The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-09-20

| gerS, would still for personal or party
| ends, ALLEVIATE the sections or classes.
| is but half patriotic. Perish, then,
| forever perish from American minds
! and hearts all distrust, all class and
| party and sectional bigotry and aliena-
ton; but live, long live. forever 1--we.
( as the last hope Of the republic. mutual
| trust, confidence, brotherhood and uni
| ty between their children who are the
| heirs of their immortal honors. For
| ever live the spirit which animated the
American congress and government IN
making possible this inspiring hour;
and may the spirit of this hour abide
in the hearts of our descendants
through all generations.
And why not? Why rot mutual, abso-
lutte confidence, trust and unity? What
is the basis of this trust and brother
! hood? Shall 1 answer? do answer, be-
cause the answer is a great truth, one
which history will record and heaven
reveal a last. That basis for brother
| hood, vouched by the dead heroes who
tell, and the living around me today,
is the monumental fact that every drop
OF blood which was she in that struggle
was the priceless tribute paid by liberty
loving men to inherit and profoundly
! cherished convictions. Every uniform
worn by the brave, whether it's color
from the ranks and flies of both; every
cannon that shook Chickamauga's hills
CT thundered around the heights of Get
tysDurg; every whiZZing she'll that tore
through the Wilderness at Chancellors-
Vile or Shilo; every bullet-rent flag
that fioated in victory, or went down
in defeat ON any field: every patriotic
sign or prayer waited heavenwaTd
from the north or the south; every low
ing and tender ministration at the dy-
ing soldiers side; every agoniZing throb
IN woman's heart or burning tear on
devoted wQman's cheek-aIl, all were
contributions to the upbuilding of a
lcftfer American manhood for the fu-
ture defense Of American freedom.
AHd now, by the authority of the
american congress, and the executive
department of the government; in the
presence of these survivors of the great
struggle; in the midst Of this heroic
woodland. whose leaves were reddened
with heroic blood, and whose giant oaks
stlI bear upon their shivered trunks
me visible track of shot and shell, by
these flowing fountains, whose crystal
waters symbolic the purity Of purpose
WnIch conveneS us-in the presence of
az these witnesses, and in the name of
thls great republic and its people, we
set apart, as an American Mecca and
consecrate for all time, this immortal
battle-ground. made forever glorious
by American valor
LONGSTREET SPEAKS.
The next person introduced was Gem
eral James Longstreet. He said in
part:
"On similar occasion at Gettys-
DurS, PRESIDENT Abraham Lincoln said: |
II is Tor us, the living, rather to be
dedicated here to the unfinished work |
and again Mr. Lincoln refers for us to |
be here defeated to the great task re- |
naming before u.s. and as from such |
green graves some good is borne l |
Wouio look TO the unfinished work an |
the great task remaining before u.s. in |
winch the blue and the gray and the |
sons and daughters of veterans on both |
sfdes can heartily join in extending.
broadening, confirming and perpetu- |
atlng a government of the people, by |
the people and for the people, / al |
lude, my countrymen, to happenings
IN 1893, to the exasperating European |
interference in Hawaii, Nicaragua. Ven |
ezuela, Trinidad and the general but |
STEADY purpose of Great Britain to !
nuillfy or encroach upon the Monroe
doctrine. Maximilian attempted an in |
fringefnent of this doctrine and al
though the guns at. .Appomattox had
d
the brave soldiers of Lee plainly indi-
Gated that they would follow Grant
or Sheridan in driving any European
government from America And | be-
lleVe there is an abounding patriotism /
broad and deep in Americans, that pa
triotisrn throbs the heart. the pulses
and the being as ardently of the South
Carolinan, as the Massa chusetss puri-
tan-that the liberty bell, in its south
ern pilgrimage will be as reverently
received and as devotedly loved in At
ianta and Charleston as in Philadel-
phia and Boston-that we all idolize
Old Glory and with Barbara Fritchie,
we can all now say shoot if you must,
this old gray head, but spare your coun
try's flag
And. to stimulate and solve this
noble sentiment all the more. what We
need is resumption of fraternity at the
ratio OF Is to sixteen strong heart |
strikes of mutual esteem and love to
a feeble expiring one of waning sec
hearty restora ton and |
cordial cultivation of neigh bor1y. bro
therly relations-faith in Jehovah and
respect for each other, and God grant
that the happy vision that delighted |
the soul Of the sweet singer Of Israel |
may rest like a benedictien upon the
south, upon the blue and the gray. |
the army and navy look |
OF the armamentS of our warShips and |
render more efficient our sea coast de-
fenses-in word. make the United
States the first naval power Of the |
world and when another landing by
England at Corinto is attempted. when |
European colonization is attempted.
when European coloniZa tion in Vene- |
zueia is essayed and when British greed |
in Nicaragua is repeated or any other
invasion Of encroachment of the Mon
roe doctrine is threatened the followers
OF Lee and Grant, the sons OF veterans |
OF the blue and the gray some Decatur.
Jones. Perry, Farragut. Simms or Maf-
NIT, on the quarter deck of an Ameri-
can man Of war will uufurl the flag Of
Washington. Lincoln. Grant, and Lee
in the English channel and the Yankee
huzza' and the rebel yeli' will resound
along the British coast"
General Longstreet was frequently
by enthusiastic applause.
GRAND REUNION. NIGHT
There was another big crowd in Bar
NUNS big tent tonight. 1t was grand
reunion Of the army of the Tennessee
union and confederates- The big
tent which held many crowds never
before held one greater than that OF
tonight
General Greenville VI. Dodge OF the
Society Of the Army OF the Tennessee
presided.
After music BY the hand and prayer.
he introduced the first epeaker Of the
evening. General o. .. Howard Of the
United States army
In the beginning OF his speech General
Howard paid a glowing tribute 10 the
great generals both blue and gray who
in the battle OF Chicka-
ruagua and continuing. he told OF the
heroic American volunteer and the
things he saw and expsrisuced. 0F n