The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-09-20
Maj. Gen. H. ". SIocum Hon
orsd by State Of New York.
THREE GOVERNORS PRESENT
The Principal Feature Of The ThTty-Thlrd
Reunion Of the Society OF the ARM
OF the POtomlc.

Gettysburg. Sept. 2O.--The fine eques-
trian statue or Gen. Henry Warner Slo-
cum. tribute to his memory from the
state OF New York, was unveiled yester-
day on Culp's hill where his line was To-
Gated during the historic battle. The gov
3 ernors or New York. New Jersey and
I Pennsylvania, the Seventh regiment. n.
/ c., S. n. Y, which acted as escort and
veteran infantrymen and artillerymen
/ who served under Gen. Slocum attended
the ceremonies OF dedication.
The unveiling OF the statue was the
principal feature OF the SD reunion OF the
Society OF the Army OF the Potomac At
this meeting Maj. Gen. Brooke was elect
/ ed president and Gen. King was re-elect-
ed secretary. Gen. Daniel Il. Sickles was
| the principal speaker at the meeting.
The march 10 the battlefield began
promptly at 2 o'clock The procession
I formed al Centre square under command
OF Gen. Lewis r. Stegnan OF New York
and went 10 Cups hill. Arriving at the
monument a vast concourse of people was
| assembled.
The exercises were opened with music
] by the Seventh regiment band. followed
! by prayer by Rev. w. I. Pray Of New
! York and an address by Gen. d. Z.
sickles as chairman OF the New York
| board of the Gettysburg monument COM
mittee. After music by the Second United
| States Cavalry band Gov. Odell OF New
| York unveiledSthe statue and the United
States battery fired a major generals
| lutte.
oRATIONs DELIVERED.
Gen Roberts, Col. Baxter and Gov.
| Oden then delivered orations.
Cows. Murphy and Stone were introduc-
| ed and made brief responses.
/ Dewitt c. Sprague of Washington read
| poem dedicated to the occasion. After
| the benediction the Fourth United States
battery fired a salute.
A public meeting was held last night at
! which Mayer SetA4Lew- of New York was
the principal speaker. He said In part:
THE battle OF Gettysburg Is looked up
on by common consent as the crisis OF the
civil war. Not only aid II stop the inva-
sion of the Northern states. but II mark
ed the last effort OF the Confederacy TO
assume the offensive II literally turned
the tide of war. This little eminence OF
Cemetery hill. therefore, seems to be- In
a sense the great divide Of American his
tory. But who among the most sanguine
OF you all dared to dream, as he listened
to the dreadful thunder Of artillery that
marked the time for Pickett's charge,
that the day would come. within his life
time, when the men who wore the gray
and the men who wore the blue would fol-
low old Glory into battle. marching side
by side against a common foe?
The success OF the war for the preser-
walton of the Union. therefore. did two
things OF supreme Importance. II preserv-
ed unimpaired these institutions of ours
that mean freedom OF opportunity for
men OF capacity In every walk OF life:
and II also made secure a field for oppor-
tunity to work In on a scale grander than
the world has ever known. In these days
OF large units II IL apparent how great
| t. rAv
ling n really continental domain. Had the
attempt at secession succeeded we might
have seen this continent become a second
| Europe In the subdivision OF Its territory.
DIFFERENTIATION OF MULTITUDEs.
1--WE sometimes hear II said in these
times that the days OF business opportu-
nifty are gone; that the individual is dis
| appearing In the combination. the indi-
| vidual capitalist in the corporation and
| the individual workman In the labor
union; that private fortunes are now so
| large and that business is carried on up
! on a scale so great that the young man
| OF today has no such chance rs his faith
er had
1T would be idle to deny that force
! has had its part In the making Of large
nations; but II II no longer force resting
| upon the ambitions OF few II Is rather
| the determination OF multitudes working
| out their own destiny.
Capital combines and labor combines
! only remotely because they are obliged
| to; primarily they combine because they
! want to- He who sees in this merging
OF the Individual into the combination
| threatened loss of individuality seems 10
! me wholly to misread the times
"But II is not yet clear how the equi-
! librium OF social forces IL 10 be best main
| tained I'm a society In the process OF reor-
! ganizing itself into great combinations.
I ho AZ N tho "A cite
| region Is case In point. The anthracite
| coal operators are now saying, In effect,
! II understand their position. that they
| will not treat with union made up IN
| part OF men not engaged in anthracite
mining II Is clear why they do not want
! to do go: but IL the anthracite miners are
] willing TO sell their labor only through
! such a union and no other II Is clear that
| the coal operators have right TO make
\ society pay the cost Of their struggle? Ia
| IL clear, in other words. that they are
contending for any OF the fundamental
| rights OF man?
WE HAVE MUCH TO LEARN.
| 'If I have discussed on this occasion
| this economic problem which has forced
| itself upon the country during the last
| few months, gentlemen OF the Army OF
/ the Potomac. II In not because fear
the ultimate outcome OF the present tend
| encics toward combination In society and
! toward large units; but because l recog-
\ nlze as every one must. that we all have
| much TO learn along these lines
II congratulate you men OF the Army
| OF the Potomac that IL Las been given 70
| you 10 play TO small part I'm preserving
! these United States for their happy des-
| tiny: aye, more. 20 play no small part In
| making the destiny OF the great republic
the bright and shining thing II is. only
| the other day our country was called by
/ a foreign student, the land OF boundless
! opportunity The thanks OF your coun-
| trymen. for generations yet unborn. will
I go out 10 you and your comrades OF the
! Grand Armies OF the Republic for pre-
! serving to them the hazard OF your
| lives. these inspiring opportunities In all
their lmitless and unimaginable splen-
| dor"
The statue Of Gen slocum is an eques-