The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1899-05-04
THE Shaft RIDiSATER.
yelling Of the Kentucky Monument
in Chickamauga Park.

CHATTANOOGA. Tenn, May 3.-At the
unwilling St the Kentucky monument
in Chiekamauga Wednesday G9v. Brad
ley said in part:
Mans npnumspts have been erected upon
battlefelds af.this reI Ybiic. sut 4 mas zen gin
ed for keatuciy to be the first of all the states
with tender and motl eriy devotion, to erect .
blended monument to al her spsS-a monu-
moat that carries with 1t and upon 1t COM
pletc reconciliation OF all eentending passions
This shaft Is dedicated. not alone to thcsa
who died on this and surrounding fields, but
t0fhf GALLANT survivors who when the frowf.-
ing ct0lds q vat ses6 dispe led by the bright
sunshiiie 81 psaet, ttt4rEed etc their tarnes to
repair brok N fortunes, and are to:dag num-
bered among tho best aud most distinguished
sous OF the commonwealth.
Kentucky has eyinced no Partially In this
evidence Of loving remembrance 1t carries
With it no heart-burning, no Jealousy, no in
Sfdi Ot,s lis: melton. II is not an emblem OF
honor 70 the yi5toe aud fssroa"h to the van
quishec-but Nh equal tri roy 10 ,he worth of
ali. In future, the descendants OF civ. rous
cohfederates may PROUDLY gaze upon it, realiz-
ia:; hat the state has honored their ancestors.
eld that, a!tholgh their cause was lost, their
heroism Is reyefed RAd thsir memories per-
pstaated: And the sons af the bFale Men
vino fought On the other side may lopk upon
it with eqaal pride feeling that it
fifty commentaries the gallant deeds Of their
illustrous ancestors. who preserved the ma
tion from destruction. May IL endure forever.
standing guard over victor and vanquished
9Th the statue that surmoun S it. in one hand
Holding tte torch Of liberty shedding abroad
tts benign rays. III tks 0thSr grasping the
sword, emblemattcal OF tbs sifehsti, OF one
people. ready and an xious at All tifnes 10 up
a,nld the int gritty fone country, and 10 drive,
WOI rded a.,i bleeding. from lis shores any in
solent zoe that a,,aii eset d2re invade them
Ald now. after the 'n,ists of PR 10 iee have
been torn Fl, m our eyes, and we enabled to see
,he bright stars of truth and reason which
Sims 6esSsd. 81 can plainly divine the sen l.
ments which Inspired tas rs ters in that bloody
drama.
That the union should have been preserved
and slavery abolished. ALI are ready to con-
ceie That the vic,ors won IN honorable fight no
8ne gill dispate. But while this is manifest.
it is equally true thtt tb9Se yhG wefe fcrtun-
ateiy defeated, werG ipsrirea by siutete deSo-
tic q to principles conscientiously believed TO
be just: that they fought wi h valor. ecu lied
alone by those who opposed hem, but never
surpassed and N cir heroic bravery and suffer-
ing entitlc them to the admiration OF all man
kind.
There cou!l be no mo e convincing evidence
Of the righteous termination Of that great
s:rtggls than the present grand eur and power
earth. the workshop and gfanary Of The globe
No sal man wocid revive the institution of
slavery, for the h ,roc blood OF our Negro
troops has obiterated every ling RIM rcgrt
of he master a ID proclaimed in unnistak bic
language that the liberty OF 1899 is better than
; c slayery of 1861.
Tie inonuEacpt dedicated today NAV. in the
rush of ars crumbie sga l. in o dust but
aroun the SUNNI 8 of Lockout and Mission
airy Ridge like gathering mi,ts. shall remain
forever the mem ries of these historic fields,
and in every heart shall be q monument OF
love and strength and patriotism. which will
erplia:~ts throu:h p Coming time, the glories
Of that great csIh.r..
Looking into the future. l1ag not the fond
hope be indul red that n the cad our cdun ~
NAV. in all things. re liberate. JUS. and
wise: that our fl e NAV wave in triumph,
feared by tyrants lip every land and on every
sea; that heneath its folds may gather the
oppressed OF every clifae. and the slave strus-
CLING beneath The rod Of ophrcssiot., feel his
chains grow ligh ef. his heart lie p with Joy
and hail its eolors as Il deliYeraIeei that ma
tons which have been bitten by the serpent OF
rapacity and conquest shall look upon
it's folds and be healed. as those. who. with
ia tn. looked upon the blaZen serpent that was
lifted up in the wil.'er ;ess. God grant that
ours shall be the victory Of enlightenment and
liberty the triumph of right over might, OF
jus ice over injustice. OF humanity over cruelty
and oppression. until en- fires shall have
passed away aHd the nations OF earth become