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AD)VERITISING IRATEa. T H E H E R A L Diof IS PIIBL!SflED-I.00 per squair' on inch fo,r tir: in ert onlf, IS PUBFLISHIED % coum ade: net :e pr EVERY WEDNESDAY MORNING, ce( ometi! , ohi:uaries and S. Cper:,:-ame ra e p u sq-~~ uare as ordim;.ry At Newberry, . C.Nes in Local colun I ee::t n ( TAdver:iements not miarked with the mnm BY , . U O r f tions wil be kept in tll frbid, an d a ch racorldingly. rg ave Editor and Proprietor. -c cw r -,Tier:_, iiber des,t: m:s. on bove rates Terms,s$2.00oper .iunnm' A Family Companion, Devoted to iterature,Agriculture, Invariably in Adv nce-. - -- - r-PNThe paper is stopped at the expiration of - iWIT NEATNESS AND DISPATC Tim~ r efotsd exprotonXVI. W EDNESDAY MORNING, JULY '21, 1880. .->-TERMS CASH. e mark denotes expiration of subXV .y1iscellan eous. HOP BITTERs. (A Medicine, ;xot a Drink,) COTAINS HOPS, BUCHU, 1UANDRAKE, DANDELION, As T88 P'EsT A SD BEST MEDICA&L QUAL1TZrs OF ALL oTHux Br.rrns. All Diseases of the Stomach, Bowels,.Blood, Liver, Kidneys, and Urinary Organs, Nervousness, Sleep lesess and es?eciaily Female Complaints. $1000 IN GOLD. be paid for a case theywill not cure or help, or for anything impure or injurious found in them. Asi your druggist for Hop Bitters and try them before.you sleep. Take no other. EaCoven Cmm ie sweetest safest and best. The Ho? PAD for-Stomach,. Liver and Fidneys is superior to an others. Ast Druggis. D. I. C. Is an absolute and irresistible cuar for Drunkeness, use of opium, tobacco and n Send for circular. aI smlsdb yda sggt . Hop B e o 3fg. Co.Rbestr,N.Y. BURIAL CAiE. R, I. 0.IIAPMAN ON1 RespectfulIy announce that they have on hand the l%rgest and best variety - of BU RIAL CASES ever brought to Newberry, consisting of Fisk's Metalic Cases, Embalming Cases, Rosewood Cases. Together with COFFINS f their own i ke, Which are the best a!nd cheape=t in the place. IItving a FINE HEARSE they are pre pared to_farnish Finerals.ini town or coun .try in the most approved raner. Particular attention given to. the walling up of graves whon desied& Give us a call and ask our prices. R. C. C AMAN & SON. May 7, 18'79. .19.f. A CARD. (P110TOGU L AP11.) Clarks' Superior Photos. Know ev ery body,. by these presents Greeting. That we are prepared to do all kinds of portrait and lanidscape work in the .iinest style known to the art. Ferro types, photographs, from eard to Sx10 inches in sizer *arge andi smnall, old and young, finisher irr Indht ink, eray on, water or oil color, at prices never before ap proacbed in this country. The season of landscape or out-door ple tures being upon us, we are prepared to _ take views of residences, or any kia~d of out-door picture, sterreoscopic or single large views, If sufficient encouragement is offered we will view up Newberry. If you wish pictures of your hoines now is the - .time. Everybody s.hould have a picture of their home. Visit the gallery and leave your order. The more that will take pictures the cheaper will they come. CLARK BROS. Apr. 21, 17-il. Greenvilie & 4olumbnia R. R. REDUCED RATES. On and afte'r February 2o, 18S0, the~ l0l lowing Tickes-witte placed on s-ale at al.1 Ticket officessan Ene of this Roaid, viz : ROUND TRIP TICKETS from a.ty Sta tion to any Statioxi a.t the rate of FOUR CENTS PER4Tt E, eduntinig dist-anee both ways. GOOD FOR TEN DAYS, inc.iuding day of sale. The ROUND1l TRIP TICKETS god for I T HREE D -9-NT ER-? E TS PER 1 MILE.will be kept on sale asiheretofore. The rate fdr Children between the age of six and twelve years will be half of the - above rates. ..TEP , General Superintendent.I JABaz NoaRos, JR., General Ticket Agt. Feb. 25, 9-tf. NEWBERRY HOTEL, -BY A. W. T. SINIMONS. This elegant new HIotel is now. open for the reception of guests, and the proprietor will spare no effort to give satisfaction to the travelling publie. G3ood airy rooms, comn fo.rtable bedls, the best of fare, atten:nve, ac commodating servants,and moderate charges will be the rule. . June 9, 24-tf