The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-07-20

terrible battle of Chickamauga proclaim IT
one of the severest of the war and one OF
makes record Even If time permitted. it
would require ability beyond my power
TO paint the chivalrous daring of the daunt-
less heroes who wore the blue and the
gray. On a thousand battlehelds and In
deadly slkirmishes, in crimson lines they
wrote their record OF imperishable fame.
The glory of their heroism crowns with
unfading luster the greatness OF the Amer
ican soldier.
GODS GUIDING HAND.
''In this perilous crisis, when the blood
of the Nations heroes was poured out
through internal strife, clouds and dark
ness seemed to obscure the throne of judg-
ment and justice; still, from His pavilion
Of dark waters and thick clouds, the God
of battles saw and heard when our disputes
were appealed to the last arbiter-tbe
sword. From the throne of eternal justice
Jehovah witnessed the fury, of the conflict
He who counts the tears of war and meas
ures the blood of battles, He who rules the
destiny of nations, rendered verdict anc
gave us a united country, one flag or free
dom, guaranteeing what IL Symbolizes-nD-
erty to all under its protection. OF greatest
moment is the fOrgiving spirit and the
unity of life which has so rapidly removed
'the asperities of war and has united us
INTO one people. Inc nODleSL test Ol pdtIi-
otism is now found, not in rekindling the
flame of passion that separated US during
the bloody civil strife, but in unifying the
once belligerent elements and in strength
ening the bond OF union which now con-
stitutes us as one people.
Indiana furnished for the field 2l0.O0O
brave soldiers She is proud or thelr
glorious record She perpetuates their
memory through the grandest monument in
her capital city ever erected by any people
to commemorate the patriotic valor OF
their heroes. Indiana. to-day, evinces the
same chivalrous, patriotic devotion 10
country, through effort to unity and unite
the Nation. She was the first State TO
return in love battle flag taken In anger
TO turn trophy of victory, which repre-
sented the eternal past, into memento
of unity and friendship to symbolic the
living present. Indiana greets Georgia.
"Your distinguished fellow-citizen. Col.
the reunion of the Blue and the Gray, held
in the city of Evansville last fall. which
touched the hearts of all our people, for II
was replete with the wisdom and patriot
ism of the hour Colonel Fort, of Georgia,
with his Confederate comrades in uniform
and on the platform with Indiana soldiers,
took part In the dedicatory service OF our
rsn on the oateeiS of
gifted poet-genius he is-when he strikes
his Tyre not only makes melody in the
heart but stirs patriotism in the soul. His
poem, I'm the Union," printed in the At
mayor of Oxford. England, to whom L
showed copy of this poem, beggeI that he
might take it home with him, saying: IF
this represents the sentiment of the Con-
federate you are. in fact united country.
Though you have read this inspiring poem
of your great bard, / want TO recall few
stanZas that we may all anew imbibe its
sentiment:
''But now I'm in the Union, see there.
overhead,
The flag our fathers fought for, her rip
ping riils of red
All glorious and victorious-the splendor of
her stars
And 1 say: The blood of heroes dyed all
her crimson bars.
''rm for that flag forever. 'gainst foes on
sea and shore.
Who shames her? Who defames her? Give
me my gun once more.
Well answer when they need us-when
the war-fires light the night:
There's Lee still left TO lead US to the
glory of the fight.
Were one in heart forever-we're one in
80 heart and hand,
The flags challenge to the sea. garland
TO the land:
We're united-one great country; Free
doms the watchword still.
There's Lee that's left 10 lead US let the
storm break where IL will.
''The immortal Grady of the Atlanta
Constitution, welded a pen of power in
bringing and leading the new South to see
the new duties and possibilities before her
He did much TO inaugurate the new in
dustrial progress which is to crown the
new industrial South with marvellous
growth and prosperity
GROWTH IN THE SOUTH.
''The flame of the furnace and forge will
illuminate your mountain ranges, while
factories and mills will augment your
wealth. Your soil, climate, mineral re-
sources, your location, your products. in
dicate for the South possibilities that tower
above the highest conception of the most
optimistic dreamer. 1t is yours to lead
the way TO these heights of unattained yet
attainable possibilities. Men of the South
look not backward, but with eyes front,
face the new duties and responsibilities
and march forward with the same elastic
step and courageous heart that character
lied you as soldiers. We have passed be-
yond the battlefields of the civil war,
but there are new fields of Industrial con-
quest before us. Let US face the future,
resplendent with hope. Marvellous has
been our progress since the civil war. Our
wealth has increased 500 per cent. Mulhall,
the English statlstician, in 1890, reveals the
fact that since the close of the war the
increase OF our wealth had exceeded the
aggregate wealth of the United Kingdom
The food product of the United States Is
100000 tons more than the combined product
of Great Britain, France, Germany Italy,
Spain, Denmark and Holland. The manu-
factured products of our united Nation ex-
ceeds by s350, 900, 900 the combined output of
Great Britain, Russia, Austria, Spain, Bel
gium and the Scandinavian countries In
1896. the aggregate wealth of Austria, Italy
Spain, Portugal, Scandinavia, Holland Bel
gium, Switzerland and Greece was Sl0OO0-
100000 less than the wealth of this country
The increase of our wealth from 1866 to 1900
was $l7,00O,0O0,000 more than the total
wealth of France and $4,000, 900 900 more
have increased since the civil war from
81. .0e0 TO 10000 miles. The world stands
amazed at this matchless growth We
lead the nations Of the world to-day I'm all
constituent elements of greatness and
power.
''The vastness of our resources has not
yet been explored, much less developed
The genius, the unfagging- energy and
restless push of our people. coupled with
the illimitable possibilities of our national
resources indicate still grander achieve
ments for our country. This Nation is
world power, not seeking imperialistic dom
ination. but causing those under imperial
opportunities guaranteed to the individual
citizen under the American flag
THE hearts of our lberty-loving peO-
pie were touched by the pathetic appeals
or the suffering reconcentrados of Cuba
and the downtrodden and oppressed of i'm
perialistic Spain. War in behalf of hu-
manity bound in closer unity our peopIe
Responding to the call of President Nc
kinley, marched the sons of the North
and the South to battle. In one hundred
days army of $50 600 soldiers had been
equipped for the battle and the march.