The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-06-21
g'ELEGRAPHIC
Confederate Dead.

Camden, S. c., 2O.-The monu-
ment erected by the women of Ker-
shaw County in memory of the
Confederate dead was dedicated to-
day. There was a grand military
demonstration in which twenty
companies participated. Senators
Hampton and Butler, Governor
Thompson and other distinguished
men were present. The ceremonies
of unwilling consisted of an artil-
lery salute, dedicatory prayer, an
ode to The ladies and a memorial
Grafton by Senator Hampton. He
paid tribute to the faith, devotion,
and patience of the southern women
and said, when the true history of
the war shall be written, they will
not only occupy the first place in
our hearts, but first in honor. They
would always repel with scorn and
Indignation the imputation that the
monuments to confederate dead
marked the spot where traitors
slept.
We of the south were neither
traitors or rebels, nor was our war
in any proper sense rebellion. 1t
was strictly a civil war, growing
out Of the conflicting interests
and the different constructions
Of the Constitution by the
opposing sections of the country,
He maintained that the perfect
union of states contemplated by our
betters could never be possible.
If citizens of one portion Of the re-
public are to be kept in that union
merely on suffrance; tolerated in
contributing their full share to the
support of government, but not
participating in its direction; of
bearing its burdens, but not shar-
ing it's honors and feelings; that in
the home of their fathers, they are
but unWelcome intruders. He con-
graduated the country that the
future was suspicious, that the
scars Of the war were being obliter-
ated by time, and demanded
that our former enemies
do justice to the motives
that inspired our conduct. He be-
lieved if the settlement Of the war
issue had been left to the old SOL
diers the country would have been
saved the shame and humiliation of
reconstruction, he counciled obedi-
ence to the laws and to the suprem
acy of the construction, and said it
requires only mutual forbearance,
concession and generosity on the
part of the late contending sec
tions to bring about the result, and
surely every statesman, every lover
of his country desires to see this
end reached, and it can be attained
without loss Of self-respect by
any honorable man of the
north or south, without any
unmanly degradation without
the sacrifice of an honest
conviction or one cherished prin-
ciple. The great questions which
were at issue between the north
and south and which were left to
the arbitrament of war were decided
against US; but the sword never
has and never will decide a question
involving the merit of a principle.
The final judgment as to the mo-
tives and actions Of men rest with
a higher tribunal than any on this
earth, and to that last court of APP
peal must every question of
right and wrong be submitted.
For our convictions we are resp ms
ible alone to our own consciences.
and to our good, hence there is no
inconsistency in our giving to the
constitution and laws under which
we live, earnest support, while we
hold in tender reverence the mem-
cries of the men who died for the
cause we held to be right and just.
The Grafton was received with
much enthusiasm.