Preserve Your Old Books ! E. R. STOKES, Blank Book Manufacturer~ GEIIRLBOO01INDR. iias moved opposite the City Hll. where he is fully prepared, with first-class work men, to do all kinds of work in his line. BLANK BOOKS RUELED to any pattern * and- bound in any style desired. My facilities and long acquaiintanc~e with the business enable me to guar-antee satisfac tion on orders for Bauk Books, Railroad Books, and Books for the use of Clerks of Court,'Sheriffs, Probate Judgps. Masters in * Equity, and other County Officias.s Pamphlets, Magazines, Mun4e, Newspapers and Periodicals, and all kinds of publications * bound on the most reasdnable terms and mn the best manner. All orders promptly attended to. E. R.STOKES, \Iain Street, opposite New City Hall, Oct. 8. 41-tf. Columbia, S. C.i NATURES CWN R EMEDY VEGETAB.E 1 MEDICINE FOR THE - cmb iniin o: prep Fur Mod" Diaca'es' arttiOon the l::ratiVe powers tor the e vis )URAiHE5 which produce all dis eases of ti" he lood, *.IC' ,iver, the _Ridleu*. For Li\er Complaints. Ha:nilss in cun ::nd thorough in its (":''t. f It is u:Iexceiled for the ] SURA TINE, Blo F:"r Kidnc- Diseases. flEd. urt 9 o fls. Tetter.3: tlZ C#DUl. For ueu:,thu. DQepxaail. I t l f FQrP.aUi.~~n.gesteot, $our Storn - ach, Betevativte of jURATIME, rine, e. For Screfuta tisemses. ASK YOUR DRUGGIST FOR IT. ;fRATINE, THBROWN=CALCO. )r rHipa es,si Piaples,c :d Blotctes, e BALO.thMO, Md. Wholesale by DOWIE & OISE, Wholesale )rugg sts. Charleston S. a 1-lc. !? irgs .V fancy eirticles". DR. E.TE.mJACKSON, )IIGI \It1 S,COLUMBIA, S. C.e 1 Removed to store two doors next to Wheeler House. A full stock of Pure Medicines, Chemni als, Perumeries, Toilet Articles, Garden nd Field Seeds, always iu store and at torerate prices. Orders promptly attended to. Apr. 11y 15-tp. gEeT IN THE WORLD! m Impure Bi-Cab eode is of Fo~r weoite Diea ASKy DRtSelST but U.COItIAR FS R IT UifrATNcE nn oae wbote adtpRe, AshoLMOR Md. Whoeaslioe DOIEs &uMlIs, WheSalrie rugis.Charletespoon. of Cc .'a1S-1a7. kungs odr sauc eny t ti clst. D. E. E.~.ACKSO, REALISTATE AGENIT, COLUMTABUA , S. C. Removeostoreg twodoors net P1 Soheler he Fed ~Aull s ofaPuet nd est!hem sh oefumeies,bo Tolertces, ardien, d ield eeds~, abl istor andES at gderantee prie. ms aisato.A Oirder promtsy attendedz? Tt.lltor ~iAs r. 's 15-- tef. len al id onimpulyreBCarebd hi Sode The an 4lightly drt wihiel rcolor. Blt, ay ,ppear hi e. aexbyanead by ntolf cAMlER" r a BAND deired sho theil ifeor,ce. t n cclesren Seetrst thae yindr a hr;soedawheat d'white pUR, as sh of be ALL ol eod. ris asd 'i .cna t,ereo~ anndmproes qlitsyl metire a athe anoreet itr soth . feein st e-han teaspoonfuly ChuchangCo.' roe salerecs.e sure ain s o mch. hert ie ofthi wi-th wsteour i th2pere nco sit ;ing Powr srai stwnyn.sy od See one pdeel pahae beor Tleh bforme nd repecafully.lctaprto f h H.WL.CFARLY, haytorneytf aLaw EA ESTATE UI AGEOLN, M acob 0, 1 eles-1 ib7. ud hres,hibngzP Chamrcierko WilSonur h Bhnie ui t eogr F aid! arquherc'states a nd~tso Rebst! Thesuscriber thresretoctelly inrsh iiam ingulac tthe has purch'asceditorsC ah tine ofi theaceaseatte b machnd adill, theefor e, in ablec uto oRI Pro res Cs owa the majoritay. oThi Jis net ftihe iost appr o ed aunsae, and hanee the utmos Aistration. shl t ranomte Gihat its co nd,I onietyrcmedthis l doofJne Theo Fn, r Cleaer, wit ~SelrulatigBt i s. N.C BY FATHER ITAN. Only a few more vears, \Varv yetrs: Only a feow noire tears, Bitter tears; \nd then-and then, ike other men, cease to vander-cease to weep; )im shadows o'er my w:.y shall creep, knd o+tt oftie Day and into the Night, Lad into the Dark and out of the Bright, go-and death shall veil my face. and the feet of years shall fast efface dy very name, and every trace leave on earth, for theri stern years tread, knd then-and then like other men, close my eyes and go to sleep! th! me, the grave is lark and deep. Alas! alas! How soon we pass! - And, t'i! we go So far away ! When go we muit,. rom the light of life and the heat of strife o the