The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-27

eating the erection of a monument fir the city of Washington to the mem
 ory of the heroic Irish-American Jere,
 miah O'Brten. who successfully fought
 the first sea battle of the Revolution ary war speaking along the lines that Gordon eontended for. reunited peo- pie and reunited country said: The fratrfcfdal war between the two sec
 tions is overs our swords have been
 broken into plough shares and our spears into pruning hooks, the North
 and the South alike will hold their dead in tender memory forever" The
 South is proud of the men who wore the gray. charging up the drowning
 heights of Gettysburg. on Lookout Mountain. on the banks of the Poto- mac. in the gloom of the Wilderness, on the fiery trail from Dalton to Allan ta. on the rolling Rappahannock, on the red hills of Georgia and in, the valleys of Virginia and Tennessee. The Blue and the Gray. The North very. justly feels like pride in the valor of the men who wore the blue. On every battle plain from the mountains to the sea-monuments more enduring than brass have been erected to preserve the fame and tf tell posterity the glorious deeds ot her patriotic dead. Lee and Grant Jackson and Thomas, Stewart and Han cock-on both sides Generals of un- biemished character. belong to no sec tion, but to the whole country. They are immortal names that were not born to die, and their fame is a common heritage of us all" The war is over--has been over for nearly half century, and while we do not. nor never will, repudiate the r,-ft t~lA e. we are too brave people. too chival- ric. too generous. not to give honor to whom honor is due" We have demon- strated that the greatest fighter the world has ever known--is the Ameri- can soldier: and we have demonNtrated too, that which no other people liy- ing' but the people of this great re public could demonstrate--that while once torn asunder by intestine war. we are now a happy and united peo- pie. ...e
 The soul of the South throbs today with love and patriotism for her dead heroes. All over this country tho graves of the boys in gray and the boys Tn niue' are being decorated by the hands of sweet woman.
 The wome nof Alabama. God hIesa them, have erected on Capitol Hill a monument to commemorate the yalor or our fallen braves. In our heart of hearts we cherish their memory, we and through us our sons and dauRh ters, will transmit to posterity the dauntless valor, the superb courage the heroic patriotism of the Confed :. crate soldier. "-%
 Before Major Bricken had finished his address the air was filled with a cold and misty rain. Many in the crowd saw fin the dark grey clouds a threat of a delure and hurried to the gate to catch the first cars. Many others, however. re- mained until the complete program had been finished.
 The crowd complimented Major Brick ems address with the closest and most appreciative interest and attention His eloquent periods were met with respon- stve bursts of applause. He was given hearty approval as he finished and re- sumed his seat
 The crowd was dismissed with a brief benediction by Dr. Gregory.
 The rattling ''assembly'' blown by the company buglars called the military to attention. The companies were march, ed to the graves of the Confederate sol- diers. buried underneath a wilderness of flowers and volley after volley in honor of tlpe heroe dead were fired.
 The slow notes of taps" sweetly solemn. foated over beautiful Oakwood and the Memorial Day of 1904 was over.