The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-02-05

the united states WITH One-Quarter or the stone
that was transported either by water or rail-
way. Our state GeOlogist informs me that he
believes that we will be able to deliver one-half,
In the year iss2' OF all portable stone. It'll we'll
known that our coal products, q part Of them
az least, are equal, for some purposes, TO any
that Is mined IN the Union. and we have what
ole supply. And we have the largest gas belt in
tho world, or that was ever known. at least.
IL has brought within Indiana fabulous wealth
Within the last three years, so much so that TAX
ing out Of the account that in twelve years we
nave In actual money raised out OF the ground
and brought into this State more than two bill
IONS or dollars. We have a pride in our schools
that has made US famous throughout the Union.
II not the world; for Eastern men have declared
tnat our school system Is the best. and that the
best high-scnool In the West is to be found in our
CITY.
There are many reasons why, as our friend
wilson has said, we ought to have state pride.
On citizen of our State has transported the
name or Indiana TO every quarter or the civil
zed world In "Ben-Hur." More than that. our
statesmen OF any State In the Union; and until
the present time l believe that Indiana has had
n sSe occasion sas fo 5a 10 Oia faom nsr ap the chief ti, 1s'0u. sSs
icrie. Of t aSor now e eIsner.@I G I feel . q Pride e9 as
upon the library walls and see the men and try
to study their character. I feel that it Is a school
OF itself for the children Of the state outside or
Indianapolis. Ii Is one OF the things that | first
point my friends tn when they say they are visit
ing the capital OF the State for the first time, and
as Tor the CapfrOl DululnR, the wisdom OF the men
who decided on the plans that gave us our pres
ent building certainly has been exemplifed and
wins applause from every mar from every quar-
ter OF the world who steps his foot inside, not
the corduroy. rs my friend from Jennings c0un-
t. always calls IL. but the corridor. it always
presents q splendid view. And then we have a
way OF making everybody feel at home in Indi-
ana. There Is no doubt about IL. Everybody
speaks or IL, and especially those who come from
OF Indiana is always the subject OF remark
wherever you 60.
thing. Don't forget when we are talking about
State pride that We are going to have the finest
monument on the face or the earth TO the men,
DRY OF as brave men as ever confronted a zoe,
TO the memory OF a State that sent one=seventh
OF her population to defend the country and its
flag. And when 1t is completed, built, as IL will
be, OF Indiana material, like our State-house and
courthouse. it viii be Indiana's pride, as we'll
as, / believe, the pride of the Nation. do not
mean TO express that in q mere perfunctory way
when I say 1t will actually be the finest monu-
ment on the face OF the earth.
Indiana does not forget her invalids nor her
dependents. in different parts of the State she
has builded wisely and we'll for the purpose OF
securing comfort at least for the unfortunate.
And don't you remember that, In 1854, In the
so much material that it was only with great
difficulty IL could he given away. Whenever
there Is a calamity there is an open purse In In
diana.
Why. 1t is only a little time since our
fields were covered with native forests
and men, today, can build q palace and decorate
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nish IL as elegantly as any palace on earth need
be furnished with furniture manufactured within
We have a school fund. We have a moral people,
a glorious people, and we have increased in pop
ulation since the opening OF the war more than
SO per cent, and I have not a cloud with regard
iieve that We viii go on prospecting; that
our children will be able to handle the great
success, as we have tried to do our duty, and
had handed down to US from our fathers the
1 believe the example that has been set before
them, In trying TO preserve this great country as
one country. having for it but one flag. will cause
US when we shall pass away To feel that 1t 10 per-
fe ctlysecurs In their hands. (Applause.l At this
hour, Mr.. Chairman, l will not be tedious. My
notes would take me further. [Crles of go on,
Go on."l But want to say In this connection
never known any dinerence. reIisiousiy: poIitio-
borders of my STATE with regard to the State
pride of those whom I have met. in the old
every man. aud every woman. and every child
from the old Hoosier state. fApplause.l
am sure that in variety Of climate, Of soil, In
oil that makes a great commonwealth, we are
second to no $4,000 square miles beneath the
sun. I have travelled IN fourteen States Of the
Mexican republic. / have never been beyond
the North American continent IL is true. but in
forty Of these States and Territories OF
our own country. and. say 1t In all sincere
our culture. our educational advantages are con-
cerned, they are second to no country in the
world For you must remember that within
seventy-five miles of where We stand. there are
twelvo first-class educational institutions. Jap
plause.l l don't believe that can be said OF any
other capital in the Union.
So far as our literary characters are concerned
they are more numerous than In any other state
west OF the Alleghenies, and we have many, like
the author OF "Ben-Hur;' like the author OF the
Universal" and like the author of Indiana
friend Thompson and many Others. It viii not
do to trench upon this matter further nor upon
your patience. / have only to name them to
cause you to realize that they are not only State,
but national. that they have not only a national
but an international fame. and I say morning,
noon and night, God bless Indiana.
Letters of r,gret were received from many
persons over the State expressing their
hearty sympathy with the movement to Sc
cure the national encampment OF the Grand
Army. Department Commander |. N. Walker
was then introduced. and spoke as follows:
Those who have not shared the dangers, hard
know what the ties OF comradeship are. With
them it must always remain q mystery that those
ties should strengthen rather than weaken as
the years roll ON. Zone touch OF nature makes
the whole world kim" In the fight and on the
Held. standing among the slain, in victory and
nature the memory of which binds comrades in
bonds OF closest kinship. Tho Indiana volunteer
soldier has been aptly described las q remark
able com pound or citizen, sovereign and sub
alfern." He brought to the tented field a free
mans will. and all the forces and culture of q
freeman nome, al the attalnmcntc, Industries
and art OF n high civilization, and to crown all he
brought TO the cause n sublime faith that thrice
Is he armed that hath his quarrel just"
He came from every vocation and profession,
up from the hope, and home, and heart of all
the people. He was the aggregate everybody,
from everywhere, who knew everything and
could do anything. He Possessed the intuition,
courage anu self-sacrtnce that come OF liberty
regulated by law. He was of a land whose homes.
pulpits and hastings taught q creed which set
the love OF liberty above the love of life. His
faith in ultimate triumph was fixed rs the stars.
divine right 10 rule himself. He was willing to
die and he forgotten in a cause, that the cause
itself might 1--we.
The glory of Indiana's sons will not he dimmed
by comparison OF their record with that OF any
other State In the Union. During the Whole
progress of the war there was not a military de-
partmeIt without one or moro organizations
from Indiana. There was not an army corps
that did not bear some or them on its rolls: nor u
great battle In which some OF them did not hon.
jOlce at this distribution! IL enabled our soldiers
10 serve the Union everywhere. 1t afforded them
an opportunity 10 convince all f0emen, as well
as friends, OF their courage. endurance and pa
tr1otism. Ii was the means by which the name
or Indiana is, or will be. written upon every bat
tie monument commemorative OF the war.
Through its chances every victory, wherever or
py whotnsoever won. which Is in any degree IL
illustrative OF American yalOr, is cOntributiye 10
her glory. Three Indiana regiments, the Eighth,
Ninth and Tenth. took part In the first battle OF
the war. June 5, 1861, at Phillippi, Va, while
the Thirty-fonrth Regiment, on the bank OF the
Rio Grande. fought its very last battle. May IS,
1860. The first regiment, under General Butler,
TO land on the wharf ut New Orleans was the
TweSty-first Indiana.
The first Union flag over the bloody parapet &C
Fort Wagner, in front of Charleston, was the
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