The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1869-06-23
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ELOQUENT Extract.

Eloquent Extract
We give below potion ii >prech delivered by
col C Breckenridge, u. Cyrthiana, Kentucky
May 27, the sion Of the dtd'cntioiof Of q monn-
ment the Cont.d rate dead slet png ptaeefliy
uns ured by the din OF battle in tecenn TRY atthat
place: - - - a. ID. n
When I received the invitation to be present to-day
and participate in these solemn dedieatory services
there were many reasons thu. rendered me feluctantto
decline the affection Ieel to various members OF
YOUR association the reverence-profound and neradi-
cabe-I bear the knighty dead, the memories OF the
cause urged me to and lay tribute at the base
| of the monument you haze erected But memories
and associations somewhat personal to myseH cluster
about Cynthana ard Harrison county assoeauons R
connected with the dearest of The lving-meHlores OF
m, first service a soldier. Here upon the very gay
| enlisted in the Confederate army, heard for the
first tine the dead, whz Of the minnie the scream OF
shell and crash OF shot; wonder bridge ntse
rode into battle; up yonder hill through 4 subtle
wheat field down to the house. led my first sE
charge upon the streets OF your town heed, Tor the
first time the blood ebbng from the fallen hero
npon the scene of his glory How different are the
circumstances surrounding ia to-day Then TO fight
was our sole duty Now 10 weep, TO pray, to endure
70 perform not only With fidelity, but with zea our
whole duty as citizens But were recreant to every
manly truthful and lofty quality OF our natnres, DID
we fail to do honor to the country under whose has VIC
fought TO the cause for which comrades died, TO
the eerar~taes who died at our side Srfer had sol.
ders more beautiful onnntrg
for which to die Never had cause and country more
heroic ami devoted soldiers r,r =,s - ~
Frw countries favored as we're the ntteeh
Sourher4. States of the American Rrpnoilc-hose
ing "he Soutl'-in the year 1850 ga4-Rs
The ,,pse of years had brought new issues ana cfe@
aed new interests Side by side had grown with nh
equal speed cvilisattona ana the time came ~heh
nhm;ssnn or separation the aernatives-separ-
,nr from pufrie,,dy sisters and withdrawal frem
broken aud desised compact, 10 which she mad peea
faithful III
LEI, Us never forgetlet allow it to be for
riipn+p pp
r. INV ART of resistance the South was Deliberately,
fprcey insultirgv thrust from share III thc GoFefn
ment which with threats aud tnaedctions, was SEIZED
TO he used against her interests her property ana hef
honor. -, :. ..;c#a
am not here to day apologize, defend or Jistsfy;
this is not the OCCASION this the time tof assault "
defense But the South went TO war from no VAIN de-
sire for en,p,r. no pary ye rnng for power, no MS
i. ;,ch,n.r Tor office Il is absurd TO attribate such
an uprising and such struggle to 20 low a!d con-
,mpt,he uutivrs. The e"rt TO succeed was IN esass
proportion TO the ohec, to he won ny success ihoc
u,udenee national State and pers',a, Was 4 prize @
orhv the sacrifice of every henri and every rae
heart did offer its sacrifice May my TO que ceaVe to
the roof of my mouth and ms right arm "l'nef ~ us
\ socket may she love and the chiiifeh nofh - y
r,,ru from nv embrace i'll Scorn, when nehno"ieaRe
,h., the cause was not worthy OF the people, hns
! worthy of the untold suffrringS tie countless haia
!, shi,s tile priceless lives given TO It, Dead toasn u
" b.fprevtr lost loved II with The nnuiteraute IeF
. vor OF nv heart giving The hest years OF my NE 10 s
service will not dsawn the love or repent the ser.
II vice. Mark him well "lfo "onid d" otherslse' a'u
J. ''u-t hin not s,.. .
r War came and four veaEs of attle and endurance
and sorrow we're the price paid for defeat. q IA
;. have not the power 10 describe those years, w.
r. need T. Around me are men who heard tue clash az
is Manassas and surrendered honorea arms az appoma
ox Armless sleeves and honorable scars attest their
vaor Aged men are here to-day who served IN Camp
Chase or Fort Laf ette, and gave their suppor-tne
staIwart dangs of their hearts-o this crnshg war.
