Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-08-29

hear him. When he arose the enthu sias M
was more marked than at any time dur
ing his sojOurn. As he proceeded in his
speech, the applause was frequent. The
President spoke as follows:
MIR. PRESIDENT AND FELLOW CITIZENS
did not expect to make any address on this
occasion. It would have been pleasant, IL
should have found leisure to make suitable pre-
paration, to have accepted the invitation of
the committee having these exercises in charge,
80 deliver an orati1n. would have felt it an
honor to associate my name with occasion
so great as this lCheers.l Public duties,
however, prevented the acceptance of the in
~vitasion, and could only promise to be present
with you oday. It seemed to me most appro-
pirate that should take part with my fellow
cttizens OF Indiana in this great ceremony.
There have been few occasions in the history
of our State full of interest, so magn: ficent,
inspiring that which now witness.
fCheers-l The suggestion that a monument
should be built to commemorate the valor
and herOism OF those soldiers of Indiana
who gave their lives for the flag. at
trscted my interest from the beginning.
Five years ago last January, when the people
assembled in the opera-house yonder to unvail
' the statue which had been worthiy set up to
, our great war Governor, I ventured TO express
che hope that near by il, twin expression
E OF enc great sentiment, there might be builded
noble shaft not to any man. not to bear on
any OF its majestic faces the name OF a IN an,
but a monument about which the sons OF vet
Grams. the mothers OF our dead, the widows
that are yet with us. might gather, and, point
dug to the stately shaft, say there is his mon
umcnt." The hope expressed that day is real
lied now. ICrics OF 'Thanll God" and cheers.
L congratulate the people of Indiana that our
Legislature has generously met the expecta
tious of our patriotic people. 1 congratulate
the commission having this great work in
charge that they have secured u design which
will not suffer under the criticism of
Z zhc best artists of the world. con-
graduate you that a monument so costly
as TO show that we value that which it COM
memorates, and so artistic as to express the
-seasinaent which evoked it, is to stand in the
capital of Indiana Docs any one say there is
wiStefulness here: [Cries OF mol Norl My
~couutrymen two hundred thousand dollars has
never passed, and never will pass from the
treasury of Indiana that will give better re-
tu ia than the expenditure for the erection of
this monument lCheers. AS have witness
ed these ceremonies and listened to these pa
fr;otic hymns, read in the faces OF the men
who stood about me that lifting up OF the soul,
that kinaling of patriotic fire, that made me
sreairze that on such occasions the Nation is
laying deep and strong foundation for its tut
,are security. ICheers. This is q monument
OF Indiana to Indiana soldiers. But l beg
you TO remember that they were only
soldiers of Indiana until the enlistment oath
was taken. that from that hour until they came
back to the generous State that had sent them
forth they were soldiers of the Union. lGreat
applause So that it seemed to ME not inap-
propriate that should bring to you to-day the
sympathy and cheer of the loyal people OF all
the States. Applause.
No American citizen need avoid it or pass it
with unsympathetic eyes, for, my countrymen,
1t does not commemorate war Of subjugation.
There is not in the United States to-day man
who, if he realizes what has occurred since the
war, and has opened his soul to the sight of
that which is to come, will not teel that it is
good for all our people that victory crowned
the cause which the monument commentaries.
iCries of Amen.l do seriously believe that if
we can measure among the States the benefits
resulting from the preservation of the Union,
the rebelious States have the larger
share IApplause.l 1t destroyed an institu-
ton that was their destruction. 1t opened the
way for commercial life which, IL they will
only embrace it and face the light, means to
them development that shall rival the best
attainments of the greatest of our States. TAp-
plause.l And now, let me thank you for your
pleasant greeting. have felt lifted up by this
occasion. lApplause.l 1t seems to me that
our spirits have been borne up to meet those OF
the dead and glorlfied, and that from this
MACE we shall go to our homes more resolutely
set in our purpose as citizens, To conserve the
.,eace and welfare of our free institutions and
10 sec that no harm shall come to our country
Watcher from internal dssensions or from
-sIrc aSgressions of a foreign foe. IGreat ano
prolonged applause.
The President, at the close of the exer-
cises, returned to his hotel and in the
eveaing attended the camp fire at Tom
Iinson Hall. There he was again re-
sceived with great enthusiasm by the five
thousand people present. He SPOKE
briefly, and at the close the cheering wa
great
The scheme for this monument wa
originated by Geo. E. Langsdale, edito
of the Greencastle Und.) Banner. II
1876, at the meeting of the State Editoria
Association in Indianapolis, he presenter
his plan, which was heartily Endorsed
and resulted in q reunion in October o
the same year, in Indian apolis. of all tn,
surviving soldiers aud sailors in the State
At this reunion the work was fairly be
gun, the Indiana Soldiers and Sailors
Monument Association being organized
The work OF collecting funds was com
.menced. but the panic OF 1876 put sto]