| Show SPEECH OF itONC S VAIUAS lelherl ul LIberty Inrk ou 11011 lilly flcrnnoli Iiitl Tho following is the full text of Mr Vnrims ppeecli at Liberty Park Monday in response to the toast of Our Mother Sisters Wives and Sweethearts rho DrvtociivT owes an apology toils raider for not presenting it to them in its report of tho proceedings jcsterdny Its shon hanoI ieporter depended upon the morning ling p ers to furnish a copy but was disappointed dis-appointed The omission is however corrected today and 1 we nro sure that those who rend it will wonder why it dii not appear in CIte published reports of the exercises of the day Mr Vlrln said In n womans heart HOB the strength of the Kermhlic ihroufjh tho affections of len sbo dlroots and moulds tbo destinies uf 1 world In tho unerring instincts of her puro ami Jellied nature is found tho surest guide to the fruition of lofty ambitions and noble purposes In nil tbo treat struggle of truth with error whoso periods have mnrltid the paths of human progress her clear vision has over discerned the right and her Godgiven instinct impelled the forces of regeneration and purification In the lo ithIs morning she walks hand in hand with us in the rugged ways of lifes journey nt tbe meridian she tenderly soothes and support the pilgrim fainting under on toil 1 and bur dens of the dny nud when tbo shadow lengthen nt the sunset her franchiscd sou I bjo 8ggv J leads in tIle journey to tho undisoovcret country 1 is I fitting that on this of nil occasions loving nnd loynl tribute should be paid to tho mothers wives nnd sweethearts of the soldiers who on cither side stood shou dcr to shoulder over brl the land and 1i down like reaper to the harvest of death Hie story of their sacrifice written in bloat nnd tears is I n part of history Every don Southern or Northern soldier took with him into his grave n womans broken hear Through nil I the trying scenes of long ago ll tho women of the nation never faltered Ike patriotism which drove millions of men North nnd South to the field in defense of groatprincipleswns horn in tho family circle where tho mothers voice inculcated Ito luv for home and country To tho homos in the laud glorified by Ito pre elco of our mothers sisters wives lilt sweethearts do wo look for the perpetuation of our institutions Trustingly do we com mil our destinies to jour keeping O women of America I To your jealous care do we ejrl leave Cue idols r the household I in I fell insurance trnnco there that no strange God will find ei And now lS wo kneel nt ouroountry nltar on this tho anniversary of her birth slId renew our pledges of nlleginnoc nnd again devote ourselves to the perpetuation of ber Government of tko people by the peoplo mid for the people let us thank God fort the mothers daughters wives nod sweet t Nf lre 1 hearts of the Ilepuhlio |
