New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-12-16

tween 1861 and 1866, to uphold his autbortt,, oro
ceI eXSeute the laws OF the land. Few Americans
ham Lincoln from end to end with drT e OF Ora
nEd1b OF the succeeding years since he with
p peat1u 70 MS fellow eountrymen TO avert war and
History will make clear the fact that the ,o,pn-
tbat TN bluer washington founded our Nation and
served and perpetuated it and thai Ib lousy pre-.
pr1Hdest product Of all the ages ' are 'Ne
not monuments we raise TO our Union heroes are
not memorials Of conquest. but signify the Nations
Spp r, OF the victors who saved it in the
valor on every battlefield of the war did so With
courage as true and heroism as pure as our
own own Ihey faced death for they held dear
ana died like brave men in the defence of what
y pe9veG 70 De their precious rights. That they
SssIi$ wrong is the worlds judgment, but at
sne same time as soldiers they won the admiration
oL Irlehu ana zoe We are all American citizens
now, and juster judgments have followed the
lapse OF years. We have come to realize that those
passion and the teachings of wrong public senfi
ment-fruits of false theory OF freedom that del
mourners- Our sacred duty TO the saviors of this
NaI hq. lies IN the line OF apprecatve memorials
matchless services they rendered TO country and
IDeIt "heh theIr YaIor saved the United States of
Let us always remember that those who have laid
down their lives in the OF liberty and for the
10 the purest principles for which patriots could
Every consideration that moved them to give up
ne peaceful pursuits of civil life the dangers
OF me camp ana the battle field was common 10 all
fdulotlsm is no reSpecter Of persons Citizenship
imposes It's protective rights upon all alike
Ihe Grand Army comrades, since the close of the
war, have been largely instrumental in raising the
stars ana stripes over goodly percentage OF the
ScIloOl houses or the Nation, and they have fur
nished. in their State and National encampments
OBJECT lessons of patriotism TO millions OF our
youth. as they marched in memory of other days
ana other scenes, so dear to their hearts And in
many other ways they have added to the true
spirit or liberty. If the generations to follow in
our matchless Republic as true to every Ma
tonal duty as the soldiers and sailors of the
great war for the preservation of this Union there
heed De no doubts or fears about EMBEDDING
IOOro Of
time"
Governor Roosevelt, in addressing the Civil War
veterans said: I'VE owe TO you not merely what
you did in war, but the way in which YOU have
ever since conducted yourselves in peace [ think
that tho man who fought for great purpose and
suffered for his country, has reached the greatest
hesht Of noble conduct which it possible for an
ordinary to attain
Governor Roosevelt then formally laid the stone
the actual work being done under the direction of
William Fulton. A copper chest was placed in the
space which had been cut to receive it, In the chest
there were records of the Grand Army Of the Re
public from the beginning Of the organization and
other papers.
James Monroe Corps, the Woman's Relief
Corps supplied the National flag which was I'M
furled Immediately after the stone had been laid
The children then sang THE Star Spangled Ban
ner' and the benediction was pronounced by the
Rev. DE- Nelson. in place Of Bishop Potter who
was unable 10 be present.
~ the close Of the exercises Mrs. H A West
colt. on behalf of the rWornan-s Relief Corps pre-
scented 10 Colonel Go1den for transmission 10 Fresi-
dent Mckinley album memorial of the occasion
Colonel Shaw Will deliver it to the President.