." 1 t ' .- ; ; '"H / .j^ VOL. 9. " M'HENRY, ILLINOIS, WEDNESDAY. JULY 16, 1884. NO. 62. . fit:-J; PttWUtie«i ir-'y Wednesday by J. VA>' 8LYIEE, BVIfOi iSD PtTBLISHKR. r ...\ • . ' -• ~ ' » 3.; *.•£•,3% i Office iii Bishop's Block^ --OPPOSITE Puaar 4k Ow«s'».- '• . TCB» OR SUBSCRIPTION. JR« V«ar (in Mnrtrt:) ... If Not Paul within Three Months...... •• S.«® toMcriptioni received far three #r lix MOatha IK the same propertlen. Kates of Advertising. w. Maonnce liberal rates for advertising m the PuiNiiEAi/iR/rAnd endeavor to atate them m plainly that they will be readily nn. iarateed. They areata follows: 1 In«b «*e year -• ' • , V\ 5 00 S Iaohea ene year -4 . • •* *' 10|£ > laahea »ne year . > * * . IS JO If OahiM* one year:. 30 m X Catuma ane year W «> 1 Celnnin ane year • - - - 100 00 Oat iuc.lt mean* the measurement of one litk dawn the column, single column width. Yearly advertisers, at the above rates, have tlie privilege of changing art often as they thowae, without extra charge. Regular advertisers (meaning those having •taadiag cards) will be entitled to insertion •f local notices at the rate of 5 cents per line eaeji waalc. All others will be charged 10 eanta per 'ine the II'»t week, and Scents per liae for each subsequent week. Traasient advertisements will be charged St tbe rate of If cents pe line, (nonpareil type, same as this is set in) the llrst issue, and teeata ^er line for subsequent issue*. Thus, >a inch advertisement will cost fl.OOforene week, fl.M for tw» weeks, #2.00 for three •reeks, and so on. The PLAINDHALBR will be liberal in giving •diterial notices, but, a# a business rule, it will require a suitable fee from everybody •••king the ua« of its colnmn8 for pecuniary gain. BUSINESS CARDS. II T. BROWS, M. D. PHT810IAX AND SURGEON. Office over the Peat Office, o •tore up stairs, Mr Perry AIMartln'a enry, 111. J. H. S0OTHILL., M. D. P1IV8ICIAN AND SITROEON. Cfflce oppo-aite Post Office, Ring wood, 111. C. H. FEGER8, M. D- DUVSICtAN AND SURGEON, McHenry, I III*. Office at Residence, on the Corner, Oppoaite Blake's Furniture Store. O. J. HOWARD, M. D. i>HYSlOIAN AND SURGEON. AT residence, opposite M. E. ;cHenry. U'- Office at Churn lit PRATT HOUSE. J A. PRATT, Proprietor Firat claaa ac-tlood.Barn in connection * jiARBtAT^ BttOS. CIKAR Manufacturers, McHenry, 111. Or-dars solicited,. Shop, la Old McHenry, * Keiter Bloek, two doora weat of FLAnr- >KATIKK Office. .BUSINESS CARDS. « MAItY G. BARBIAN. WORKE11. All kinds HAIR WORKER. All ku.da of Hair Work done in flrst class style and at reasonable prices. Rooms st residence, north­ east corner of Public Square, McHenry, III. JESSE A. BALDWIN, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Law business in Every part of the State receives prompt attention, uootn 24, £>9 Washington St., Chi- cago. III. DB. P. 1. WILLIAMS. DENTIST. Residence Dundee. Willie at McHenry, at Parker House, the 10th 11th 25th and '20th of each month. When dates occur Saturday or Sunday I make my visits on the following Monday,and the first day of such visit occurs on Friday, I will stay but one day. JOHN* ICLEIFGEN. HOUSE Fainter, Grainer, CuIcimiuT and Paper Hanger. Residence one Bloek West of Riverside House. Work attended to proinply and on reasonable terms. Horsemen, Attention! Jill lovers of line Horses are reapectfnliv invited to call at niy farm, half a mile west of McHenry, on the Woodstock road, and see my tine Morgan and Draft Horses. I have a Percheron Norman Draft Colt that 18 hard to beat. Call and see him. #S"Na business done on Sunday. _ N.-S. COLBY. McHenry May 1st, 1883. ".ijsi.i ;--• ' M. Engeln, A1.SO- CENERAL MERCHANT, And Dealer in All Kinds ef G R O C E R I E S , ' Farm Hardware, Pocket Cutlery, Sporting Goods, Fishing Tackle Gun Material, Musical Instru­ ments, Tobacco, Cigars, etc., etc. Near River Bridge, Mc­ Henry, III. i- B0BERT C. BEKHITT, BREEDER OF WASHINGTON, D The popular palace hotel of the National Capital. Conveniently located and accessible to all the street car lines of the city. Open all 't,,e TeRr" o. G. STAPLES, PROPRIETOR. Late of the Thousand Island House. MARCUS CERMAN FOWLS KICHMOND, ILL. (FIRST PREMIUM AT MCHENRY COUNTY FAIR.) My fowls are of the celebrated DUKE OF YORK strain, remarkable for their great size and laying qualities. I can show a trio of last season's chicks, weighing 81 potr*da. Kgjra,' per setting of thirteen. $1.50, delivered to purchaser in Richmond, Shipped, securely packed, $.M)0. ROBERT C. J'.EAXETT. HEADQUARTERS ---FOR-- by Manufactured E, JIARQUS, --DEALER IN-- PUKfWNES. LIQUOffS Aim CIGARS. tyfoodstoclc^ III. Tr uest Tonic m the world, pint and (juiirt Bottlea. Put pp in F. MARCUS, Patentee. Eggsfe Eggs! Full Blood Eggs for Hatching. TRUCKS, •And all kinds of Vehicles, at J. W- CRIMOLBY'S Bingwood, 111. I will not be undersold, material and Workmanship considered. General Blacksmithing* And Repairing of aU kinds, in both Wood and Iron. Yirat class workmen employed and Satisfaction Guaranteed. J. W. GRIMOLBY. Ringwood, March lltli, 1S8I. , The undersigned will furnish Pure Bred Fowls at the following W«., from | Black Leghen#**. .