Semi-weekly Express, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 12 October 1897 — Page 3

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ADDRESS OF HON'. fOHN C- CHANEY.

At the Grand Army Reunion At PSrme'f'Siurg, Ind., Thursday, October 7, 3897-

:*&<3oldiers and Friends:—When Abraham Lincoln was about to be inaugurated president of the United States the political sky was overcast with the darkest clouds of uncertainty and doubt. The lightnings flashed with forked tongues of mad statesmanship. The stars seemed to be arrayed in battle lines across the sky. Senators and representatives in congress fongot their oaths to support the constitution of the government, and officers of the army and navy turned their backs upon the

Nation they, had swcrn to aerend. Old Independence Bell rang away as hard and as strong as ever but its peals of universal liberty fell upon the deaf ears of the plotters of secession. And why was this so? It was because an aristocracy- had grown up on. account of slavery which claimed it was commissioned of Heaven to hold the reins of power in the United S.ates. This nation which had been conceived in absolute liberty and bcrn of the principle that all men are created equal, had gone off after false gods, declaring that the plebeian should be the hewer of wood and drawer of water and declaring further that the plebeian was the mau who earned hi9 bread in the sweat of his own tace. Fcr sixty years this slave aristocracy had controlled the destinies of this Nation.

There had been sixty years of southern prese:.dent9 to twenty-fobr from the north. There had been eighteen southern judges on the supreme bench to eleven from the north, although four-fifths of the judicial 'business had arisen north of Mason and Dixon's line. The south had had twenty-four presidents of the senate, the north eleven. There had been twentythree speakers of UiTe house from the south and twelve from the north. The south had had fourteen attorney-generals, the north but five. Of the foreign ministers the south had' sent eighty-six: iand the north but fifty-four, while three-fourth of the business demanding diplomatic agents abroad came from the north. The higher offices of the army and navy were held by the south. More than two-thirds of the comptrollers, auditors and accounting officers of the treasury were from the south and yet the south had less than onethird of the white population' of "the coun7 try, and more than three-fourtTis of the revenues collected for the support of the government had to be raised in. the north.. By the report of the postmaster-general in I860 the north contributed J19,0(KT,000 to postal expenses and consumed but J13.000.000, while the south used more than $6,000,000 above Its contribution.

TVEJRY DBMiAN'D CONCEDED. Every demand of the south had been agreed to by the north. Twenty-years of slave-trade was granted the southern people thrce-flfthB representation in congress for the number of slaves had been conceded the fugitive slave-law har been passed when this aristo cratis south demanded more territory for the spread'of the institution of slavery the north gave' them Louisiana, Florida and Texas, out of whi^h four states were carved.

No wonder this southern 'aristocracy came to believe that slavery was a divine institution and that they had a right to rille the country

With an assurance born of these historical facts it is no wonder that the election of Mr. Lincoln to the presidency gave these people serious offense.

There were muffled utterances that Mr. Lincoln would never be inaugurated president. The constitutional method of electing presidents satisAe-V the southern aristocracy only so long as it secured the election of a man who believed in human slavery. The great republic was about to be rent in twain. Men talked with bated breath. Friends of the Declaration of Independence allowed the Fourth of July to go by without firing a salute or giving a chcer. The sword of Bunker Hill had lost its inspiration. Gen. Marion'is grave in South Carolina was neglected to desolation Mt. Vernon grew up in weeds, and thorns and bramble-bushes desecrated the altar of liberty. Memebrs of congress resigned their seats the secretary of war had depleted the army ,store-houses, and the army and navy had been so deployed as to render them inefficient and valueless.

Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Florida, Mississippi, Texas and .South Carolina had passed ordinances of secession, and Jefferson Davis and Alexander H. Stevens had been declared president and vice president of a so-called Southery Confederary.

Ft. Moultrie, Ft. 'Morgan, Baton Rouge Barracks, Ft. Jackson. Ft. St. Philip, Ft. Pike and OJlethrope Barracks had been seized by this self-constituted authority.

LINCOLN'S PROPHETIS VISION. Amid thes conditions Abraham Lincoln Btarted to Washington to take the oath of his high office. Ah! those were troublous times. "There was hurrying In hot ha9te," The 'canon's opening roar" was expected any minute. But Mr. Lincoln was inaugurated. With a heart full of patriotism, and a courage equal to inspiration he addressed his fellow citizens from the east front of the capital, closing with the beautiful peroration: "I am loth to close. We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, It must not'break our bonds og affection. The mystic chords of memory 9tretching from every battle-field and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union, when again touched, as they surely will be, by the better angels of our nature."

Great man and true? Reviled, villified, persecuted, assassinated- because he dared to preserve this Nation from destrurtion. and great-hearted citizenship now, but not Everybody extols his sincerity, patriotism all could see it then. His humanity was as Catholic as his soul was great. ,v

In 1861 the United States government dwelt apart—a bright star—ks the only representative of human iroerty, a liberty which had been purchased at the. cost of blood and treasure from the south as well as the north. It was tiuilt upon.the theory lhat one man is better than ati'olher only when he behaves himself "better, and yet 1,000.000 of God's annointed vfrithtn our domain languished in slavery. Our forefathers had rejected "the divine right of Icings to rule" the human race, but tolerated the personal right of the master to rule his slave.

