The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-09-19
erdl G. M. Dodge OF the Army of tha
Tennessee ana others will speak.
GOVERNOR M'KINLEY'S TALKS

GOVERNOR M'KINLEY'S TALKS,
Governor Mckinley spoke at consider.
able length, and his remarks were APP
propriate to the occasion. His address
closed as follows:
What was all this struggle. all this ex-
hibition of heroism and these appalling
saci ifices for? A reunited country makes
| answer. No other lis needed. A union
stronger and freer than ever before;
civilization higher and nobler than ever
before. A common flag dearer and more
glorious than ever before; and all, all of
them secure from any quarter, because
the contestants against each other on this
historic field thirty two years ago are
row united, linked in their might forever
against any enemy which would assail
either union or civillzation or freedom or
flag. The sacrifice here made was for
what we loved and for what we meant
should endure. A reunited people,
reunited country is the glorious reward.
The war has been over thirty-one years;
there has never been any trouble since
between the men who fought on the one
side or the other. The trouble has been
between the men who fought on neither
side who could get on one side or the
other as occasion CT interest demanded.
The bitterness and recruitment OF the war
belong TO the past and its glories are the
common heritage of us all. WHAT was
won i'll that great conquest belongs lust
as securely TO those who lost as to those
who trlumphed.
The fnture is in our common keeping
the sacred trust of all of the peope Let
us make it worthy of the glorious men
who died for it on this and other fields
of the great war. 1t is gratifying to state
that the monuments hereafter are to be
in the keeping Of the United States gov
eminent. Inc government thew repre-
sent should guard them-that is where
they belong. Henceforth these monu,
ments shall be the possession CT all the
people. They show, Mr.. Pres dent. the
honor paid by great comm onweaith to
the patriotic valor OF their sons. They
are calculated to encourage patriotic de-
votion for all time. They are the nations
guarantee that the bond of union shall
not be broken. Their lesson is that the
constitution is and shall remain the
supreme law over all.
I'm this great battle some fought to
save the union, others to divide it. They
who fought to save triumphed and so the
union survived. Slavery abolished, peace
restored, the union strengthened. and
now, hand in hand. all stand beneath
the folds of one flag. acknowledging no
other. marching forward together in
the enjoyment of one common country
and in the fulfillment of one glorious
destiny"
GENERAL GROSVENOR'S SPEECH
General Charles Fl. Grosvenor said in
part: I'VE meet today upon this sacred
spot to celebrate the heroism of the
American soldier, the great results of
battle and the great victories OF peace.
We join here as American citizens to
dedicate for all time to the American
people these monuments and this battle
field. We do not come with words of
criticism or bitterness, we of the north.
Tne achievement of which we are proud
est is that we restored the union of the
states, that we fought to restore the con-
stitutlon as the supreme law Of the land.
But more proudly yet do we contem-
plate the fact that these efforts were not
unavailing. that the result aimed at has
been accomplished and that the union of
the states today is union Of hearts ana
union of hanos, and a union of states
none can sever. Is there anything
greater, anything more charming to the |
heart OF an American patriot than the
love OF the American people for this
union, this constitution and this power? |
1t is our protection against enemies |
abroad; 1t is our assurance against dis !
turbances within; it is the beacon tight |
TO other nations and the sheet anchor of |
ours. 1t is the doctrine of the American |
home, the American Preside. American !
institutions, the American Union and the