The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-05-10
rtqus aomasde Gaopena pahss and m Garnt ams of
UNION G. H., SOUTH CAROLINA, NAY TO- 1878
THE coNFEDERArE fEMoR1AI.

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THE CONFEDERArE HEMoRIAL.
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| IN FITTING TEnMs M Oup romrrnru .
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The followino ,aiter oddrossoa % . oo,,,
mittee of citizens; Jvos rs.d A. Tho u,or,or;a, :,
celebration in MScon Ga On the a6tE ri. !.
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ob;I;,v 70 bo nro.on. esy =. ~ lees py in'
oornc, St W "y,nSoi tne
at Macon Ga in EnOnr af onr W Se,S % .T.ea Goa
eaa.u.O LII 0uU, nm u ou' oedu Ooh-
evcrv a,troct;nn :, mo !. :. ;nsvS Suss1SSes a"'
the Ladies Monor;,l Assoo;".ipp NY
morument 10 70 he joc,,od, ;n tha Ia sne
State. of The Confederota ornb ona ;, '''
1 fmeuiorate. ths,. er;6oo.s.os.tbos Aho Ia
in ke def ense p 6,{T ~ !
1 pable" rights
What thouob wa wore overhorn. hu n,,,,
bers. and accessories not Ioss sf,;o;on; .nn.,
is not to be measnrcd hv snoco.s ;n mo;n
tanning it against force. nor Is n. nIorv
less of him who upholds it in the face of
unequal odds, but is it not rather more to
his credit that he counted all else as dust
in the balance when weighed with honor
and duty? On many stricken field our
soldiers stood few and faint, but fearless
still, for they wore the panopIy of upoues.
tioniug confidence in the rectitude of their
cause, and knew how to die but mt n snr.
render. Les not any of their survivors
impugn their faith by Offering the peniten.
tial plea that "they believed thew were
right" BE it ours to transmit to posteritv
our unequivocal testimony to the Justice of
ftheir convictions, to their virtues. and the
sanctity of the motives by which thew were
actuated.
1t is meet that this monument should
have originated with the ladies of the land
whose selfdenial was conspicuous through
all the trials and sufferinss of war, whose
gentle ministrations in the hospitals, and at
way -sido refsctories, so largely contributed
to relieve the sick and the wounded and
whose unfaltering devotion to their country's
cause in the darkest hours of our struggle
illustrated the fidelity of the sex which was
last at the cross and first at the sepulchre.
Inn nrofundlv ,bo,Lf,, % .hon, CO..; :,
yitiur me to renresent them as % thar nra,or a 49,
on the onnroacbinc occasion Had :, hoon
practicable To accent Their rsonos, noniJ
have been 70 mo con,m.,d phovoJ 81
no other rclrctancs tban tLs noase;aasnoss
of INABILITY to do ;us,;ce 70 ,ho ae's thOma
Thanks ~ the mcr;.s ~ "ur Confodor..o
dead tbcv nee, ro;th.r orotor uon Laul ~
commend their deeds to tho nrssout @ nonaro ~ ~
ton of their cour ,rvmen Monv 1slI far
from home and t;r3roJ onJ sIoon ~ nn
marked graves but aIl aro nathers9 in tho
love Of those far whom tbev J;od .nj ,ha;r
memories ore ballowed in ,bs hn,rts or al
true Confederatss " ''' ''' 70 '' go
Hv the Mon. effor,s of ,,r o,,, ,u
humble cemeteries sncb .s in % th6;r ;mnov
erishment wero noss;h,o horo T hsoa pro
pared, and the Confederate dsad have bssn p
collected in them from ne;obbor;n. hottla
fields. There annually With rovsrsn.;a,
affection. the graves ,i;ke oe tha 'tnnwn
and the unknown are decked vitf,ts ,arnaj
flowers, expressive Of orat;tnde rencwsbIe
forever. and tvpical Of The hone of n resnr.
rection and reani,n where the w;ekcd cease
from troubling and the weary are at rest
To be remembered. bonored. beloved bv
their people is the reward bestowed on omr
Confederate dead. II is the biohest which
a good and purely patriotic man could de.
sire. Should il be asked wbv tb.n b,;l3
this monument tbo .n.,,.. :. ~