Omaha daily bee., 1883-06-21
THE LOST CAUSE.
Senator Hampton's ApostrOphe
Over the Dead Confederaoy.
" The Sword Never Decided the
Great Principle Involved
4 Tritutc to the Noble Women of
the South.
Special Dispatch 20 Tug BEE.

Special Dispatch 70 TnE BEE.
CAMDEN, S. c., June 20.-The monu-
mellt erected by the women of kClshaw
county III memory of the Confederate
dead was dedicated to-day. There was Il
grand military demonstration, in which
twenty companies participated, Senators
Hampton and Butler Governor Thomp-
son and other distinguished mcn were
present. The ceremonies of unveiling
consisted of an artillery salute, dcdica-
tory prayer, an ode to the ladies, and IA
memorial Grafton by Senator Hampton.
HC paid tribute to the faith, devotion
ana patience of the southern woltlon. and
said: when the true history of the
war shall be written, they would
not only occupy the first place in
our hearts, but the first in
honor They would always repei with
sco1n and indignation the imputation
that monuments to Confederate dead
marked the spots where traitors slept
We of the south were neither traitors nor
rebels, Nor was our war in any sense a
rebellion. 1t was strictly a civil war
growing out of conflicting interests and
different constructions of the constitution
by opposing sections of the country. He
maintained that the perfect union of the
states contemplated by the fathers could
never be possible if the citizens of one
portion of the republic are to be kept in
that union merely y on sutferance-toler-
ated but suspected contributing their
full share to the support of the govern
ment, but not participating in its direc-
ton; bearing its burdens, but
not sharing its honors and feeling that
in the home of their fathers they are but
unwe elcome intruders. He congratulated
the country that the future was
auspicious; that the scars Of war
we've being obliterated by time,
and demanded that our former
enemies do justice to the motive that in.
spired our conduct. He believed if the
settlement of the war issues had been
left to the old soldiers the country would
have been saved the shame and hlimilia.
ton Of reconstruction He cOunselled
obedience to the laws and to the
supremacy of the constitution and said:
1t requires only mutual forbearance, con
cession and generosity on the part of the
late cOntending section to bring about
that result, and surely every statesman,
every lover of his country, deserves to
see this end reached And it
can be attained without loss Of self
respect by any honorable man, north OF
south, without amy umanly degradation,
Wi thOut the sacrifice of one honest con
viCtion or one cherished principle. The
great questions which were at issue be-
tween the north and south, which Were
left 10 the arbitrament of war, were de
cicled against us, but the sword never ha:
decided, and never will decide, the ques-
tlOn involving a great principle, The
final Judgment as to the motives and ac.
tions of man rest with higher tribuna
than any on this earth. and t.
that last great court of appeal must every
question of right and wrong he submit
ted. For our convictions we are re
spOnSible alone to our own conscience.
and to our God. Hence there isno incon
sstenCy in our giving to the constitution
and laws under which we live an earnes
support while We hold in tender rever
encc the memory Of men who died for
cause we held to be just and right,
The Grafton was received with mucl
emt husiasm.