peace of Earth, and the cold still dust. We go, we go, and may not stay, Ye travel far the long, dark, dreary way. )ut of Day and into Night, nto the Darkness, out of the l right, Lnd then- and then, like other men, Ve ciose our eyes and go to sleep. . th! me, the grave is lone and deep! saw a flower at morn so fair; passed at eve-it was not there; saw a sunbeam, golden bright, saw a cloud~that sunbeam shroud; nd I saw Night )iggiog the grave of Day, Lnd sadly, slowly, laid it down; Lnd Day at morn the sun's fair bride, tnd Twilight bent her brow and died. nd so alas! like Day, we pass-. At morn we laugh, t eve we weep; It morn we awake, t-night we sleep e close our eyes and go to sleep! Lh! me, the grave is still and deep. lisr.ellantons. LI)DRESS OF GEN. JNO. ). KENNEDY. elivered at Newberry, S. C., on the Occa sion of the Unveiling of the Newberry County Confederate Monument, June 30th, 1880. There aro of communities as ell as of States certain epochs a their existence which serve to on vey important truths and comn aemiorate great principles. They ,re landmarks which future gen rations must notice and reflect tponi, an~d when they touch their ieart and inner life, so to speak, leither time nor circumStanCeS an ever obliterate their memory, nt mellowed by age and odorous vi-Lh tenderest recollections they .rc wreathed around with the sin :erity of truth and the hallowinig .ssociations of history -and tradi ion. To-day is such an epoch in the istory of' this grand old County, vhich has given to Carolina names ot born to die, but sparkle like owels in the coronet of her re own. And it is a subject of just ride that at every stage of her xistence, from the struggle of' the ~evolution to the close of' the late 'ar, as well as in every civil per'i d. New berry County has ever one her whole duty regardless of ost or sacrifice, and this con ourse of' her people to-day is an ~idenc-tha the sense of duty ~urns as bright. their gratitude is s strong and emotions as noble ud pure as the palmiest days of' er career. You comie my friends, o perform a duty of mingled lov:, ~nd sadness-of love in the tri mte you thus pay to valor and vorth, and of' sadniesslfor the fate hich'befell themn. Every one of ,hese hertoes is embalmed in your' earts.mand of each of' them can t be truthf'ully said,..as was said >f Latoine D'Avergne: "Died on e field of honor." You this'd-ay nark an epoch in your history vhich time c:an never -etface. our noble women, with yo,ur o.operation and assistance, have ~reted this beautiful monument o perpetuate their love and de oion to them). It is no lofty )ileJ pierci ng y'onder sky, no cost y mnau.soleum of' kings or princes, or have lavish .expenditure of nobey been used in its erection, ut beautiful in its simplicity, its Loundationi is of loving hearts and is garniture the pure and uusel sh lives of its sleeping dead. "Yon marble's mute and voiceless tone In deathless song shall tell, When many a vanquished age has flown, The story how the.v fell. Nor wr ek, nor change, nor wintry blight, Nor time's remorseless doom, Shall dim one ray of ligh t That gilds their glorious tomb." All honor to your noble ente prise. It is a credit to your Cou ty, and a fitting tribute to ti loved and fallen. And as we stat to day and guaze upon it,.we -ca not repress the tiought: "Pl( the shoes from off thy foet.. for ti lacc. w hereon thou staniest holy ground." Memory, too. busv', aS it recalls loved forms %wI \wetrt forth in the spi-ing-timie youth and manhood never to r turn. Some fell in the wild hu rah of the charge ; some in cam or. hospital ; whiile others dic among strangers, prisoners in di tact hnds. As we stand hei these memories become iidivid1 alized and within us are stirre emotions too sacred for utteranc To those of us who were actors i that past 'tis an occasion of ui speakable tenderness,and althoug the stern duties of daily life al sorb our thoughts and attentioi yet at such a time we forget th present, and live in that past, fc neither ti-te