The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1888-10-11

with the misery it caused, and famiIiarizs
the rising generation with the respectability
Of resistance to law.
Had the Philadelphians been true to their
own past as soldiers. to their present as loyal
citizens, and to their comrades, living and
dead, they would have emphatieaIly refused
to march in any procession or be present on
any occasion where the abhorrent embiera
was displayed. The pitifaI excuse that they
made about the promise given in regard to
their own flag, and the subterfuge Of accept
ing National flag from Lee Camp in order
to march behind the rebel flag, must have
excited the eontempt Of even their Exon
Tolerate entertainers. Some Of the dis
patches say that in the first instance aSoms
of the brigade did object, but BY no means
majority" but that the matter being ami
eably and satisfactorily adjusted, the pro-
cession started for Hollywood"
Let US hope that this does the brigade in
justice, and that some explanation is posi-
bic which viii make the members OF that
splendid organization appear in a better
light
The Grafton at the unyailing Of the monu-
ment was in harmony with the display Of
the rebel flag The speech was as follows:
conseerased by prayer we unvail cur monument
and dedicate it to the memory OF Mai Gen George
T. Pickett and his division II viii teII Of the dark
sad days Of 1851; how struggled 10 preserve our
union-the union under The Federal Constitution
az We read il and the fOrefathers who made it
taught US to eonstrue It
Comrades, we indulge in no vain reoraf4 and
harbor no rebelIious thoughts. We claim to be
worthy Of our dead, honest men, loyal citizens Of
this great Republic. but loyal to Virginia and ths
South We bstievsd, and to-day begisvs. that re
cause Of Virginia and he South ,gas Just We an-
peaied to the sword, and by the Judgment rendered
/ We stand true to our manhood, without apologies
r -
ana point to ma past as pledge Of lo1aliy n "A.
future Soldiers Of the Philadelphia Brigade, vel
/ come 10 Virginia. Welcome 70 our CAPITAL Civ
we greet you as friends. Peace hath her victories
not less glorious than war. We meet as citizens
eo-equal citizens of our common country.
/ We have met before. The years that have passed
/ nave sl4vered our heads. furroHed our faces and
/ dimmed our eyes; but our hearts are honest and
/ warm and true. Pickett's men remember TIA
| Bloody Angle, by the Stone Wall, upon the Gene
terry bill. Your sturdy defense Of the hill az the
| angle, your stubborn resistance and Yankee pluck
made your brigade immortal and you heroes
If this meant anything, it meant IN
ehangeable devotion to the ideas which
precipitated the war It meant that the
speaker and those for whom he spoke were
in principle just as much rebels to-day as
they were in 1861, and that the monument
was a glOrifcation of the ideas and acts
which then deluged the country with misery.
When the orator pointed to the past as
pledge of loyalty in the future" he meant
If he meant anything if time should
come when another appeal to the sword {"
could be made more hopefully, in order to
secure a reading of the Constitution as we
read it"-that is, as permitting rebellion
and secession, "-he and his hearers would
be justified in making the appeal, and de-
serving of honor for their devotion and
courage.