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Title: Report of proceedings incidental to the erection and dedication of the Confederate monument
Year: 1896 (1890s)
Authors: Underwood, John Cox, 1840-
Subjects: Chicago (Ill.) Confederate monument. (from old catalog)
Publisher: Chicago, W. Johnston printing co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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been found inthe worlds history, (.\pplause. ) I will not attempt—of course not—toenumerate them. But there are many of the soldiers of this late familytrouble of ours who might easily have been ranked with the mostbrilliant field marshals of the French Empire, of the First Consul;nian\- of them who might have taken rank with the greatest soldiers ofan\ war. And now, my friends, liecause, as my distinguished friend said, Ifeel that I have the right to address you as friends—I want to pauseone moment to pay a tribute, a sincere, hom-st, candid tribute, to one ofthe most distinguished — 1 say. oiu- of the most distinguished—soldierson the other side in our troul.les. the late Walter Q. Gresham.( Applause. ) You are to buiy him here to-morrow. The whole country willdo honor to his character and to his memory, and there is no Americancitizen who has ever died, who deserves that honor more than Gresham.(A)iplause.) It was ni) good fortune and privilege to have known him ,.. -^^,
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48 whi-ii he was postmaster-f^eneral durinfi; Mr. Arthurs administration, andI thrre learned, not onl) to respect him, but to entertain tor him the ver)highest esteem. He came into Mr. Clevelands administration as secre-tary of state, and as a member of the committee on foreign relations ofthe Senate, it was not only my privilege to confer with him frequentlybut candidly and frankly. I say to \ou, gentlemen, from all sections ofthis country, the north, south, east and west, that since the days of Hamil-ton Fish, no secretary of state has had mort- delicate and difficultquestions to deal with than Judge Gresham. And I want to say anotherthing, that there has been no secretary of state in this country who hasdealt with them with nmru ability and candor and directness than he.(Applause.) Many of his acts have been misunderstood, because in thevery nature of his negotiations they were secret. Tlu time will come,my friends, when this country, without regard to part\-, will sustain andvindi

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