nor tare can evc make the true soldier forget h comrades; but. bright as vest: fire this recollection will ever bur while life and memory shall las Such recollections are like oasc in the desert of life. Associatio with these men, and the fact c having obeyed Lee, followed Jacl son or ridden with Stuart., shoul make better men of all of us. T the younger generation as the gaze upon it let it ever remin them of how their ancestor and kinsmen dared to die fc principle, and though the advat ing glories of a united country under. the auspices of peace an Eriternal union, shall enkindl their p-atriotism, yet it shoul serve the noble purpose of keel: ing ever bright before them thei ancestral heroism, and thus ten LO wake them better citizens an, purer patriots. We have felt i Limes an apprehension that-error >us.ideas of the late war may bt ;one engrafted on their mind: nd its oigin and true histor >erverted by means of partisa chool books an d biased narrativei ~)bservance of memorial days ~rection of monuments, the pre! ~rvation of survivors' associations ud annual addresses, will insp)ir avestigationi and impel inquiry ot to evoke passion or excite rt entment or distrust, not to rak Ipl fi om the ashes of the past an; mouldring fire that might unfi hem for the fullest measure c ~itizenship, but in justice to tb nen who fell fighting for whti ,ey believed and died believin o be right. 'Tis due them. An hus shall no blush of' shame eve nantle the cheeks of their poste1 ty. Let history for ail time r< ord that no true Southern ma ser' apologized for the part h ore in that struggle, but tha ;hle the duties of the presen and obligations of the future di inand his most earnest efforts an re paramount under the ren ewe interest he must feel in everythin typertainin)g to the unity, barm( y and welfare of a common cour try, yet for all that passed b akes no excuse, he craves n >ardon. At. the same time, let a equal sense of' patriotism and dt y be accorded those who espou d the c, her side. And whereve .u this Southland is found th grave of a Federal .soldier, w b onned his armor to do battle o behalf of what he regarded as th right, let some former foe lay ui n it a flowery garland, for th >assions of' the strife are gon< ind 'tis only through mutual r< pet for each other's motives an ections1 that a-thoroughly restore Union can bless our common cour try. The Anglo2iormanf has ne' er entertained continuous hatre r irradicable enmity for his fe low ; and fierce though thei strugles have been and bitte their feuds, culminating too ofte in torrents of blood, time has a ways healed the wounds and effa< ed the scars of their internacin contests. Evesham, Touton an Barn et, Chalgrave, Worcester an Marston Moor, are alike the her tage of England's glory, thoug the lurid glare of civil strife onc crimsoned her fields with fratric dal blood. So, too, the time coming whben Manassas and Sbilo] m ca.m..g. .a d Genda rg,wi r- yet be shrines whence. every true t I- patriot will draw fresh inspiration t e of p 'triotism and fraternal love. t dl L et is then hold our heads erect, a i- uui kiss the earth in sad humility. t k our heroes have not died in vain, n i but from the graves will arise the n is holy inlceIse of high and gener- a is ous emotions to impel to renewedI t .o durt ttie generatioiis yet to inhab. >f it anld develop this grand coun- t tI' V. 0 r How appropriate, then, that we o p observe such occasions as this ! h d And as each recurring Spring her- o aids its existence with floral beau- c e t.y, may you, with your sons and u daughters, repair to this spot to p d cherish the memories iL evokes- t . not in grief or desolate sadness, L, n but with pride; softened by recol- r 1. lectio.ns of regret for the loss of t h the loved and the brave. Let it n > ever rekindle .with'n you holy and I 1, healthful sentiments and be a pa e renthasi6 in the busy routine of s your daily -life. Such impulses I r purify national life, and no c s people can ever retrograde who t lI will