New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-18

y groper this occasion to tell again the story OF
that important event
Governor Murphy then quoted from an address
made on the field year ago by General f. A
Carman the old colonel OF the 18th Regiment. Civ
Ing history % the engagement. He spoke OF the
sacrifices made by the people OF the North and the
inestimable services OF the great figures OF that
day. many OF whom he mentioned He closed as
follows, addressing President Roosevelt:
Mr. President. the State OF New-Jersey in CRATE
ful commemoration Of the highest sacrifice OF her
patriotic sons has erected this monument to her
nation through you.
Mrs Sarah A Heartwell. the sister Of Cap
tain Irish. then unveiled the monument
PRESIDENT RoosEvELTs ADDRESS.
There was great cheering when the President
rose TO accept the monument on behalf Of the
federal government His address lasted thirty
minutes. A light rain. which falling when
he began. steadily increased in violence. until
the audience was compelled to raise umbrellas.
Throughout his speech the President was in ex-
cellent voice. He spoke fellows.
Governor Murphy. and you Veterans OF New
Jersey and you OF the Grand Army.
and all others here. greet you:
4 thank you OF New-Jersey for the monument
10 the troops OF New-Jersey who fought At An
tietam. and on behalf OF the nation accept the
battlehelds OF the Civil War. No other battle OF
the Civil War lasting but day shows as
great percentage OF loss as that which oc-
Cured here upon the day on which Antietam
was fought Moreover in its ultimate effects
this battle OF momentous and even decisive
Importance for when il had ended and Lee had
retreated south OF the Potomac. Lincoln forth
with published that immortal paper, the pre-
nn1inary declaration of emancipation; the paper
which decided that the Civil War. besides being
a war for the preservation Of the Union. should
be war for the emancipation Of the slave. so
that from that time onward the causes Of union
and OF freedom, OF national greatness and IN
NEw-JERsEYs PART IN THE BATTLE.
State because she has the right TO claim her
full share in the honor and glory OF that mem
oraole Gay; and ! congratulate you Governor Te,r
Murphy. because OF that day you had the high
good fortune TO serve lad with credit and
honor in one OF the FIVE regiments which your
State sent TO the battle.
Foure OF those regiments by the way served
in the division commanded by that gallant SOL
der Henry W. Slocun. whom We Of New-YorE
can claim as our own The other regiment that
in which Governor Murphy served. although
practically an entirely new regiment, did work
good that OF any veteran organization
upon the field. and suffered proportional loss.
This regiment was at time ordered 10 the
support OF a division commanded. by another
New-Tork soldier the gallant General Greene
whose son himself served as a major general
in the with Spain. and who is now as
Police Commissioner Of New-York. rendering as
signal service in civil life he had already
rendered in military life
THE RESULT OF ANTIETAM.
II the issue Of Antietam had been other than
It was. II is probable that at least two great
European powers would have recognized the
Independence OF the Confederacy: so that you
who fought here forty-one years ago have the
profound satisfaction Of feeling that you played
well your part in one Of those crises big with
the fate Of all mankind.
You men OF the Grand Army by your victory
not only rendered all Americans your debtors
your debtors. II the Union had been dissolved.
II the great edince built with blood and sweat
and tears by mighty Washington and his COM
peers had gone down in wreck and ruin. the re-
suit would have been an incalcuable calamity.
not only for our people-and most Of all for
those who. IN such event would have seemingly
triumphed-but for all mankind. The great
American republic would have become mem
ory OF dersion: and the failure OF the expert
ment OF sef-government by q great people on
great scale would have delighted the heart OF
every Zoe Of republican institutions. Our coun-
try. now great and wonderful. would have
been split into little 1angling rival nstionalties,
each with a history both bloody and con-
temptible.
It because YOU. the men who wear the
button OF the Grand Army, triumphed in those
dark years that every American now holds his
head high. proud in the knowledge that he be-
longs 10 a nation whose glorious past and great
present viii be succeeded by an even mightier
future; whereas. had you failed would all OF
US. North and South. East aud West. be now
treated by other nations at the best with con-
temptuous tolerance: at the worst with over
bearing insolence.
A TRIUMPH FOR LIBERTY
Moreover. every friend OF liberty, every be-
lever in self-government. every idealist who
wished 10 his ideals take practical shape
wherever he might be in the world knew that
the success OF all IN which he most believed was
bound UP with the success OF the Union armies
IN this great struggle. 1 confidently predict that
when the final judgment OF history IS recorded
Il viii be said that in no other war OF which we
have written record was IL more vitality essential
for the welfare OF mankind that victory should
rest Where il finally rested. There have been
other wars for individual freedom. There have
been other fo- national greatness. But
there has never been another war in which the
issues at stake were so large, looked at from
either standpoint
We take just pride in the great deeds OF the
men OF 1776. but we must keep in mind thai the
Revolutionary War would have been shorn OF
wellnigh all its results had the side Of union
and liberty been defeated in the Civil War. In
such case We should merely have added another
10 the lamentsbly long list OF cases in which
reoples have shown that. after winning their
liberty they wholly unable to make good
use Of IL
THE PRESENT GENERATIONS DUTY.
II now rests with US in civil life TO make goot
by our deeds the deeds which you who wore the
blue did in the great years from 1861 10 1865.
The patriotism. the courage. the unf1inching
resolution and steadfast endurance OF the SOL
tox must be supplemented on our part by civic
courage civic honesty. cool sanity and stead
fast adherence TO the immutable laws OF right
eousness-
YoU left US reunited country; reunited in
fact as well as in name. You left US the right
~ brotherhood with your gallant foes who wore
the gray: the right 10 feel pride in their cour-
axe and their high fealty 10 an ideal, even
though they warred against the stars in their
courses You left also the most splendid
example OF what brotherhood really means; for
in YOUR careers YOU showed in practical fashion
that the only safety in our American life lies in
spurning the accidental distinctions which
sander one man from another. and in paying
homage 10 each man only because OF what he
essentially is: in stripping of the husks Of oc-
ctlnation Of position. Of accident until the soul