Democratic Sentinel, Volume 7, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 May 1883 — TWENTY YEARS AFTER. [ARTICLE]

TWENTY YEARS AFTER.

Reunim of the Army of Potomac VetK » erans. •*. *4. :—— M.L v Reviewed by President Arthur- * * ? Gen. Newton Chosen r- President. * • ta ■ fffci ——— 1 » •<* •- Abort 500 nu<nbera.of the Society of the Army of the Potomac attended the fifteenth annual reunion of that body in Washington. The parade \ exercisea The veterans, about 300 Of them, escorted bv the United States troops qpd the District militia, paraded some of the princL pal streets, and, passing by the Executive Alansion, wert reviewed by President A» >ur. The veterans were also givenarecepTion by the President, who was introduced to them th the blue-room. '• <<< ,* * At the .business meetingof the society -unite, a spirited contest arose over the election-bf A President for theVsatateff year. Gen. Mann, of North Carolina, nominated Gen. John and MM; Stone fioininated Gen; Grant! The eligibility 61 the latter for the position was ati once Questioned,' he being only an honorary member ofthA society. Gen. Newton was electbed, receiving J 55 votqp to Gep. GrantDtooklyn. NT X., was selected, by a rising vote, as Mie next place of meeting. Jr a A The-exetolsee in the evening utAhe National Theater consisted of a poem by Georgia Alfred Townsend and an oration by the Hon. Martin Maginnis. Every available 4 eat in the thgpter was occupied. 'Mr. Townsend’s poem was greeted With much applause, especially those portions deifying TAncota, the martyred Commanderdn-Phiaf of the armies,jthe vast audience rising reIpeatedly, cheering and waying their hats. Mai. Maginnfi, the oratory was enthuslas--1 tically cHeerdd throughout ms effort. At the coDclutiorAof Marianis’ oration which was cheered ,at every point, Gep. Shermanwasjcalledfor. . He came forward ’ and made oneof his characteristic speeches! He addressed the gathering as “friends and comrades in ,a common cause," and made •his first joke uy etatfhg that a ne’ghbbr to the platform had told him they did Wot want to hear from bummers to-rfignfi He toe*, in a quiet way, twitted the A’otomap fallows thought the great West contribute * a little bit toward downingHeff. Davis arflWiiEfcfollowers. -’“Wti-'ot the West, ’ksaid hspfhavaa fancy that th* Mississippi-is censtdepable pf a stream. We beliqpe that its armsj. the Ohio and Missouri, cmbra<« a large scope of country. We know., tbit it is densely populated. We know tnatvfc is peopled by intelllgeht, industrious an® sober classes. They “think themselvesot same importance. When they vtare cut off from thfoGuJf as Mexico and the ocean, I assure you that the opening-of that river to New Orleans, by the "Joint efforts fff the Stray and navy er> the United itatgs, subztantiaJly achieved the success of the cause for winch we fought.” GenTitz Jdhn PorteTs oldjcorps—the Fifth —adopted a Resolution urging voted ing the dav, and a banquet in the evening GEOTmtiwttFKEiiAfWlrstoto’b poems ■ The pcern of George Alfred wgs a tribute to Abraham Lincoln, Compaander-in-Ohief 'of a> the armies- ft warf<>pteeeof smoothly-flowing verse, and is undoubtedly one of the: best productions of tlie poetjournal‘st K is as rolkrws? Civil sOMiers, reassembled by the rivar of year Ye who saved She virgin city bathed in WashingWhich°of 8 past* commanders *doth tfils day yo« memory haunt? SoottiMilJowell, Burnside, Hooker, Meade, McClellan, Halleck, Grant? There is one too little mentions® When your Sroud reunions come, e thoughtful