Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-24
MONUMENT UNVEILED
To Memory Of Soldiers Who
Fell in Civil War
AT OGDENSBURG, N. Y.
VICE PRESIDENT FAIRBANKS
ORATOR FOR THE OCCASION.
Talked to Large Crowd on the Dis
charge Of Civic Duties-Tribute
to Veterans.

United States" by Harold Jarvis of De-
troit. after which Gen. N. NJ. Curtis spoke.
He said that in the valley of the St Law
renee was framed measure by Represent
ative Sias Wright which aroused fierce op-
position from the cotton states, and later
became the chief cause Of the civil war.
Representative Wright's constituents
promptly defended his principles. and the
Unions prosperity was largely due to the
policy then adopted
Vice President Fairbanks. in his address.
dwelt upon the duty of all to meet with
brave hearts the burdens which rest upon
great people. He urged the discharge OF
civic duties and the observance Of laws.
While paying homage to the heroes of the
civil war, he said, the debt due to those,
who, in the days of calm. have served the
nation, should not be forgotten. The Vice
President denied that we have fallen upon
corrupt times. There never was an hour
in our history, he declared, when there was
more acute moral sense among the peo-
pie than at present, or when the standards
of civic, commercial and professional ethics
were higher.
The Vice Presidents Address.
The Vice President said:
1 bring you the cordial greetings of Presi-
dent Roosevelt who greatly regrets his in
ability to join you In the dedication of this
monument to It's exalted purpose.
This monument had its inception in a
noble, patriotic impulse 1t will stand
the symbol of the gratitude of great peo-
pie for the services and the sacrifices of
brave men, who, more than a generation
ago, went down to the battlefield to pre-
serve the integrity Of the great republic.
| 1t will teach a great and wholesome les
| son to the present and to future genera
| tons. 1t will recall the deeds of men in a
supremacy perilous hour of our national his
| tory, and 1t will emphasize the fact that
| men are honored most who serve best their
fellow men.
| This memorial has yet higher significance.
1t has a meaning for those who behold 1t
| which no formal words can adequately ex-
| press. 1t stands as pledge of national
! unity. 1t stands for the everlasting
| premacy of one flag. 1t inspires deeper
love of liberty. 1t keeps ablaze the fires
! of freedom upon the affairs of our hearths.
1t signifies the triumph Of a righteous
J cause. Such Is now the deliberate verdict
| of history. This Is attested by the COM
mon judgment of mankind. Victor and van
| quiShed rejoice In the complete re-eStab-
| lishment of our national solidarity. They
| each see a new glory in the republic. pur-
| flied in the fiery furnace of great civil
conflict. Each yields willing tribute to the
4 ValOr of the other Better or Drawer men
| never faced each other upon the fields Of
| battle than those who met under the lead
| ership of Grant and Lee.
Teaches Double Lesson.
| This memorial teaches double lesson:
| Valor fortitude and patriotism in the mer-
| CHESS shock Of war; amnesty. mercy and
| pardon in the tranquil ways of peace. 1t
stands in powerful advocacy Of the equality
of men under our institutions. The sword
| of the nation was drawn in order that the
equality of men beneath the flag of the
| United States might become accom-
| plished. living fact.
| 1t proclaims the everlasting truth that
| the rights of men upon the American con-
| tinent cannot be trampled in the dust; that
| the rights of the humblest are as sacred as
| the rights of the most exalted.
| While we pay homage to those who stood
] 6pfpnSp the
| hold from those who fought to overthrow
| the republic an expression Of our admira-
ton and esteem We are not wanting In
| regard for those who. through. mistaken
| judgment, raised their hand against their
| own friend and protector-the flag Of the
| United States They were our kindred We
| were then divided, but are now re-
| united. and God grant that no power on
| earth may drive us asunder: that no ma
| tional eXigency may arise which Will not
| be met equally by all sections Of the re-
public, and that no peril may confront US
which will not be faced by united people
stronger because of the results Of the civil
war.
A Pledge Of Fealty.
| AS we stand here in the presence of this
| imposing evidence of peoples reverence
| and gratitude we pledge anew our fealty
| to the institutions preserved by the valor
| of the soldiers and sailors Of the republic.
We are to go forward meeting with brave
| .
| people Advancing years and expanding
| power bring new tasks, new questions. but
| the principles which should govern US in
/ meeting them do not change. The princi-
| pies of common honesty and common JUS
| tice among men were the same yesterday
| as they are today, and they will not change
| with the coming of tomorrow. Our obliga-
| ton to the state is not intermittent. 1t
| rests upon whether in the midst Of peace
| or in the midst Of war. Our civic duties
must be well discharged II we would pre-
nIaa hat
| we must have IL we are to attain our high
| est destiny. We teach love of liberty; we
| inculcate the doctrine that the only way
| to maintain freedom in it's best sense Is to
| observe the law-the law established by
| the wisdom Of high-minded and patriotic
| lawmakers, chosen by a free and patriotic
electorate Our laws should be preserved
| from the communicating touch of seidshness
| and they should be enforced fearlessly and
| without favor. There should be neither
partially in the creation OF the law,
! Partially in it's enforcement. Equality Is
| the fundamental essential in free govern
! ment 1t was for such equality that the
| soldiers and sailors OF the civil war wrote
| one of the mightiest chapters in human his
| tory.
| We hear much of defalcations, breaches
4 of trust malfeasance in Office and there
are pessimists who declare that we have
| fallen upon corrupt times; that we are de-
cadent; that the public conscience Is dulled.
| On the contrary there never was an hour
| in all Of our splendid history when there
| was a more acute moral sense among the
| great masses Of the people and more up
! righteousness in their relations Of life than
| there is today. The standard Of civic duty
| was never higher than 1t is now. There
! was never MORE respect for high grade
| of commercial and professional ethics than
| at present. There Is a widespread deter
| mination among the people that those who
| pollute the law shall be compelled to an
| swer for 1t; that the laws shall not be set
| at naught by eyiIdoers-by the enemies OF
| established order.
/ While we reyerently pay homage to those
| who bore the heat OF battle. we do not for
get that we owe tribute to those who, in
| the days of national calm, preserved that
| which was won In the fury OF the storm.
| The enemies of the republic do not always
| appear with fleets or with armies and with
i mn win ha uuara Those VIII ahilSo the Y3uf-