Morning journal and courier., 1886-10-29

mind all our people that the State of Connecticut
defending the freedom of this great country forev-
united and indivisible.
loss of dear friends who went forth to battle and
never returned; but to-day we rejeiee when we
country and that this monument is raised over
their sacred ashes by loving comrades and friends
The Catholic church, too, rejoices and her faith
full children proud because this day they see
head aioft in this beautiful city Of New Haven joy
fully procai9ing throughont this land that con IN
and ha h n9. T
long to the people. We as Catholics need not lay
ens sf our our
pies and institutions is demanded by the spirit
our eountrV's laws S the enthoriTs Of Gods
sanction We believe that our eountry's heroes
fishing this home of freedom a perpetual inherit.
ance for all the people and if ever this home should
first to pledge anew their lives their fortunes
and their sacred honor.
More music by the band followed Rev.
Father Russel1s speech, and then on account
of the increasing rain the exercises were ad
iourned to CarlPs Opera House. Chief
Marshal Callahan reformed the line and the
procession marched to the opera house, where
the military portion of the line was dismissed
for the day. The remainder of the organiza-
tions took seats in the opera house
and the immense building was soon thronged
to excess, every seat in every part
being occupied. The stage was also throng-
ed with prominent citizens. Chairman PUNK
EFT presided After music by the band Gov
ernor Harrison addressed the vast assembly.
After noting the fact that this monument
was erected by the State itself, and in that
respect standing conspicuously alone among
the monuments which commemorate the
deeds of our heroes who died in the service
of the Union during the war of the rebellion,
Governor Harrison said: And 1t is right
that the memory of these men should be
honored by this high and solitary distinction
They were not bound to the State or the
nation by the ties of birth. They did not
die in defense of the homes or the graves
of their ancestors. They had come
across the sea from a distant land.
In their case therefore some OF the
strongest motives of sentiment which 1mpel
men to extreme efforts of patriotic energy
and zeal did not exist. But they were not
mercenaries. Neither did they fight for glo-
nv in the present or fame in the future.
They sacrificed themselves deliberately, not
for their native land, but for love of the
great republic and in intelligent devotion to
the great ideas which, among all nations of
the earth, the republic pre-eminently repre-
sents
And therefore it has come to pass that the
State, unwilling to share with any communi-
ty the right OF doing honor to their sacred
dust, has claimed them for herself
as her own dear children, and has
written upon this monument the simple,
pathetic and proud inscription which de-
clares that ''the State of Connecticut" has
erected it Sin loving and grateful memory
of her sons who offered up their lives that
the Union should not perish"
Alderman James N. States, in behalf of
His Honor MAJ or Holcomb, (who was absent
representing New Haven at the Bartholdi
statue exercises) formally received the monu-
ment in behalf of the city in very appropri-
ate words.
After music by the band Rev. Edward Nc
Glynn, D. D., of St. Stephens church, New
York, delivered the Grafton. He spoke with
out notes.
at is sweet and honorable thing to die
for ones country, :" were DR.. McGlynn's open
ing words and text. His Grafton was bril-
liant effort and was heard with delight by
all present. Among other things he told his
hearers that the struggle for the Union
for which the men died in whose memory
the monument was erected was a
struggle for the noblest civic polity the world
has ever seen. 1t was not only struggle for
the restoration of the Union, but of gov
eminent of the people for the people and by
the people. There was another thing worthy
of thought 1t was a fortunate thing that
those who fought for the Union were en-
gagged at the, same time in knocking off the
shackles of the slaves.
The speaker in referring to warfare said:
s'It is, of course, an evidence of the barbara
ty of nations that wars should be, but if
wars are necessary they could never be car
ried on for a nobler cause" Referring to
the impressive ceremonies at the cemetery,
DR.. McGlynn said that the occasion was
more than a civic or military cere-
mony; it was a religious one; the dedication
was on consecrated ground, and therefore
very appropriate. He referred to the beau
tiful monument that had been erected to the
memory of the men who had saved the Union
and emancipated the slave. A graceful trib-
ute was paid to the State of Connecticut, the
commissioners who executed their duties 80
faithfully and to the citizens of New Haven
who turned out en- masse to pay homage to
the memory of their soldier dead. Owing to
the sacred situation of the monument the
speaker felt sure that neither the growth of
the city nor commercial enterprise could
bring about its removal, and 1t would stand
on hallowed ground until crumbled into
dust.
The exercises at the opera house closed
with music by the band, after which the va
rious organizations moved to their headquar-
ters and were dismissed.
Among those present on the stage were
Governor Harrison, Adjutant General Smith,
General Barton, G. H. R. Mott of the Cover
nor's staff, Mr.. Osborne, the Governors sec
rotary, Rev. Fathers Russell and Mulholland
and about fifteen other priests and curates,
Alderman Graves, Town Agent Reynolds,
Mr. Kleiner, president of the Board of Coun-
cilmen, Rev. DR.. Kleeberg, Lawyer Harry
Asher, Councilman Sullivan and many other
representatives of the societies participating
or of the city government.
The monument is of granite and is seven
feet square at the base. 1t is thirty three
feet high. On the front side of the die cap
is the Connecticut coat of arms and the
States motto The other sides have emblems
of the army and navy and wreath of olive
and oak leaves, signifying strength and
peace. The inscription on the monument is
as follows: