St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-05-30
M INN. FRIDAY MORNING. MAY 80, 1890.

Broad street it was greeted with wild
demonstrations by the enormous crowd.
Fair hands flung roses from the win
dows. banners were torn from the fronts
of buildings and tossed high into the
air; and, as the band struck up the IA
miliar air of ''DiXie." gray heads bowed
low and soft tearS cOursed down fur
rowed cheeks. The passage OF the pro-
cessional column through the principal
streets of the city was continued ova-
ton. Its progress was much lmpeded by
the crowd that filled the streets, and it
was nearly 2 o'clock when the m0nu-
ment was reached. An enormous
crowd was in waiting there. A large
stand, erected in front of the. monu-
ment. had been reserved for the dis
the day and ladies. 1t was we'll
filled when the procession arrived
and the grand marshal dismounted and
offered his arm to Gen. Johnston to
escort him to the seat reserved for him.
Then Gov. Mckinney, Col. Anderson
and the other distinguished guests and
officers OF the occasion passed III re-
view before them, the veteran infantry
leading and the veteran cavalry and
volunteer infantry
Bringing Up the Rear.
The infantry organizations we're
massed as rapidly as possible in front OF
the grand stand, the mounted veterans
on the left 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 arrangement OF
the mass of people occupied fully half
an hour. When the organization was
complete and something like quiet could
be had, Gov. Mckinney, as president
of the Lee Monument association, arose
and called the asSemblage to order.
After brief invocation by Rev. Charles
Minnigerode. of the Episcopal church,
Gov. Mckinney introduced Gen. Early
as chairman of the meeting. He was
greeted with prolonged applause and
cheering. Taking the gavel from Gov.
McKinney's hand, Gen. Early an
nounced in q few well-chosen words
the orator of the occasion, Col. Archer
Anderson. Anderson's grafton, an
elaborate panegyric, el0quently dellv-
cred, was a comprehensive analysis and
brilliant portrayal of the character and
career of the famous Confederate gem
eral. 1t delineated his social, moral and
intellectual traits, his military achieve
ments and his life work, which, i'll the
opinion of the orator, amply justified
lavish admiration of the great man who,
in the union of military greatness with
the noblest public and private virtue,
presented that lare greatness which men
may most honor in their fellow man.
Virginia had produced two such STAIN
less captains. The fame OF the one
George Washington-had been conse-
Nv 0QnttlTU Of universal
reverence and the growth of colossal
empire; the fame of the other-of Gen.
Lee-not yet a generation old. and won
in cause which was lost, was already
established upon a pinnacle equal to
that Of WaShingtOn's. VlrglnlaS
monument to George Washington had
found its only fitting complement and
companion in the monument to Lee,
unveiled to-day. Following the story
of Gen. Lees later life, when the
greater elements of the Confederate
chieftain's character appeared, Col.
Anderson spoke of his noble per-
son, his grace, his social charm,
his pure lifess.ef- that--inborn dignity
which, with look, could. check famil-
iarity, or convey rebule; OF that manly
beauty and commanding presence. lifted
alike to WIN child or maiden. and to
awaken in the SterneSt soldier an eX-
pectation and assurance of pre-emlnence
and distinction" Gen. Lee, the orator
claimed, regarded
Slavery as an Evil
which the South had inherited, and
must be left to mitigate, and if possible
extirpate, by wise and gradual meas
ures. and, when obliged to make his
tc1- cir in, hn Iyrn CT
Bile conflict, no more painful struggle
ever eve tore the heart of a patriot. liner
iting, along with the most ar
dent love of the Onion, a para
mount loyalty to his native state, when
the time came. in defiance of the
temptings of ambition-for the COM
mand of the United States army was Of
fered him-he determined that duty
bade him side with his beloved Vir-
glnia, he laid down his commission and
solemnly declared his purpose never
to draw his sword, save in behalf OF his
native state. Following the vicissi-
tudes of Lees generalship in the late
war, from the beginning to the end,
when "the surrender of the fragments
of the army of Northern Virginia closed
the imperishable record OF his military
life" the orator exclaimed: "What
What moving and pa
thetic contrast! On the one side COM
plete and dazzling triumph, after long
succession of humiliating disasters; on
the other absolute ruin and defeat; a
crown Of thorns for that peerless army,
which hitherto had known only
the victor's laurels; but the magnanim-
ity of the conquerer not less
than the fortitude of the vamquished
hn cnInrOn
it's tragic outlines of fate and
doom. The moderation and good sense
of the Northern people, breathing the
large and generous air of our Western
world, quickly responded to Grants eX-
ample; and, though the North was aft
betrayed into fanatical and
baleful excess on more than one great
subject, all the fiercer passions of
bloody civil war were rapidly eXtln-
"Let this monument, them"
said Col. Anderson, in his perora-
ton, ''teach to generations yet
unborn these lessons of his life.
Let it stand, not as a record of civil
strife,but as perpetual protest against
whatever is low and sordid in our pri-
vate and public objects. Let it stand as
a memorial of personal honor that never
brooked stain; of knightly valor with
out thought OF self: OF Tar reaching
genius unSoiled by ambition;
of heroic constancy, from which no
cloud of misfortune could ever hide the
path of duty. Let it stand for proof of
censure, if our people shall ever sink
below the standard of their fathers.
Let it stand for
Patriotic Hope and Cheer
if day of national gloom and disaster
shall ever dawn upon our country: let
it stand as the embodiment of brave
and virtuous peoples ideal leader. Let
it stand as great public act of thanks
giving and praise for that 1t pleased
almighty God to bestow upon these
Southern states a man so formed as to
reflect his attributes of power. majesty
and goodness" Every point in Col.
Anderson's address was greeted with
warm applause, and several times he
was Obliged to suspend his remarks,
while the crowd cheered again and |
again. At the conclusion of his address
a wave of applause swept over the
crowd and rippled out again and again,
until hands were tired and thrOatS were |