OPENING OF THE REBELLION. But a "house divided against itself could not stand." The question was universal liberty against the auction block where men and women were bougnt and sold. Then came Ft. Sumpter everybody knows Ft. Sumptcr. The shot which crashed igainst its granite walls from Beau regard's command llned-un the &f thelanl agalns the lis-mlty oTaeressioni

Major Anderson's little band..of seventy men unfurled the banner of our country to the breezes of the batt!e"and heroically maintained It there. There tnere "was "harrying to and firo," martial tents were pitched and the "boys in blue" marched down into southland to demand a reparation for the insult tp the flag.,

It was Bull Run and Ft, Donaldson, Vicksburg and Gettysburg, Chlcamauga and the wilderness,—from Atlanta to the Sea, and from headquarters to the field, to Appomattox and its famous apple tree. And in and through it all was the Emansiapation Proclamation.

Not this Nation, tout the last* menace to absolute liberty, was to pfcrisli from the earth. '"Tis sweet to taste the cups of liberty," and the black man "sprang to his dutyas one having the knowledge of a new name."

In Lincoln Psrlt in Washington there is raised the statue of Abraham Lincoln with outstretched hand above the head of a crouching slave. f»om whose wrists the handcuffs of slavery have just been broken, and on whose countenance tnere is the impress of the first Intelligence that he. is to be "henceforth and forever free." Free to breath tihe uncontamlnated atmosphere of heaven: free to drink the crystal waters of the earth: free to plant n:s awn vine and tree where "none dare to molest him or make him afraid:" free to court his v,*ife and kiss his own children. Ah! that has a volume of glory in it.

When the "Stars and Stripes" were handed the color-bearer of the first regiment of colors froops. the colonel said: "I give y\u this banner, bear forth to battle, sur r.-nder it to no one. but return to'me." The color-bearer responded: I accept this banner, I wiil carry it into the battle. I will surrender it to no one. will return It to vou or ril give Got! the reason." After the battle black hands Drought back the flag to the colonel, but they were not the hands which had borne it forth. My comrade bore this banner forth to the battle as you commanded him to do he •urrendcred it to no man: he has given God the reason why I returned it to you."

I tell ycu soldiers, the sua of liberty is

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no respector of persons. It makes no difference whether a man's face is formed in alabaster of in ebony. The fires of freedom guide his feet by night, and the clouds of heaven sprinkle his pathway by day. The courage of absolute liberty is the "rock of salvation." It was this courage ''that made the armies of the union invincible and formed the Grand Army of the

Republic. Volunteer soldiers are always Invincible. Their hearts are in every bullet, because they fight for a principle.

There must be discipline of coure, but the trained soldier, without a purpose, is a travesty on courage, and rarely ever wins a decisive victory.

The volunteer soldier of the Union in the war of 1861, did not gird on their hemlets and fix their bayonets to destroy and plunder, to subjugate a province and enrich themselves—they went out to battle to save a nation from destruction and they succeeded. They fought for the principle that all men are created equal, with the Inalienable right to life, liberty ami the pursuit of happiness. They declared that the government of the people, by the people and for the people should not perish from earth. An army with more exalted aims never went forth to battle. It was and is the Grand Army of the Republic.

G'RBAT DEBT DUE SOLDIERS. "May its lustre never dim, its glory evr shine." All honor to the Union soldier! The country owes him much. The epoch marked by him is of paramount importance in the progress of the human race.

There is not enough paper and silver and gold in the money vaults of the earth to pay the debt humanity owes to the Grand Army of the Republic. The world in'wonured the consequences to mankind. This army showed the world the stability of free institutions. It demonstrated the fact that a "people who are governed least are governed best."1 It convinced the world that the scepter and the crown may be ornamental but not very useful. It consecrated this country anew to honest, individual endeavor. It obliterated lines of caste and class. It made labor respectable and dignified the virtue of honest toil. It showed that the intelligent citizen Is a "never crumbling stone" of good government. It proved that the school house is our fortress and that universal education is our high tower where the flag shall henceforth float. I can speak of thse things without prejudice and without a certain personal interest, for it was not my privilege to share the glory which this presence inspires and I have always found fault with my father for having me born so late in the scale of time as to bar me from full fellowship here. But I appreciate your great honcr. I shall absorb all of It that I can. The union soldier has not a firmer friend than myself. And I assure you it gives me as great pleasure to attend this campfire today as it does any of you.

The laurels of victory which you wear were well earned. The foe against which you fought was worthy of your steel. '"Tis the cause makes all—

Degrades or hallows courage in its fall. MONUMENT TO SOLDIERS. In the captial of our beloved state there stands a monument—magnificent, majestic, sublime. It was ererted through the good offices of the state to the perpetual memory of the soldiers of Indiana who gave their lives, their fortunes and their sacred honor in the name of the supremacy of liberty.

