The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-17
IN HONOR OF
ANTIETAM DEAD.
Continued from First Page.

the great deeds, by which it was made
united. The times are easy now compared
to what they were In the days from 81
| to '65, but we need to display exactly thu
same qualities that made you win Out
| under the lead Of Abraham Lincoln
u want to say how glad am to see
the Grand Army Of the Republic, ant
next to the Grand Army I want to gree,
the future ARMY want to say how gla6
l am to have seen the children. Just
one word in closing. AS said, we need
to display the same qualities now that YOU
needed in 81. A man was not worth
anything If he was not patriotic and
decent. That was first and that was not
enough. In addition to decency he had
to have the qualities that would make the
decency effective.
man must be decent, honest, upright,
or he is bad citizen, and If he has not
the qualities Of honesty and decency in
him, then the ADLER he is the worse he is,
do not care how, able man is, If he
has not the root Of clean living in him, If
he Is not a decent and honest man, If he is
a bride giver or a BRIDE takeY, If he Is a
man who defrauds in public life, IL he is
bad husband, bad father, bad son, then
he is poor stuff out Of which to make a
citizen.
you of the Grand Army of the Repub-
lie left us what the victory In no other
war left US. You left us the right OF
comradeship with the vanquished; you
left US the right Of brotherhood with the
men who wore the gray, and nothing
pleases me more than the fact that to an
audience composed Of union veterans one
can always make an appeal for the men
who fought against you and whose sons
are now as loyal as we to the flag OF our
common country
At 10 o'clock the president and Governor
Murphy, accompanied by Senators Kean
and Dryden. the entire party and hun
dreds of citizens, left Sharpsburg station
for the famous old Dunkard church on the
battlefelds Of Antietam. There the brigades
Of veterans In columns OF fours escorted
the president, Governor Murphy and dis
t1nguished guests to the monument.
A corInttian Column.
The monument Is in the ornate form OF
a Corinthian column of granite, 40 feet
high, and surnounted by a heroic figure
In bronze Of an officer with appraised sword
leading his men in charge. The figure is
intended as statue Of Captain Irish OF
the Thirteenth New Jersey volunteers,
who was the only New Jersey officer
killed at Antietam.
After the assemblage had been called
to order by James Smith Of the New Jer-
sey monument commission and an invoca-
| ClOIl IlaQ DeeH pronounced Dy ReV. LII.
Fraser Of Newark, Mr.. Smith reported to
Governor Murphy the final work Of the
commission. On behalf Of the state OF
New Jersey, Governor Murphy accepted
the monument and then President Roose-
welt accepted the monument on behalf OF
the government. He spoke as follows:
The Presidents Speech.
Governor Murphy; and you, veterans Of
New Jersey; and you, men Of the GRAND
Army, and all others here, / greet you
thank you Of New Jersey for the nonu-
n1ent to the troops OF New Jersey who
fought at Antietam, and on behalf o.
the nation accept the gift.
We meet to-day upon one Of the grea
battlefe1ds OF the civil war. No other bat
tie Of the civil war lasting but one day
shows as great a percentage of loss a:
that which occurred here upon the day or
which Antietam was fought. Moreover
IN it's ultimate effects this battle was o.
| nomentous and even decisive Importance
for when it had ended and Lee had re.
treated south Of the Potomac, Lincol1
forthwith published that immortal paper
the preliminary declaration Of en1ancipa
| ton; the paper which decided that the
civil war besides being d war for thu
! preservation of the union, should be
| war for the emancipation of the slave, 81
| that from that time onward the cause:
! Of union and of freedom, Of nationa
greatness and individual liberty, were one
| and the same.
Men Of New Jersey, ! congratulate you
state because she has the right to CLAIM
| her full share in the honor and glory o
that mem orable day; and I congratulate,
you, Governor Murphy, because on tina
day you had the high good fortune tt
! serve as a lad with credit and honor il
one Of the five regiments which your STATE
sent to the battle. Four Of those regi
ments, by the way, served in the division
commanded by that gallant soldier, Henr!
w. Slocum, whom we Of New York cal
| claim as our own. The other regiment
| that in which Governor Murphy served
| altho practically an entirely new regiment
| did work as good as that of any veteran
organization upon the field, and suffered
a proportional loss.
Antietam's Importance.
/ If the issue of Antietam had been othe
| than it was, it is probable that at leas
two great European powers would hav
recognized the independence of the Con
federaey; SO that you who fought her
forty -one years ago have the profoun,
satisfaction Of feeling that you playe,
well your part in one of those crises bi,
with the fate of all mankind. You mel
of the Grand Army, by your victory, no
only rendered all Americans your debtor
| forevermore, but you rendered all hu
mainly your debtor. If the union .ha
been dissolved, if the great edifce bull
with blood and sweat and tears by might,
Washington and his compeers had gon
down In wreck and ruin, the result woul,
have been an incalculable calamity, no
only for our people-and most Of all 70
those who, in such even, would llav
seemingly triumphed-but for all man
kind. The great American republic wouI
l = u - 80 I@.f
the failure Of the experiment Of self-gov
eminent by a great people on grea
scale would have delighted the heart o
every foe Of republican institutions. GU
country, now so great and SO wonderful
would have been split into little janglin
rival nationalities, each with a histor
both bloody and contemplate. It was be
cause you, the men who wear the buttol
of the Grand Army, triumphed in thos
dark years, that every American nov
holds his head high, proud in the knoWl
| edge that he belongs to a nation who's
glorious past and great present will b
succeeded by an even mightier future
whereas, had you failed, we would all Q
us, nerth and south, east and west, b
with contemptuous tolerance; at the wors
with overbearing insolence.
What Success Meant.
Moreover every friend Of liberty ever.
believer in self-government, every idealis
| who wished to see his ideals take practica
shape, wherever he might be in the world
knew that the success of all in which h
most believed was bound up with the sue
cess Of the union armies in this grea
struggle. I confidently predict that whel
the final Judgment of history is recorde,
it will be said that In no other war o
which we have a written record was j
1 more vitality essential for the welfare o
mankind that victory should rest where