The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-06-07
VIRGINIA.

w lNChESIEha ' d.N u uu6 O.-4 lie uI-
yelling of two monuments erected to the |
memory of the confederate dead took place
this afternoon at Stonewall cemetery. The |
procession was large and was marshaled by |
Gen. Joseph johnson, who " as repeatedly |
cheered aloug the line. The monument |
was erected by ladies, and bears the fol- |
lowing inscription:
''In memoryof three hundred and ninety-eight |
Virginia soldiers lying under this ground who fell
in defence of the C0nstituti 1nal liberty Gnd the
sovereignty OF their State fro 1861 to 1865
The graves were decorated with flowers
and eyergreens, and marked by flags of the
southern states. The confederate flag was
also displayed, but in the adjoining Ma
tional cemetery the national flag was fly
ing. The speakers stand was draped with
the confederate colors, white and red, with
mourning stripes. Gov. Holiday delivered
brief address, in which be said: What
ever heart burnings, or chickering's, or en-
mites, or strife, it will be buried here, for
this graveyard is and will remain a COM
mon heritage, and to southern hearts
possession forever. The dead past is bur-
led here. Those noble men who have died
with or without name have not died in
vain. This tribute to them is not an empty
and unmeaniug show. 10 little while it
will be the glory of the common country.
Within sight just over yonder fence lie
the bodies Of thousands who fell upon these
same fields in the federal uniform. Those
we're, l doubt not, as earnest as these, for
they died by each others hand. Think
ycu it was in vain? God does not SO work.
The death of the hero is the life Of the
state, just as the blood of the martyrs is
the seed Of the church. Those died for the
: rights Of the union; these for the rights Of
, states. From the monuments erected over
, either will one day spring an arch in
which the hopes and memories Of both
: shall be interviewer with the golden
2 threads of God s eternal love and truth
] and on which the eyes OF the people shall
ever read how individual rights and loca
e government can live in sweet harmony
e with the central power and the glory of The
: great republic of the United States.
Senator Morgan then delivered an ora
ton. He said the rain had frightened
the flowers, and that as storm after storm
i passes over the Confederate States thei
glory will grow brighter. This was
e fadeless memory, founded on truth au(
8 justice. What they did will never fad
:. from recollection SO long as the people @
n the United States have sincere regard fo
e great cause. Those who lie hero died i
d the cause of truth and Justice. If ther
It were traitors in the South there were eigh
It millions of them. Every citizen Of tn
u South was his own leader, and the suprem
d judge of bis duty, and whoever shoul
d point to those graves and say they cove
traitors resorts to falsehoods that cannc
'e be formulated into statements of fact Th
IL L a. H. i L. L
by falsehoodE. The orator then recite
the points of the quarrel between th
c. North and South, during which he said
was the intention Of the Northern peopI
a to compel the South to emancipate the
slaves, which we're held by constitution
is right. The South had no option but
fight or TO yield to the demand. The
ne feared the occurrence of such scenes
ur had beeu acted in Hayti and San Doming
He alluded in eulogistic terms to LIE
i'd jackson and johnson, as the true exp
nents of the principles of the people
or Virginia, and of Hill, Breckenridge, ar
w Price, with hundreds of others, were a
o: corded common glory 10 the Soutnel
is cause of justice and truth, and in resistir
ot the invasion of their country. What tn
did was not the work of delusion
treason. lie comphmented the ladies /
as their sympathy and conduct during Il
war He concluded by saying the Sou
ell had no quarrel with the Constitution
i'm the United States. They carried it wi
tn them in the conflict, and for this posteri
N will give them due credit. Brothers
Of blood. but under different banners,
mt would accord that they died for the rig
we principles. represented by our flag.
ed sectional strife now disturbs our countl
int We all believe that our form of COVER
lth ment is the best known of men, aud
in founded upon truth and justice, "a Cover
ment under one constitution and one a,
to The town was lively with soldiers "a
other visitors, and bands in various plat
played Ny Maryland" and Dixie
nat JEFF. Davis was not present. A priv;
engagement prevented his attendance.