*.*1,50 for 13 Eggs Brown " .v.. 1.60 for 13 Eggs White - ..»i. 1,50 for 13 Eggs [Wyandotte...,.. »t •»• 3.00 for 13 Eggs JBIaok 2.00 for 13 Eggs (Light Brahmas..'... .J2.00 for 13 Eggs |<Jelden Spang'd Polish 2.00 for 13 Egg3 1 BlackTartar Games.. 2.50 for 13 Eggs 1 Plymouth Rocks 1.50 for 13 Eggs |Pekin Ducks..1.00 for 9 Eggs The above are Prlcea for Eggs Delivered at |a»y.pleee.p'i;^.;:" C. W. PRATT. > A. WAUCOND Wanconda. 111., March fth, 1884, ILL- IDON'T YOU FORGET IT! . ASA W. SMITH, IWoodtttook, --or-- - Illinois. offej yon I Backed by Millione of money llNDKMNITY against damage by Lightning, wind Storms* CYCLONES AND \TORNADOE& Drop me a postal card and I will visit you; .11 on nte and I Will write you a policy, and nen either or any of these destructive ele- enta devastate* your property, happy will Ml be If you hold one of my policiea, for I ill auroiy visit yon, iinl minieter unto you. will not foraake you. ~ ASA W. SMITH, Oen'l Insurance AgX UD. Having recently fitted SHOP near the bridge* fitted up our nop near tne uridge, we are now prepared to furniah our customers with Fresl and Salt Heats, OF ALL KINDS, Sausage, Smoked Meats, &c., -AT THE-- I^ivinsr We buy none but the best of Meats, and flatter ourselves that we can offer ourcus- toraers meats in better shape than any other sbop in this section. Thanktnl for past favors we solicit aeon- tinuanzeof the same, and we will guarantee to satisfy you both in quality and price, A- M- FRETT. McHenry, III., March 17th, 1884. PUMP REPAIRING, CEMENTING, ETC. ASA i f . SMITH, TTORNBT AT LAW 7and Solicitor in L Chancery.--Woodatock, IIL w ^ S. r. BENNETT, M. D. >HT3ICIAN AND SUBGEON. ALWtTnlted Statea Examining Surgeon. Illinois. Richmond, A. 8. CHILD*, M. D., HOMEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN AND SUR-GEON, West MrHenr%, III. Culls promptly attended to, day or^nirht DR. C. R. WELLS. Wauconda, All calla promptly attend­ ed, day or night. Ofllceon Main St., eaat of Barker's harness shop. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Lake Co., III. A. M. CHURCH, Watchmaker and <JT oweer NO. 35 FIFTH AVE., Chicago, III. Special attention given to repairing Fine watch, ea and Chronometers.' 4WA Full Assortment of Gooda in hia line AT THE OLD STAND, JACOB BONSLETT, SALOON AND RESTAURANT, at the old ^ stand, opposite Bishop's mill, McHenry, 111. The choicest Wines, Liquors and Cigars to be found in the county. Warm or cold meals on short notice on application. ' JSOOD STABLING FOR HORSES. J. PEKOVSKY, CIGAR MANUFACTURER, Wholesale and Retail Dealer. HANDLES nore but his own make, and itill compare his Brands with the beat mad* in the State. Store and Manufactory next door to 'he Post Office, McHenry, IU. Culver Housei RICHMOND. ILL. 0. N. CULVER, - - PROPRIETOR. HAVIN5 recently purchased the above House, I have put it in thoreugh repair, with new furniture throughout, and would respectfully invite the patronage of the trav­ eling public and others. The tables will al­ ways be provided with the best tint can be procured, and pelite and attentive waitera will be in readiness at all times to attend to the wants of guests. No pains will be spared to make this a First Class House. Large and commodious barns on the premises. Free Omnibus to and from all traina. Sample Rooms on firat fleer. The undersigned is prepared to do all jobs in the liue of Digging Weils, Riuainnf Pumpi, Cementing Well% e* ' ;. ̂ will put in New Pumps On short notice and warrant satisfaction. In abort will do all work iu this line. Can furnish you a new Pump, either wool or iron, warranted, as cheap as any other man. Good references furnished if desired. If you want a Well Dug, a Pump Repaired on new Pump, give me a call. _ WOrders by mail promptly attended to. Post Office, Johnaburgb, 111. . ».. ...