pause in the momentum n of existence to indulge them. They are a beacon light tc warn u s us agaidst the ,absorption of the n asthetie and softer elements of v i our better natures by the deteri t :- orating effects of an over-pursuit b d of the practical. Whenever the n o achievments of the past have lost a y their charm or fail to animate a d d people to emulate its virtues, then., h s indeed, is decay written on the r, r doorposts of' thdir future. If in - the language of Professor Leekie, u "to kindle and sustai.n the vital d flame of national'sentiment is the ti e chief moral end of national insti- b tutions," how inportant is it that, r - as a people, we cherish everything U r which makes us better and more ti d virtuous, and which may tend to h I check the intensely utilitarian f( t tendency of the age. Patriotism, a respect for religion and homage I( to heroic action are essential to L i. heroin action are essential to h yhealthful, vigorous and refined b a public and p)rivate life. "Some- f . times, no doubt, the,reverential or ti ,con servative elements have an ex- t -cessive f'orce and for'm an obstacle 8 ,to progress~; but that they should h e exist, and under some form be the. ;basis of' national character, is the 0 -essential condition of a perma- f e nent government." It is a truism, 0 y t>ased on universal observation, P t, that civic virtues can never flour- tl f ish where considerations of' tbe b e present alone control, and Edmund t t Burke uttered a grand truth when ti he said, "They will not look for- t< d ward to their posterity who nev- d r er looked back ward to their ances -tors." We have but to step into ti .- the alcove of a nation's history, c n where loss of national character P e and individual mnanhood are writ- r< t ten on its pages, to see the truth el t of' this aphorism and trace its el - gradual decadence and final ruin p d to indiff'erence to the achievemen ts et d of' the past, and among~ whose w~ Speople luxury, self-indulgence and b .over-fondness for the present sup- f -planted every consideration of' the S~ e f'uture. The Greek fell an easy d o prey to Roman conquest when SJ a Salamis and Marathon had lost U . their charm for his sensitive, re- t - fined natura, and the names of' L r Miltiades, Pericles and Epaminon- " e 'das were but myths of' a shadowy V o past, and the Seven Billed mistress h n of a suppliant world bowed her 'a e proud neck in humble submission ti - to the advancing hordes of Attila h~ e and Alar'ic, wvhen Canum, Zama s< 3, and Actium were but idle stories, g s and the fortitude and courage arid q trumnphs of Scipio, Cato and An d gustus were obscured by the licen- I1 t- tiousness and iniquities of her su b- V Ssequent rulers and people. The" d present controllung powers of' Eu I- rope ar'e those who, mindful ot a t r glorious past, have emulated the b r heroism and achievements of their t< n ancestors. England, Prussia and g - France revere the memories and ti - prot't by the lessons of Marlbo d e rough and Chatham, Frederick and b d Biueber, Hlenry IV and Richelieu. p d It helps a people to bear misfor- w i- Lunes, endure trials and surmount si almost insuperableobstacles. Can ti eany one, for a moment doubt that e ithen- pride in her history, so r'e- a is slen dent with immortal names, e 1reaching from the glories of' the ti I .Roniin -andl interwoven wit.h n he military and civic grandeur of' of his country, through all of its in. Ai ermnediate stages, in field, furumn te ,nd council, to the beginning of co he late war, contributed in large ce ncasure to the splendid exhibition w< f daring and sacrifice which char- to cerized the sons of Carolina as rit hey trod th:at gory pathway from m uuter to AppomatLox, while bi he devotion and matchless love sh her pe,ple in the bright days of her national renown, when her 1ai eraldic legend, Senper animis d pibusque parati," attested their m: hivalrv in every national tri- th mph, inspired them to bear with m: atience and hopeful resignation th hose dark