love of country dies upon We Let muster! Let me wake Mminyfrur grief! toe Captain by constitution, jti’am was Ever nearest tb his ye were Ms defense and shield; U- ■’« He alone of your commanders died,, upon the All your Generals were his children, ieanlngfon him childish-willed, >!k £t And they all were filial mourners round the mighty tombhe fllbed. f Tender as the. harp of bavi<| his soft answers now become. When amid the cares "bf kingdoms rtae and fell sortie Absolom; And gilds his mepiory like a light Or tfie sunken yun that lingers ofi the lofty monument? Like the slave that saw the svnrise with his face ■toward tee West,. - As it flashed, while yet ’twasTiidden, on a slender Rteeble's cr^str,*’ J So while Victory turned herdtrom him, ere ths ifeetfc aftar Feeling Jlr tlft doomed desefter, feeferg for the drtifted*hire, ’ • *■■ * a. For the. cmnty Northern hagrUistxme and the Southern home afire,* Mercy kept mm grimes Moloch, all "vhe furore "babes to free, - * ' .;V> ?• Rg , And etetmal peace to gamer for the millions yet • to be. *. , , w Not a soldiesof the cissies, he could see through leamedjpretense, • ‘ Master of me greatest sotdhcdj military c<rtnmon sense; Ashewatchefi your marches, comrades, hither, thither, wayward years, ***;"' On his map the roads yotl followed, yW can trace tMMn by his tear* A■■ .*i-4 . In the rear the -peopla-clamorted, in the front the In critic and antagBut heruled* them WitU $ 0 “X e & bliatoß Faint of faith? we locked belilnd us Mr am*of * -hftheriinei * - ■! » < While tee voice that drqwyed the trqm»ets Ever GtriMs haAis by the hand, Ji's# ; Walking on tee tempest with us, evgjy cßslg.to coinmand. - t <, Like tlsbugje blown evening Lincojn’s words, unearthly qui*er 1 4n the wni- ' vSrsaKeatft, M ' Notaiibeho Jeftpf malice, scawe of JfiynpE in As When summer tlffenßer AurmurtHta pathetic showe* of rai*. ! .... -tn fe * ’’Years frttever consefinfted, fipre he Mved wkere , Never cryjng on the tee tail’s m Here hjs darling boy he-buried, and tl|p Might in Lika iSsf ga^en> i* 4 How his call for mW‘ Wen# rlngii?i*ro%ndFthe wibrld, a nrighfy MH I > *«. di 'S' ■ And thy races of, creation cape the ]ROud revolt Standmg hf the hfit rea ctfon on the rodfc of * ’ twHuarfiris-hts, * . Mfc I a, Worn grew his featuresjn the Once, - When fiie slaves in bufirinftßltemqydknelAand t<i thought him Washington! x Then an envious hteyft snatcheq him from the theater of tlfflßtsrJ * > '. ■» To became a saint sis JWtunelnthe Pantheenof lings’ vM .. Fadedr*re t|R golden chevrons, vanished l%tbe Mild in hen Ven bis ’ moral glory lingers Ilk# the mornirtfc ■ And tae.freeman’a «mqpf eytton his white spirit And the barest, bea? his army's -U/W -reveiMe. » ' ■ AlFAfcohnd 11m spoiled rtr freedy, Women Vain > anelMmr spa»te« - > t Still his faifh in human nature lived without dtaeouragpment; ' ■' ’ s -** For his oouftvf; which eodM raise Wm barefoot, CouJcLhe mack her, or his Ji other, tlimighher could not write? , ' • Deep, the' wells of humble ’ childhoiSil, ooof the springs beside'the 1 huM- • Millions nMre as pour' as Lincoln *ee t&e door he ha* not shut, v 4 »t »i Not tilf. wealth has made its Canker every poor white ertbin through, Shajl the gfieat. Republic fiither o» the infidel . subdue. • 4 y ... * ~ BtandM»ro<id your great Lay ear Mortt a ' hundred years. ' And wheadhe nt for soldiers, rolls 4)ong Look to riser" and mirch, the*eitfr, Arid hewhofirrt'iiwtiie sun rise shfitrid be inaie» KW. -A stave Med teK back t# the snu and looked up tfi c shaft of aJiigh temple the wUeit