The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-04
HEROES OF BLUE AND GRAY.
ARE COMMEMORATIVE BY KEN
TUCKY'S GRANITE SHAFT.

kentucl1ians Who Took Part in the
War Regardless of Where They
FOught-GOv. Bradley Spoke EIO-
quentIy in Receiving the MOnu-
ment for His State.
Chattanooga, May S.-The beautiful
granite monument erected by the state
of Kentucky in Chickamauga Park was
dedicated this afternoon by imposing cere-
monies. AT noon Gov. w. o. Bradley, his
staff and other prominent Kentuckians, left
the citySfor the park.
Maj. Thomas Fl. Hayes of the Ken
lucky commission in an eloquent address
formally rendered the monument to Gov.
Bradley:
Gov. Bradley said, In part:
Many monuments have been erected
upon battlefeds of this republic, but it
has remained for Kentucky to be the first
. of all the states, with tender and mother
ly devotion, to erect a blended monument
TO all her sons; a monument that carries
with it and upon it complete reconciliation
of all contending passions.
This shaft is dedicated, not alone to
those who died on this and surrounding
fields, but to the gallant survivors, who,
when the frowning clouds of war were dis
PEELED by the bright sunshine of peace, re-
turned to their homes 10 repair broken
fortunes, and are to-day numbered among
the best and most distinguished sons of the
commonwealth
Has shown No Partially.
Kentucky has evinced no Partially in
this evidence of loving remembrance 1t
carries with it no heart-burnlngs, no jeal-
ousy, no invidious distinction. 1t is not an
emblem of honor 10 the victor and re-
proach to the Vanquished-but an equal
tribute TO the worth of all In future, the
descendants of chivalrous Confederates
may proudly gaze upon It, realizing that
the state has honored their ancestors, and
that although their cause was lost, their
heroism is revered and their memories per
petuated. And the sons of the brave men
who fought on the other side. may look
upon ii with equal pride feeling that it
fifty commentaries the gallant deeds of
their illustrious ancestors, who preserved
the nation from destruction May Ii en-
dure forever, standing guard over victor
and Vanquished, with the statue that sur
mounts it. in one hand holding the torch
of liberty shedding abroad its benign rays;
in the other grasping the sword. en-
blema tical of the strength of one people,
ready and anxious at all times to uphold
the integrity of one country, and to drive,
wounded and bleeding, from its shores any
insolent foe that shall ever dare invade
them.
And now, after the msts of prejudice
have been torn from our eyes. and we
enabled to see the bright stars of truth and
reason which shine beyond, all can plainly
divine the sentiments which inspired the
actors In that bloody drama.
Honor to Both sides.
THAT the union should have been pre-
served and slavery abolished, all are ready
to concede That the victors won in hon
orable fight, no one will dispute But
while this is manifest. it is equally true
that those who were fortunately defeated
we're inspired by sincere devotion to princi-
ples conscientiously believed to be just;
that they fought with valor, equalled alone
by those who opposed them, but never sur
passed. and their heroic bravery and suf-
fering entitle them to the admiration of all
mankind.
svrhere could be no more convincing evil
dence of the righteous termination of that
great struggle than the present grandeur
and power of the republic-to-day the rich
est nation on earth, the workshop and
granary of the globe.
mo sane man would revive the instltu-
ton of slavery for the heroic blood Of our
negro troops has obliterated every lnger-
ing regret Of the master, and proclaimed
of 1899 is better than the slavery. of 1851.
1.-THE monument dedicated to-day may.
in the rush of years, crumbie and fan in
to dust but around the submits of Look
out and Missionary ridge, like gathering
mists. shall remain forever the memol IS
of these historic fields, and in every heart
shaIl be a monument Of love- and strength
and patriotism, which will perpetuate
through all coming time the glories of that
great conflict.
Looking to the Future.
Looking into the future, may not the
fond hope be INDUCED that in the end our
country may, In all things, be deliberate,
inst and wise That our flag may wave
in triumph feared by tyrants, in every
land and on every sea That beneath it's
folds shall gather the oppressed of every
CLINE; and the slave struggling beneath
the road of oppression. feel his chains grow
lighter. his heart leap with joy ar hail
us colors as deiverance. That ma
lions. which have been bitten by the GER
nent of rapacity and conquest, shall look
mon its folds and be healed as those
who with faith, looked upon the brazen
serpent that was hfted up in the wilder
ness. God grant that ours shall be the
victory of enlightenment and liberty, the
| triumph of right over might, of justice
| over Injustice, of humanity over cruelty
and oppression, until empires shall have
passed away and the nations OF earth be-
| come one"
The monument was accepted for the
| government by Gen II. V. Boynton, pres
| ident of the Chickamauga-C Chattanooga
| National Military Park Commission.
The monument, which is one OF the
| handsomest at Chickamauga, was erect
| ed to the memory of the Kentuekians
who wore both the blue and the gray,
and both sides are equally represented in
the inscrlptions