The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-07-23
A DEAD HERO
A DEAD uEhO
HOHORED NY LIVING COARADES.
UnysIIIsE Of The mePheF4Sn statue NJ
clyde, ohio, Yesterday S-speschss
Gkx.PFesIdsnt Hayes and Gen.
bIrOnE-OIheF Incidents.

IN the presence OF twenty one PostA
the G. A, R., and large number Of sol
disrs and citizens gathered to do honor Il
the memory Of the beloved dead.
The statue Is the gilt Of tho Society o
the Army oil the Tennessee,
REMARKS OF Ex PRESIDENT HAYH.
The President Of the day, ex'President
Hayes, called the assembly to order and
spoke As follows:
FRLLoW CITlzBSs:-Seventes years ago
to-day, Friday, July 29d, 1884, james
BiEdseye MCPherson, WAS killed in battle
near atlanta, Ga Between noon and one
o'clock OF that day, he was sho! with q
rifle ball. which passing near hia heart
shattered his 7pine and caused his death
In about one hour after he was wounded.
He was in command Of the Army
Of the Tennessee, which consisted
OF the 10Th, 10Th and 18th army
corps, and formed the left wing OF the
army Of Gen. Sherman, which was then
almost daily In battle for the possession
OF the stTongholds and communications
on which the life OF the OonisdorsCy de-.
pended. In grateful recognition OF bis
services and character, his surviving com.
rAdss OF the Army OF the Tennessee aud
his friends and neighbors Tesidisg at and
near his birthplace at Clyde, sNndusky
county, have erected portrait statue, OF
heroic size, Ia brOrzs. II is the work Of
now resides In Cincinnati. II will itly
mark tho last resting place ol the
earthly Temsina Of General MUPher-
son. II stands before us within a few
rods oil the spot where he WAS born, and
In the midst OF the scenes In which his
infancy and boyhood we're passed. Facts
OF his career and character will be fully
spread before you by the distinguished
speaksrs to whom that duty has been as.
signed. Hia rank, bis important command,
his brilliant services, the eau for which
he died, his talents, his grace and beauty
and s0ldieTly accomplishments, bis noble
and lnveAble nature, 30 sGecliona'e, 30
gentle, and, at the sans time, 40 brave
and manly, aud his heroic death in
one Of the great battles Of q decisive
campaign while ne vaa yet 10 the bloom
and promise OF early manhood, taken
altogether, have given to Mcpherson q
place In the hearts OF mankind M ire ten.
der and interesting thsn that which be-
longs to any of the other Of the thousands
OF hOnored heroes whose death In battle
his cOunlrymen have been called to mourn.
Hia name will be forever found on the
shining roll Of the worlds best loved
heroes. Neither B4yard, nor Sidney, nor
Nelson, nor Wof4, nor any other knight
or hero Of the old world Ia any age had
better titles to love aud grateful rumem.
~ NhaR haiARn IA hfrN tui a a a
hsrs at his birth place we are about to
mark.
AFTER AN APPROPRIATE PRAYER,
Gen. Sherman unveiled the statute, a
Major Generals salute being fred by
Hopkins battery. Alter the singing Of
"America, /" Gen. NJ. T. Force spoke briefly,
followed by Marching Through GsoEia."
GEN. WIN. 4 STRONG, OF CHICAGO,
then delivered the Grafton OF the day, as
follows:
MR PRESIDENT, COMRADES OF THE Amy
OF TIE TENNEssEE AND FELLow ClrIzENs!-
From the East and from the West, from
the North aud from the S1uth, we stand
here in solemn awe before the effigy OF
one OF Natures and Civilizations noble.
men. Millions OF men will stand here
alter Ms, and will ask, "Who was this ma
What did he dot Why did his contsm.
poraties single him out TO do honor to his
memoryP" The reply will be that he was
the highes! type Of the American and the
highest type Of the American soldier. He
was man OF trans cendent military abil.
i.y. In the book Of fate 1t was written,
"He shall be o chief aud q captain" But
above oil he was manly and pure man.
He was tender, and tTusty, and
true. I speak Of him 10 loving
memory. There are no recollectious ofny
life so sacred, so tender, 80 beautiful as
those which lie garnered in my heart Of
James B. Mcpherson. He was my friend
Of friends, aud loved him as have never
loved another maa. II is among my
brightest recoleCtions that portion Of
my life was thrown With him. II is the
creates. honor oil my lie that | have been
10 yitod to speak on this oGGApl N and at
this moment, bat l cannot be partial to
him. YOU all knew him, and | knew
him, and YOU all know that he uAs the
brsyesG Ct the brave, the lovingest OF the
loving, and the truest OF The true.
nHIS nlsn, bis SPssb,
Were GVGGiiy hpls,
hut ShIn tGs mlt:Sr matched his mi Ihty mind,
Up rose tha hero % his piernlng eye
Sat Oh 'erVAtlUn 90 eaoh gianOS u ihOujht
Decision followed"
He vac ft tot the society Of The lnmor.
tal Gods!
His boyhood was like the resk OF as, Ia.
conspicuous and uneyentfnl. When he
vas selected 10 bs educated at West Point
he became one Of the elite Of the nation.
We train orI captains ot Hundreds and
ouf captains Of thousands, aud in tins ot
war the Nation PILLOWS them. The boy
selected and admitted IN Wts. Point can
never mote thereafter become inConspic.
1ous, aud Mcpherson added bis Consum.
mate native ability 10 the advantages Of
biz high training.
1tiS not for me 10 speak on this coca.
siou ID lengthy detail Of his military his'
tofv. That has already been done In an
ELOQUENT and nasterly manner by The dis.
tnRulshed soldier and statesman, General
John A. Logan. Nor is It in keeping TO
Tepeat again tbs sloty oil hi5 tragic death.
| or ali HE btilliant record want 10 speak
only Of the very dtst dSy he commanded
Ifo6ps, bScause his aCiIon on that iay
stamps his career and illustrates the par.
ailel between II and that Of Gen. Dssaix,
| of lhe aFmy Of France, who fell at 81, the
most disIln Euished soldier ot that republic,
and whose fame has ovetshadoWed the
world. ,
soins chat In detail, 10 McPhstsoh's mil.
litafy GarssJ, The speaker alluded 10 hls
eonneclion With ths army Of the rennes.
Ssei Il is General McEheTs9n'S greatest