The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1888-10-06

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The monument TO the Confederate
dead ia Thornrose Cemetary, 6tAuotou,
Va, was unveiled on "Wednesday last
under the auspices OF the Augusta
Memorial society. There was an Inn,
mense attendance, and q grand civil
and military procession, of which Gen.
Thos. L. Rosser wac the chief marshal,
and which, included representatives
feem the Society of the Army and
Navy Of tho Confederate States, Mary
land Line, Survivors Of the St0newall
Brigade, Veterans Confederate and
Fsderal), local military and several Ca
det organizations. Hon. A. G. Gordon,
ex-inayor of Siaunt0n, read . poem
written for the Occaalon. Gov. Fitx.
hugh Lac delivered an address In which
he said.
want to see such monuments ~ this all
over this Commonweelth. They teach the
youth to believe that their fAthers fought
Gr Sa rs MEN Mho H. i
framed our Constitution did not say this
Union was indissoluble: Had they ssid 30
tt would never havo been formed. the
with those OF the South that there was
nothing in tho Constitution to prevent any
State from Withdrawing from the Union,
8uU Iu0E0lu u0S Gu0 6oSI0t Wuy V0&&OIHOu
Davis was never tried for treason. ! he
people at the North did not want this ques-
ton discussed before the courts. They dis
cus.ed II with arms and nd they won: .1,l,. That
The Army of Northern Virginia has writ
ten its name high on the scroll Of honor.
That army never lost battle. Gen:
the commander OF that army lgreat ap-
plausel above all Generals. ancient aud
modern, for tne battles he fought and the
victories he won under adveree circumstcn-
grSat soldiers In the ranks. and such were
ginia. Il took four years for
contended against great odds. But we have
duties to perform, and let US mako this fair
South what It once was: We are already
on on such OCCASIONS as this and honor our
dead, our own dead, without interfering
with our duties as citizens of a common
country. [Applause.l
The monument was unveiled by Miss
Carrie Johnston, granddaughter Of
Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston. Miss
Johnston was assisted In her task by .
young lady from each Of the fourteen
Southern States, the ladies in question
being students at the female schools in
|Staunton. Among these were the
Misses Gena Jones of Alabama, Lulu
Clarke of Mississippi, Lucille Foster of
Louisiaua, Ella Use of Texas, Eula
Brown of Arkansas, anu Margaret
Turnbull, OF Florida. Gen. Jubal A.
Early being called upon tor speech,
said:
I came here to-day to honor the man who
fought tor constitutional liberty. The man
who deserted the army in our times is not
as bad as the man who deserts his prtnci-
pies to-day. Then lie had some excuse. for
the pangs of hunger were 8nawtng and
his children at home were crying for bread;
but the man who deserts now does so only
in his greed for Office. If eyer repudtate
my principles may the lightning of heaven
strike me, and may the scorn OF all brave
men and true women be my lot. [Great
cheering.]
Speeches were also made by Gen.
Rosser and others. The monument is
the figure of a Confederate soldier at
parade rest. 1t Is Of heroic size, six
feet two inches in height, Is made Of
white marble, and took the first prize
at the New York Art Exhibition In
1886 as the best specimen of sculpture Of
its class. The base, sub basis and plInth
are made of Virginia granite. The
monument, with pedestsl and mound,
stands twenty-six feet.