The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-06-06

| into the air, and a. the band struck up
| the familiar air ~ Dixie" gray heads
bowed low and soft tears coursed down
their furrowed checks The passage Of
the professional column through the
principal streets Of the city was con-
tinucd ovation. It's progress was much
| impcded by the crowd that filled the
| streets. and II was fully two o'clock when
| the monument was reach. An enormous
crowd was in waiting there. large
! stand erected in front Of the monument
1 had been reserved for the distinguished
guests. the orator Of the day and ladies'.
! Ii was well filed when the procession
arrived. and the grand marshal dis
mounted and offered his arm 70 General
! johnson TO escort him TO the seat re-
served for him. then Governor Mckin-
ney. Colonel Anderson and the other
distinguished guests and officers OF the
/ occasion passed In review before
them. the veteran infantry lead
4 ing. and the veteran cavalry and
volunteer infantry bringing up the
rear The infantry organizations were
massed as rapidly as possible in fronto Of
on the loft near the monument The
artillery took position in line west OF
| the infantry and facing the statue. The
volunteer cavalry formed facing the
grand stand. The arran cement OF the
mass Of people occupied fully half
an hour When the organization
was complete and something like
Quiet could be had Governor Mckinney,
as president 81 the Lee Monument As
sociation. arose and called the as
semllage to order After a brief inyo-
cation by Rev. Charles Minnigerodc, Of
the Episcopal Church. Governor Mckin-
ney introduced General Early a. chair
man OF the meeting He was greeted
with prolonged applause and cheering.
Taking the gavel from Governor Me-
KinneyS hand. General Early an
nounced in few well-chosen words the
orator OF the occasion. Colonel Archer
Anderson.
Colonel Anderson's GRAFTON, an elab-
crate panegyric. eloqucntly delivered.
was a comprehensive analysis and
brilliant portrayal Of the character and
career Of the famous Confederate GEN
eral. 1t delineated his social. moral
and intellectual traits, his military
achievements and his life work. which.
in the opinion OF the orator. amply
justified admiration of the great man.
who, in the union Of military greatness
with the noblest public and private
virtue. presented that rare great
ness which men may most honor
in their fellow men. Nir-
GINA had produced two such stain
less Captains. The fame Of the one
George Washington-ha been conse-
Grated BY a century OF universal rever-
ence. and the growth OF a colossal en-
pire: the fame OF the other-of General
Lee not yet a generation old, and won
in cause which was lost. was already
established. upon a pinnacle equal 70
that Of Nashington's Virginia's mon
ument to George Washington had found
its only fitting complement and com
panion IN the monument to Lee, un-
vailed to-day. Following the story Of
General Lees later life. when the
greater elements Of the Confederate
chief.ain's character appeared. Colonel
Anderson spoke Of his noble person. his
grace. his social charm. his pure life.
.'of that Unborn divinity which with q
look could check familiarity. or convey
rcbuke: Of that manly beauty and com
manding presence, fitted alike to win
child or maiden. and TO awaken in the
sternest soldier an expectation and as
sursnce Of pre-eminence and distinc-
ton General Lee, the orator claimed.
regarded slavery as an evil which
the South had inherited. and
must be left TO mitigate. and,
L il possible. extirpate by wise and
J gradual measures and. when obliged to
make his choice and take sides in the
irrepressible conflict no more painful
struggle ever tore the heart OF a patriot.
Inheriting. along with the most ardent
love Of the Union. paramount loyalty
: to his native State, when the time
came, in de iance Of the temptings o.
; ambition-for the command OF thu
} United States armies was Of
, fered him he determined tina
! duty babe him side with hi
: beloved Virginia. he laid down his com
mission and solemnly declared his pur
pose never 10 uTdW III, oNptA- saw ~
: behalf Of his native state.
9 Following the vicissitudes OF Genera
! Lees gencralship in the late war. from
: the beginning to the end. when eth
q surrender OF the fragments OF the arm
\ OF Northern Virginia closed the i'm
\ perishablc record OF his militar
9 life. the orator exclaimed: What
q catastrophe. what moving an
= pathetic contrast; on the one side
9 complete and dazzling triumph. after
e long succession OF humiliating disas
e tiers: on the other absolute ruin ana de
t fcat crown OF thorns for that peer
4 less AMY, which hitherto had know
: only the victor's laurcls: but the mag
q nanimity Of the conquerer not less thai
/ the foftitude Of the vanquished out
:. shone the solemn scene and soften e
/ its tragic outlines Of fate and doom
e The moderation and good sense 3
- the Northern people. breathin
g the large and generous air Of on
Y Western world. quickly responds
y TO Grants examples. and though III
O. North was afterwards betrayed I'M
fanatical and balcful excess on nor
K than one great subject all the fierce
"a passions Of a bloody civil war were ra