• L, BANTUS. Johnaburgh, 111., May 25th, 1884. SALOON ub'{RESTAURANT Bucfc^s Old Stand, JMcHENRV, ILLINOIS. Fine Kentucky Lianora, "*| French Bittert, McHenry Lager Beer, Phil. Best's llilw&ukM Beet By the Bottle or Case. We buy none but the best and sell at Reasonable Prices, Call aud see me and I will U^e you well. ANTONY ENGELN. McHenry, III., 1884. HE. WIGHTMAN, Proprietor. Firat • class rigs, with or without drivers furnished at reasonable rates. Teaming et all kinds done on 8bort notice. S8T MeHIHBX. Invite the attention of the baying public to an entirely new stock of DBl| f&OODS, H0T10IS, CLOTHINCU OR OCERIES, Boots, Shoes Hats Caps, Granite Rockingham Glassware) Trunks, Hand Bags and Valises, O. H. Fargo*s Celebrated Boots and Shoes, etc. All grades Chick's Favorite Flour in stock. Every sack wai ranted. The highest price paid for produce. All goods soltKat one price and marked in pluiii' figures. Thank­ ing our patrons for past favors and hoping for a continuance of the same, we shall strive to please all who may give us a call, botfe in quality and price of goods. BONSLETT, A STOFFEL. Weat McHenry, 111., March 34,1894. Piano Minneapolis E M Owen & Son's. Self Binder, at BT S. F. BENNKft, " *, Mr. Preiidoti, mid Pelimv CUtxeru: ' ' The history of life is the history ef effort. With the first breath begins the struggle for simple existence. Later, when the physical and mental being have reached such a stage of de­ velopment that the individual is capa­ ble of self care and self support, the life task has broadened and deepened into the divinely appointed battle of man with his environment Around him are everywhere at work the myriad forces of Nature, confining his accomplished success within the limits of unchangable Law. Within him hag dawned to consciousness the thinking, reasoning soul, mysterious and un­ knowable, even under the most thought, fnl and rigid self-examination, but full of a divine impulse to work and grow aud conquer. The proper exercise and Suiding of that impulse|work8 eut and etermine8 the destiny of the man. Blest is he whose aspirations are high and whose effort is guiiled by good judgment and right reason, nigh aims, earnest effort and the guidance of good judgment in that effort will raise the humblest mind to be the light of its circle, or. maybe, the werld. But the crown of glory, the ultimate of blessing, is to those rare souls upon whom inspiration sometimes falls like a benediction--an apotheosis which transforms and lifts into the realms of supernal beauty and the companionship of cplestial intelligences. What is true of the individual is true of peoples. A powerful and intollieent nation is the result of growth. It must pass through the perils of infancy. Like the child, its beginning is in weakness and dependence. Like the child, its destiny is influenced by Its environ­ ment, but determined by the right or wrong guidance of the living forces working within It. Wise must be the men who lend the young nation through the dangers of its childhood and youth te a full developed and glorious man­ hood. Wise, said I? Nay, more! They must receive that inner enlightenment which is the gift of inspiration, that makes them precious, to the end that their work of the to-day may be suffi­ cient for the exigences of the to-mor> row that is to come. One more proposition: There seems to be a general desire In mankind to commemorate its successes in some such way that the future may know of them--that uuboru generations may yield respect and veneration to the works ef hands loug time returned to dust and of minds long time departed to that realm the only read to whose exploration leads through tbe gateway of death, Hence, in aU historic tlmss, yes, and in prehistoric, h«« arisen the monumental pUe.elequ' the dee ire the memory of his works--eloquent the same, whether It be the rude heap of rocks or rough-hewn stone erected by primitive races, the collossal sphynx and hieroglyphic obelisk of Egyptian Civilization, or the sculptured marble and granite shafts of nineteenth cen­ tury refinement and taste. Age after age has left its monuments, attesting the potent desire of man for an earthly Immortality. Age after age has build- ed of its most precious and most im- rierisliable materials and has exhausted ts most cunning skill te make these commemorative words proof against the ravages of time. But no mattei how skillfully, how strongly or how massively the hand of man hath wrought, the disintegrating forces of Nature will at last reduce his most perfect structures to dust,scatter­ ing it, slowly but surely to the four winds of heaven, while with it vanishes from