The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-05-09
VANCE'S SPEECH
AT THE GUILFORD BATTLE
GROUND CELEBRATION.
Thousands Present--Several Other
Speeches--The 10 Young Ladies'

ford Courthouse about, five
miles from. Greensboro. This
turning battle OF the great Rev
olutionary struggle was celebra-
ted on the site of the battle last
Saturday. A large parade, with
eight military companies, was
headed by thirteen young ladies
dressed in the stars and stripes.
Seuator Vance, the orator OF the
day, was followed by Gov, .,,Fowle,
Justices Smith, Sheperd and Da-
Wis, Auditor Sanderlin and 9th
ers. We are sorry that We can't
give Vance's speech in full, but
it would make four or five col
umns in our paper, SO we select
the following extracts:
My FELLOW CITIZENS: "Fram
time immemorial that portion
of the hum IN racee which has
left any record of its actions,
has indulged the practice of COM
memorating the notable events
of its history. The method by
which this was done was good
test of their civilization. In
Genesis, it is recorded that ia
cob took the stone upon which
his head had rested, whilst the
the wondrous vision was dis
played to him Of the angels as
cending and descending,and cree
ted it as a memorial pillar. -
gain, when the Lord appeared
to Jacob when he came out of
Padan aram and blessed him
and removed the promises
which had been made unto A
brabam, Jacob set up a pillar Of
stone in the place as a memoir
al, and called it Bethel. Twelve
stones were likewise set up in
cOmmemoration Of of the cross
ing of the river Jordan by the
tribes dry shod. The sacred
record is full of this method
Of perpetuating the memory of
noted events by the priests,
prophets and pc ople of the Jews.
The Assyrians and Egyptians
did likewise-but in more elab
crate manner. In fact the on
ly record by which we trace the
history of the East is by deci-
phering the inscriptions upon
their monuments and memorial
structures. So enduring as
monuments are the great pyra-
mids that mankind has almost
forgotten the purpose for which
they were erected and by whom.
They have actually outlasted
all knowledge or tradition Con
cerning them. The Greeks ex.
celIed all others perhaps in the
number and artistic excellence
of their commemoratIng stones
Not only all great events, but
all their great men We're thus
commended to the attention OF
posterity, by the erection ot
temples and statues, which
have never yet been surpassed
; if indeed, they have been equal
led. The Romans copied theil
; custom and their art in this re
gard. To this day they remind
us of the genius and glory o
, Greece. In very truth,
The silent pillar, lone and gray,
: Claims kindred with their sacred day
? Much of the profoyndest learn
, ing Of modern times has beer
devoted to these exhibitions o
Greek art and the Egyptolog.
of the Nile. Thus the progress
Of art is traced, from the rud
| unhewn stone of Jacon 10 tn
exquisitely chiseled and propo
: toned column of the Athenial
Acropolis, and the wondrou
structures of Egypt.
THEIR WORKS DO FOLLOW THEN
After all that can be done wit
!. marble or granite, the tues
monument b. which the mem
= ory of any event can be perpet
uated is to be found in the re
= suits. 1t rarely happens tba
an event in a peoples bisto'y
worth the perpetuating in stone
. which is not already everlasting
ly embalmed i'm the hearts o
the people. What monument
required to keep alive the mem
l. ory of the mali who invente
l. the mariners compass. by whic
e the trackless paths of the sc
J. are made as familiar to CON
is merce as our Interstate higt
IS ways? What stone is necessar
s, to the inventor of the art c
n printing; when all science an
20 literature daily, unconsc:ousl
j. hymn his praise? What shaI
IN is needed by the inventor Of til
10 team engine, when the whol
c. earth is full of the works whic
lg magnify him? ? or to the disco
to er of the cotton gin by whic
s. the world is clothed ? Dot
the memory Of the great phys