Evening star., 1898-05-30

Mr.. John c. Chaney's address was a mas
terly one. In his opening remarks he
sketched the early conflicts on this conti-
nent, and drew rapid picture of the re-
suits of the revolution.
Truth has always conquered error by
the sword he said. THE man who would
be free must fight. Fight with the steel of
earth and the thunderoolt of heaven-hght.
and on conquered wrong, erect the empire
Of supreme right. Upon this faith and up
on this creed has arise an the great Ameri-
can republic War is little better than en-
lightened savagery, but it is the anvil on
which is forged the spear and sword of
destiny. Through the fiery furnaces of war
have come the children of liberty in all
the generations. States are founded and
established by the cement of the blood of
their choicest sons.
From the Puritan and the Cavalier" said
the orator, through the revolution. came
the American citizen. Then came the de-
the slavery question. When the demands
went far in excess of the possible conces-
sions, there came the irreDressible conflict
of 1861.
Then came Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses s..
Grant, William T. Sherman, Philip H.
Sheridan, John A. Logan and the armies
of the Union. Opposed to them were the
chivalrous Lee, Stonewall jackson, dashing
Joe Wheeler and the southern confederacy.
They measure each other from head to
foot. The duel is desperate. 1t Is strug
gle for life: Freedom at the gates! Fort
Sumter, Every schoolboy knows Fort
Sumter. The shot which crashed against
its granite walls reverberated across the
country, and a million men Immediately
turned their pruning hooks into spears and
their plowshares into bayonets to resent
the insult to the flag. When brave men
meet they did meet at Bull Run, Fort
Donaldson, Vicksburg. Gettysburg. Antie-
tam, Atlanta and Richmond, the issue Is
not always predetermined. Reverses and
Victories,
THE heroes of that conflict ought to be
remembered. There have been raised arm
les for conquest, armies to satisfy the am
bition of some desDot. armies for the es-
tablishment Of pomp and power, armies to
pillage and burn and destroy, but these SOL
diers waged a war TO save the great re-
public from destruction. This army went
not out to destroy. but to save; not to
crafty ambition pomp and power. but to
establish absolute liberty. and they sue
ceeded, not to make men slaves, but to
make men free. Saviors of their country!
Lsberators Of their felows"'
The lessons taught mankind by the war
were touched upon by Mr.. CLANCY, who
then paid tribute to the Union and con-
federate soldiers.
II believe in the Union soldier because
he was eminently right l believe in the
Union soldier because of his unselfish sac
rifice to duty. / believe in the Union SOL
der because of his bravery and his skill
l believe in the Union soldier because of
his magnanimity. In the hour of his su-
pItHc NItlOIy he gave three CneeTS the
flag, and hearty. brotherly handshake to
the vanquished soldiers of the south. No
detected captives clanked their chains
down Pennsylvania avenue when the arm
les of Grant and Sherman returned from
their finished work. Too brave and chiyal-
| rous were they for such display,
THE Union soldier noted with pride the
daring bravery of the confederate soldier.
| Indeed. all were Americans. The confed-
crate soldier would not have been Ameri-
can If he had not been brave On many a
| hard-fought field he demonstrated his
American enthusiasm and great-hearted
courage. 1t was the sublimity Of coura ge
when Picketts command charged into the
bloody angle at Gettysburg His troops
went down before the determined lines of
Meade, but they went down like the true
soldiers they were, and the whole country
appiauded while 1t deplored their misguid-
ed ambition"
The. war, said Mr.. Clancy, made the
| American name respected over the world
| ana drew peoples of other countries in
| countless numbers to this land
| The prospects Of individual effort have
] become SO good" he said, that we must