The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-09-21

an indication that sectional feeling was
obliterated and turned his attention TO the
souri, compromise and fanaticism had sorre-
thing to do with It. The denial of equal
rights to equal States was the real cause.
wrong the ms South hays beeyea esed ine sn right
and in defense of this belief IL accepted
battle. The South claimed and asked moth
persons. but of States. Less than that was
subordination, and not equality. War was
the only resort. Its irrevocable result Will
not be again in question. Publicists might
draw distinctions between just and unjust
wars, but in civil war for alienable rights,
victory could not sanction the wrong nor
developed that the North was more power
full than the. South, and the South had out
side resources to draw from. Beyond that
no one could draw rightfui conclusion.
That must be left to history. After COM
pairing the resources of the. North and
South at the time of the rebellion, the
mauga, describing 1t from his point of view.
Next he told how the South had struggled
since the war to get on its feet. In conclu-
America with fortresses, as modern cannon
would demolsh them. The only safety
was in union. Let it be r,membered that
federals recognized their valor and claimed
their Lee, and the federals, Grant as grand
characters who adorn American history.
GENERAL GROSyENOR'S ADDRESS.
Gen. Charles Grosvenor. of Ohio. was the
next speaker. He said in part:
I'VE meet to-day upon this sacred spot
to celebrate the heroism of the American
soldier, the great results of battles, and
the greater victories of peace. We do not
memories meme sn charsed With bteaness or or emvy
We join here as American citizens upon
one of the. great battlenelds of great
war, to dedicate for all time to the Ameri-
can people these monuments and this bat
tlefield. We do this to remind those of
coming generations of the heoric races
from which they are descended; TO exhibit
to them the enormous cost of the institu-
tions bequeathed to them, and placed in
their keeping; and to forever appeal to
guard, protect and forever cherish i'm
perishably and immutably, the results of
the great war, We do not come with words
of criticism or bitteruess-we of the North.
The achievement OF which We are proudest,
and we'll may be proudest, is, not that we
the tn ARMIES Of O hs
but that we restored the union of the
States that we stood in the deadly con-
save the Union: not to commit revolution.
but to save the flag as the representative
of a great Union: that. we fought to re-
store the Constitution as the supreme law
of the land. But more proudly yet do
we contemplate the fact that these efforts
were not unavailing, that the result aimed
union % of the the States to-day is '' union % of Of
hearts and union Of hands, and a union
of States none can sever
more charming TO the heart Of an Ameri-
can patriot than the love of the American
people for this Union, this Constitution and
this power? 1t is our protection against
enemies abroad: it is our assurance against
disturbances within; it is the beacon light
ours 1t is the doctrine of the American
home. the American f1reside. American in
stitutiQns, the American Union, and the
homer and as M M it abroad It
and in the hour of its peril, in the hour
Of its danger, if that hour shall come, in
great gre fabric of government if that hour our
shall come, there will rally to the flag of
the Union: there will rally to the. Constit,i-
our institutions, whether it be to protect
our territorial integrity, our dignity as a
nation, or our. position upon. great political
there will be found the men and the de-
scendants of the men of 1861 who fought
TO uphold it; the men and the descendants
of Inc men who, at Gettysburg and South
Mountain, at Shiloh and at Nashville. and
here upon this sacred spot, stood and
fought and bled and struggled. going forth
dicate, to- cherish and protect the flag and
the Union that we love-"
When General Grosvenor had finished,
Governors Morton, OF New York, Wood
bury, of Vermont, Matthews, of Indiana;
and Turney of Tennessee. each made short
talks. Governor Turney caused something
of sensation in his speech. 1t came about
in this way: Governor Woodbury. eaid that
during the war each side believed Ii was
right, but that now the Southerners would
have to teach their children the South was
wrong. Governor Turney took exception
right during the four years and nineteen
days I served in the Confederate army"
he said land at the end of that time l
thought i was right. / still think / was
right, and shall teach my children so. No
one is more loyal to the stars and stripes,
than l, and no one is more loyal to the
government. but l can never be convinced
that the South was wrong"
This rather frank expression caused a
great stir in the audience. and when the
meeting adjourned was the topic of gen.
eral conversation on all sides.