The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-05-31
INGALLS, AT GETTYSBURG
HE MAKES A SPEECH IN WHICH
he TOUCHES UP RICHMOND.

field to-day, drawn largely by the fact that
great part of the members of both houses
of congress would be present and that Sen
ator ingalls, was the orator of the day.
After impressive services conducted by the
grand army posts and strewing the graves
with flowers in profusi IN the throng as
sembled around the rostrum, where Senator
Ingalls, was introduced by Edward McPher-
son, master of ceremonies. Mr.. Ingalls,
speech was long and only extracts can be
here given.
He said in part:
Mr. PREsIDENT-The battlefield of Gettys-
burg-what tumult of enthusiasm, of Joy and
| grief, OF triumph, of the sadness of defeat. OF
victory. rise to the heart at the repetition Of
that name The high tide of rebel ion broke on
| this field and along those rocky hills in flood
OF blood and flame that ebbed away at Apo
mattox. Three summer days changed this
hamlet to an epoch. and gave to this locality an
Immortality equal TO Marathon, Marston Moor
and Waterloo.
A sTUPENDoUs TRAGEDY.
| The orator who speaks upon this anniversary,
| no matter how great his name or fame, will be
dwarfed by the stupendous tragedy enacted
| here, and will sink into insigniflcance before
that great man who, standing almost within
| hearing of this spot, dedicated this place al
most twenty seven years ago It is just twenty
| Twenty five years nee the posts were mar
shaled for the last review. They assembled with
in the shadow of the dome of the capitol they had
| saved. The splendor of the vernal sun illumi-
mated the scene and shimmered on the flag as it
| glimmered in its glory above them-a sign of
| the rejuvenated republic. 1t was a host without
| numbers, welcomed with tumultuous acclaim
the hosts OF Grant, Sherman. Logan and Han
| cock, and above them flashed and cleaned the
| 81 lry of the dag. 1t was their dag. Had it not
been for their sacrifices and that of their sic p
ing comrades this flag would have been dis
| honored rag. The centennial Of our republic
| would not have bsen celebrated and the United
| States would have disappeared, and in its place
there would have come petty nationalities, dis
cordant and belligerant.
ANNIVERSARY OF TIE coNFEDERAcY.
Had not more than .. 1000, 900 men offered their
lives. strength and services for its protection
we should have been celebrating the Twenty
ninth anniversary OF the confederacy The con-
SIitution Of the United States would have been
like the laws of the Medes aud Persians and ell
the glory of our republic would have disap-
peared. Bunker Hill, Yorktown the achievement
OF our fathers, all that is inspiring in history
would be sentences in the school books to-day
like the legends of all that is dead. Had not
those men died liberty would be our
epitaph. Our past would have been a
catastrophe. Our present would have been
standing armies in every state and custom
houses on all the borders. Other wars were
fought for conquest, ambition, revenge, dynas-
u and thrones, but no such passions animated
dured hardshi and death to save our homes
and our country from destruction, that the
states might he indissoluble and that the nation
might be perpetual
IDEAS IMMORTAL
Ideas are immortal They can't be annihi-
lated. l have sometimes thought what would
have been our emotions had the rebellion been
successful. Suppose the dome of the capitol
stopped to its base, suppose Robert Toombs
fulfilled his inSolent menace to count his slaves
within the shadow of Bunker Hill mon
ument. Suppose the stars and stripes had
| gone down in defeat before the stars and bars
| what would have been our emotions? / confess
| for myself to have never ceased to implore
| that all men might be free to hope that some
| time by some desperate battle the union might
have been restored. l should have kept in
| some secret repository some emblem of the
stars and stripes which / would have taught
| my children to love and cherish.
| THE LEE CELEBRATION.
| Now in view of the occurances of the last two
days in the extinct capital of the extinct con-
federacy wish to say few words. 1 have no
| desire on this sacred occasion to revert to any
| subject that is inconsistent with the solemnity
| of the hour, but, unless the ideas for which our
| dead died were right, they have died in vain.
| But the only regret that seems to be felt by our
| adversaries is that in the rebellion they failed
| to succeed Robert e. Lee was undoubtedly one
| of the greatest soldiers Of the age lofty of
character pure Of life and with a lineage lead
| ing back to the morning of patriotism on this
| hemisphere He was without fear and without
| reproach Had Lee adhered to the sentiments
| expressed shortly before the rebellion he would
| to-day be the foremost citizen of this republic
| He was offered the command of our army For
twenty-five years his sword had been under the
| flag of the republic.
LEES SECESSION.
| He had been educated at her expense, and
had taken an oath to support her constitution
| and her laws, but he violated his oath, put aside
| his sword and took the leadership of the most
| causeless rebellion since the devil rebelled
| against the sanctity of heaven And vet
in perjury, and in violation of faith
five years made sacred, those who profess
| to have accepted the results of war in good
faith, selecting this occasion in all the other an
| niversaries of the 365 days of the year, with
| every augmentation of insolence. point to the
| south that this is an example after which they
| should copy. A confederate flag is placed in
the hand OF Washington. Cries of ''Shamei -
"Shame!"l What wonder if the dead should
| cry against the sacrlege. We are told God
| alone knows which side was right. To make the
| constitution of the United States the supreme
| law of freemen, millions enlisted and thousands
| gave up their lives. Wives were widowed and
| children orphaned; and yet one-half of the
rising. generation is being taught that GOD
| alone knows which was right"
CARNAGE RAMPANT.
Carnage ragged on hundreds of battleields.
| Now the sun rises on no master and sets on nc
| shame. The shame of the republic is washed
| out, liberty is the law of the land. and vet
| God alone knows which was right" If we
| were not right If nationality is not better than
| secession, then these ceremonies are with.
| out significance, the war for the union
was the greatest crime of the cen
fury, and our soldiers rank with successful
pugilists who fight in the ring for the cham
pionship belt of the world. If they were not
right national morality is fiction loyalty a
name and patriotism malady polite This
tendency of the south must be resented, This
is day of instruction, but we owe the future
that our relations to that great conflict be I'M
| derstood aud that our dead did not die in vain.
1t is not necessary to disnarage the bravery of
our adversaries Let them rear monuments
to their dead and cherish their deeds. Let them
euogize the lost cause; let them worship their
leaders; let them carry their stars and bars
these are matters of taste which they must de-
eide for themselves. There is no other country
| under the sun that would permit
such transactions. They are our countrymen.
united to us by common heritage, so thew
| say, but when they assert that Lincoln and
| Davis, Grant and Lee, Logan and Jackson were
equal, and that God alone knows which was
right, " it is a sacrilege of the vilest type and
| needs rebuke.
The senator was listened to with the
greatest attention and was frequently ap-
plauded. A chorus then closed the exercises
with 20, Starry Flagr The main object
of the congressional visit was to inspect tn
battlefield and consider the ACCESSIBILITY of
passing the bill appropriating $500, 900 to
mark the confederate position in the battle.