Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-06-26

nent persons, Gov Holiday, Gen s.
Johnston, Hunton and Maury, of Vir-
ginia, and Generals Stewart and. Her.
bert, Of Maryland. and Senator Nor
gan, of Alabama, the orator of the
occasion.
"Gov. Holiday delivered brief adj
dress, in which he said whatever heart
burnings or chickering's or enmIties 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 no
bic men. who have died with or with
out name, have not died in vain.
This tribute to them is not an empty
shop. In little while it will be the
glory of the common country. With
in sight-just over yonder fence-lie
the bodies of thousands who fell upon
these same gelds in the Federal uni
form. Those were, [ doubt not, as
earnest as these, for they died by each
others hand Think you that it was
in vain? God does not so work. The
death of the hero is the life Ct 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
moauments erected over either will
enc day spring an arch, in which the
hopes and memorys of both shall be
interviewer with the golden threads Of
Gods eternal love and truth, and on
which the eyes of the people shall
ever read how individual rights and
local 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 passed 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 a sincere re-
gard for a great cause. Those who
| lie here died In the cause Of truth and
Justice If there were traitors in the
South, there were eight million of them.
Every citizen of 5he South was his
own leader and supreme judge of his
duty, and whoever should point to
these graves and say they cover trail
tors, resorts to falshood that canpot be
formulated into statements Of fact.
The glory of the dead can never be
furnished by falsehoods. The orator
then recited the points Of the quarrel
between the North and South, during
which he said it was the intention of
the Northern people to compel the
South to emancipate their slaves,
which were held by constitutional
right. The South had no option but
to fight or yield to the demand. They
found the occurrence Of such scenes as
had been enacted in Hayti and San
Domingo. He alluded in eulogistic
terms to Lee. jackson, and johnson
Of the people Of virginia. hanG Of the
South, and Hill, Breckenridge, Prince,
with hundreds of others, were accorded
a common glory in the Southern cause
of justice and truth and in resisting
the evasion of their country. What
| they did was not the work of delusion
or treason. He complimented the La
dies for their sympathy and conduct
during the war. They were soldiers
in the same sense that soldiers were
citizens He spoke at length of the
merits and heroism of the southern
soldier and especially of the unknown
dead, who had left the richest legacy
OF honor. These remarks were fire.
quentIy applauded. At this point
there was another heavy and driving
rain, accompanied by thunder and
lightning, during which the orator
continued amid cries for him to do 50.
He concluded by saying the South had
no quarrel with the Constitution of
the United States, They carried it
with them in the conflict, and for this
posterity will give them due credit
Brothers in blood, but under different
banners, all would accord they died
for the right. The principles repre-
sented by our age, he said, commands
our allegiance as fully as those who
supported the Federal arms. No sec
tional strife now disturbs our country.
We all believe that our form Of Gov
eminent is the hes: known of men and
founded upon truth and justice-a
Government under one Constitution
and one flag
On Friday last, Gov. Pound Of Wis.
called up, in the House of Representa-
tives, the bill to authorize the Score
tary Of War, to use certain moneys
appropriated by act of Congress, ap-
proved. March 4, 1879, 'for the high
sand-banks on the Chippewa river. in
the completion and protection of i'm
proyements in and near the. mouth of
said river The bill authorizes the
Secretary of War, in his discretion, to