Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1888-07-07
FALLEN BRAVES REMEMBERED.

1 ~SAASAAAsAAsGAOA Va t1A0 1hOOnlOn VI CA0 0IUO
and the Gray at Gettysburg Battle
Field-Ssveral More Memorial shafts
Dedicated, and q Number of Speeches
Made.
GETTYSBURG, Pa, July 3.--At 10 o'clock
q. M, yesterday the five regiments Of
Green's Brigade, the Seventy eighth, One
Hundred and Second, Sixtieth, One Hun
dre1 and Thirty-seventh and One Hundred
and Forty-ninth New York, dedicated
their monuments on Culp's Hill.
Gettysburg battlefield, and inlmedi-
ately afterward a reunion Of
the brigade was held. Major General
Henry j. Slocum, who commanded the
right of the Federal line during the bat
tie, and Brigadier- General George s.
Gfeen, the brigade commander, made ad
dresses. At the same hour Sickies' Excel
sior Brigade, made up OF the Seventieth,
Seventy first, Seventy second, Seventy
third and Seventy fourth New York regu-
lars, met at the site of the brtgad monu-
ment and held the dedicatory exercises
| At $3.50 o'clock the members OF the
Irish brigade, composed of the Sixty
| third, Sixty-ninth and Eighty eighth New
York Infantry, marched to the Catholic
| Church where requiem mass for those
| who fell in the battle was celebrated by
Fathers Suillett and Corby. 1t was the
latter who, just before the brigade went
| into battle on the afternoon of the Cd,
blessed and absolved them.
| In addition to these memorials there
were dedicated yesterday the monuments
| OF the following regiments: Battery d,
First New York Artillery, theSecond New
York (Anderson ZouayesJs the Sixty
fourth New York, the One Hundred and
ESnN.fxr Sr%h Mt
York Independent Battery, the Eighty
sixth New York, the Slxty-eighth Penn
sylvania (Scott legion) the Ninety eighth
Pennsylvania, the One Hundred and For
ty-fifth New York, the One Hundred and
Tenth Pennsylvania, the Forty-tirst New
York Infantry, the One Hundred and Fifth
Pennsylvania, the Sixty second Pennsyl-
vania, the Fifty-second New York. the
Fortieth New York, the Fifteenth New
York Battery, and the Nimetieth New York
Cavalry.
At 2 o'clock the corner stone of the Me
mortal Church of the Prince of Peace !, was
formally laid in the presence of thousands
OF people. The question of the creation Of
this edifice has been agitated for a number
OF years, and one of the former Episcopal
rectors collected q quantity Of stone in
scribed with either the names OF donators
or that of some comrade or friend who had
fallen in the rebellion. These will be
placed in the inside of the church tower
Bishop Howe, Of the Central diocese of the
Episcopal church, laid the cornerstone.
At o'clock the Society of the Army
the Potomac held its annual meeting and
elected General Joshua Chamberlain pres
ident for the ensuing year. A telegram
was sent to General Sheridan congratulate
inn h hi Il 1n"l
grand procession moved from Center
square to the rostrum in the National Gem
etery, where the exercises of reunion be-
tween the blue and the gray took place.
On the rostrum the front row Of chairs
was occupied by General Sickles, General
Beaver and General Robinson Tall with
crutches), General Gordon, of Georgia
General Graham, General Butterfeld and
Rev. DR.. Valentine, of the Southern Theo-
logical seminary. At o'clock General
Robinson introduced General Sicklss as
the presiding officer. The old commander
of the left corps addressed the throng, saw
ing among other things:
Among the hundreds of memorial S structures
on this field there is not bearing an inscrip-
ton that wounds the susceptibilities bf an hon
orable and gallant foe. This meetingiis au his
torcal event. We dedicate here on this battle
uetu io-uay al a1tar SdCrel 10 peace ana tran
guilty and union. We sow the seeds of friend
ship between communities and States and pop
ulation once hostile and now reconciled. Our
civil war was not q conspiracy against
ruler; it was not the plot Of soldier to GUST
rival from power; it was not a r,ranuncia-
mento. The conflict Of 1915 was q war OF in
stitutions and systems and politics IT was
revolution ranking in Importance with the
French revolution of the eighteenth century
and with the English revolution OF the seven
teenth, universal in the benefcenG influence
upon the destinies of this country, and in
effaceable in the footprints made Id the path
OF our National progress"
When Governor Gordon appeared before
the great crowd that filled the vast lawn
before the rostrum the cheers and hur-
rahs were almost deafeninr and through
out his speech he was Interrupted by cries
Of "Good," Hurrah," and other express
sions OF pleasure and approval such as
must lave been f1attertng in the extreme
of his speech he said:
s'Of all the martial witnesses, the one which
is perhaps more characteristic Of the truly
brave is the virtue Of magnanimity. My fair
est earldom would give TO bid Clan Alpine's
chieftain live,' was the noble sentiment
attributed to Scotland's magnanimous
monarch as he stood gazing into
Iue luce OIL MS siam antagonist. That
sentiment, immortalized by Sept in his musi-
cal and martial use, will associate tor all time
the name of Scotland s King with those of
the great spirits of the past. How grand
the exhibition of the Same generous
impulses that characterize the victors
upon this memorable field My fellow
countrymen OF the North, if frnay re permit
ted to speak for those whom represent, let
me assure you that in the profoundest depths
Of their nature they rec1procate that generosity
with all ths manliness and sincerity of which
brave men are capable. We join you in setting
apart this land as an enduring monument OF
peace, brotherhood and perpetual unionn
Governor Beaver, who was introduced
by Governor Gordon, was received not less
enthusiastically than his predecessor, and
he was also broken in ppola by the hearty
cries Of the spectators. His speech was in
the same vein that marked the others
Chaplain McCabe, of Vermont, who was
to have responded to Governor Beaver in
behalf of the Southern men, was, owing to
arailroad delay, unable to be present and
General Hooker, Of Mississippi, took his
place. Brief addresses were also delivered
by x-Governor Curtin, of Pennsylvania,
General Longstreet, General Slpoum and
General Curtis.
The following telegram was received by
General Longstreet last night:
"WAsHINGTON-Yonr friend and comrade
has gone to join the heroic columns Of Amer
lean soldiers in the land CT the Ieal, but his
widow and son greet you from afar upon the
field which consecrated tina blending of the
blood OF brave men.
"Mas. GBsERAra PICKETT"
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The Pope and ireland.
LONDON, July 3.-The Chrontcle's. Rome
correspondent says thai Cardinal Moran,
in lengthy conversation with the Pope,
xUhila Snnrortinp tho nep "A II on ton of 4 ho