The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-09-18
HONOR FOR
JERSEY HEROES
Monument to Soldiers Who Fell al
Antietam,
THE PRESIDENT PRESENT.
The Nations Chief Executive Accept
In Behalf Of the Nation a Memo
<iaI shaft Presented by
Governor Murphy.

sharpsburg, Md, Sept 1s. = Under
lowering skies the magnificent monu-
ment erected on the historic battlefield
Of Antiemm by the grateful state Of
New Jersey to its men who fell IN the
great engagement was dedicated The
occasion was rendered particularly
notable by the presence at ana par
ticipation in the ceremonies Of the
president Of the United States and Of
Governor Murphy, the chief executive
Of the sta.e which was honoring LIS
heroes.
The trip Of the president from Jersey
city was devoid of special Incident
Many stops were made, and secret
service officers were on guard through.
out the night After daylight crowds
assembled at every station to greet the
president. He appeared first on the
rear platform OF his private car at
Chambersburg, Pa. lie simply greeted
the crowd cordially, At Hagerstown'
Md, where the train was switched
from the Cumberland Valley railroad
to the Norfolk and Western, the presi-
dent left his breakfast table and his
breakfast guests, Governor Murphy,
Senator's Kean and Dryden, to briefly
address a throng Of several hundred
people.
Shortly after reaching sharpsburg
station the president and Governor
Murphy, accompanied by Senator's
Kean and Dryden, their entire party
and hundreds Of citizens, left for the
famous old Dunkard church on the
battlefield Of Antietam. There the
brigades of veterans formed in col
umns of tours and escorted the presi-
dent Governor Murphy and distin
guished guests to the monument The
monument is in the form Of an ornate
Corinthian column Of granite forty feet
high, surmounted by q heroic figure In
bronze Of an ofiicerwith appraised sword
leading his men in charge. The figure
is intended as a representation Of Cap
tain Irish of the Thirteenth New Jer-
sey volunteers, who was the only New
Jersey officer killed at Antietam After
the assemblage had been called to or
der by James @, Smith Of the New Jer-
sey monument commission and an in
vocation had been pronounced by Rev
ID. R. Frazer Of Newark, Mr.. Smith re-
ported to Governor Murphy the final
work Of the commission. ON behalf Of
the state Of New Jersey Governor Muir
ply accepted the monument in a grace
full and timely address.
President RooseveIt's Address
! President Roosevelt as he rose to ne
cept the monument on behalf Of the
federal government was accorded an
ovation. He spoke in part as follows
we meet today upon one OF the great
battlefields Of the civil war No other
battle OF the civil war lasting but one day
shows as great percentage Of loss Is
I that which occurred here upon the dan
/ on which Antietam was fought More
/ over, In its ultimate effects this battle
4 was Of momentous and even decisive iH-
( portanee for when it had ended and Zee
had reiterated south Of the Potomac. Lin.
coin forthwith published that immortal
4 paper, the preliminary declaration go
emancipation, the paper which decided
I that the civil war besides being a wai
for the preservation OF the Union should
be war for the emancipation Of th
slave, so that from that time onward Tho
causes OF Union and OF freedom Of ma
1 tional greatness and individual liberty
were one and the same
II the issue Of Antetam had been other
than 1t was it is probable thar at least
| two great European powers would have
/ recognized the Independence Of the con
federaey, SO that you who fought here
forty-one years ago have the profound
satisfaction of feeling that you PLAYED
wen your part IN one of those crises ble
with the fate OF all mankind You men
! Of the Grand Army by your victory not
only rendered all Americans your debtors
| forevermore, but YOU rendered all hu
mainly your debtors If the Union Ma
been dissolved. If the great ediace bun
with blood and sweat and tears by mighty
Washington and his compeers had conc
| down Ia wreck and ruin. the result would
have been an incaleulahle calamity not
only for our people-andPmos Of All fo1
those who in such event would have seem.
| ingly triumphed-but for an manlyln8
The great American republic would bavc
become memory Of derision and the
failure Of the experiment Of self govern
ment by great people on q great scsle
would have delighted the heart 81 every
foe Of republican Institutions our conn.
try, now so great and SO wonderful
would have been split into little ianeiinp
rival nationalitcs, each with a bistof.y
/ both bloody and eontemptible 1t was Sc.
cause you. the men who wear the butten
Of the Grand Army, triumphed Ia thoss
dark years that every American nov
holds his head high, proud in the knowl.
edge that he belongs to q nation who's
glorious past and great present win ID
succeeded By an even mightier fnttfs
whereas had you failed we would Fiji NJ
us north and south. east and west bf
now treated by other nations al ne heet
with contemptuous tolerance, at the yvorst
with oyerbearing insolenee It now rests
with Us in civil life to make good bv ou1
deeds the deeds which YOU who wore nv
blue did IN the great years from 1864 IN
1860 The patriotism, the courage tbe
unhinching resolution and steadfast en-
durance Of the soldiers whose triunanh
was crowned at Appomattox must n s,in.
plemented on our part by civic couraga
civic honesty, cool sanity ana steaaf5si