The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1893-05-03

fame the angels in heaven behold rag
the widows aud orphans of the sortHb0
their hearts enfold you, and the rano. :"
Gus nations of the world for your c slVa,
uphold you. '""Se
1t is proper upon this occasion for
to personify the Confederate fac wn ae
ing so majestically from its battlan""r0..
of fame that it may adopt the followinnnC
language: ling
cage cannot dim the stars which
greet, as float with my records of farro
to fash with their light, to rekindia .
fame which sprang with my glory and
sank in defeat.
Thus the warriors banner takes its
flight to greet the warriors soul.n
If the realization of the widest dream.
of Monte. Christie, tinged with the clean,
of the most varied imaginings of the h.,
man intellect; if the speculative genins
of a Cr9sus, with his aggregation of
wealth sufficient to reinstate the fallon
fortunes of the Inflated Montezumas. i
the brightest of the glitterinr
crowns of fallen and forgotta99
empires; if all the wealth and
Jewels which he buried in the dust of
forgotten centuries were rendered TODAY
they would be powerless to purchase
that sabre scar which graces and illumi,
mates the cheek of your gallant Gordon
We have been accused as traitors. In
the language of Cataline of old. in his
defiance of the Roman Senate, ''Wbo will
prove it?'' If we were traitors in 1891
because we attempted to secure south.
ern independence by the power If the
sword and baYonet, where may we find
the learned jurist who can interpret the
crime which the United American Colo.
MES committed when the English crown
lost its power to hold our Anglo.Saxon
race under the iron yoke of oppression
in 1776?
The culture, the refinement and the
civilization of this American nation.
springing into existence amidst the glo-
ries which followed the reputation or
the crown of George III in 1776 sent
their elevating influences to free ana
enlightened people. And at the down
fall of southern confederacy that civil h
cation was swallowed up in the wild cur
rents of sectionalism and reconstruction.
A change has occurred since then; our
fine institutions of learning, and all E
things which go to make grand old h
country, rise like the towering peaks Of s.
the snOw-capped mountains, and cast
their benign influences over the humblest
American citizen.
Thus we are taught that art, literature,
science and even political freedom can
be crushed to earth under the wheel of
oppression, but will rise again like the
glittering stars in the armament, to shed
their mellow light over free and happy
and enlightened people No separate
and distinct monument is erected to their
memory: vet it can never be said of these
loval and patriotic people, according ton
the sentiment of the illustriOuS Grey rs
''Nor you, ye proud, impute to these the
fault"
IF memory ger their tombs no trophies
raise,
When through the long drawn aiSles
and fretted vault,
The pealing anthems swell their note Of
praise"
Monuments all over this land should
be erected to their memories, not tq
teach the present generation that they
were martyrs to our confederate cause
but to express to future generations tha9
the simple story of their valor Will
live in the hearts of the southern people
forever. Their monuments should De
erected because we are passing away
because the gray haired and oatuq
SCARED confederate veteran soon 'Wii
cross over the river and rest under ING
shade of the trees because new gov
eminent perhaps will rise to rule ouT
posteritv: because the sentiments which
we now hold so dear 20 the southern
heart will be lost in the mOmentou5
questions which future generations W"
discuss.
The gilded monuments of WestmlIn
ster Abbey, with the geninS ana li
newers of the artist concentrated uPo-i
them. expressing the valoT and the cOuL
are of the British soldier, can never gA
press the beautiful story underlying 'n
simple slab far from his kindred any
home. "Here lies a, Georgia Volunteer
In sentiment we found him, in SenV
ment we leave him.
"Sleep on, sleep peaceful there, iii
The traveller from thy native Ianu VI
claim that spot, u,b
And Owe to thine what kingly TOMB
have not.
The tribute of tear. ori,i
What is that which awakenS q Sp a.
of patriotism in the breast OF man, o ma
inc the heart to OVERLOOKING WIN o"t Con
clustering around every IN ~
Of our soil? What is that we lln nut ~
Iimped stream, in the rolling ca I3 Mn
the oceans widest concert, IN Vn0 P'
heart of the murmuling shell? fror
What is that which inspires tear ,, aIJl
griefless grandeur, mocks the So. f%ie1
ness of kings and shapes the de ;.,n.s HI
nations? What is that which pla elan, n
rosiest tints of departing gloIleS l0lD
beautiful garden OF fate? command
What is that which almost con anJ
religion to revoke her subtletieS all anu ma
rieties of precepts, and bends TO 'HS gbic