The record-union., 1895-05-31
Special to the REcoRD-Ux1oS.

Special to the RECoRD-UNIoN.
CHICAGO, May 30.-Financially and So
cally the historic "Mason and Dixon's
lineu has been obliterated from the map
OF the United States and in the leading
feature of the Memorial Day ceremonies
here to-day it would seem that politically,
as well, the ''dead line" laid down over
d generation ago to mark the territorial
division between our slave and our Tree
territory has been thrown down.
With the dedication to-day in this, one
of the stanchest UDion cities. in the heart
of the country whence came the blue
coated warriors who marched from
Atlanta to the Sea-" of handsome mon
ument to the lasting memory OF those
who wore the gray and fought Tor the
s'lost cause" under the stars ana bars,
Confederate "bigh-water mark" was es-
tablished far north OF that set at Gettys-
burg by force OF arms; this. too. with the
ungrudging consent of the stanch Union
lists among whom it is placed, and with
the countenance and assistance of yeter-
ans in bIue-foes In arms Dut rlenus III
peace, doing honor 10 an acknowledged
Valor, which Is now the common heritage
OF our common country.
The dedication was accompanied by
perhaps the most impressive and impos-
ing ceremonies among the exercises set
down for Decoration Day in any part OF
the Union.
AT Cottage Grove avenue and Thirty
fifth street, then ia the outskirts, but now
in the heart of the city, stockade was
built during the civil war and named
IL
sands of Confederate prisoners were con-
fined between the years 1867 and 1860.
The men held there under the restraints
which beiall captiVeS OF war had spent
their lives in the balmy climate OF the
sunny South and the rlgors OF \ orthern
winter told upon them severely. AS a
consequence t, 900 OF them were liberated
by death and were buried in Oakwooos
Cemetery at Cottage Grove avenue and
SiXty-seventh street.
IL was to tie memory of these 5000 who
had died in d military prison Ill an enc
my's country that the monument was
dedicated by their comrades and oppo-
nents in arms, on the spot where they
lie buried. 1t is the first monument to
Confederate dead erected in the North
and tie event was perhaps without q
parallel in history. 1t does not appear
that anywhere else on the face of our
round globe, within q period OF thirty
years after the close of a bitterly fought
war the vanqulshed nave ever before
erected monument to the memory OF
their comrades in arms in the heart of
the victors' territory. Especially has
the sight never been witnessed OF the
victors heartily joining the vanquished
in doing honor 10 the valor OF the van
QuisheG dead.
This dedication is the outcome of a
movement inaugurated by the Confed-
tn nT n
took to raise the necessary funds for the
erection of the monument, and General
John G. Underwood, Southern officer
in command OF the Northern Divisions OF
tue United Confederate Veterans, was
chosen To carry the work forward. The
fund started with Si.5UO. from lecture
given in Chicago by General Gordon OF
Georgia. Citizens of Chicago also sub
scrioed SO, 900, and subscriptions by Con-
federate veterans and others in the South
brought the fund up to the necessary
amount. The monument was three years
under construction.
The largest assem- blage of distinguished
Confederate veterans ever seen In the
North was one of the notable features of
the occasion. Those present included
Generals John B. Gordon, Wade Hamp-
ton, James Longstreet, Stephen d. Lee,
Fitzhugh Lee, Harry Heth, ). 6. French,
l.. G. Waltham, NJ. c. Butler. II. l.. Lo-
max, Marcus }. Wright, Frank c. ARM
strong, Epha Hunton, Joseph .. Shelby,
William H. Payne. Fayette Hewitt, C. A.
Evans and Joseph ii. Lewis.
Nearly all these distinguished visitors,
accompanied by their wives and families,
together with representatives, of the Con-
1ederate Association of Washington, ID.
c., Camp Moultry, Sons of Veterans OF
Charleston. S. c., and representative del
egaGons from Atlanta and other points
South arrived yesterday. They were met
at the depots by comrades In arms, who
preceded them, and by the local reception
committee, composed of Federal and Con-
Tolerate veterans and leading professional
and business men of the city with Suita-
bic escort, and driven to their hotel.
THE CEREMONIES.
To-day's ceremonies began with the
ringing of the Columbian Liberty bell
and the firing of national salute by Bat
terry ID, l. y. g., on the lake front. Then
large parade of renowned Northern
and Southern Generals was formed and
moved under military escort to tue
Iwefth-street depot and took trains III
waiting for Oakwoods Cemetery. where
the dedication ceremonies occurred. Inc
military escort consisted OF the we'll
known First Regiment, |. N g., under
command OF Henry l.. Turner, as we'll as
the Chicago Hussars. mounted military
organization OF seventy-five men under
command of Captain Quincy.
The dedication ceremonies were opened
with prayer by Colonel Joseph Desha
Pickett, Chaplain of the kentucky
Orphans Brigade. c. S. A. Then Cen
eral John c. Underwood, in few intro
ductory remarks, placed in the chair
Rev. DR.. w. II. Bolton, pastor OF ihe
Centenary Methodist Church and Pas
Commander Z. 5. Grant Post, No. Is, U.
A. Il. of Chicago, who delivered briel
address on assuming his duties.
The dedicatory Grafton by Lieutenant
General Wade Hampton of South Caro-
lima followed.
In his peroration General Hampton
said: "All honor, then, to the brave AMI
liberal men OF Chicago, who have shown
by their action that they regard the wal
as over, and that they can welcome as
friends on this solemn and auspicious oc.
casion their former enemies, AS long as
this lofty column points TO heaven, as
long as one stone OF its foundation re-
mains, future generations of Americans
should look upon II with pride. not only
as an honor to those who conceived It's
construction, but as silent though noble
emblem of restored union and a re-.
united people. Ii seems TO me that the
past should inculcate another lesson to us
and that is, that the time has now come
when the actors in the fearful strife and
those whom they represented should
judge their former opponents as they
should themselves be judged. This can be
done without the sacrifice OF principle OIL
either side as the example OF our mothe,
country has shown US. \ ork and Ian.
caster, Cavalier ana Roundhead, nc
longer wage war on each other. All ar,
Engiishmen. proud Of their country. ant
the red rose and the white rose ar.
elnblemS OF peace and of the glory of Ole