the mind ef man the memory of the events they commemorate. There­ fore the search for more lasting monu­ mental material than the rock-bullded hills can give. What! Anything more lasting than the solid rock or the costly, refined gold! Aye, more lasting! The gift of immortality is not to things material, but to things Immaterial. No mortal eye hath seen the immaterial spirit that lives within us, that gives us a consciousness of an external world and ef its own Ego% that thinks, that reasons, that wills, that aspires on venturous wings to the very heaven of heavens, but tnat spirit shall live Tor- over, imperishable as the Spirit whose breath it Is, while the material body, so perfect and so wonderful in Its fash­ ion ing.'shall be resolved into its ori­ ginal elements and vanish forever from sight! So, while the material products evolved by time dissolve like a phan­ tasmagoria and are seen no more, time itself is eternal. Here, then, is our monumental material, more lasting than the cloud piercing mountain or the fathomless sea! From the fair precession of the days which make the cycle of the year, certain ones are chosen as memorial days--as MONU­ MENTAL DAYS, whose regular recurrence forever is established by the flat of divine law. These monumental days are indeed more lasting than shaft of rranite or marble,than tapering mono­ lith or heaven-aspiring pyramid! A portion of time itself is erected as a monument to the great event of the past Such a monumental day you, ladies and Gentlemen, have assembled to celebrate. The azure sky bends above you in blessing. To-day is brought back to your memories the birth of our Re­ public. To-day your children learn of that glorious band of patriots whose immortal Declaration shook the thrones of Europe and marked a new epoch In the civil and religious history of the race. You1 usher in the morning with the boom of cannon, a sound which not now means the spilling of the blood of vour kindred dear ones, thank God! Yon march in procession,keeping time to martial music. You sing the na­ tional songs whose music floats, like 1 li­ cence, upward to the pearly gates. Not here alone, but In ten thousand villages and hamlets, in sunny valleys and on basky hilltops you and your countrymeniisten to patriotic speech. You learn anew the lessen of loyalty. Your hearts glow with tbe fire of patriotism. Love of Fatherland fills your hearts to overflowing. Rash In­ deed would be the man who dare talk treason in your presence to-day. Even the children would take up arms, and your timid maidens would become heroines. . . _ ••My country tia of tnee, Sweet land of liberty, is the burden of the song of every heart and lip. , , ^ July 4th, 1776! What a day was that, my countrymen I Important events, Extending over many years, had al­ ready marked our history as a people. The infant Colonies had grown to be a not insignificant power. Their people had already learned the love of liberty. Its seeds, planted by the first Colonists liad taken deep and broad root. The spirit which had impelled the Pilgrims to resent intolerance in England, lead­ ing them first to Holland and then te the New World, that they might gain the right to worship God and govern their own lives according to the dic­ tates of their own consciences, still lived in the hearts of their descend­ ants and their followers. They had known something of the sweets of self government by the example of James­ town, where. In July 1619, was convened the first legislative bod}' that ever assembled in America, and whose privi­ leges were, iu 1621, embodied in the first written Constitution in our his­ tory, In Indian conflict and in battle with civilized armies they had proved tlHir aptitude for arm3. Instinctively they had resented the oppression of the British throne. The Navigation Acts had led to blood-shed. The at­ tempt to tax the Colonies to defray the expenses of war, when they were net represented in Parliament, had met with angry resistance and the bold assertion that "Taxation without repre­ sentation is tyranny" The Writs of Assistance, tne Stamp Act and the Mutiny Act had intensified the feeling of opposition to that tyranny. The first Continental Congress had been held In Philadelphia, Sept. 5th, 1774. The battle of Lexington had been fought on April 19th, 1775. In June had fol­ lowed the bloody combat of Bunker Hill. Ticonderoga had been captured by Ethan Allen and his handful of brave men. The second Continental Congress had met, In May. but tiie Declaration was not