The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-09-25
TAMMANY'S MEN DIED THERE
DEDICATION or THE GETTYSBURG
SHAFT TLIAT RECALLS T1IEIK YALOR.
Gen. s,ckie- Dwei,s Cpoa the Patriotic
Record OF the society ana the Bravery
OF It's SoIdiera-lts Honorable Career n
Pence and In War Inc Iaenta OF the DIV

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Record OF the Society ana the bravery
OF its ssoIdicra-ltr Honorable Career n
Pence and In war-Ineiaents Of the Day.
CiErryxnrno. Sept 24.-Thcre were several
striking features connected with the unwilling
today Of tho towering bronze monument
which is to illustrate to posterity the part tho
rammany Regiment played in the pivotal
battle which was won at Gettysburg. Ono was
the sight of that battle SCARED old warrior.
Con. Daniel l. Sickles. in II gray frock suit,
and Col. John Il. Fellows. In blue. standing
sidc by sdo on tho platform. "dendly enc
mics" during tho war; Gen. Sckles
expressed II in his speech OF introduce
lion. but brothers now. Both were visibly
Affected. Another was the Irublic protest
which Gen. Sckles madc against the position
o. the monument OF the Scventy-sccond Penn
sylvania Regiment. occupying as 1t docs q
place in advance OF the battle line on one COR
aer OF the Bloody Angle Tho Site II 1t be-
longs to any one. belongs to the Tammany
Regiment.
But by far the most significant feature was
Gen. Sicklcs's Grafton. While combining itself
strictly TO tho purpose for which II was in
tended. there Is u political significance at
tched to it th,t must have nm effect on tho
political campaign in New York
The grafton re,,itcs facts that cannot be an
twcred by the Republicans. because they are
recorded in history. At the very beginning OF
the campaign Mr.. Sassett pitched into Tam-
many. He rai,ncd it hlacker than night.
There was absolutely nothing good about it
now and there never had been. II never
had done an honorable decd and it never
would. It suffcn,d from intellectual
strabismus and mental heterophemy.
Without appearing to do SO Gen. sickbes clev-
erly Incorporated political speech In his
monument grafton. He knocked Mr.. Fas-
setts statements into cooked hat
BY merely relating a little written his
tory. He showed the patriotism and
loyalty Of the TammAny Society in the war
BY telling how it recruited the gallant Forty
second with Tammany mon: lroav the organ
lzation gave up It's hall to tho Government.
and how it instructed the members Of the City
esasns whom tie
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the braves and tramped through the scorching
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crutches and stood balancing himself he re-
e9 H. qeSaSea the history 81 the
h Ell 1t sSok dsaa4s s
Of Anti e am and Gettysblrg, when Is ofieers
md 22 ENLISTED men we're ktlled and ~ %oq FnS
second the right to be siaesed among the great
hYhtnK ,ss q the wS5 Society which
history dates from the foundation Of 9u5 Coy
Thsh has s ss ses
s!4Ssa shs N Hf$s'
stseae Ran &en His$sss
4. Dix Samuel J. Tildsn. Apgnsstusi, I seheli
Sh hn Tap Bssn Madson
ana Jackson found their strongest supporters
nat G 5pSnfHs Ss %sn !" With
sSo
ton in South Carolina. and i sustained him In
ssS sans sps FL
United States, assumed % control tho financial
Pk kH SnS hs1 syy II As f IT,
e sud Sen sst sS {.
in tile pstsiotsc action q the Common Council
s nv xhers it, M thc Sss
IT, r. nioS
Ell. 1Sssn ass Ssfs.
sstiensi aeienes.. !. united al parties for ,tSe
from, Wall street to the EStionsl Treas;
Continuing. the General described passion
scenes in New York !, At the , Outbreak
Der OF men, some 4OO.3OO in all raised by the
State. OF New York for the Union armies. and
ofthe HEROIC services rendered by these brave
erected on the battlefield Of Gettysburg alone,
he said. to the memory OF those who had
fallen. Other countries erect monuments In
honor of commanders Of armies. he declared.
while We signalize in this manner the herotsm
nf fha.r wi n n DattaltOnR,
Continuing hc said There Is a day and an
hour in the annals Of every nation when its
stands or falls by the sword. Such Q battle
was Gettysburg: You are nov, nov stand is
republic was decided. Right here arc
some Of the brave soldiers s,v Veterans rs
win tho decisive victory for the Union Right
here near this GlumR Of trees I'll the
Armistrad and darrctt. met the solid front OF
Hancock's corps as the ocean wave strikes the