. Reminiscenes of the civil war; . ers and influence which God has given you to thepreservation of that for which you fought, and which wenow enjoy, to the end that our children and our chil-drens children to the remotest generation may enjoythe same rich blessings; and to the end also that byforce of our example all kings and princes and rulers ofmen in all the earth shall be constrained to acknowledgeand practice the sublime truths that, All men are equalbefore the law, and that every man upon this broad foot-stool of God, however lowly his condition, is entitled tolife, liberty, and the pur
. Reminiscenes of the civil war; . ers and influence which God has given you to thepreservation of that for which you fought, and which wenow enjoy, to the end that our children and our chil-drens children to the remotest generation may enjoythe same rich blessings; and to the end also that byforce of our example all kings and princes and rulers ofmen in all the earth shall be constrained to acknowledgeand practice the sublime truths that, All men are equalbefore the law, and that every man upon this broad foot-stool of God, however lowly his condition, is entitled tolife, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Comrades: Our pleasant reunion draws to itsclose. We must soon separate, but we do so in the joyfulhope that this separation will be only for a season, andthat many delightful reunions await us in the the God of our fathers bless you and help you andmake all your future lives useful, prosperous andhappy! OF THE CIVIL WAR 249 IN MEMORIAM. Oration Delivered at Oakhill Cemetery, Junesvillc, Wih- have sometimeis doubted the proprietyof devoting to the delivery of ad-dresses any portion of tlie time occu-pied in these memorial services, whichare so appropriately held each yearthroughout the country over thegraves of our dead soldiers. Thereare conditions of mind that are farbetter expressed by silence than bywords; there are emotions of the heart too deep forutterance. In the first light of a great joy, or in thefirst darkness of a great grief, the heart turns withinitself to revel in its happiness undisturbed or to sufferits affliction in silence and alone. But after the firstemotions, whether of pleasure or pain, have passed, andwe come to contemplate more calmly the event that hasbrightened or saddened our lives, we naturally seek thecongratulations or sympathy of others and derive asatisfaction in giving utterance to our surcharged feel-ings. This may be our state of mind today. When thesebrave men whose services we are here to commemorate
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