. Report of proceedings incidental to the erection and dedication of the Confederate monument. hjmn: To serve the present age:My calling to , ma\- it all my powers engage,To do my Masters will. Those born since the close of the war are now in the majority andmust be impressed with the spirit of the survivors. If it be magnanimous,they will be inspired with that patriotism and loyalty which the conflictdeveloped, and I verilj- believe that no heroic sacrifice is e\er lost, andthat the characters of men are moulded and inspired b\ what theyinherit, and by the interests they adopt and m
. Report of proceedings incidental to the erection and dedication of the Confederate monument. hjmn: To serve the present age:My calling to , ma\- it all my powers engage,To do my Masters will. Those born since the close of the war are now in the majority andmust be impressed with the spirit of the survivors. If it be magnanimous,they will be inspired with that patriotism and loyalty which the conflictdeveloped, and I verilj- believe that no heroic sacrifice is e\er lost, andthat the characters of men are moulded and inspired b\ what theyinherit, and by the interests they adopt and maintain. How much thiscountry is indebted to the war of 1861 and 1865 no man can began to take on its cosmopolitan features about the timeof our trouble: emigrants from all parts of the world came among us,bringing the traditions and prejudices and national peculiarities of thewhole earth. Man\- of them entered the .\rmy of the United States asEnglishmen, Irishmen. Scotchmen, Germans and Frenchmen, but suchas survived came out of the war Americans. I have heard the stubborn. 111 Ens;lishman. the licroic Scotchman, the enthusiastic Irishman, thehrart\- German and the fun-lovint; Irenchnian join in singing i\I\ conntr\ tis of land of liberty,Of tliee I sing. as lustily as though thev had all been born and reared on these true Americans we ought to enter into the service of this day withthe same enthusiasm that characterized the days of enlistment, organiza-tion and conflict. Turning from the busy marts let us hasten to themountains, whose rugged brows oiler flowers, and decorate the graveswith a spirit so catholic as not to be influenced by any distinction, geo-graphical, political or religious. Leaving the blasts of war we hasten topraise God for the past and pra) that peace and good will may fill allhearts and homes. Standing here on this beautiful rose-bedded earthbeneath a smiling heaxen, let us seek Him who gave Himself for us andnow wait
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