bin-band, brother, sou, would you do ,
so, if to stop that current would seal
our Nation's doom? I see the an
swer in y 0.. - faces. No, you would
not. You now know that he lived '
not in vain, that he died not in vain. :
He left his impress upon the page of:
history; a bloody page it was, but one
which will atl'ecl the world for good
to the latest generation.
To those who passed through the
fiery ordeal shoukk r to shoulder with
these dea l comradt s, and. though
maime I ami strick< n, were by a kind
providence permitted to return to
their homes, 1 ask the sumo question.
Would you cripples whom I see be
fore me, recall the lost leg or arm?—
Would you who sufior, with no hope
of cure in this world, recall your lost
health, if fitch recalling would in the
least imperil your beloved country?
Would you not rather sacrifice that
other good leg or arm? Would you
not rather again bravo the dangers of
war with shattered health? Would
you net rather let your blood fiow
like water, flow even to death? The
flash of each veteran’s eye gives the
answer.
Let the trump and drum sound the
call to arm- for the defence of free
dom, and the men of this vast a-sem
bly would “tall in” without a murmur,
and again march forth to battle.
The drum and trumpet will not
sound that bloody call, my friends.
The victory has been won, and well
won. The fruits of that victory are
now being garnered up in freedom’s
store house, and, thank God! the peo
pie have willed that none shall be
lost.
