Show General Albert D Shaw commander In chief ot the Grand Army oC the Republic Re-public delivered an address In New York City the other day in which he paId the following eloQUI r tribute to the organization of veterans The Grand Army of the Republic has had no predecessor It can have no successor Its record Is among the deathless treasures of our new national life Its history Is one of unselfish sacrifices for the whole country Its just demands should be heard by a patriotic people when It speak 01 simple justice under un-der the law I asks no more It will be sat cd with nothing less Selfishness Selfish-ness may weaken and ambition deader the old fires ot grateful patriotism in some hearts whele the c mrdes least looked for such coldness but the eternal eter-nal ways of Gpd to men ar an aiGur ance that righteusness will prevail and that full justice will be done the aging heroes In whose Interest I have thus fully spoken The whole Amen can people are just enough and great enough to fulfill in peace all pledges mad in war to preserve their lber ties |