Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1888-10-20
Monument AZ slaanIon, va.

augusta memorial o0Clety. mere
was an immense attendance and
grand civil and military procession,
of which Gen. Thes. J.. Rosser
was the chief marshal, and which
included representatives from the
Society Of the Army and Navy Of
the onfederate States, Maryland
Line, Survivors of the Stonewa
Brigade, Veterans Confederate and
Federal), local military and several
cadet organizations. Hon. A. C.
Gordon, ex-mayor Of Stanton, read
poem written for the occasion.
Gov. Fitzhugh Lee delivered an adj
dress, in which be said:
want to see such monuments as
this all over this Commonwealth.
They teach the youth to believe that
their fathers fought for a constitu-
tional right. What was this right {?
The forty-nine men who in 1887
framed our Constitution did not say
this Union was indissoluble. Had
they said so it would never have
been formed. The most profound
jnrisis of the North agreed with
those Of the South that there was
nothing in the Constitution to pre-
vent any State from Withdrawing
from the Union, and there lies the
secret why Jefferson Davis was never
tried for treason. The people at
the North did not want this question
discussed before the courts. They
discussed it with arms and they won.
That contest is over now We are
one people. The Army of Northern
Virginia has written its name high
on the scroll of honor. That army
never lost battle. Gen Wolselcy,
the English chicftsin, has placed the
commander of that army [great ap-
plause] above all Generals, ancient
and modern, for the battles he
fought and the victories he won un-
der adverse circumstances. But a
great commander is made by greal
soldiers in the ranks, and such were
the soldiers of the Army of North
ern Virginia. 1t took four
years fo1 the sun OF the Confederacy
to sink. We contendcd against
great odds. lut we have duties to
perform, and let us inske this fair
South what it once was. We are
already in the right direction. We
can assemble on such occasions as
this and honor our dead, our own
dead, without interfering with our
duties as citizens of common coun-
try. [Applause.
The monument was unveiled by
Miss Carrie Johnston, granddaugh-
ter 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 Stanton.
Among these were the Misses Gena
Jones of Alabama, Luh Clarke Of
Mississippi, Lucille Foster Of Louis
lana, Ella Use Of Texas. Eula Brown
of Arkansas, and Margaret Turnbull,
of Florida. Gen. Jubal A. Early
being called upon for a speech, said:
came here to-day to honor the
men who fought for constitutional
liberty. The man who deserted the
army in our times is not as bad as
the man who deserts his principles
to-day. Then he had some excuse,
for the pangs Of hunger were gnaw-
ing and his children at home were
crying for bread but the man who
deserts now does so only in his greed
for Office. II l ever repudiate my
principles may The lightning Of heav-
en- strike me, and may the scorn of
oil 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 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 Ex-
hihition in 1886 as the best specimen
of sculpture of its class. The base,
sub-basis and plith are made Of Vir-
ginia granite. The monument, with
pedestal and mound, stands twenty
six feet - Times Democrat.
Special to the N. o, Pieayune.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 8.-Mr. Stock