yet. The brave Montgomery had fallen In the dis­ astrous attack on Quebec. Washington had forced Howe to evacuate Boston. The British fleet had been driven, bat­ tered and shattered, from before the walls of Fort Moultrie. Not yet th& Declaration! But the Cent'.nentar Congress again convened. At that ses­ sion Richard Henry Lee, of Virginia, moved that "The United ColonUs are and ought to bt Independent States." This was adopted by a majority of one Colony, but it fired the hearts ef Con- f;ress and the people alike. The five inmortals, Thomas Jefiersou, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman and Robert R, Livingston were «ppointed a committee to draw up a DECL.VKATIOX OB INDEPBNDKNCK. They framed that famous document which has been read in your hearing to-day, and at 2 o'clock iu the afternoon of July 4th, 1776, it was adopted. Again I exclaim, what a day was that! The adoption of that Declara­ tion consecrated and made this a monu­ mental day for U6 and our children for all time. Can fancy picture the scene » Philadelphia that day ? The histor- W".' igartss crowded with people, anxious to learn the decision. In the steeple of the old State House was a bell on which, by a happy coincidence was Inscribed,'Pro­ claim liberty throughout all the land and uuto all the inhabitants thereof? In the morning, when Congress assem­ bled, the bell-ringer went to his post, having placed his boy below to an­ nounce when the iDeclaration was adopted that his bell might be the first to peal forth the glad tidings. Long he waited while the deliberations went on. Impatiently the old man shook his head and repeated,'They will never do it!' 'They will never do it!' Suddenly he heard his boy clapping his hands and shouting'Ring! Ring!' Grasping the iron tongue he swung it to and fro, proclaiming the glsd news of liberty to all the laud! The crowded streets caught up the sound. Every steeple re-echoed it. All that night, by shouts and illuminations and booming of can­ non the people declared their joy!" At that time the country was torn and rent by war, British soldiery,and mercenaries hired to do the work of slaughter, swarmed over the fair land. The flames of burning villages and farm houses, on every hand, showed where it was essayed tb crush the spirit of resistence to tyranny by applying the iucendiary torch. The Colonies had "Tories" then, as during the Great Rebellion the North had its "Copper­ heads." and these enemies ef independ ence joined bloody hands with a brutal foreign soidiery against their own neighbors and their own kin. Money to meet the extraqrdinary expenses of war was hard to otJtain. It looked like madness for the weak Colonies to try the issues of war with so mighty a power as that of England. It was the youthful David fighting the champion, Gollah. And the spirit of David was in the hearts of the people and the right hand of David's God upheld them. In the hour of the blackness and storm of howling war, that spirit rose trium­ phant, and breathed forth Its lofty sentiment, its sublime trust and its bold challenge In the Immortal Declar­ ation. That Declaration gave forth no uncertain sound. It was not diluted with the milk and water of compro­ mise. It fearlessly set forth the wrongs and the demands of the people, asking redress for the one, acknowledgement for the other. Being uttered, the de­ termination to stand by It was as rigid as iron, as immovable as the granite hills of New England, Defeat could not daunt It, disaster could net shake it. The blood-stained steps of our barefooted and ragged soldiery attest­ ed its sublime nature. The gloom of the winter of 1778 was not sufficient tf dishearten, or to quench the fires of patriotism. Washington's little army was then enduring the horrors of win­ ter at Valley Forge. History informs us that "The Continental paper money was so depreciated that an officer's pay would not buy his clothes. Many, hav­ ing spent their entire fortunes in the war, were compelled to resign In order to get a living. The men were en­ camped in cold, comfortless huts, with little food or clothing. Barefooted, they left on the frozen ground their tracks in blood. Few had blankets, and straw could not be obtained. Soldiers who were enfeebled by hunger and be­ numbed by cold, slept on the bare earth. Sickness followed. With no change of clothing, no suitable food and no medicine, death was the only relief. Amid this terrible suffering the fires ef patriotism burned brightly. Washington felt that his cause was just and inspired all around him with his •ubllme faith.'