Generations to come will pass through Circle Park In Indianapolis to inhale patriotic Inspiration as they read the inscription of the hprqjc deed3 or the volunteer soldiers of ^ndlftriH. It was not without strenuous oppos&fdh that this monument was reared.-fjsttflnoaan:.. do no good, it will serve to engender strife," was heard here and there. But no mile post of progress was ever planted Without objection. It has always-"IsfeiS? so. But while this is true, it is also? tnrid that the spirit of patriotic pride caaanpt be stined. It is like the bird of our 'liberties, it soars above the storm.

The way to surmount opposition is to get above it. The monument does do good. It is worth all it cost. It will serve the next generation and inspire the children born to it with victory.

Some time ago I was at Melrose Abbey In Scotland where lies buried the heart of the great Bruce whose leadership of the Clan of Douglass won it every battle. And, when the great Bruce was dead, the Douglass took his heart, put into a silver casket and wore it on his breast In the wars with Spain. When the battle raged hottest and where the fight was thickest, he would cast forward this casket saying, "pass on, brave heart, Into the midst of the battle, as oft thou hast done the Douglass will follow thee or die."

MEN OF TRUE COURAGE. Men of true courage always afford useful examples to those who come after them. In your victories, succeeding generations will have a just pride, and monument erected to your valor will live in song and story long after the stones which form the pile shall have crumbled into decay.

What a grand pageant must have been the "muster-out" of the armies of Grant and Sherman. Victors they were, but no captive rebels clanked' their chains on the march down Pennsylvania Avenue. General Grant had gv^n" returned to General Lee nte s.Word, and given his troops their horses' for their Spring plowing. The great critftfclft could fight It out onhis line although it took all siommer, yet whert the victory was won he' was 90 magnanimous that the \yorld wondfr^ed. naS'n sang or sftbrjK7 He'^lmply said, "Let us

The lik^ of this nas never been told in

have pea««"' 'Oht W*y could the south not appreciate (Lincoln and Grant "Peace hath her victories no less renowned than war." The soldiers of victory came home to plow and to sow, to build and to beautify, to bless and foe blessed in return.

You not only saved the structure of selfgovernment, tout you broadened and deepened its fountain stones until the gates of hell cannot prevail against it.

The development of the United States since the last armed foe surrendered has not been equaled In modern times. It has been phenominal. It is the admiration of the world. From an insignificant band of struggling colonies, we have developed Into a "world's fair." The people of other lands know the god land of hope as surely as the swallow knows the land of summer.

The countries of the old world are full of caste and class, of serps and beggars. We have a few ps-ople in this country who pray—"Give us this day our daily bread." but they usually have the map of some other country on their faces. The genuine American, either by birth or adoption, possesses that spirit of independence and progress that he conquers peace as he did war.

Columbus may have discovered America, but the United States «s full of Columbuses, and thev are every day recording their discoveries. Galllleo declared that the world moves, but the American citizen shows how the world does move.

If the price of silver goes down he goes to digging gold: and if the gold fields of California and Colorado and Montana do not surrender their treasures with sufficient abundance he goes to Klondyke.

GENIUS OF AiM-EiRICAN CITIZENS. You, cannot snuff out the genius and energy of the American citizen. He has built the substructure or tne greatest nation on the face of the earth, and he will never stop until its spires shall touch the sky. In the old days when men undertook such a task as this their speech became confused, but however high this structure may be built, the. United States will have a patent on it before anyone begins to "babel." Some people originate and execute: others pick out of this originality enough to elk out an existence. There are a few of this latter class. The United States must have Its parasites, because it is a part of the inscrutable province of God. But the objector and the maligner do not belong to the procession. Their places are on the fence while the progress of things pass by. Life is too short to turn aside and push them off their roost.

In this country every patriot is a soldier. We are always on a peace footing, but if any other country under the sun and the stars imagine we would not learn war anymore just let that nation insult our flag. Our territory is as broad as all Europe, yet our army numbers less than 25,000 men, while the most insignificant country of Europe has three times this number of troops, England and Russia have each above three-quarters of a million In the field, and France and Germany support regular armies of more than 500,000 men.

The annua! expense of maintaining our armv is *13,000,000. while England expends 5S9.000.000 to pay her troops, France 5123,ono.nort, Germanv 5125,000,000 and Russia 5213,000,000.

Our pension roll is on a scale and theory that the gratitude of the country should be sufficient to keep the most unfortunate soldier out ot the poor houSe, and provide everv one of them with all the comforts of life.

In the light of history, in the spirit of patriotism, in the blessings of gratitude, it Is now too late to murmur at 5140.000,000 per year to the union soldier. Money can never pay for the sacrifices, sufferings and deprivations endured for aur sake. But insofar as money may reliefe the disabili­

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ties of battle, let us not measure it out by an apothicary's scale. •It is not a burden. It blesses the Nation which gives, as well as him that receives the money. It encourages the future by the fact that 'Republics are not ungrateful.