days through which po hey have passed of military ty- di any, political misrule and spolia-. co ive aggrandizement, and which ung over them liiie a pall of cc gytian darkness? Our history, ta uring those long, weary years of an bameful corruption and outra- at eous degradation of the fair name su f an ancient commonwealth by w: he hordes of miscreants and hun- an ry vultures who pretend to gov- hi: rn her, seem now as we look back lat pon them, like the horrible and th astly nightmare of a disordered th ision. Oftcn were we tempted pa o say, like the younger Pitt, as e e lay on his death-bed when the th ews of the rout of the Russian ini nd Austrian armies on the fatal m< ay at Austerhtz was told him, as do e cast his eye upon a map of Eu- In ope hanging on his chamber wall. pu Fold up that map, for there is no mi se for it for ten years to come." in With us there seemed at one let me to be not one decade alone, th ut countless years of misrule and n: uin. But refusinr to touch the th nclean thing, or bowing the knee dy the Political Baal, that held th igh carnival over their desperate H )rtunes, with only now and then su dastard who forgot his duty or la' )st his self-respect,. the sons of pe arolina maintained their man- tiv ood through them all. Inspired coi y the examphlles of the past, hope- th< 1 of the future, and cheered in iliL ne darkest hour of their tribula- up on by the devoted women of the dit tate, they struggled on until the rel our of their deliverance drew for igh, and then, with one heart th< no purpose and one supreme ef- an >rt, they rose in their majesty of Jee utrged right and hurled from ke ower into the waves of oblivion th< .ie miserable men whose c:,:-er th< ad nlot one r-edeeming v:?'ue, un :ere to remain buried so deep ha at no bubble shall ever rise to me( all where they sank. If suffering ele isciplines and purifies a people, m~ 1 all conscience wve ought to be fac at people. For ten years our' ig 2pwas full to overflowing of ris ublic and private trials and sor- tio >ws, and their repressive influ- It 3ees l1iave told on the older gen- bo: ration among us, as is too on lainly evidenced in their furrow- in I checks anid silvered hair. The ing -ar ad its trials and its dangers, lat ut the-excitement of battle, the cor ush of vi4tory, or the hope of1 tin icess, comnpensatedI in a great nal egree for its hardships and vicis- be: tudes, yet it was prefer-able in ate any respects to the incalculably co ying days of our dark epoeb. not Cet every tr-ue man, however-, ob -bo has done his best, despite ad- sw erse fortune, and though bound 1 ithe chain of circumstances. for bich arec the r-esult of mnisfor- fro rs or miscalculations, console Ibri ~mself with the reflection which beg >laced the las& mometits of' the sin reatest seaman who ever ti-od a ind iarter-deck, when, as he wvas dv- lesi ig, amid the shouts of Tr'af'algar, ofl ,was announced that the victory no -as theirs, f'aintly murmured :Sol Thank God. I have done my du- Ipoi <. And though to thousands of tal ns class of our' people there may of' e a truiggle, without much hope of' >the end yet to the you nger art enerationis of r'edeemed Carolina gec iere is a fair field and a grand th< estiny. The manly elor'ts and p0t opes of our people were not mis- br~ 14eed. and virtue has had its re- tie ard, time has vindicated the Un: tong faith that was in us, that St: os fair Southland with its tow-tC ad, ring mountains, its fertile valleys ste nd majestic streams, w.ere wrest- api i from the savage and won fr'om ble be "mistress of the seas," was pal .ve .inned in the norodnce jii God, to be the home of the ht"lo.Saxon slaves or the ceme ry of Anglo-Saxon liberty, bnt nsecrateti afresh by the sacriti s of the men wnose memories a this day com lemrorat", is yet he the (hvcllinL place of my ds of patriotic sons, *ho, "ade >)re noble and dutiful by the >od and trials of the past, will ed fresh lustre on new scenes usefishness, in the sphere of en :ged public duty and high en avor. If "the blood of the irtyr is the seed of the church," e grave of the patriot is the 3usoleum of liberty, and as in e physical, so in the moral and litical world, every apparent iaster has its corresponding m isation. The march of events ever pro eds with measured step and cer in aim, with a destiny to fulfill d ends to achieve, and though times obscure and mysterious, bseqnent develop:nen.s have al tys demonstrated the wisdom, d power, and purpose of God in story, while the precious c.onso ion is ever given us, "though ou knowest not now what I do, L shalt know hereafter." Ap rent calamity has too often entuated in ultimate good, and e diverse relations of opposing terests become unified into com >n national benefit to make us ubt His goodness and wisdom. the evolution of His majestic rpose, a cause whic.h, to all h u in appearances, has terminated overwhelming disaster, has so 't its impress on the minds of c successful people as to ulti itely influence if not control, eir destiny, William, of Norman and his rapacious followers in e flood-tide of their triumph, at tstings, sought to humiliate the bjects of Harold by obnoxious vs, exacting demands, and fierce rsecutions. But in the retriba .e justice of time, conqueror and 1 nquered blended into one, and air nascent and developing civ sations actingr and harmonizing on each other erected the splen I structure of Enhglish civil and igions Ii berty, and gathering 'ce and strength went forth on ~ir triumphal career of conquest di colonization, until the reveil of their morning drum wva ns the echoes of the globe, and a sunligh t of heaven never leaves air possessions. When national ity is designed and a people ye a destiny to fulfill impedi nts are swept aside. disturbinug men ts eradicated,' arnd states ~n and captain are but auxiliary tors. Hlistory' viewed in this ht becomes lum~inous, and the e, progress or decadence of' na us intelligible and consistent. is seen to be but the trestle ird of the Divine Archit'ect, up. which his designs are traceable unmistakable outline and color .* A pply these principles to the e war. and while we become re eciled to this purlIpose in] permit g its seemingly disastrous termi nion, we must at tbe same time ieve ul timate good will even tu fr'om it. It is ajust and logical iclusion that this country was y to be divided, and the chief" stacle to its unity was to be e-pt aw.ay. There was evident a Iuture for it which human esight could not forecast, and m the dawning light now gueigorpolitical sywe ~in to catch glimpses of' the i g sun of a glorious day. Dark eed bas been our night, cheer s our prospects, and at one time inous our future, but in the re ved vigor of national nnit.y the ath is beginning to play an im rtan t part, and through the vi izing influence of the real issues the war, which were lost sight for' so many years, but which Snow~ modified to suit t.he cxi 'iey of 0111 priesent condition. yconsen' ing elements of lasting ice andl prosperity are laying >ader' and deeper the founda us of a solid and -enduring ion of c'o-equal and fraternal tes. Rocked in the cradle of uble. tortured in the school of ver'sity, and habituated to a ra self-control, with a thorough preciation of the necessity and ssings of good government, the triots of the South are to-day nin hands with t.hose nf the North in relig;hting the fires of constitutional libcrty in the teml ple of freedom and restoring the centripetal forces .of the shatte,* ed ligaments of the constitution of their fathers, in the rehabilita tion and autlonomic restoration of 0nce dismembered but now reuni ted States. Iiavinhg agreed 'Ipon tile proper btsis fo.