* What a picture! Can all history equal it! But at last the God of Battles gave the victory--not to the strong In men. In money and in arms. t>ut to the sacred right. The principles of the Declaration of July 4th, 1776, had been vindicated, its de­ mands compelled at the sword and bayonet point, and the day of its utter­ ance became a monumental day for a free people. We meet to-day. Fellow Citizens, un­ der different auspices. Wo represent not a weak and impoverished people of three or four millions, but a rich and powerful nation whose census roll counts fifty millions. The growth of the infant nation has been the marvel of the world. Volumes are required to give a history of this Republic since it became "free and independent." The spirit of progress has ever quickened her lire. "Excelsior" has been to her a practical motto. Westward from the Atlantic the tide of settlement has rolled, and never ceased the onward movement till met by the barrier of the boundless Pacific. Stale after state has joined the glorious sisterhood and added another star to the blue field 6f our national flag. The forces of Nature have been met and subdued, and made subservient to the uses of man. The primeval forrests have been made gar­ dens. Our broad prairies are the homes of happy industry and requite with generous hand the labors of the hus­ bandman. The barren plains, under the cunning persuasion of scientific farming have been made to bloom as the rose and to yield a wealth ef golden grain. The mountains have been pierced and made to yield up their precious treasures of iron and gold, of lead and silver and copper. The waters of the Atlantic wash one end of the iron rail that stretches in highways of traf­ fic and travel to our Pacific border. New York and San Francisco converse as face te face, and the same electric wire, forming a marvelous network from border to border, north and south, east and west, conveys, with rapidity of thought, to every village and ham­ let, aye, and to the doors of every household the messages of news, trade or friendship, or love, A system of popular education, well nigh perfect has been elaborated, and the school house on every hill, free to all, Is the nation's nursery of intelligence and patriotism and liberty. A thousand church spires, pointing to heaven show that as a people we still reverence that Supreme Being under whose benignant smile all this glory has come upon us. Our streams are strung with villages like pearls OH a silver cord. The natu­ ral centers of trade have grown into ironderful cities, whose busy inhabi­ tants would number almost an empire. Our great lakes are white with the sails of commerco. O, the mind is over­ whelmed with wonder and the lips are Speechless with surprise when we con­ template what we have been and are, and the glorious possibilities opening out before us! Earthly eloquence could never proclaim it. i£o pen, though dipped in the rivers of (inspiration, coidd depict it Ao.tbfcmina of man! It has uet danger »thi sailed so brave our wonderful career has the perman­ ence of the Government been seriously threatened. Instantly your minds re­ vert te the Great Rebellion. I speak of it new, not ('or the purpose of crim­ ination, nor to fan Into flame any smoldering fire of anger or hate that may linger in a loyal, and, it may be, bereaved heart, but for the solemn lesson It teaches, the sublime heroism it evoked and the deathless patriotism which it showed te be vet burning in the hearts of a people who remember­ ed the traditions of the fathers and the glory of Lexington and Bunker Hill. I can think of that war now in a differ­ ent spirit than I could twenty years ago. The heat and the rancor of the struggle are over. The smoke of the battle no longer blinds our eyes, and we zan now begin te see the hand of God,even in so great an affliction. The blood of our heroes In that struggle has not been shed in vain, precious, price­ less though It was. The desolate hemes the wail of the orphan and the tears of the widow caused t>y that war have found a record in the white book of the angels. The torn and bleeding Nation came out of the struggle puri­ fied as by fire. Tbe vital principle that, under the Constitution the National Government is and must be supreme, that the Union is not a simple league of States, is established, never again to be disputed. It took blood and treasure and tears and heartbreak to establish it--but it is established. Four million human