The cost of maintaining our army and our pension roll Is far below the cost of maintaining the army and pension roil of other first-class powers. Our theory is that it is far better to support a small army and pay liberal pensions to our heroes, thanto preserve a large army and deal out a niggardly allowance to the protectors of our liberties who have become maimed and broken in the iine of duty.

Leaving out China, we have a greater population than any other country except Russia. The per capita expense is, therefore, still further reduced, so that on the whole, we not only have the true theory of the thing, but we have exercised a wise business discretion in the matter. It is a wise economy to remember the men in ranks. While extolling the valor of Grant and Sherman and Sheridan, of Meade and Thomas and F&rragut, we must not forget the men who made their success possible. It is our boast that America is no respector of persons, or rather it is the respector of everyone who drinks at the fountain 2f our liberties.

As an illustration of this principle, we pay small salaries to our chief officials. We do not make office-holding too profitable. We pay the president of the United States 550,000 per annum. The salary of the president of the French republic is 5120,000 per annum. The attorney-general of Canada gets as much as the president of the United States. We do not support any man in his dignity but expect every one to look after his own dignity. This is not so in any other country in the world. Dignity is an expensive thing abroad. It costs more than all the salaries of the president and his cabinet and the expense paid the army and navy of the United States. It costs annually to support the queen of England 51,725,000 The Prince of Wales 200,000 The Frincess of Wales 50,000 Dowager Empress Frederick of

Germany .„.T 40,000 Duke of Edinburg .1..., 50,000 Princess Christian'"'..^'.'. 30,000 Princess Louise .. A'^/Y:. 30.'W0 Duke of Connaught 125,000 Princess Beatrice 30,000 Duke of Cambridge (queen's cousin)

60,000

Duchess of Te^k 25,000 Duchess of Albany 30,000 Duchess of Mecklenberg-Strelitz (queen's cousin) 15,000 Children of Prince of Wales 180,000 The queen also receives the revenuesof the Ducky of Lancaster.. 250,000

Aggregating ".....$2,840,000 When a memoer of the rtoyal family marries and appropriation is always expected, and when the Princess Beatrice married some time ago parliament voted her 5150,000 to buy her wedding trossau.

Well, when the house of Harrison, or the house of Cleveland, or the house of McKinley marries off its incumbents, the revenues to pay the expenses of these interesting events will probably come out of Papa Harrison, or Papa Cleveland, or Papa McKinley''s individual trousers pocket.

OUR PLAN OF DOING THINGS. Our plan of doing things is just a little better than the way others do them. We have profited by the expehience of others. We have built upon the best intelligence the world possessed.

We want men and believe in men who have the American idea. I mean by that, any man, native or foreign born, who believes in America and things American. We want men who have fcrsakgn the effete things which other, poorer governments have produced. We want men who think for themselves. and who entertain thoughts of future advancement and progress.

If anyone likes any other country better than this, let him live there. We own this place and are able to keep% it. If any man don't like our coffee let him pass on. We didn't brew the beverage for him any way. If Johnny Bull, of King William, or the Czar of (Russia, or the great Tycoon of Japan don't like our ways it is no matter. Just so they suit us. Let them keep their feet out of the baby's cradle and leave the place unharmed.

In traveling abroad one sees the evidences of "glory long departed." Aside from the art and architecture in Europe, their pride is in their musuems where are displayed the implements of cruelty to human beings who had incurred the displeasure of the king, and where are found the relics of an effete civilization.

If you ask to be shown tne true greatness of their country they turn their faces toward the past. Everybody is shown the Tower of London, the Cyclorama of the Bastile, the Alhambra and the Blarney stone.

Egypt has the River Nile and the pyramids. Italy has the Cathedral at Milan, and Germany has a saintly clock.

In the United iStates every timepiece has a silver escapement and a jewel for every bearing. We can read our titles clear in a church with or without its spares. We have a thousand Niles, and our pyramids of prosperity are found in our factories and furnaces in every congressional district in the Union.

PATRIOTS FACE THE FUTURE. There is no such thing as luck, but success attends every intelligent, individual effort. Confidence is abroad in the land. The earth and the sea yield up their treasures, and, in the markets of the world, the best of prices prevail. There never was but one man who wrote "Looking Backward."

The patriotic citizen faces the. future. He has confidence in himself and his neighbor and his country. There is room enough for every one. Let any man faithfully expend his energies In any of the pursuits of life and he will succeed. The victory does not lie in pulling down what otheri have bullded. If every man were to spend as much thought and time and skill to independent endeavor as he does to pointing out and complaining at his more industrious neighbor he would surprise himself at his own success.

In Allen county, where my father lives, and where I was reared, cney usually have two months to ten weeks tight winter when the snows fall, affording abundant sleighing. Everything that slides, from a costly cutter to a jumping jack, is utilized for sleigh-riding, and everybody indulges in the enjoyment of it. At our school at recess and noontime when a sled or sleigh passed that way we boys would sometimes climb on for a ride. We had three boys at that school, who, if anything could get a fpot-hold In the rush, would call out to the teamster "whip behind, driver, whip behlpd.-!' And, often, the driver would use hj^whip to make us get off, to our very great disappointment and chagrin. Now, I have, .watched the career of these three boys !e^eff Since they grew to be men, and they have been crying "whip behind" ever since. They are not satisfied with anyone else's success. They have

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have devoted the most of their time to pulling off of the conveyances of prosperity those who have secured a foothold. Let us rejoice In each other's prosperity. If the tree plant does not y:eld as abundantly as mv neighbor's I will graft in new branches rather than sneak around and pluck his fruit. CERTAIN FAILURES AS SOLDIERS.

