The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-01

------------------ can bs justly honored by . statue eu the neld of Gettysburg as one of our srandest iliustxatiops of American hero iam.
 If England were to begin the task of embsllishing the battlefield of Waterloo as we are beauttfyipg the battlefield of Gsttysburg. two statues would bs ac- tial in taIIing the story of the nual over- throw of tho greatest warrior of the nineteenth century, The mouurnents of Wellington and Napoleon would be most prominent. because the visitor from ev- cry cline would expect first to pay honn- age to them. It was under the Bourbon dngly power that the remains of Na- poleon were brought from St. Helena and entomhAd in the most gorgeous resting placs of the dead to be found in France. It required years to sffacs the passions which the overthrow of Napoleon had left to wax the power of renowned Bour- bon rule. but the people of France wor- shipped the warrior, and not only his magnificent tomb, but other monuments bsautifying the French capital tell the story of the triumphs of Napoleon's le- gions of France. which were never sur passed in heroism and achievement since Caesar crossed the Rubacon.
 It ts less than q century and . half sincs tho decisive battle was fought in the far North for tho mastery of the new world. There had long been bloody strife between the Saxon and the Latin. but the final arbitrament came when Wolfe and Montcalm met at Quebec and on the Plains of Abraham the shock of battle came. leaving Montcalm and Wolfe among the dead. By that battle the name of New France perished. and the Saxon baptized the wilderness far on toward the setting sun as New England. In the beautiful Governors Garden of Quebec stands . grand monument that tells ths story of the Saxon'a mastery of the Western Hemisphere. Two names are engraved upon 1t. On one side is Montcaim. and on the other side Is Wolfe. with this inscription: '"Vaior gave 8 united death: history a united fame; posterity united monument"
 A few years ago. when visiting Mex leo. I frequently joined the throng in ing from the city to the halls of the Montezumas which crown Chepuitepec. It's beautiful sides were lined with statues which teach a most impressive lesson of the appreciation of heroism cherished by the Mexican people. There is the statue of the King of Spain from whom they wrested their independence. and there the Aztec. the Viceroy. the Emperor. the Die tator the President are all typified by statues of those who in turn have bright ened tho lustre of Mexican heroism. Most of them reached distinction through fear full civil conflict, but all of them have their monuments along with the scient- ist. the statesman, and the bishop. Their Lees and their Meades are side by side on the list of immortals.
 When we come to the performance of the duty of making the battlefield of Gettysburg its own complete historian there will be one such monument erected hard by the Bloody Angle. Of all the hundreds of thousands of men who dared and died in our Civil War. none so clear iy indicated the high-water mark of American heroism as did Armistead and Cushing. Armistead was the only gen- eral officer of Pickett's column who crossed the stone wall with . few fol- lowers and passed some distance within the Union lines. With his hat high upon the point of his sword he summoned his warriors to death. Pennsylvania reg iment was first upon his flank, and none who had crossed the stone wall survived except those who quickly surrendered. In a few moments he received many wounds. each of them mortal, but he fell struggling to strike with his sword the Union gunner who was about to fire upon the broken column of assailants. Cushing fired his double-shotted guns until every oficer and every horse had fallen with most of his command, and only one gun remaining. He was terribly torn by deadly wounds. but his indomitable win held him until he fired his last shot. when he fell with Armistead to sleep In the bavouac of the dead. When we shall appreciate American heroism as the werld appreciates 1t. there will be erected single monument near the Bloody Angle, and on it's Northern face will be the name of Cushing on its Southern face the name of Armistead; on the Eastern side, where the morning sun will throw it's first hood of light upon it. will be this inscription: "Ths high water mark of American heroism in Sur Civil War;" and on the Western side. where the last rays of each dying day may fall upon 1t, will be the inscription of Montcalm and Wolfe: "vaior gave a united death, his- tory a united fame, posterity . united monument"
 When the Civil War came to appaii the North and spread the wings of the angel or sorrow over the homes Of both sections, I had the honor to represent Gettysburg in the Senate of Pennsylva- nia, and during the first half of the pe- riod of the war was chairman of the Military Committee of that body. feel a natural and sincere pride in this great battlefield. and in the duty and opportun- ity which 1t gives to our great Common wealth. I want 1t not only to tell the story of the battle. but I want it to im- press upon all who should ever visit it that the Civil War made us a better. a mightier and more prosperous people. North and South, than we ever could have been with perpetual sectional dis cord arising from the conflict of slave and free labor. I want it to be the grand est monument the world has ever given to the heroism of the greatest people the world has ever known; and when that shall be accomplished, throughout our entire land, from eastern to western sea, from the eternal snows of Alaska to the tropics of the Indas and the Orient this battlefield will inspire our patriotic people to declare, as with one voice, for indivisible union and imperishabls broth- erhood.
 In closing this appeal for peace and brotherhood to the living and honor to the heroic American dead. I may fitly quote the beautiful lines written . auar-