- te settlement of the novel and pcrjplexing questions i n e i dl e n t to the termination of Ib e struIgle. and accepting them as a finality, the true mnC of both sections have turned their backs on the issues of the past to the demian,ds and obligations of the future. The wisdom of the founders of our peculiar form of government, in the Federative system of States has been demon strated while their rapid restora tion to relatious of political equal ity is an event without parallel. Our belief in their perpetuity is based on the conservatism, and pecufiar characteristics of our American people. For the first time in history has a great civil strife been free from physical violence, confiscation and bloody revenge. Fearful wrongs, 'tis true, have been heaped upon us by the nar row-minded and malignant leaders of the former dominant party, but in the short space of fifteen years there exists a political condition in this country without its counter part in the annals of time. The two sections tben at war are now one, and the States of the van quished are not only represented in the Nationai Legislature but by the. verv men who - were most prominent in the work of destruc tion. And aside from all political and social causes incident to or productive of the condition of our national life, it is due, in a very great degree, to the sacrifices and heroism of the surviving soldiers of the late Confederacy and of those noble men whose graves we annually decorate, and in memory -of a r:art of whom this monu ment is erected. Their splendid achievements. against fearful odds, on the rocky slopes of Pennsylvania, in the woodlands and by the streams of old Virginia, along the Atlantic coasts. on the swelling, plains of the West and across the Father of Waters, have cast a halo of im perishable fime around the South. ern Cross which time ouly makes brigh ter ; and whe n at last, few in numbers and gaunt with hun ger, they were forced to ground their arms, it was done in defeat, but, thank God, without one spark of humiliation. This feeling was a consoiation, and when the survivors of the cause they had loved so dearly and followed so faithfully, return ed to their desolate homes, they be gan at once to battle with the stern realities of a sterner life, conscious, ho wever, of having fought, though they lost, the grandest battle in history, while the victors them selves felt no pride of' superiority. This absence of a feeling of hu inihiation helped them to maintain undaunted crests and to occupy, in time, places of honor and trust with dignity and grace. Had the South been easily overrun, or her armies defes.ted without inflicting severe blon s in return or winning superb victories, her surrender would have been the death-knell of a Constitutional Union, .the ruin of' her future, with her States but conquered provinces, while the Noerth itself would have been crush ed beneath the heel of' military domination. History has re'peated itself. The memory of B3annock buin preserved the pride of' Scot land amid all the subsequent dis asters whbich befell her stiruggling p)eople, and when at last she and her haughty neighbor united their destiny in the indissoluble bond of national unity, with one aim and one purpose, there was neither shame nor inferiority, but "wher' ever the ensign ofB Briton fiqats, the tartan is on guard, Malcolm stands beside Siward, shoulder to shoul <ier, at the gate of a common con quest. and the blood of Scottish tihanes and English earls, of Cel tiC clanis and Saxon tribes, beat, with double action in a single heart." Behold the rever-se of this picture in the sad-fate of the "land of the Shamrock," illustrious for eloquence, poesy and song, the mother of Girattan and Shiel, of Curran, Plunkett and O'Connell. Londondery, D)orgbeda anid the Boyne, tell the too mournf'ul talc of disaster and death, with pro.. scription and maladministration, opposed by hatred and discord, while the "Exile of Erin" has given his courage and strength to the wealth and glory of foreign lands. German unity, the Cal). stone of B3ismar ck's diplomacy and strategy, was achieved after years of struggle and opposition on the field and in council, yet without humiliation, and Saxony, Bavaria and Hanover, with the smaller states of that great Em pire, and are now one, with a common pride in its perpetuity and grandeur. Without exagger