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Excerpt from Address at the Dedication of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument: Utica, N. Y., October 13, 1891
Many pleasing memories of the people and places of Oneida and Madison counties, and especially of this goodly city of Utica, led me to receive your invita tion to speak upon this interesting and memorable occasion as a command, to be obeyed as a duty and honor. All old soldiers and sailors, all their families and friends, all lovers of the good cause and the dear old ?ag, look toward you to-day with love and grati tude for your good work in raising this noble monu ment to your soldiers of the Union.
Comrades and Fellow Citizens: How wonderful the story is I Sometimes we plod along in the drudgery of our tame and common life for weeks or months, the memories of the war out of mind. Suddenly, per haps the sight of a maimed soldier, perhaps the roll of a drum, the call of a bugle, even the leisurely rustleof the old ?ag peacefully rustling, brings back in a tumultuous rush the recollections of that magnificent and awful time.
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