There are a good many people in the world who like to get something for nothing. They are the boys who went to the circus and crawled under the tent when the manager's back was turned. They have no respect for the rights of others. They do not know the true meaning of liberty. They have not learned the golden rule. They have never learned that their liberty ends where their neighbor's begins. Such men would not make good soldiers they would not be trustworthy pickets they would not lead a successful charge.

In peace, brave men are required, as well as in war. There are principles to fight for which require a courage equal to that of facing an armed foe. There are those who cry out continually "men and breth ren, what shall we do to be saved?" but I say unto you, "work out your own salvat'on," and there will be a "more exceeding weight of glory." The Almighty gives every little bird its food but He does not throw it into its nest.

An intelligent citizenship is demanded. The means of intelligent action is at every ones* hand. The school and the newspaper are hand-maidens of progress. The world is fullof books. The man who cannot learn enough by absorption to secure a place in the procession is too dull for argument.

There are too many people in this country who say that corn and what may be made to grow by passing a resolution: that money can be made by law instend of by labor, and these people get us into trouble.

MONEY NOT MADE BY LAW. Prosperity cannot come that way. Money cannot be made by law. but by labor. Monev is made by industry industry brings prosperity. We must make such laws as will give labor and industry a chance. We must not get so much politics Into our brains that we shall forget the elmple lessons of economy. There are

some things which can be dona by the government, and there are other things which must bo done toy the Individual. If a man borrows money and mortgages his property secure the payment of it, he must itiaKa the money to pay that debt the government cannot make a law to discharge that debt because when our forefathers drafted the Constitution of the United States they put in a clause against impairing private contracts.

A man is foolish to thirtk that the government can help him out of a bad bargain. With such things the government has nothing to do. The government can support no one. We must support the government. The government is an Inanimate helpless thing. It is incapable of existence. It was absolutely unable to protect its own life in 1861, and it took a million soldiers to save it from obliteration. We must protect ourselves and also the government. Les us not forget first principles. Let us not fly into the face of absolute facts. We may resolve and declare any impossible thing but It cannot change immutable laws.

A certain king once commanded a mountain to come to hi9 cor'oreal prince while he stood a Jong way off, but the mountain was exceedingly disobedient and did not move. Then the king, coming to his right mind, went to the mountain. The only way this king could stand at the foot of that mountain was to go to it.

If a field produces a harvest it must be farmed. If the harvest sells for a good price there must be somebody who has raised no harvest to buy it. And here we have that diversity of 'business which is so essential'to success.

People should spend less time at senseless things, and put In full hours at intelligent effort.

He who woulct teach mathamatics must have studied arithmetic. The lawyer must be sure of his facts before he tries his case. There is no result without effort. It is because they do not fully inform themselves upon the subject in mind. It costs lots of time to correct a mistake, hence M'e should strive to avoid them by complete information.

At the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, where paper money is made, in Washington, if there is a mistake in the number of sheets of the paper upon which, the bills are struck at the end of the work^ th.e doors of the great establishment are c.osed and no one of the thousand employes in that building Is allowed to leave the place, until the missing sheets are found. ,JfI£ this rule were to be applied to every .business and occupation the number of'doorkeepers would have to be greatly increased to restrain the error-makers for a large portion of the country's population would have to be doorkeepers. We must not make the mistake that success is achieved without effort. If any man thinks he can pass through the pearly gates without taking a step, he is mistaken.

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lected than is paid out. Every man gets rich in, proportion to the 'balance he holds above his expenditures.

THRbUGH GOLDEN HARVESTS. Prosperity comes through golden harvest fields, turning spindles, whirling wheels, flaming forges, fiery furnaces, and with everybody

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work with good kages.

Prosperityhas come to our own good country. More business is now done, and more improvement is now being made in Sulllvan than ever before. Everybody is It work ind are happy.

Strange as It may seem, the waters of Busserun are actually flowing in our streets and the dust and dirt of a dry season are turned into beautiful green swards and delightful blossoms. The gold and silver miner has1 gone to Alaska, and the rest of us are sowing wheat and raising calves.

You cannot make money by a resolution if the entire country assem bled in convention, and, if you could, such money would not pay the price of a pancake.

In a country where everybody is a statesman, we meet all sorts of vagaries and theories. They come in plauslbld sound and seem to have some reason. As citizens we must meet these notions with the search-light of common sense. We must study them and combat them. We must defeat them for they are In oppositions the homliest rules of business and economy.

Every one must study, consider and investigate, that he may know what position to take in regard to them. And, when the questions are once understood, with a courage equal to that on the battle-fie"1!, he should maintain his convictions, tii^w the government may not come to harm.

