The record-union., 1895-09-19
ARMY OF THE CUMBERLAND.
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eral Schofield and Secretary Herbert.
Lieutenant General Schofeld was then
introduced and spoke as follows:
"Comr0des: Every year the services you
rendered to your common country IN the
time of her sorest need appear greater
and greater and your heroic deeds shine
with increasing luster. But since that
period you have won a greater victory
than that which crowned your arms upon
the field OF battle. 1t was well asked in
1861 what good can possibly result rom
political union that does not carry with 1t
union of sentiment. of interest, OF patrl-
otic devotion-union OF the hearts OF the
people. On the other hand, it was asked
what possible guarantee of peace and
friendship can be gained through dIViS-
ion of the Union into two unfriendly ma
sions, separated by an arbitrary line.
"a large majority of the American
people determined to preserve the Union
and trust 10 the future of that union OF
hearts which would make the political
union subserVe the best interests OF the
Nation and mankind. By your justice
and generosity in the hour Of victory.
and by your constant brotherly conduct
in extending the right hand Of fellowship
to your Southern brethren, you have
finally won the greatest victory OF which
man is capable. Ii is victory of rea on
and good will over prejudice ana passion.
Il is q victory in which the former con-
Queror and conquered are now alike VIC
tOrious. Your Southern brethren have
shown heroic conditions OF the civil
strife and contributed their best efforts to
restore peace aud prosperity ruined by
war. and manifested in the most un-
equivocal manner their loyalty TO the re-
stored Union and have nOOly done their
part in gaining this great victory which
has made the people of the United States
one and indivisable forever. Thus IS the
victOry OF peace more renowned than any
victory of war.
You, mys comrades, are now able to
rejoice in the full fruits of your heroic
sacrifice. and OF the blood of your COM
rades which watered the fields of the
South but which was not SheG IL vain.
The fierce conflict which swept the fields
OF Chattanooga, Chickamauga, Antietam,
Gettysburg, Shiloh, Franklin, Nashville,
Atlanta and the ever memorable fields OF
Virginia. was the storm which cleared
the political atmosphere OF our country
and made it lit to support the life OF Inc
free, enlightened, patriotic and united
people of to-day.
This, my comrades, is the frult OF
your great heroic sacrifice In war, and OF
your patriotic and fraternaI conduct, and
that Of your brethren in the South since
they returned to their allegiance TO the
flag of our common country"
When General Schodeld had concluded
Secretary of the Navy Herbert was intro
duced.
Secretary Herbert, in beginning his
speech. said that the gathering at Chicka-
mauga. considering The antecedents and
the present purpose Of those who COM
posed the audience, could be paralleled IN
no other country but this. The civil war
had brought enduring peace between
hostile sections, and settled firmly the
foundation upon which rests to-day the
of
patton of this country from the power of
Great Britain was settled forever when
CORVALLIS surrendered at Yorktown;
and so, too, said Secretary Herbert, the
verdict Of our civil war has been accepted
as absolutely final. The perpetuity of
the Mon was settled forever when Lee
offered and Grant refused the sword at
AppomattoX.
Secretary Herbert, in the course of his
remarks, proceeded to show that the
North was not separated from the South
through the ambitious design OF any
chieftain, but that the struggle was 10 de-
termine underlying principles Of Gov
ernment that had not been settled in the
convention that framed our Constitution.
In the struggle that followed both sides
were desperately in earnest, because both
sides believed themselves TO be in the
right. There was nothing. he said, to do
but To fight it out, and if was fought out
honestly. squarely and bravely on both
sides.
The South could not have been induced
TO sacrifice itself as il did, except upon
the belief that it WAS lighting for the
rights bequeathed it by its ancestors. ON
the other hand, the North could never
have been induced TO fight az 1t did had
IL been Waglng q mere war OF conquest
Ihe people OF the North were inspired
with the conviction that they were fight
ing TO maintain in its integrity the Con-
stituLiOn OF the fathers, which, as they
understood it, ordained & perpetual
union. The war decided the question OF
secession and slavery, which had come
into the dispute. and disposed of IL for all
time.
Secretary Herbert. in drawing a lesson
from the times, said that political fury
and sectional hate had destroyed mutual
respect, the necessary foundation OF fra
ternal feeling, but ali this had changed.
In conclusion, Mr.. Herbert said: Dur
ing the thirty years that have elapsed
since Grant refused to take the sword OF
Lee at ADpOmattox, as we have looked
back at the past that admiration and re-
speCt has continued 10 increase; as we
have looked around at the present we
have come TO coniide in and rely upon
each other, and here we to-day all meo5
as brothers to DO honor to the valiant
hosts who fought at Missionary Ridge
those who wore the blue are no truer 10
the flag under which they fought than
are the men who fought in gray at Chick
Emauga and Missionary Ridge. If the
Government that ordained the dedica-
cation of this national park is yours. So
also IS it their Government. It's privi-
leges are theirs, and our promises are 10
them and their children. They take
pride in It's power and its prestige among
the nations of the earth. and the Loyalty
TO the Union OF the Coniederates who
once fought SO bitterly against 1t is the
crowning glory Of the heroes IN blue 10
whom monuments are 10 he dedicated to-
morrow"
Other speakers were General Granville
NJ. Dodge. President OF the Army OF the
Tennessee, and General Butterheld,
uooker's Chief OF Statf, who ealogized
Thomas and Hooker, and General Horace
Porter of Grants stan. The latter paid
glowing tribute TO the private soldier
heroes OF the war.
The four mem bers of the Cabinet who
left Washington last night 10 attend the
dedication did not reach Chattanooga un-
til a late hour to-day. Tonight they
stopped at Lookout Mountain, and eX-
pected 70 return to Washington Friday.
MONUMENT PRESENTATIONS.
Owing TO the absence of Secretary La
mont, the monuments were presented 10
each instance 10 General Fullerton,
President OF the National Park Commits
sion. Michigan led OF in this pleasing
and patriotic service. the Commissioner
occupying for that purpose the platform
on Snodgrass Hill.
The monuments and markers erected
upon the battlefield OF Chickainauga,
Chattanooga, Mission Ridge and Orchard
Knob were presented to Governor Rich
by Captain and ex-Cougressman G.. Il.
Belknap President OF the State Park
Commission. The Michigan organiza-