Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-05-31
DEC0RATI0N-DAY.
SENATOR INGALLS, iNDULGeS IN a "
RADE AGAINST THE SOUTH.
He AIIudes to Hicbmond's Great Day-
Confederate Veterans Participate
I'm Exercises at Mobile.
rBy telegraph 70 the Dlspstcn.i

rious cemeteries, while many others went
fishing, on pic-nics. or on excursions.
The procession moved from tifteenth
street and Pennsylvania avenue et III
o'clock. up Fifteenth street 10 feninsyINa-
MIA avenue, along that avenue and VI street
10 the Aqueduct bridge in West WASHING
ton. where .he parade was dismissed. Inc
| column was composed OF Grand army
posts. Sons OF Veterans, the District MN,
tia and mounted police, and al lts head
marched the full Marine Band.
Services were held at nearly az the ceine1
terIes. Those at the Soldiers Home ana
| Arlington, under the management OF the
Grand Army. were Of an imposing, charac-
ter, consisting Of music vocal and lnstru-
mental), the decoration OF graves ana ora
tions.
Congressman Boutelle, Of Maine. was the
orator of the day at Arlington, ana Con
gresham Morse, of Massachusetts,, at the
| Soldiers Home cemetery.
Special services were also held IN German
by a large number of German veterans ~
Prospect-Hill cemetery, where the orator
Of the day was d. Skutsch, editor OF the
| Washington journal.
INGALLS, WAVES THE BLOODY sHIBT.
GETTYSBURG, Pa, May 30.-Much greater
crowds than usual attended the memorial
services at Gettysburg battlefield to-day,
drawn largely by the fact that great part
OF the members OF both houses OF Con-
| gress would be present and that Senator
ingalls, was the orator of the day. After
impressive services conducted by the
| Grand Armyposts and strewing the graves
| with flowers IN profuslon. the throng as
| sembled around the rostrum, where Sena-
| tor Ingalls, was introduced by Edward Nc
PhersOn. master OF ceremonies. Mr. IN
gals's speech was long and only extracts
can be here gwen.
Mr.. President. he said. the battlefield
| Of Gettysburg what q tumult Of enthusl-
asm, of JOY aud grief, OF triumph OF sad
ness, of defeat, of final victory rises IN tho
heart at the repetition Of that name! The
high tide of rebellion broke on this ned
and along those rocky hills in Hood OF
| blood and flame that ebbed away at Apo
mattOx II IS lust twenty-five years SINCE
the last shot was fred-twenty- five years
since the hosts were marshalled for their
last review They assembled within the
| shadow of the dome of the Capitol they had
| saved. The splendor of yernal sun Dlu-
minated the scene and shlmmeTed on the
| nagas Ii climmerpd in Its glory above them.
ft was their flag. Had II not been for
their sacrifices and that Of their sleeping
comrades this flag would have been dis
| honured rag The centennial OF our re-
public would not have been celebrated;
the United States would have disappeared,
| and in It's place there would have come
|
rent Had not more than two million men
| offered their lives. strength, and services
for It's protection we should have been
| celebrating the twenty-ninth Anniversary
of the Confederacy. The Constitution of
the United States would have been Ike the
laws of the Medes and Persians and all
the plories of our republic would have dis
appeared. =,
| | have sometimes thought what would
have been our emotions had the rebellion
been successful. Suppose the dome OF the
Capitol had stooped 10 ts base: suppose
| Robert TOOmbs had fulfilled his Insolent
menace to count his slaves within the
shadow OF the Bunker Hill monument;
suppose the Stars and Stripes had gone
down in defeat before the Stars and Bars.
what would have been our emotions!
confess for myself ! would never have
| ceased to Implorc that all men might
be free: 10 hope that some time
bv some desperate battle the Union
might be restored. ! should have
| kent in some secret repository some
emblem of the Stars and Stripes. which l
would have taught my children TO love
and cherish Now, in view Of tho occur
| rences of the last two days in the extinct
capltal of the extinct COnfederacy, | wish
| To saw a few words. ] have no desire on
! this sacred occasion to revert TO any sub.
| icct inconsistent with the solemnlty, or
1
| seems to be felt by our adversaries
| is that in the rebellion they failed to sue
coed.
| ROBERT F. LEE.
Robert F.. Lee was undoubtedly one Of
| tn greatest soldiers Of the age-lOity OF
character. pure of life, and with lineage
! leading back to the morning Of patriotism
in this hemisphere. lie was without fear
| and without reproach. Had Lee adhered
| t..,,o, o.. Ivta-gCgaH ghnwflN before
| the rebellion he would to-day have been
! the foremost citizen of this republic. tie
| WAS offered the command of our armies.
For twenty-five years his sword had been
under the flag of the republic. lie had
| been educated at her expense and had
taken an oath to support her, Consul
tuition and her laws, but he NO
lated his oath. put aside his sword
and took the leadership of the
most cause!ess rebellion since the
devil rebeled against the sanctity OF
| Heaven. Andyet in perjury and IN VIOLA
ton of faith and honor-on day Tor
| TWENTY-FIVE years made sacred-those VINO
profess TO have accepted the results of
war in good faith, selecting this occasion
among all the other anniversaries Of The
865 DAYS of tho year, with every augu-
mentation of insolence, point to the South
| that this IS an example after which they
should copy. A Confederate nag IS placed
in the hand of Washington. lCries OF
SHANE Shamel"l
| What wonder if the dead should cry out
| against the sacrilege! We are told GOd
alone knows which side was right"
| If we were not right-if nationality IS
| not better than seceseiOn--then these cere-
| monies are without significance. the war
for the Union was the greatest crime OF
the century. and our soldiers rank with
the successful .pugilists who, Tight IN the
ring for the championship belt OF the
| world If they were not right national
morality is fictitious, loyalty name,
and patriotism a fatal malady OF the
| hodv pOlitic. This tendency Of the
Soufh must be resented. This is the
| day of instruction. The duty We
owe TO the future is that our relation
TO that great conflict be understood, ana
that our dead did not die in vain. 1t Is not
necessary 20 disparage the bravery OF our
adversaries. Let them rear monuments TO
their dead and cherish their deeds; let
| them eulocize the Lost Cause; let them
worship their leaders; let them carry their
Stars and Bars. These are matters OF taste
which they must decide for themselves.
| There is no other country under the sun
that would permit such TRANSACTIONS.
They are our countrymen. united 10 Us
nv a common heritage, 50 they say, but
| when they assert that Lincoln and DAVIS,
Grant and Lee Logan and jackson were
eonaI. and that God alone knows which
was right, it is sacrilege of the West type
and needs rebuke.
The main object of the congressional
visit was to inspect the battlefield and and
| consider the adylsability of passing oill
appropriatiug $500, coo to mark the Ooh-
| federate position i'll the battle.
NEW YoRK's PARADE.
NEW York, May 9O.-The, parade IN TINS
city to-day, though not as large as that OF
the recent centennial celebration, was
equally as fine. Fully 10000 people par
ticipated and the avenues along the iine OF
march were crowded with PEOPLE. Gen
eral Louis Fitzgerald and staff headed the
column and were followed by Troop A ana
the Sixty-ninth, Ninth, Seyenty-hrst.
hTwelfth, Twenty and seventh
regiments and the First and Second pat
teries. The Grand Army men; VINO con-
stituted the body of the parade, carried
their war-hags and numerous horal pieces.
They were divided into eleven DIVISIONS
and included in them were many 3utIiol-
town companies. Grand Marshal Ohafles
L. Hyatt and staff OF over lOO persons