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Excerpt from An Address at the Unveiling of the Monument Erected by the Commercial Exchange Association of Philadelphia (Late Corn Exchange Association): To Commemorate the Heroic Services of the Corn Exchange Regiment, 118th Penn'a Volunteers, Delivered at "Round Top," on the Gettysburg Battle-Field, September 8, 1884 Many of those who participated in this excursion had been in the thick of the fight, and they recalled how fierce and desperate it was. As they passed over the field, they remembered with saddened hearts, and spoke in subdued tones of the comrades who had lost their lives when the foe came charging upon them with a grim determination to con quer, which would have been irresistible had not our soldiers been fighting on their native soil in defense of their own hearths and homes. The ceremonies attending the unveiling of the monument took place on Monday, September 8th, on Round Top, and were conducted with commendable promptness and precision. The Rev. R. F. Innes, of St. Mary's Church, in West Phila delphia, made a prayer which was both patriotic and devout. Then Mr. Brice, on behalf of the Commercial Exchange, tersely stated the object of the ceremonies, and introduced the orator of the day, ex-senator Cattell, of New Jersey. Dr. H. T. Peck, formerly adjutant of the 118th, read an account of its actions, recounting its battles and campaigns from Antietam to Appomattox. Then the monument was delivered into the custody of the Gettysburg Monumental Association, and an address of reception was made by Hon. David A. Buehler, president of that association. A salute was fired, the monument was exposed to View, and will stand in future time as a tribute to the courage and devotion of the soldiers of the 118th Regiment and of the loyal public spirit Of the Corn Exchange. After the ceremonies were ended, a return was made to Gettysburg, and from thence to Philadelphia. The party throughout was one of the pleasantest character in every respect; every detail had been carefully planned and carried into execution with military promptness, and all united in expressions of satisfaction. C. B. MCM. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Alexander Gilmore Cattell was born on February 12, 1816 in Salem, New Jersey, United States. He was descended from Huguenot ancestors who settled in Scotland, moved to Leamington, England, and reached southern New Jersey, via Rhode Island, about 1700. He was the eldest son of Thomas W. and Keziah (Gilmore) Cattell, his father a merchant and banker of Salem whose notes were war-time money along the lower Delaware in 1812.
He received an academic education.
Owing to family reverses, Alexander left school for his father's store, but he continued his reading and wrote verses, his favorite poet being Keats. In 1840 he was elected to the legislature, in 1841-42 was clerk of the lower house, and in 1844 was the youngest member of the state constitutional convention. Moving to Philadelphia, 1846, he served on the Common Council, 1848-54, became a director of the Mechanics Bank, president of the Corn (later the Commercial) Exchange Association, 1857, and in 1858 organized the Corn Exchange Bank which he headed for thirteen years. He "did much to build up and extend the grain trade of the city" (Scharf and Westcott, History of Philadelphia, 1884, III, 2224). He presided at the opening of the new post-office, February 23, 1863, and at the meeting to relieve Chambersburg, August 3, 1864, and he headed the committee of twenty-one (July 24, 1862) to raise and equip the "Corn Exchange Regiment. " He had maintained a residence in New Jersey since 1855, having interests around Merchantville, near Camden. The local Democratic victory of 1864 and the impending necessities of Republican reconstruction brought him into New Jersey politics, as a patriot with a righteous cause and money to back him. Early in 1865 the "Union Party" (Republican) leaders of the first and second New Jersey congressional districts, "unexpectedly" urged Cattell's nomination for governor, it being understood that "a very large amount of means would be provided for the canvass". But Marcus L. Ward, "the Soldier's Friend, " was nominated and elected, despite knifing by the "Cattell Cabal. " A little later when John Potter Stockton's election as United States senator was challenged because he had received only a plurality of the votes of the legislature, Cattell and his friends grasped the chance to seize the office. Stockton was unseated March 27, 1866, and Cattell was elected in the face of an opposition which declared him mentally and morally unfit and only financially qualified (Ibid. , p. 124). He was seated, December 3, and gave his vote for the conviction of President Johnson. Allied with Jay Cooke and other Philadelphia interests, a sound banker, a warm friend of Grant as he had been of Lincoln, Cattell now entered his most crowded years. He did constructive work concerning tariff, taxing, national debt, and sound money; but he also became involved in the naval scandals under George M. Robeson. With his brother, Elijah G. Cattell, he "engaged in speculations in which the secretary of the navy was also involved. They gave or lent him money. They built him a house at Long Branch, purchased him horses and carriages, and managed expensive campaigns to make him a United States senator from New Jersey". In 1871 Cattell secured the shifting of the navy deposits in London (over a million) from Baring's to Jay Cooke's. Declining another senatorial candidacy, also a District of Columbia commissionership, he served on Grant's ineffective Civil Service Commission and, on April 24, 1873, took up his headquarters at Rothschild's in London as the United States Treasury financial agent. He refunded $100, 000, 000 of bonds from six per cent to five per cent, devised methods still used for quoting exchange between Great Britain and the United States, and transferred the Alabama claims payments to Washington. Secretary of the Treasury Bristow refused to reappoint him, because "he had positive evidence to prove that the appointment would be in the interest of dishonesty". Cattell served thereafter on various civic bodies, notably as president of the State Board of Assessors, but his health was none too good, partly from overstrain, partly from "a bundle of black cigars" per day (interview with nephew, E. J. Cattell). His end came while under treatment for "dementia. "
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His wife, Eliza (Gillmore) Cattell, and an adopted daughter, had died before him.
