The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-11-16
SEATTLE WASHINGTON TUESDAY. s 1897

less. fathers ard mothers bereft O. sons ia
the tw1gkAng oi an eye and -nyrsads
manned fer lIFe-sas fruit and r0xsr or
the nation, It's young manhood handicapped
In the race for existence, hut with the pre-
eioos memory Of duty well done a. the c4n-
mons mouth and az the flaming thr0ats OF
sTt does not cone TO each generation TO
hs privileged 10 offer life that a nation
NAV 1--we. In cur time the opportunity
canse and WIS accepted.
do auy doubt tha; that history viii re-
peat Itself II fne opportunity IS again pre-
sented7 The young men CT the nation are
as patriotic. as eager as the men OF a,
their hearts beat as true and they snthcss
sy readily Men grow ianguid in peaceful
pursuits but the iethargy disappears rs
The mist before the rising sun when the
nation calls for help.
Veterans Under One Flag Now
Gen. Il V. Boynton, for and on behalf
of the national park commission, formally
accepted the monuments. Gen. Boyntol
spoke in part as follows:
while there is deep and abiding
meaning in the fact that Pennsy iyania
comes here to honor the military achieve
mants OF her sons and preserve their menu
ory until the centuries shall have crUmhled
granite and wasted bronze. there Is a deep
er and more far-rsaching meaning In the
fact that ali the states of the South, as
well as the North, are engaged with equal
enthusiasm under the same national au-
thority. In the same work. You ndve seen
every Confederate battery that fought
there against the dag rs-esta biished by the
national government 70 mark the points OF
their fighting and tell to the ages t3e mil
itary skill and courage with which they
were served You have seen the state mon
umsnts Of Tennessee and Georgia and Mis-
sotTi rising along their former lines oi bat
tie. You have read the fnnl1ltois OF tau
lets erected by a national cou:rniasl one r,
under the authority OF congress, which.
for each side alike. commemorated story
H. xz,Ata u rsgaNlg a
glory and a national resource as well. since
in the story may be clearly read the MILL
faFy posi- bllity Of warlike future whose
fitful CLEANS are playing even now IKE
summer lightning around our whole hori-
zon-
Have you ever read OF anything like
our park in history? Did any 3aiioc ever
exist where its establishment would have
been poSsIb In the development OF the
race. union between waTr4ng states mas
never been complete before. But IN the
furnace of our contest every trace OF droSS
was consumed. and the forging OF our bat
ties was more perfect Union and a
stronger and mightier one than ne world
has seen. We are all conscious OF this.
and We glory in II. The world Will learn
Il whenever. as united nation. We are
called 10 righteous war
II mere Is III element IN all our Work
WHICH glorides the lost calasa. Even those
who upheld IT'S Tattered banners do not
seek that But every soldier who stood in
Fha front against them till the Union tri-
knows that the ma gnifeent military skill.
endurance and valor which rallied to sup
mort that cause. melted the North TO mill
tarv effort and deeds which had never
even fioated in its dreams before. and so Ii
anne 10 pass that North and South, after
a four ysars' course in their schools OF
war. graduated this nation as a trst-class
military power. And now we all know that
the history which stands recorded on the
fields around this city. repeating on mon
uments and tablets. as il does. the story
Of the nnexampled development of Ameri-
san endeavor in battle. has carried this
nation forward with striding steps far
tiong the path of its great destiny. Our
7ark first suggested that union by which
ne soldiers of the North and those of the
South came together op famous battle
cid 10 unite In an equal commemoraticn
f American valor. The whole nation re-
7ponded and has well learned the lesson
Which such union teaches
we are now conscious OF our military
rowess. We remember the tremendous
lows which each section struck on many
DIS when the nation stood divided: and
ierans Of both armies Will be forgiven il
all their musings over the future they
.eture TO themselves an American army
- hattie array moving forward TO accom-
alish rs purpose under a common flag.
18th the common insDiration OF the vet
rams of Grant and Lee. Rosecrans and
fragg. of Thomas and Longstreet. Of VIII
IN and Forrest and Wheeler Unless all
resent signs of fastgrowing jealousy OF
snuhiican progress on the part OF foreign
overs fail and fade. those veterans who
viii take part in if win he rendered In
tnclble by the stirring memories of the
rfaF military deeds which their fathers
Fforuled either under the Stars and
nd
The Country Not UngratcfuI.
At the conclusion of Gen. Boynton's ad-
ress, Mr.. Evans was introduced. He
poke a; some length. He said The gov
nrnment at the breaking out Of the war
sad made two distinct contracts with the
eople. First that every dollar adj
auced for carrying forward the war of
ne Union should be paid back I'm good
ard gold OF the republic: second. that
he national government would care for
Re destitute survivors Of its armies OF
he war and for the widows Of those VINO
fell In battle. Both OF these promises.
he said. the government Is carrying out
faithfully. He urged all TO stand for the
honor OF the republic. to preserve the
great heritage OF freedom, OF liberty
handed down by Washington. transferred
by Abraham Lincoln and so splenditlly ex-
empifled by that ruler Of 7o.0o0 900 people.
who Is greater than any monarch of
Europe. William Mckinley.
Following Mr. Evans, Col Thomas J.
Stewart, adjutant general 20 Gov Hast
fngs. and Gen Latta. made short ad-
dresses
Gen Goblin WAS called for He pro-
posed that instead of q speech he would
ask the audience to sing America. -
which Was dcne with vim, closing the
ceremonies.
Tonight the veterans enjoyed a camp
IRE at the city auditorium prepared nv
the local Grand Army OF the Republic
and Confederate veterans. The blue an.
gray mingled freely, and ate out of the
same haversack. drank from the same
canfeen and told yarns uutfl A late hour
Eight regimentai and battery monuments
were dedicated hy the Pennsylvania vet
Grams during the day