Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 October 1895 — Matthews as an Orator. [ARTICLE]

Matthews as an Orator.

Governor Matthews lias made many great speeches, all coached in the most pleasing lanp uage, and most beautifully expressing the sentiments of patriotism. His speech at the dedication of Chickamaugawas no exception, and will rank well with the best productions of the great orators. “Is it a wonder,” said he, “that we are here to honor heroes living and heroes dead? l'nat a great state, m grateful remembrance, Bhculu erect monuments commemorative of the valor of her sons? We will weave the willow in our garland of triumph, and in the paean of victory mingle a sigh for the dead. It is fitting that here should be established a great ..as tional park, for of all the battles of the war this was a natio"al battle ground. Twenty-eight states of the Union sent their sons to contend for the right as they saw it. In this timj oE peace, when swords are beaten into plowshares and spears into pruning hooks when th i grass waves and the flowers bloom alifce upon the graves of olden foes, what a meeting should this be of brave, generous and

magnanimous men. Though once arrayed against each other—the one side filled with tht conscious ness of right, and the eternal just** ice of their cause; the other wrong as proved by the arbi'rament of arms, and the verdict of the following years, but equally brave, honest a d sincere. “As brave men they fought, as brave men they resignedly accepted the c-naitions, returned to th ir homeß with but little .est save their manhood and the virtue of their women, to take up the work or the American citizen that adds to the common prosperity of the country. Had they not been brave foes the victory would not be worth the boasting; were they and you less brave and generous now, you were not worthy to be citizens of a great republic. “Here is given strong rebuke to the narrow goals whi;h would yet prete of dissensions or sectional strife and hate. The lesson sent forth to the world from this batcle. field will be that of forgiving, but Ml forgetting the great cause of The American people,

j whether from the north or from tde ronth, are brothers in evmpai thy ano heart and purpose, marching stead.ly ou, hand m hand, to achieve that graude 1 * destiny which awaits us as a nation in the future —as one people, of one-country and under one flag.” - -1 .. »■««►—■ ■ - - Ragweed for D : arrhea.—A rag weed is said to be one of th most effective remedies for diarrhea for mankind and domestic animals. — For the forms of diarrhea cimmon in late summer and early autumn, it is as nearly specific as can be touDd for aDy di ease. Horse shoes are being made of alumi um with steel face.we'ghing from one ouuce for racing shoes to six ounces for heavy draft.