The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-09-19

address OF welcome. Response was
made by General II. v. Boynton, sec
Rotary of the association.
The welcome.
Following General Boynton, General
Morgan made an address of welcome
TO the. confederate veterans, after
which Senator Manderson, of Nebras-
ka, delivered his annual society adj
dress. BY way of beginning, he said
the veterans had met here to record
a new err "A great change had taken
place since the battle in this region.
The scattered hamlet, the objective
point of military endeavor in 1853, was
the thriving city, the center OF COM
mercia1 distribution of 1895.
Then he referred feelingly to the
thousands of brave men who fell dur
ing che battle.
Long ago, while condemning the
false teaching that led to the belief
that allegiance was to the state, we
appreciated how deep and abiding was
the honest conviction of those who.
taught in a different school from us,
made untold sacrifices for the cause
they espouseds'
While nothing was forgotten of the
past, he went on TO say, everything
was forgiven. All now Joined in the
peace" Then he continued: And
now all rancor and hate is gone. The
unionist and the secessionist, the fed
eral and the rebel, the Yankee and the
Johnny-meet to rejoice in the union
of a nation, not q confederacy.
He paid a glowing tribute to Jack
son, Sill, Whitaker, Beatty, Kimball,
Newton. Baird, Brannan, Cruft, Rous-
seau Davis, Johnson, Van Cleve, Rey-
nolds, Stedman, Stockholm, Granger,
Garfield, Hooker, Palmer, Crittenden,
Wood, Stanley, McCook, Howard and
Sheridan.
These, he said, were immortal heroes.
Then he told the story of the Army
Of the Cumberland-of the hardships
and fighting it endured, and then said:
1.-THE battle of Nashville practically
closed the war in the west, and in a
few months the Army of the Cumber-
land dissolved and the men who had
carried the flag of the nation in the
forefront of battle were swallowed UP
In the great body of American people. !"
PIovv VS.. MusI1et.
Re ferring to the dedication of to-
morrow, he said that no one could
more faithfully perform the duties
than the men who were a part of the
awful event.
In conclusion he said:
''The hand that dropped the musket
and seized the pillow, that good right
arm that welded the sabre with de-
structiye force, impelled the saw and
plane, and the swords of the leaders
Of the marching hosts were dropped
for the pens that have proved to be
mightier weapons on change, in the
busy mart, or ia the councils Of the
nation.
Likewise has disappeared the
splendid body of men who fought so
courageously and sacrificed SO much
for the lost cause. They have accep-
tee the result manfully, hopefully, pa
triotically-the two contending forces
are blended. They are united in devo-
ton to one flag, one nation, one des-
tiny. There is no line of division now
between those who wore the blue an L
those who wore the gray Their
blending has brought a, natural tint,
gratifying in every sense, indicative Of
rest and peace.
''My comrades and my companions,
have no fears for the republic. 1t is
based on mans love of liberty; its
structure tbedded on equal rights TO all
and is cemented by the blood of our
slain. Let the pessimist feel dis
disturbed, false prophets scent danger
in the signs of the times, and
give forth forebodings of evil
to come; but be not dismayed.
This movement Of the people, by
the people and for the people, shall not
perish from the earth"
Senator Henderson was frequently
interrupted during his speech by cheers
and applause.
Mr.. Herbert's Speech.
The Arion Glee club sung a song
when Senator Henderson had finished,
and then Secretary Herbert was intro
duced. AS the secretary came forward
he was greeted with loud applause.
The secretary said:
Mr.. Chairman and Fellow Citizens
This gathering, considering the ante
cedents and the present purposes of
those who compose this audience has
no parallel in. history save in our coun-
try. 1 am glad to take part in it, and
glad of the opportunity to say few
words in commemmoration of the hero
ism displayed by our countrymen in
the mightiest, the bloodiest, the most
heroic struggle that was ever recorded
in the books of time, a war that solved
questions that could be solved in no
other way, a war that brought peace
enduring peace between the hostile Sec
tions-war that settled firmly the foun-
dalton upon which rests the greatest
among the governments Of man.
There have been two great civil wars
on this continent; each OF which was
g distinct and final forward step in the
progress Of the human race. The war
of the revolution decided that the thir-
teen colonies were to be forever free
from British control and that mon
archy should never set foot on the soil
that had been won. The war from 1861
to 1865 decided that a government
founded on that soil should be one and
indivisable. More than a hundred
years have passed since the colonies
won their independence, and never
from that day to this has there been
evolved in the widest imaginings of
disconnected dreamerS among US the
thought that Great Britain should ever
recover the control she had lost That
question was settled forever when
CORVALLIS surrendered at Yorktown.
So, to, the verdict of our civil war has
been accepted as absolutely final
Settled Forever.
Centuries will tread upon the heels
of centuries and still the perpetuity of
the union Of these states will never be
mooted. That question was settled for
ever when Lee offered and Grant re-
fused the sword of Lee at Appomottox.
1t was no ambitious design of any
great chieftain that separated the
south from the north, it was to settle
underlying principles of government
that the two sections arrayed them
selves against each other in battle