Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-06-12
elect ana delightful personality.

tellect and delightful personality.
let me end. where | began. foi
We still stand by the side Of the Faihfi
OF Waters. ! regret that the battle
ship which but Il few weeks ago came
and went. aid not penetrate yet q lit
tie farther M the mighty stream 80
that the builies from her docks
might have looked upon the fields
where Grant and Pcmberton, contend
ed for the rights of way. 50 that the
heroes sleeping here might have heard
the thunder Of her guns, shotted with
the words Of the noble Fremont, 1.-THE
navy Is without sectional preiudicc
and the patriotism knows no bound
aries save those Of our " great
country. hut ] am rejoiced 10 feel
that wherever she sails, she Will carry
with her the effigy Of that gallant
Missiaslppian. Who In hfe slgnalized
all hat is ohivnlric Ia American man
hood and ~ that was typical OF the
civilization Of the south, TO the end
TINT when her Officers entertain the
valiants Of other lands. from the
North sea, immortalizcd by Paul
Jones. 90 the Sea Of China. immof-
kH iiItu DN iftAtt ~. iftMf9 RAFf
and stripes above them they sill
need only a point 10 the likeness 90
Jefferson Davis. the chicf Of the Com
federacy, for proof OF the rehabiuta'
tion Of the sections and the perpetuity
Of the union
After the uuvcillng of the statue,
accompanied by u salute from tn
Warren light artillery ana the singing
OF The Vicksbirg school children Mr..
Watters0n. ~ q prelude 10 the intro
duction Of Lieutenant General Glenn
ent A Evans. who presented u ~ m
name of the Confederate veterans ana
Motor General Frederick Dent Grant,
who accepted il ON bchalf of the gov"
eminent and the army, and the Hon.
George r. Peck who delivered the
Grafton, said
II have declared That we are one
people. No air lines, nor water lines
nor %isothermal lines, separate us mt
geographic fragments. All the good on
this side. all the bad on that. The war
ended nearly fifty years ago lie who
thinks there are issues left outstanding
from the days Of secession and slavery
must have been dwelling Ia 4 tiit %
distorted f%ancios. o have Travelled
much beyond the SHADOW Of his W
roof-tree,
"Misaissippi aud Massachusetts, are
convertible terms Given the same con.
ditlons their people would be the snmr
and would do the anne. During the
thirty Years Immediately preceding tht
war OF sections three at least o. MIS-
elrslppia most popular and celebrated
public men came here from the north
Robert j walker. born ana reared ~
Pennsylvania. John A. Quitman. born
and reared IN New York. and Sergeant
S Prontiss, born ana reared in the
state Of Maine.
~ am about to present YOU In sue"
cession Lieutenant General Clement
AnscIm Evans. cummnnder-in-chlef ~
Confederate veterans. Major General
Frederick Dent Grant. Of the army OF
The United states, and the Hon
George Record Peck. of h great
northwest, holding my own commits
sion nj large ana from the District ~
Columbia, whore | was born, but
claiming some time TO be q Kentuek
iA u. 40 Nltits W n'A AlNllNN 81 49,
ovcr made IA nent-up Utlca for n pf
as. Each OF MS breeds back to good
old Anglo-Saxon and Scotch-lrish
stock. IN the by gone days the two
most Kindred American types were -
hr round II Boston ana Charlesipni
ana. atlli. there are those VINO, enjoy
ing the gracious hospitality Of the AZ
aonevin club in the Yankee city ana
The Palmetto club in the City Of the
nuguenots. cannot tell one from
t'othor. particularly after 10 o'clock
la the evening
AFTER the address the statue wa7
unveiled
General Evans. commandments
OF the Confederate Veterans, formally
presented the statue to the federal
government General Evans saidi
"Our thoughts and feelings today
concentrate fitly on the patriotic liic
Of Lieutenant General Lee as we
shnll always associate him with the
great events In which ne acted his
distinguished part, said General Ec-
ans. II viii make his well known Ire
the thcmc. his character an example,
his career the suggestion of the citi-
gems patriotic duty. what a noble man
ne was' Not merely n ttular noble
mar without the noble graces. but a
monumental nobility, provcn by his
derds. belonged Ia him without other
es%cutchoon This monument declares
his fame and our country VIII accept
1t as q part OF rs w glory
Gen. Evans spoke ct "the -four years
brilliant military career Of the great
confederate soldier" which he declar-
ga could hc expanded into volumes nv
narratinR the wonderful incidents OF
thot ynst war In which he achieved
tho fame tho country delighted TO
honor AT the close of his life said