chattels have been made free before the law, and lift up grateful hearts and unmanacled hands to God and high heaven. The medicine was bitter, but it gave life. The scourge was 6tinging, but it emote to ennoble and to save. There are men before me to whom that struggle was a dread and fearful reality. A young generation hat come upon the stage since then, and are fast taking the reius ef government into their hands. To them the late war Is a reminiscence--a page In history. Not so to these G. A. 11. veterans, the rem­ nants of the glorious hosts who sprang to the call of the bugle, aud followed the flag with a devotion that the heart's blood of tens of thousands seal­ ed. Ah, boys, comrades, your numbers are few, but upon your brows rests tbe glory of the crown of the ages! In our childhood we read with a nameless thrill and bated breath of Thermopylae and Marathon, and never dreamed that on American soil, and in our own lives should be enacted deeds of greater heroism. Gettysburg, Lookout Moun­ tain and other not less glorious fields startled the world with the splendor of your arms! The Stars and stripes wero baptized in more precious blood than were the Roman Eagles. The blood of heroes and martyrs leaped in the veins of the tiller of the soil, the pale student the soft-handed clerk in the marts of trade, the statesman and the mechanic, alike. The Incomparable hearts of our noble women gave up their loved to the sacrifice. Even the children lifted up their weak voices in shouts at sight of the starry flag. The first born of ten thousand Abrahams were 'aid upon the altar, and no voice from heaven stayed the swift descending steel. The roar of cannon, the shriek of the shell, the rattle of musketry became familiar sounds to ears that erst had been at­ tuned to the musi3 of gentle words that fell from loving lips. The home of luxury was exenanged for the foul and loathsome hell of the prison pen. The weary march and the couch of earth at its end, were borne by you, comrades, without a murmur. Beds of down and the gentle ministrations of woman wore exchanged tor the hospital tent, the comfortless barrack and the rude nurs­ ing of unpracticed hands. Wherever danger lurked in most appalling shape, while a traitor's hand was lifted against it, you bore that sacred flag. Disaster and defeat could not avail to break your loyal spirits. Yon wroodiei from the band of Treason the bloodjr Ksds directed to the heart of your osastn, and turned the poisoned point Iclll own throat. You nave made eternal the perpetoity of the Union. TM IHU* established the fact that self govern­ ment bv the people Is strnnr WHHgll te stand the strain of tbe mostgfflraatle war on record. The voices of too dark hued millions are lifted to beaten and call you blessed. Yen have compelled, at the cannon's mouth, a peace UMler whose benignant smile fifty millions of freemen are working out «t!ll higher and grander destinies for our beloved country. To-day that country lays at your feet its tribute ef respeet an# gratitude. The cloud Is lifted--thnnderoBS vltltetk AaU rent with battle's lifbtalajra--Lo tee a tar Of better promiae lirhta she way. Tbe breath Of war the windaof heaven have blowa afikr. Where erst war'a criraaon lillaa crowned the Sjd, The sweet forret-me-not bre&tha ont peifaOMI White lilies lift their hearta to God! Peace lights onr homes aa anna the da>a Of June! This graclona harvest Fresilom steepe te reap Was planted by yonr toll, in atom and caha. And watered by the bloed of thoee who aleep On shot awept fields beneath the Seotheot . palm. J.. r As floats that flag above eur heads te-dai, So floats it o'er a Nation, happv, free, ' i: Whose march is onward down the geldea way - The child of God and glerlone deatlayl Yes. Fellow Citizens, it Is aglorlou| heritage that men have handed dow|» to you. Can you, will you ever forged the debt of gratitude you owe thorn#. Perish the thought! Will your ettll' dren and your children's children through numberless generations, lott the memory of their grand patrlotl*«t, their sublime sacrifice? Never, while this anniversary morn breaks la tho east of the glad heavens! Tho Grand Army of the Republic! Grand not MOW« as once. In serried ranks of bristling steel, numberless as forest leaves, bnt grand in the heritage it has won f<Mr you and your descendants, grand in ita glorious memories! Ten only, of a* thousand, who followed tho flag to vic­ tory or death--the remnant, only. of ', regiments or brigades, join with yoa to celebrate this