49 Presidential Addresses 



tenant, Sherman, whose statue here in the national 

 capital is to-day to be unveiled. It is not necessary 

 here to go over the long roll of Sherman's mighty 

 feats. They are written large throughout the his- 

 tory of the Civil War. Our memories would be 

 poor indeed if we did not recall them now, as we 

 look along Pennsylvania Avenue and think of the 

 great triumphal march which surged down its length 

 when at the close of the war the victorious armies 

 of the East and of the West met here in the capital 

 of the Nation they had saved. 



There is a peculiar fitness in commemorating the 

 great deeds of the soldiers who preserved this Na- 

 tion, by suitable monuments at the National Capital. 

 I trust we shall soon have a proper statue of Abra- 

 ham Lincoln, to whom more than to any other one 

 man this Nation owes its salvation. Meanwhile, on 

 behalf of the people of the Nation, I wish to con- 

 gratulate all of you who have been instrumental in 

 securing the erection of this statue to Genera^ 

 Sherman. 



The living can best show their respect for the 

 memory of the great dead by the way in which they 

 take to heart and act upon the lessons taught by the 

 lives which made these dead men great. Our hom- 

 age to-day to the memory of Sherman comes from 

 the depths of our being. We would be unworthy 

 citizens did we not feel profound gratitude toward 

 him, and those like him and under him, who, when 

 the country called in her dire need, sprang forward 

 with such gallant eagerness to answer that call. 



