The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-09-19


te nded, inch by inch. and step by step.
n ON the Mississippi TO the mountains
nom the mountains TO the sea, and thence
70 that peaceful review at Washington:
We bring you the son OF our great cap
Y sin in war, and the sOuth's best friend
1 peace, Grant; and the son of his brill
liant lieutenant. Sherman and we md
ourselves hOnoreC by the presence Of
many distinguished confederates, who will
receive special welcome at the hands of
our presiding officer These are some of
you tonight"
Gen. James D. Morgan welcomed the
confsderates present, saying. Comrades;
Ola Father Time, in his progress through
TINS busy and teeming world of ours,
brings some strange ana startling changes.
About thirty-twO years ago, not far from
where L am now standing. a great battle
was Iought, when the blue and the gray
met met lace 70 race IN conflict, both bat
Ting for what they thought was right.
win us that great contest ended thirty
years ago, and now the blue and the gray
meet again, not as enemies, but friends
members OF the government and protect
ed under one flag, old glory, We like
10 call 1t. And If in the near or far future
this good government again requires the
services Of her sons. the blue and the
gray VIII be found standing shoulder 10
shoulder in protecting her rights. l bid
you welcome"
The annual address was then delivered
by ex-senator Gen. Charles F. AIander-
son of Nebraska. He elaborated his
theme, the advent of a new era, BY the
description of the campaign of Chatta-
1 d.
what has here been done should also DE
accomplished on the other fields set apars
BY the nation, places not to be prOfaneG
gettysburg, Antetam and Shiloh should
become object lessons to the patriotic stu
dent of American history"
In this connection, he said: THE battle
of Nashville practically closed the war in
the west and in a few months the Army
OF the Cumberland dissolved and the men
who had carried the flag of the nation in
the forefront of battle, and the scene
OF whose emprise have family portray
I ed We're swallowed up in the great body
OF the American people. Their work ac-
complished, this, like the other great
armies of the republic melted away at the
command of the government, whose call
to arms had given them life, as the morn
ing Vapor before the rising sun. Likewise
has disappeared that splendid body of
men who fought so couragcously and sac
rlhced so much for the lost cause.
They have accepted the result manfully,
| hopefully, periodically. The two contend
ing forces are blended. They are united
in devotion to one flag, one nation, one
destiny. There is no line of division now
| between those who wore the blue and
those who wore the grey. Their blend
ing has brought the neutral line, crafty
ing every. sense indicative of rest and
peace.
My comrades and my countrymen have
no fear for the republic. 1t is based upon
mans love of liberty, its structure en-
bedded in equal rights to all and is ce-
mented by the blood of our slain. Let the
pessimist feel disturbed, false prophets
scent danger in the signs of the times
ana give tOrIh IOrebOdlngS OF evil TO
come. Be not dismayed. This govern
ment of the people, by the people and
for the people, shall not perish from the
earth"
Another song by the glee club succeed
ed the applause which followed Gen. Man
derson's peroration and preceded the adj
dresses by Lieut.. Gen. Schotield and Sec
Gen. schofeld, in the course Of his re-
marks, said: Comrades Every year thS
services you rendered to our common
country IN the time of her sorest need
appear greater and greater and your hero
ic deeds shine with increasing luster. But
since that period you have won greater
victory than that which crowned your
arms upon the field of battle.
1t was well asked in 1861 what good can
possibly result from political union that
does not carry with it the union of senli-
ment. of interest and of patriotic devotion
union of the hearts of the people? Or.
the other hand, il was asked, what posi-
BILE guarantee of peace and friendship
can be given in a division of the United
States into two unfriendly nations, sep
arated by an arbitrary line, and constant
~ exposed to conflict of interest and POT
A large majority of the American people
determined to preserve the national po-
litical union and trust to the future for
that union of hearts which would make
the political union subserve the best in
teFests of the nation and mankind. BY
your justice and your 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 great
est victory of which man Is capable. 1t
is victory of reason and good viii over
prejudice and passion. 1t is a victory i'm
which the former conquerer and conquer
ed are now alike victorious. Your south
ern brethren, by their heroic conduct in
accepting the results of civil strife. de-
NounS themselves with untiring effort
TO the restoration of civil government and
domestic industries, destroyed by war,
and by manifestations, in the most I'M
equivocal manner Of loyalty to thT, re-
] nniOn nOhlV ART
in gaining this great victory. which has
made the people of the United States one
and indiVisible forever. This is the vic
tory of peace more renowned than any vic
tory of war.
You. my 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 was not shed in vain.
The fierce conflict which swept the
! fields of Chattanooga, Chickamauga, An
uetam, Gettysburg, Shiloh, Franklin,
Nashville, Atlanta, and the ever mem
orable fields of Virginia, was the storm
| which cleared the political atmosphere
of our country and made it IT to sup
| port the life of the free, enlightened
| patriotic and united people of to gay
/ This. my comrades, is the great fruit
of your great heroic sacrifice in war,
and of your patriotic and fratcrnal con-
| duct and that of your brethren in the
south since they returned to their ale
! glance to the flag of our common coun-
try.
| Secretary Herbert IN beginning his
speech, said the gathering at Chickamau-
| ga, considering the antecedents and the
! present purposes of those who composed
| the audience, could be paralleled in no
/ othr coutry but this. The civil war had
brought enduring peace between hostile
sections and settled firmly the founda-
tons upon which rest to-day the greatest
of governments. The emancipation of
this country from the power of Great Brit
ain was settled forever when CORVALLIS
surrendered al Yorktown, and so, too, said
| Secretary Herbert, the verdict of our
civil war has been accepted as absolutely
final. The perpetuity of the union
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 separted from the south through
the ambition of any great chieftain, but
the struggle was to determine underlying
principles of government that had not been
settled in the convention that framed our
constitution. In the struggle that follow
ed both sides were desperately in earn
est, because both sides believed themselves
to be in the right. There was nothing, he
said, to do but fight it out and it was
fought out honestly. squarely and brave
ly on both sides. The south could not
have been induced to sacrifice Itself as II