Monumental Day, 1 Their hair begins to sho«r tho sllvot frosts of the winter of age. Soipty sleeves tell the story of loyal arms loff on the field of battle. Honorable scare are the records of their braflrjr and devotion. By all that is sacred fi#fin 7 human heart, stand by them and thelf children, and thus prove that yon are worthy to wear the crown of gtoty wherewith they have crowned ouijt common country! v-- & Seventeen hundred and Mventy-4A|tp' eighteen hundred and slxty-on*4if, and eighteen hundred and elghijNraiif The first date the Rebelllen, tbe tho Great HfibtllMn, the th| blessed er^ whtoh le tutions, to protect, to nourish, defend. The gift has been won forysw by blood and treasure and toll. Wll you accept and keep sacred the gift? If dangers now beset us, they are In­ ternal, and not external. Wo forelgii power would willingly basar^ tat gage of war with us now. If dangem now threaten us, praspectlve or present they lie in the corruption of those tfhH whom we delegate the power to rule,, and in our own negligence and indiflei"* ence as a people. In a time like.thlt, during the heat and excitement of a Presidential contest, each pfcrty strives to irake us believe the other Is bound to lead the nation te ruin. Bat tlw language of partlzan newspapers ana partisan orators Is exaggerated, Thi pictures they paint are too highly colored. And yet, thev contain a warn­ ing we should heed. They should makjl us vigilant to watch the signs of tMk times, to be jealous of the way •op- rulers use their delegated power, an<| we should unrelentingly retire t* pr£ vate life one who proves recreant II his trust. We carry the palladium ef our safety in our votes. There lies 0# * power to keep this government fret frorfi corruption and preserve the bios# : ings ef this Union lo all time. Thi^ • ballot is a sacred trust, placed In th# . hands of every citizen of legal qmlll- * cations. In its proper use Is our safety*. The responsibilities of our future rei§ upon our own Individual shoulders. That this responsibility may be Intel­ ligently assumed we must have an edi}- > cated people. Here I might make afl earnest plea for the fostering of oi|rv common schools, were such a plea nei#\ cessary before this intelligent audience But, permit me to remind you that ouH schools are one great hope of our fu­ ture. From their doors must come that enlightened citizenship which shaft rule the destinies of this Republic. Alt educated race can never be enslaved* Our schools are the flowers of oqr ' civilization, the glory of a free Govern­ ment. Foster them, and we need no^ . fear the future. Their culture makea^ us competent to use the mighty lever' of the ballot to lift our free Instill# tiom of government above the plane o£r> all internal dangers. As freemen, lovers ef our country and her Instltu-- tions, we should so inform ourselve||( that we may exercise the elective fran^f chlse intelligently snd in the fear efl God. We must not be blinded by th|||' dust or deafened by the noise of fiolitt*^ cal conflict. We should calmly die?- criminate between the right and tk|N^ ~ wrong, and deposit our ballots aceohljP" ingly. If we adopt this eourse, no se|^ , of venal politicians can ruin thiscoun* * try. but her course will ever be oawar# and upward from victory to victory and from glory to glery, untU Bepubli#i • can principles shall have become dee^« geminated among all peoples tho broad circuit of the earth; until kings an# emperors and autocrats shall have bstft relegated te their proper plaeamii level with the common peopl«,aikd Mil government shall have become unlvoi^, gal wherever tbe snnshlae blesses th|t glad earth! <y jv ; Such is the destiny of Amerlca,lf heih0 citizens are true to theaselros and true to her. Her mission Is to all landf* all peoples and kindreds and t<MWuei& { In her is the hope of tho downtrodden and the oppressed every where. To her are turned the eyes of millions, lenglnf for the light, longing to bo free. Ii- her is culminating t&e fruition of th# hope of the patriotic of all past time* • The sick with oppression kiss her car* ̂ ments* hem ana bopo for keauM* « Europe turns to her nam the out aal-u; Asia from the west. Her light lfip wstched from the further shore* of tht»« two groat eosans. God speed her In her mission ef enlightenment and liberty, until all mankind common people, with os government, one hope, one mw common, glorious destiny • f •Sfi :'l§8 ^ ̂ $ • - ^ • • * < fitf'i - rf'v - .a,' L- *k- : •• Iii cTi: f ' X • * f - u - , , J -/••W • ' " • -