It And in the trn,g Of whose presence here is
Il, of thr
that orus the enderes page OF the history OF those
ID four wears. each ole had personal knowledge OF
those eternal years. Terrible history yet
who can its outrages and crimes glorious ns
tory full of berosm and devoon sad history for a
ended in failure. No word of denunciation is appro
pirate to-day Let us leave to history the epthes that
must be written opposite the name OF nl.h "no ~ uesas
ted the Valley of the Shenandoah OF him whose track
a. in Georgia and the Caronas was marked by solitary
chimneys seEtres destroyed homes and desoiate
y fields monuments alike of the ruin and the shame OF
him who ruled Kentucky with Gruel manu- anu aea
he her houses with mourning a-et them 60 before
the tribunal of pocerty and meet their victims lace
'e to face before the higher tribunal OF God zE-
To all that had done in the six thousand years
to of his progress civisaton and purer Cns
iaity to prove that in TRUTH he was created ID the
re likeness Of God and but little lower than the
angels much added for which the race need not
od blush by those to whose memory we Dedicate 1his
monument.
y The contest was most unequal one--the South
IL fought at every disadvantage. With white popua-
r ton of less than five millions and halt with an arms
hearing population of less than nine hundrea thousahd
&c Warvhnd Missouri Tennessee Kentucky and Virginia
ST. divided without regular soldier military organ
he s,tion Without ship or nav. yard; with but eW
e ruus and they of inferior quality, and not manu-
ks factory where part OF gun any part OF It's am-
murtion could be made without money or OF gan.seo
ay credit cuI off from all the world, IN whose markets
it, she allowed to purchase even the medicines
* Tor the sick isolated from all mankind and even thrust
IN, ont from all ympathy encninpassed With vast out
H every nation under The su were supplied with every
ter appliance of warfare and every posslbe comfort as
,h- well necessary every harbor closed ny Watching
an. war vessels and stream occupied oq nose gun
he hoas her soldiers ragged and hariooted-yet
I'd she fought with such tremendous power ana was Weaea
lot with such skill that the expenditure OF money 20 con
in aner than would have purchased every ooe
in of her land every house in her cities and villages,
ad every slave on her panatios and all her property or
ed every kind and the killed and permanently disabled
he of her enemies aInnuttd more than her entire
,u armies duri the whole Struggle You may searcn
1p. history in vain for parallel asas[ E5
no 70 D1saRAcNa PATRIuTIsM.-We copy as follows from
ho the New York Herald of the lst
er The officer of marines who outraged all the de-
cencies of humanity at Arlington perhaps Thought ne
leo was in some commencing himself tor grent Zeal
ted TO the powers that and he has most JustIhahle
opinion of those powers or 1t ia bad omen for the
ap' country if they be pleased in that way Does
this ictiunarv reflect the views that prevail head
ot' ouarters? Is possible that cannot how 10 be
v patrio,s without being hrute Is II possible that our
.sn,ct for GREAT cause requires lis exercise
uid suneryson over the actions ard thoughts OF those
whose sorrow differ from in their direction Is
ted ,, horrhI tprsrry of a nairty to go into the sa-
10 cred domain of the grave and shall no q he
to greved over nourned with sentimental usage if he
NE happened to he wrong? Shame on the zeal that puF-
aer urs quarrel heyond the III the United States
,f America freedom has been much cramped for some
time but we have always desired believe that II was
owe ONLY necessarily Permit US in authority, TO
believe that there is still freedom for woman 10 GO
TO the grave of her her lover and cast upon It q
the token of renemrance II there Is not, "ha1 Dexter
ned are you than the brutal despots that naae As.fia
iga- byword among nations? gz=,=5#s7sE 4s=stz
in ~ W. n M ~ yo.,1 \,
cry .ihE "ool iHAuh' - - - a,,> 80 a,s
hi, shows by figures that time during the last fifteen
years has that trade been depressed and unretnp
ba, nerative during the past year Commission and
jobhng dry goods houses are still wei stocked with