The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-06-18

WHILE Hampton, and Hill, and
Lamar, and ether Confederate Briga-
diers in the Senate Of the United
States are protesting their love for the
Union, claiming that il was the Dem
c~eratie party tia; saved il, and is
therefore entitled to rule it, and that
the results Of the wal having been
accepted il good faith by the South
ern people, therefore the South is en-
titled to have q controlling interest in
governmental affairs, and to have the
past buried out of sight, the peo-
pie for whom and in whose behalf
these gentlemen do protest SO much,
ostentatiously seize every occasion
presented, to give the lie to the pro-
testations Of their representatives,
and TO display their contempt and
hatred for the Union, their devotion
to the 'lost cause" and their deter
minstion not only to %perpetuate the
memory of the traitors who died in
their treason, but to ineulcate in the
coming generations of Southern cit:-
zens the pernieious doctrine which led
to the late rebellion, that the rights
of each State is superior to the gen.
eral government and has the first
claim to the allegiance Of those born
on its soil. This spirit, this deter
minstion, these teachings were ex-
hibited with more than ordinary os-
tentation all over the South on the
late occasion of decorating the graves
of the rebel soldiers. Thus, of he
dedication of a monument to the
rebel dead at Winchester, Virginia,
Oh Friday of last week, we have vol
luminous and glowing accounts 10
the papers Of that State, which are
briefly summarized as follows:
There was g grand procession
m~srshaled by General joe johnson.
In the line were the Maryland So
ciety of the Army and Navy Of the
Confederate States, the survivors of
Captain Murray's command of the
Maryland line, and the military com
panies of Winchester, SteuntOn,
Martiusburg, and Alexandria. The
column which carried the different
banners of the Southern States, to-
gether with the national flag, reached
the cemetery at | P. NJ, and were
received by an immense concourse of
people, estimated at 10000.
At 2 O'Clock the monument wasun
yelled, 1t is forty-nine feet high, Of
marble, and cost $4,000. 1t is sur
mounted by q Confederate soldier
resting on the stock Of his musket.
The other monument is e marble shaft
surmounted with Gn urn, erected by
the ladies Of Virginia and bearing
the inscription, "In memory of the
three hundred and e~igyty-eight Vir-
GINA soldiers lying in this ground
who fell in the defense of constitu-
tional liberty and the sovereignty Of
their States, from 1861 to 1865" etc.
The graves arc decorated with flowers
and evergreens, aud marked by the
stars and bars of the Southern States.
The Confederate flag was also dis
played. The speakers stand was
draped with the Confederate colors-
white and red, with mourning stripes.
Senator Morgan, of Alabama. and
General johnson were the orators,
The bands played "My Maryland"
and Dixie"
This is the spirit of Cancellation,
the love for the UEion, the devotion
to the Constitution aud the flag Of
the Nation, that is displayed by the
Southern people who to day are con-
trolling both Houses of Congress,
and hope to elect the next President
with the assistance Of the Northern
Democracy. Professions and words
are very cheap, but saith the old ad-
age, factions speak louder than
words.n