Too many put off the consideration of the questions which concern us all until the meeting of the political conventions, and then,.expect to make a dispassionate decision amid the glare of fireworks, the sound of the brass band and the rush a.nd hurrah of the campaign.

The newspaper should be read the year round. The newspaper should not be read to the exclusion of the book, for the newspaper only records events as they appear at the time, the book as they really were.

Soldiers, you have won over a hundred battles at the point of the bayonet you have won many a battle on the hustings, and you have battles yet to fight. Life is a battle from the cradle to the grave. The good soldier never falters never fails. He fights a good fight every time. He selects high ground from which to fight, and allows no cavalry company from the enemy to turn his flank.

I want to express my appreciation of the union soldier. His great services may cover a multitude of sins. I believe in him. I honor him for what he has done.

On Concord Green the soldier of the Republic stands in marble—stands at a "parade rest"—at an eternal "parade rest." And the children on their way to school look up at the marble statue so white and tall and wonder why it stands there in sych quiet dignity and they do not cease to wonder until they have heard from their teachers and the parents "why."

And here in this well-known grove we are met -today to recount his heroic deeds and glorify his splendid victories. Our hearts are full of patriotism which this presence inspires. It is pleasant to you, it is profitable to us. We shall all appreciate our country more, and henceforth be more determined to make our citizenship complete.

Your Chairman has asked me to say the word of welcome. Of course you are welcome. This having been my home for several years I know this people and can, with assurance, in their name, bid you welcome, and thrice welcome.

The union soldier is always and everywhere welcome. If there be a spot in all this country where the union soldier is not welcome, I am in favor of blotting it out of the geography.

You are welcome to the best there is, and if there is anything you want, ask for it and you shall have it. If you do not see any person to ask for it just take it.

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Alp.iauet of Proverbs. t.

A grain of prudenoe is worth a potrod of craft. Boasters aro oousins to liars. itf *s

Denying a fnnlt donbles it. j|-. Envy shoots at others and wounds berBelf. i-.i-'

Foolish fear doubles danger. God teaches us good things by our own hands.

He has hard work who has nothing to do. It costs more to reTenge wrongs than to suffer them.

Knavery is the worst trade. Learning makes a man fit company for himself.

Modesty is a gnnrd to virtne. Not to bear consoience is the way to silence it.

One hour today is worth two tomorrow. Proud looks make foul work in fair faces.

Quiet conscience is quiet sleep. Richest is he that wants least. Small faults indulged are little thieves that let in greater ones.

Thei boughs that bear most hang lowest. Upright walking is sure walking. Virtue and happiness are mother and daughter.

Wise men make more opportunities than they find. Yoti never lose by doing a good act

Zeal without knowledge is fire without light.—Philadelphia Record.

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\. He Could Not Be Sure. Wh£lp a .Scottish regiment was on the march in India from one station to another the doctor, as is usual at oertain camps on the line of march, paraded the men ior inspection, and on going his rounds made one man a prisoner for,having dirt begrimed knees.

The* next morning the officer ordered him id headquarters and asked him the reason why he didn't wash bis knees. "Weel, sir," replied Scottie, "there was a dizzen or mair o' us in a'e bine, an 1 ken this much, that I washed a pair o' knees, bnt whether they were mine or no Icanna swear."—Pearson's Weekly.

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BOSSES WIN A POINT

CIVIL SKRVICK RCLiKS ARB HOT TO AfPLI TO DBFIiMBS. "'-liHsaP

Gage and Bo.Vd to Role—Marshals and Collectors Mar Appoint Their Assistants. ..

Bpeclal to the Chicago Tribune. Washington, Oct 8.—Secretary Gage and Assistant Attorney General Boyd have between them made Important rulings, which will exempt from the civil service rules deputies of United States collectors of internal revenue and marshals all over the country, and which will make the Chicago office just that much more valuable.

The attorney general and secretary 0* the treasury sustain the position taken by as. T. Brady, collector of internal revenue for the district of Virginia, that be has the right to select deputies of his own choice without recognition of the eligible list of the civil service commission. The opinion of Assistant Attorney General Boyd, who has had the matter in charge for the department of Justice, has been written, and was under consideration at the cabinet meeting last Friday.

Whle the president and the cabinet have concurred in the construction of the law which the attorney general has laid, they are not entirely pleased with the wording, the objection being that Mr. Boyd's language might be taken as an objection to the civil service system in general. The president is desirous that no such impression should be given out, and the wording of the opinion will, therefore, be revised.

Secretary Gage has sent a letter to the civil service commission, in which he expresses the view that a collector of. internal revenue or customs cannot be compelled to wait upon the eligible 1st of the evil service commission. At the same time the secretary grams that the commission has the right to prescribe an examination for the appointees whom the collectors of internal revenue or customs may select. This position of the secretary of the treasury, backed up by the opinion of the attorney general, will affect the offices of the collectors of internal revenues and of customs throughout the United States, and will give great comfort to Republicans everywhere.

