Omaha daily bee., 1906-04-08
FAWCETT SPEAKS AT SHILOH
Omaha Jurist Orator at Celebration on
immortal Field Of Battle.
BLUE AND THE GRAY JOIN HANDS
Monument Erected by wisconsin to
Commemorate HerOism of Its
soldiers Jest Forty
-Four Years Ago.

PITrsBURG LANDING, Tenn, April D.
Especial Telegram 1.-THE historic battlefield
OF Shiloh is today in possession Of a great
host Of Wisconsin veterans of the battle
OF Just forty-four years ago. In addition
TO many OF the state officials Of the Badger
state is a great number Of Grand Army
veterans Of other states including a large
number OF confederate veterans Of General
Albert Sidney Johnston's army. The occa-
sion Is the dedication OF the monument
erected by the state Of Wisconsin in MEM
DRY Of its soldiers who fell on that field.
The orator of the day is Judge Jacob
Fawcett OF Omaha, Shiloh veteran.
Judge Fawcett appeared in most excel
lent condition and his eloquent address
elected ovation after ovation. veterans of
the gray and veterans OF the blue Joining
In the applause.
Judge Fawcett'a Address.
Taking as the subject of his address the
words. Put OF thy shoes from OF thy
feet, for the place wherein thou stand
est II holy ground" Judge Fawcett said
in part:
What was true Of the place where God
thus spoke 40 Moses from the burning bush
at H0reb Is true Of the place where we
stand today and 1 feel myself under the
spell OF those, words as 1 enter upon the
QtDNeIy OF LnlH ADDRESS,
This ground is holy, not because soldiers
who were killed in a great battle lie buried
here, but because 1t covers patriots, who
freely and bravery died for a great cause
for a country to which their forefatners
had been divinely directed and which they
had dedicated to the eternal principles o;
civil and religious liberty; to freedom In
It's fullest and broadcast sense, and to the
principle of true democracy that all men
are created equal and have an equal right
to the enjoyment of life, liberty and the
pursuit OF happiness.
Eighteen hundred and slxty-one opened
to the Pacifc and from the ST. Lawrence
to the gulf. nation vast in extent and
mighty In resources, but novice in war.
A nation devottng all its energies to peace
full pursuits, and leaving wars and their
attendant evils TO other less enlightened
said, Here is a nation whose prospects
for the future are all that the most dis
satisfied or ambitious heart could wish.
Here peace ana prosperity must ever
reign But a closer look at our nation 8
sky would have revealed the coming storm
which was so soon to break upon us with
such destructive force. Our nation had
sinned. From It's early infancy it had fos-
tered and maintained within It's midst al
great God who rules over the destinies OF
nations that continued peace and prosper.
hSgsn rs nidivp gs tber,ns on the soTtherT
horizon. The plaques OF Egypt were about
to be visited upon US, with this difference
first scourge Of Americans. The CLOUD
continued to spread until all of that por
ton OF our nations sky which covered thii
evil became dark and threatening. Th'
mutterings of the thunders of disconten
and oppression could be plainly heard
Various means were tried to avert thu
threatened storm, but all were In vain
The messenger Of death went forth ant
the storm cloud broke. The nations nigh
of war and death. was long and terrible
and when the night had passed away ant
the dawn OF peace returned, Il was foun'
that the death messenger had scarcel!
missed a home. Lamentations for tn
dead went up all over the land. Thu
first born, and the son of old age; hus
bands, fathers and brothers, alike la:
Wondering on southern soil. But, the sill
that had caused the war had been re
moved. and our nation started out upol
8 new life with obedience to God as tn
foundation, supporting the broad arch o
universal liberty; and to the top of tina
arch was nailed the flag of our country
where II waves today, proclaiming to tn
whole world that we are now In realit
what we have always professed to be
the land OF the free.
As a result Of that great struggle thi
nation IL now so thoroughly united thai
travel where you will, from east TO west. O