"
"Yes. Hear, hear! He is right!" cried many voices.
"Yes," answered John Harrington, in tones that rose to the very roof of
the vast building.
"'Yes, by that blood our fathers shed,
O Union, in thy sacred cause,
Whilst, streaming from the gallant dead,
It sealed and sanctified thy laws.'
"Yes, and strong hearts and strong hands will hold their own; the promise
of brave men will prevail, and echoing down the avenues of time will
strike grand chords of harmony in the lives of our children and children's
children. So, in the far-off ages, when hundreds of millions of our flesh
and blood shall fill this land, dwelling together in the glory of such
peace as no turmoil can trouble and no discontent disturb, those men of
the dim future will remember what we swore to do, and what we did; and
looking back, they will say one to another: 'On that day our fathers
struck a mighty blow, and shattered and crushed and trampled out all
dissensions and all party strife forever and ever.
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