So far as can be ascertained the attorney general in Colonel Brady's case holds that the tenure of a deputy collector or a deputy marshal runs with that of his chief, because it was by him that the appointment was made. This rule does not apply, however, to gaugers and storekeepers, because they are appointed by the commissioner of internal revenue under a special provision of law, and their numbers and duties are specified in the statutes. They also perform clerical duties, while the deputies are more or less in numbers, according to the necessities of the case. Their compensation and their dur ties are not always fixed but they are often dependent upon fees and special emergencies. Sometimes two deputies are sufficient in an office—sometimes it is necessary to have ten. The assistant attorney general cites the decisions that have been rendered by several courts on the appeals of discharged officeholders. He takes the ground that the civil service law did not repeal any statutes previously enacted, and that no positions of an administrative character can be considered permanent, except where the tenure is fixed by law. If a man is appointed to office for a term prescribed by a statute there is ground for a restraining order to prevent his removal, but there is neither law nor equity in the cases of officers whose terms are not so fixed. Furthermore, the attorney general &olds that no official of the government can be compelled to do anything that is not expressly required of him by the law. The president, threfore, cannot prevent a collector of internal revenue from removing men from office. He can discipline the collector by removing him, but there his power ends.

Commissioner of Internal Revenue Forman today said he had nothing to do with the removal or appointment of deputy collectors, and would leave the whole matter to Collector Parlett. "The internal revenue bureau," said Mr. Forman, "is of the opinion that as a business arrangement all such matters should be left to t^u collector. The commissioner of internal revenue holds the collector responsible for the conduct of all his subordinates, and it would be an unjust interference with his responsibilities werte he to interfere in the matter of appoint-'' ments. In this matter," said Mr. Forman, "we are governed to a great extent by cus^ torn. The present system has worked vei^ satisfactorily, and I have found no reason to make changes." Mr. Forman added that he was not giving much attenton to the civil service phase of the case, which has arisen and is leaving that matter to be settled by the secretary of the treasury and the civil service commisssioner. He will not interfere in any manner unless he finds the work of the office is not being satisfactorily performed.

That Secretary Gage does not intend that the standard of fitness shall be lowered in consequence of the ruling giving the collectors more authority In the appointing power than the civil service commission contends they possess under the law was ihown by his action otday in certifying to the commission a number of appontments made by the new collectors of internal revenue and customs throughout the country to excepted places—that is to say, the places which the president in a recent order excluded from the civil service—for a special examination under the auspices of the civil service commission.

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IN THE COURTS OF EUROPE.

Behind the Scenes With the Nobility of the Old World. Germany's young crown prince has just furnished another illustration of his dreadful precosity. and bids fair in time to^.levelop Into as all-embarking a genius as uis Imperial father, writes the Marquee de Fontenoy in the Chicago Record. .Although but 15 years of age, he has taken to writing poems, which are being lauded in the German press as something quite extraordinary in their delicacy of seo'lmeu* .ird knowledge of meter. Fortunately the person to whom all his verses uir.ll now have been addressed is his mother, whose hair has been whitened by anxiety in connection with her husband to such a degree that in spite of her being considerably under 40 years of age it is as silvery as that of her mother-in-law, the Empress Frederick, or that of her gran Imother, Queen Vict3»a

The praise which is being lavished upon the young crown prince in connection with his poetic efforts is sufficient to turn the head of any lad, and furnisher a striking illustration of the unhealthy atmosphere in which the royal children are educated— an atmosphere of flattery that it responsible for many of their shortcomings. He already has been held up as a prodigy in military science, as a musical composer rnd performer, as an artist, as an equestrian, and unless some steps are speedily takea to cure him of the conviction thai he is what the Germans describe as a universal genius he bids fair to become even mon insufferable than his father. jy

One of the most extraordinary things in old world diplomacy is the difficult experienced by the French govermnea'. in finding a successor to Baron de Ccurcel as French ambassador in London. There are any number of French ladies who are eat^r end anxious to enter London society as French ambassadress and to take a leading place in the court circles of Queen Victoria, bun jt js their husbands who ho]d back aad

who are reluctant to accept a post that win# for Its occupant nothing but animosity and abuse on the part of his countrymen, no matter how faithfully he may do his duty. The French people always are e:.peci»ng their ambassadors In England to obtain absolutely improbable and impossible concetsions from the English government, anJ to assume an attitude that would lead to the'r speedy recall in deference to tiie demand of the English court.

