The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-06

FOR they gave their lives to save the life of the
nation; and history recites nobler story than
me story OF their sacrifice. Their great purpose
to-day the first principle of all Americans It is
now the idea and the ideal of us ALL men and
women OF north and south alike. How little
words-southern and mediterranean. Let us
forget them. How much grander the single
word American. Let us think Of that and only
that. 1t Is the word the spirits of our heroes
whisper to our souls to-day: .5r*i - -.
The following is the Speech of Assist
ant Secretary Sanger: =:
49, MIR. Sanger's Speech. :
In tie absence of the secretary of war it is
my privilege to receive on behalf of the United
States these monuments which have been erected
to perpetuate the heroism of the soldiers of In
diana: 1t Is fitting that the state should make
enduring record of the part which her sons took
with which they poured out their life's blood
General Grant said that up to the battle Of
Shiloh, he with thousands of other citizens, be
lieved that the war might end suddenly If y
decisive victory could be gained, but after the
fight he 'gav up all idea Of saving the union ex-
cept by complete conquest The confederate
ai@;a assanit Which was made largely by unframed
soldiers, has been properly called military
masterpiece. The heavy loss on both sides was
conclusive evidence Of the courage with which
the battle was fought. - ia: - -. ,.s;.s-
Governor Durbin's Address.
Governor Durbin, in accepting the
monuments in behalf Of the state, said:
To those survivors Of this battle whose happy
fortune 1T has been to witness not only the
unions restoration but its growth in greatness
to place among the powers of the world nm.
dreamed of forty years ago, it recalls roar of
battle more terrible than ever before had thun.
dered In the western hemisphere. It peoples this
now peaceful landscape with two mighty armies
graphing for two days in bloody conflict. II
his the air with the unceasin crackles of mus
ketry, the shout of the charge and the groan OF
the dying. -
It was after Shiloh that the American people
awoke to full realization Of the terrible cost
OF civil war. Within forty eight hours nearly
ed upon this field; fewer American soldiers had
dropped before tie fire of British troops during
all the eight years Of the American reyolution
On this one battlefield of the rebellion fhe lose
OF tn contending armies in killed and wounded
was twice as great the combined loss of the
American land forces in both the second war
with Great Britain and the war with Mexico.
But never did the hoosier commonwealth rise
more ma1est1cally to. the occasion than in tte
hour when the people of Indiana realized the
price her sons had paid for victory in this great
battle for the control Of the continents strate
gle waterway. Over the state swept q wave not
of irresolution but of patriotic. feryor and the
spirit of sacrifice for the dag. :
Indiana looked upon the dreadful list Of her
sons wounded and dead; her answer was more
soldiers for the cause, marching ont Of tho
state capital with the blessing Of Oliver p Nor.
ton upon them, regiment after regiment battery
after battery, until Indiana had given more gen
crously of her blood and treasure than any other
state whose soldiers fought beneath the star
and stripes. -