The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-07-03
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, June 10, 1879.

WASHINGTON, j une 10, 1879.
at the unwilling Of two monuments
erected to the memory of Confederate
dead, and the decoration of graves in
Stonewall Cemetery, at Winchester,
Virginia, on the 9th inst, the ceremo-
MES and speeches are Of interest to the
loyal citizens of the country, as they
constitute further an Important evil
dence that the Confederates have no
excuses to offer for their treason, but
that they glory in it and still expect to
accomplish through the Confederate
Democracy, what they lost on the bat
t1e-feld.
zone of the monuments unveiled,
bore various designs and several in
scriptions, among them the following:
Erected by the people of the South to
the $40 unknown Confederate dead who
lie beneath this ground, in grateful re-
membrance of their heroic efforts and
their example Of unstinted devotion to
duty" and "To the unknown and I'M
recorded dead and Who they were
none know what they were, all know"
The monument is forty-nine feet high,
of marble, ond cost $4,000. 1t is sur
mounted with a statue of q Confeder-
ate soldier resting On the stock of his
muSket. The other monument is a
marble shaft, surmounted with an urn
erected by thu ladies Of Virginia, and
bearing the inscription: In memory
Of the 399 Virginia soldiers lying in
this ground, who fell in defense of con-
stitutional liberty and the sovereignty
of their State from 1861 to 1865"
The graves were decorated with flow
ers and evergreens, and marked by
Flags Of the Southern States. The Con-
federate flag was also displayed, but
the only display of the national flag
was in the adjoining national cemetery.
The speakers stand was draped with
the Confederate colors- white and red
with mourning stripes. Upon the
stand were seated, an.5ag other prom
inent persons, Governor Holiday, GEN
erals Johnston, Hunton and Maury Of
Virginia, and Generals Stewart and
Herbert, of Maryland, and Senator
Morgan, the orator Of the OCCASION.
Governor Holiday delivered brief
address, in which he said whatever
heart-burnings or chickering's OF enmi-
ties or strife exist will be buried here,
for this graveyard is and will remain
a common heritage, and to Southern
hearts ga possession forever. The
dead past is buried here These noble
men, who have died with or without a
name, have not died in vain. This
tribute to them is not an empty show.
In 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
were, ] doubt not, as earnest as these,
for they died by each others hand.
Think you 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 martyr is the seed of the church.
Those died for the rights of the Union :;
these for the rights Of the 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 threads
of Gods eternal love and truth, and on
which the eyes of the people shall ey-
er read how individual rights and To-
cal government can live in sweet har-
mony with the central power and glory
of the Great Republic.
| Senator Morgan, Of Alabama, then
delivered the Grafton. He said the
rain had frightened the flowers, and
that as storm after storm passes over
the Confederate States, their glory will
grow brighter. Theirs was fadeless
memory, founded on truth and Justice.
What they did will never fade from
recollection, SO long as the people of
the United States have sincere re-
gard for great cause. Those who
lie here, died in the cause of truth and
| Justice. IF there were traitors in the