Moreover, the London embassy building, while superbly located at the Albert Rai« entrance to Hyde Park and looking out. upon Rotten row, as far ss the inte? ior is concerned is a perfect dlsjj'tce to tl-e nation to which it belongs. Bunt more than fifty years ago, it never has been repaired or even redecorated to an extent worth speaking of. The appointments ai8 of the dingiest and tawdlest character, and the magnificent apartments, which should be perfect dreams of elegance, light and daintiness, are so gloomy and grimy fs 10 give the blues to every one who crossv-s their threshold. Besides this tiie drsinagr is in a horrible condition, so that '.here is little to attract an ambassador as far as the official residence at his disposal is concerned. and it will ne?d at 'wtt $ 0.100 or JIOO.OOO to render the iers».«n really habitable and appropriate for the use for which it is needed. ,4

At the present moment there are only three men who are spoken of as likely to be appointed to the post—namely, Camille Barrere, the ex-colonel ot the commune and ex-correspjadent of the Manchester Guardian, who 13 row French- (•nvoy in Switzerland, and who speaks English perfectly. but who would be objectionable to English society on Jice.vtnt ol tis tn'ertdents the Comte Je Gr^ffuhle, son of th* principal banker and finaj-'ial agent of Kin:i Louis Phl'.lippe and brother-in-law of 'he notorious American-born l'rinces? Ol-'r.iiy, the Comteese de Greffuhle, one of the most brilliant leaders of Parisian society and of the Wagnerian cult in France, Deing the eldest sister of .he now ra/.ir:eJ Prince de Chimay. The third who is mentioned in connection with the ambassadorship is Comte de Franqueville. who married the niece ot the late Mme." Erard, and has inherited not only the wealth of that celebrated widow, but likewise her great )iano manufacturing bus'uets. II wif» never would have inherits! fcor aunts wealth had it not been for the fact '.iial, Mme. Erard's only daughter, Mme. Schaeffer, elopsed from beneath he* inot"i-?r's roof with the butler, leaving a d'sj-istingiy heartless letter for her husband. M. Scha-3f-fer cut his throat with his razor the same day, and Mme. Erard, after providing for the welfare and future of her daughter's children, refused to see them again or to permit her daughter's name to be mentioned, and turned all her affection and attention to her niece, (Mme. de Franqueville, who until that time' had occupied the role 6f a port of humble companion or Cinderella, and whose husband was a subordinate employe in the piano-factory. Today he is a count, thanks. t« a patent or nobility which he obtained from the pope is a member of the institute and the owner of the only fiull-fledged chateau and park within the walls of Paris—namely,, the Chateau de la Muette, which at one' time belonged to the kings of France.

The empress of Austria has just been making a pilgrimage to the famous shrine of Marie of Zell,«sltuated.in the very heart of the Styrian Alps, in the neighborhood of which she so nearly lost her life in 1SS3. Just before TeacMng the chapel and the shrine the mountain- road traverses a bridge rudely made of trunks of fir trees, which spans a deep and«raging torrent. The empress was riding*a spirited horse. Somehow or other the animal caught one of his hind feet in between the rugged planks and immediately commenced rearing in his frantic efforts to free himself. It was only with the greatest difficulty that Elizabeth, perfect horsewoman though she is, could retain her seat- and avoid being hurled onto the rocks bellow. At length one of the grooms who was following her succeeded in quieting the terrified animal sufficiently to enable her to dismount, and, after having assisted to extricate the horse's foot from between the planks, she continued the remainder of her way on foot.

On learning of her mother's danger Archducheas Valerle was so impressed thereby that she erected a beautiful chapel which now covers the shrine. Over the entrance is a marble block bearing the inscription, composed by the archduchess:

Holy Mother and Blessed St. George, patron of cavaliers, who can preserve us from all danger and by whom my mother BO often has been protected when no human help could avail her. I pray to you both with confidence that you will not disdain my humble petition, and that you always will be the saviors of that precious life which gave life to me.

MARIE VALERIE.

In memoriam, Aug. 21, 1833.

The chapel is built in Gothic style on soma shelving rocks in the midst of a dense pine wood which partly covers the mountainside. Its treasury is filled with magnificenli offerings presented by the ladies of the reigning house and of the nobility. Around the neck of the Virgin hangs a huge diamond cross that had belonged to Queen Marie Antoinette of France, and at its feet are tied with a faded ribbon the magnificent golden tresses of a village beauty who had given her glorious hair as a votive offering for the recovery of her dying sweetheart.

Kipling, Marie Corelll and Unit Calne. Mr. Kipling and Miss Marie Coreli might afford a convenient text for a discussion of the relations between price, popularity and merit. As the case stands now, Mr. Kipling has the merit and the price Miss Corelli has the popularity and the price. Mr. Kipling, according to the testimony of his publshers and the critics, has also popularity. Miss Corelli, on the witness of her admirers, has merit. The readers of fiction are divded into many different classes, some large, some limited. All these classes want to be entertained. But one class, fairly large and immensely influential, demands not only Ingenious narrative in its fiction, but powerful and sane imagination, grasp of life, presentation of realty and the incommunicable grace of style. This class is entertained oy Mr. Kipling. Another class wants its ingenious narrative drenched in hysterical emotion, colored like a cheap lithograph, and seasoned with astonishing diatribes on subjects relevant or irrelevant. This class is not troubled by a continual Indifference to style or an occasional indifference to grammar. This class is vast and it is vas ly entertained by Miss Corelli. The case of' Mr. Hall Caine is interesting in the extreme. He borrows readers from both classes, troubles Mr. Kipling and Miss Corelli in their own peculiar spheres, delight his publishers, and attains the inhabiting, of a castle.—The Illustrated American.

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