The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-05-31
L. +. Hendee Speaks of the Flag and
It's Meaning to Great Outpouring
of Citizens at Anderson.
FRANK S. ROBY AT PORTLAND
NO BACKWARD STEP TO BE TAKEN
BY AMERICAN NATION.
Exercises at the Knightstown and
Marion Homes-CelebratiO in
Other Towns and Cities.

UNION CITY, Ind, May 29-Memorial
services were observed here with the usual
ceremonies. At 1 o'clock the Grand Army
veterans to the number of 125 marched to
the cemetery, headed by the band. In the
parade were also Company 1, Indiana Ma
tional Guard, Woman's Relief Corps and
long line of school children carrying
flowers. AT the cemetery a programme,
consisting of sacred and patriotic music,
was presented and the address was deliv-
cred by the Rev ]. l.. Hill, the of a
Confederate veteran. After the address
the militia fired a salute in honor of the
departed veterans. DR.. William Commons
was officer of the day, with o. c. Gordon
assistant. The exercises were very
largely attended. Mr. Hill spoke in part
as follows:
For the somewhat startling inconsst-
ency OF the son of an eX-Confederate ad-
dressing the veterans of this G. A. r. post,
L have no further apology to offer than
plainly to state the novelty of the position,
and TO add that, while l am keenly sensi-
tive of the great honor you have done me
in inviting me to speak upon this occasion,
there is man in sunny Tennessee, who
wore the gray, who took up arms against
you, whose convictions in the cause for
which he fought were then as honest as
yours, but whose heart to 'old glory is to-
day loyal yours; he, too, will rejoice
Is
join you on this glorious Decoration day in
cheers for the living and tears for the
dead, among those against whom the
South lifted the hand of war. He will re-
joice, not because OF any personal compli-
ment TO me, but because he knows / will
speak IN the same spirit of reverence to
God. love of liberty and loyalty to the flag
which he has taught me from my youth up.
And l come TO you to-day as son and rep
resentative of the new South and bring to
you message of love and fraternity from
oil nrf0 o,ad onix ri I'D
ever made. Their hearts love for you is
warm the Southern sunshine; their
every thought of you is as pure and sweet
as the perfume of orange blossoms and
their words about you are tuneful the
nightingale's song. While, of course, now
and then there may be exceptions to this
rule, what l say is true of the great heart
of the South.
What, then, is the attitude of the North
to this spirit of the South? There can be
but one answer. From the mighty hour
when, with characteristic and majestic
grace, Grant received the sword of Lee,
until this good hour, the same God who
gave the North strength to preserve the
Union has given her the heart of engaging
courtesy which becometh the victor over
the vanquished The spirit of Lee pervad-
ing the South and the spirit OF Grant DOM
in the matchless heart of Lincoln, has been
transmitted to the sons OF both North and
South, producing the true American type,
which, united now and forever, fears not
world in arms.
WHAT THEY DID.
"But I must bear in mind that we have
come to-day to do honor to the memory of
your departed dead. With music and flow
ers and euIogies and tears and thousand
sacred memories the patriots of America
to-day are living in the Cat other times)
silent cities of the dead The associations
of long ago, the sad partings, the expected
homecoming that never came, the long
campaign, the hard-fought battles, the de-
feats and victories are lived over again in
the hearts Of the survivors of those event
full days And here 1 must say that 1 con-
slider the veterans dead. and the veterans
alive, worthy of all the homage paid them
and more. Why? Is it because of their
valor and herosm, unsurpassed as it was?
Is il because as men or soldiers they were
superior to those against whom they
fought? No But because by the grace
and power of the eternal God, by their
valor and their lives, they preserved, one
and inseparable, the Union of the greatest
Republic God ever let live. Veterans of the
Grand Army for this cause all hail, Your
glory shall never fade. In letters of gold
your history shall be written throughout
the coming ages. Yours is not simply
glory of past achievement, but of increas-
ing good as the eternal purposes of God
are unfoded; and your star shall grow
brighter as the years go by, for unto all
the world America is the hope of the fu-
ture for she stands in the position behind
which the liberty of the nations, yea, of
humanity, is guarded.
but to-day 1 can hear another trumpet
call. Its silver notes are sounding loud
and long into the ears of the survivors of
both armies and into the ears of their chill
dren calling them into a great struggle,
the conflict, not of bloody war, but of a
glorious peace. In this regard no nation
of the world can compare with our past
achievements and in the victories of peace
1 make bold to say. without presuming on
your courtesy, that the South to-day
stands in the forefront Of American fra
ternity If you ask me why / answer il is
because she has, a rule. in the rank and
file of her citizenship the purest Anglo
Saxon blood in the world The blood of
the South is American, and anarchy Will
not thrive on Southern soil. But to the
true American there is no North and no
South Mason and DiXOn's line is a thing
of the past, existing only in memory, and
to that il is but the mark of honor on the
breast of the worlds most chivalric nation
Then, to us as united people. what is
the cry of the hour, what is the demand of
the day? To no other people in the annals
of human history has God committed such
a trust as is ours in the beginning of the
twentieth century. There is no problem
confronting us with more gravity than
that of immigration. Since the time of the
landing OF the Pilgrim fathers America has
been the place OF refuge for the oppressed
and down-trodden Of the world. And may
the time never come when liberty enlight-
ening the world will not be a beacon light
TO the oppressed or ali nations so long as
! they seek shelter under the wings Of the
/ American eagle. But here | make bold 10
/ assert that the time viii never come when
/ the same eagle who protects the loyal with
/ her wings will not cease TO tear with her
I talons those who are untrue to the princ-
/ pies OF this Republic
/ "Our responsibilities are great, also my
! countrymen. because not only are the
! down-trodden and oppressed coming to US
! for refuge. but America is also the dump
/ ing ground which is receiving the scum
ar,I off ~fv1crG of fhn 9TH
Among them are the enemies OF all true