The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-05-13

moro sacred ana eur ineontivD - vig1aa4
citizenship more impressive because -
have IN our keeDeng the fame ana g3ory .
our country's heroic head"
Senator John n. Primers ad4rooD wno
devoted 10 . ealogy Of the manly and SOL
esessy qualities o. Gea- Hancock. and con-
tanned beautiful tribute to his wife. who
ties Of Gen Harcock.- be nj. '-aro ven
known 70 the country. The sscry o. HI
h-.fi.an. services has been told in de.Ail BY
bioxraphers. but Gen Grant has condensed
his real character and reputation into .
few sentences: Hancock stands the most
conspscucus Hgure os all the general on
GERS who ala not exercise . separate conn
mind He commanded corps longer than
any other one, ard his name vas never
mentioned n having committed Ia battle
q birn6e- for which he was responsible
He was man % very conspicuous personal
appearance- His genial disposition made
him friends. ard his personal courage and
bis presence with his command in the
fhickest Of the fight won for him the conf
tence Of The troops serving under him."
Continuing. Senator Palmer said: 81 have
said that Hancock had an eye for battle
deld-' The terms I use are not technical,
but they describe q quality IN a. ofIscer
that every practical solder underestimate
!. has its application TO the field like that
Of Gettysburg. ard n 4 less degree 10
ChickamargA When he reached Gersys.
burg Hancock found the position held By
the Union forces menaced by startling dan.
gers Al once he saw the advantages Of the
position. and boldly resolved that this great
battle should be fought TO determine thu
fate OF the continent To be great In to b
equal TO the requirements Of great oeca-
sions, and II is dne to the skin, the cour-
age and the resolute cooiness Of Hancock
M
field. and II Is 70 the officers Of All rsnks
and grades. and to the hardy. resoIu,s
courage OF the private soldiers Of many
states that the country owes the crushinr
repulse Of the Confederate forces.
Il VIII not intrude myself into the In
vsdious ONCE OF inquirlng whether Gen.
Hancock possessed all the qualities which
are BY universal consent conceded to other
great commanders II Is enough to say
for him that he was great according 10
that best definition OF greatness: He com.
pretended and seized great opportunities. >
Nor that we have ceased to struggle
against each other we know with abs,-
lutte confidence that men OF every section
and OF all parts OF the great republic are
equally patriotic and alike willing ana
ready TO defend the integrity Of the Union
and the honor Of the nation against All
ana every Zoe. Americans OF ali sections
ana OF all parties. of one common coun-
try. now know. respect and confide In each
other. and we VIII transmit that sentiment
OF respect and confidence TO our children
which viii AFFORD a sure guaranty for in
ternAi peace and the defense OF national
honor- But at the beginning of the strtfo
between the sections the officers Of the
army were embarrassed by difficulties Of
an altogether different character For the
most part they had been educated toee,b-
er In the national military school. eAey
knew each other well. and none of them
doubted the courage or the resolution Of
the others They were citizens OF different
states. and some Of them were oyercoma
by the deiusion that their paramount ale
glance was due to the state of their birth
or OF their domicile. When 1 characterize
the theory OF primal allegiance to the
states as deilsion, confess that the en-
oarrassmenfs or army officers born in the
seeding states were cruel The war very
soon assumed the apparent aspect OF a
struggle between rival governments, sup
ported by substantially the whole popula-
ton OF the opposing sections Of the Union
IL some Of the officers Of the army erred
even to criminal extent. it must not be
forgotten that their homes were threat
ened with invasion and they only shared
the fortunes of those they loved.
Mr.. President, standing in the pres-
ence OF this appropriate monument OF a
hero. We do all that We can to perpetuata
his fame. conscious that as the centuries
recede his great name will be less ana
less known and less frequently men,
toned"
salute was fred as the statue was un-
yelled Seven hundred invited friends
were present. inciuliag many relatives Of
the general The statue stands In tho
heart Of the business district Of Washing
ton City. II Is the work Of Henry c. e.
lott The total height is % feet inches
The proportions of the rider are such
that. standing erect. he measures ten feet
in height