The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-31

and liberty, equal rights and justice II
the heritage Of your descendants to the
Judgment day. God bless the men whC
followed the flag
The presidential party left at the con
| cIusion OF Senator Thurston's GRAFTON
driving almost Immediately back to the
city.
Hon. John C. Clancy. ex-assistant at
torney general Of the United States. also
| delivered an grafton, in the course OF
which he predicted that mo nation whose
most glorious boast is the feats Of its
nullhghters can long withstand the ad-
vancing columns Of our military hosts"
GIVES THE NAVY ITS DUE.
simultaneously with the exercises in the
amphitheatre. a smaller assemblage gath
cred on the front porch of the mansion
where the Confederate chieftain Lee
spent much Of his life, to attend special
national services at the tomb of Admiral
Porter. Ex-Secretary of the Navy Hilary
l. Herbert Of Alabama, was the speaker
Of the day and an address was delivered
also by w H Michael chief clerk of tia
state department. Secretary Herbert said
in part;
Here rest the haIlowed remains Of he
roes of the army and navy OF the United
States, but here also are heroes of the
ConfederateA all sleeping in the same
soil and covered by the same flag and ex-
Union and ex-Confederate soldiers and
sailors are here alike 10 pay tribute to
the deeds of those who made forever glo-
rious the epoch of our great civil war.
Never was there q civil war like ours
and never we're the fruits Of war richer
or more bene1cent. There was no COM
promise, Secession the issue and slavery
the incident. were settled forever; moth
ing was left for dispute, and. as the God
of nature intended 1t should be, We be-
came at last one country, such union Of
state and people as Washington and
Franklin and Jackson fought for, dream
ed of and planed for; but never lived to
see I would not pluck q leaf from the
chaplet that adorns the brow or any sol
der Of that war. Federal or Confederate.
yet 1t is only fair TO say that while his
tory has done no more than Justice to
them, it has not done fun justice to the
sailors of the civil war. The Union navy
better supplied achieved results out of all
proportion to the numbers enlisted In the
army and navy, aye even out of all pro-
portion to the cost of proportions of the
two branches Of the service Certainly no
one knows better than the Confederates
the telling effect Of the blows delivered by
the United States navy during the civil
war and it may be that without them we
should have two governments where we
now have one and that Wheeler and Fitz-
hugh Lee would be today commanding ar
NV IN cidA nf lfS1a ~
forts and custom houses running across
this continent from east to west. while
Brooke and Shafter commanded on the
north side Of the line.
LET us unite. my countrymen, in the
prayer that in the war we are now wag
Ing for liberty's and humanity's sake our
soldiers and our sailors may continue to
be worthy of those from whose lions they
have spring and that the future of our be-
loved country may be as bright as the
promise of today"
WEB DAVIS AT GETTYSBURG.
Gettysburg, Pa, May S0.-The memorial
exercises held at the national cemetery
here today were participated in by more
people than ever before. The school
members of the Ladies Aid So
ciety and the people generolly strewed
flowers over the graves of the soldier
dead. Congressman George ]. Benner, of
this district, presided, and the principal
address was delivered by Hon. Webster |
Davis, assistant secretary of the inter- |
ior
MKINLEYS LETTER OF REGRET.
Washington May SO.-The president pre- I
pared the following letter expressing his
regret that he could not take part in the |
exercises at Gettysburg today:
Executive Mansion,
washington, May 80, 1888.
Mr.. Louis D. Wine, of COMMITTEES, Mem
orial Day Exercises, Gettysburg, Pa.
'My Dear Sir:-Engagements here, the
nature of which is well understood, will
prevent my taking part IN the Memorial
Day ceremonies at Gettysburg this year,
attendance upon which, under other cir
would have afforded me an
especial qualification.
Time only enhances the lasting value
Ind demonstrates anew the true signif.
,ance OF these inspiring patriotic obser-
yances. Whatever may be the character
# its temporary problems, this liberty
owing nation is not and never can be for
yetful Of the immoral heroe; the civil
var. For those who served az well as for
hose who Eel at Gettysburg-now so
peaceful and beautifully adorned with the
highest creations of the sculptor's art
ur reunion. fellow-countrymen. without
egard to locality. creed or political faith,
AVE an abiding respect and the most cor
ial esteem.
Today those who contended on This his
oric field nearly thirty-fve years ago and
heir descendants are mastering under the
anne flag enthusiastic IN their devotion
o the nation and willing to make any
acrifice for his honor.
The debt of gratitude which we owe to
he nations defenders can never be COM
'letely repaid either by this or future
generations. and Yet the acknowledge
nent of this obligation each year, in var
Gus forms and IN a multitude OF places
throughout this broad land, purifes our
leas and brings us all uearer together in
OF sentiment and unity OF pur-
ose.
mo time could be more appropriate !
han the present TO approach IN a fitting /
pirit these sacred themes Of the love OF
ountry and the rights Of man. Genera !
Ions come and go and the issues for ]
rhich they fought and died soon pass into |
istory. But the living principles OF uu- )
ertakings worthily accomplished, for an ,
nselhsh purpose. abide forever and guide
; to a nobler destiny and stin greater
chievements as nation. ,
Very sincerely yours
CSignedo WILLIAM NKINLEY."
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