New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-06-01
, GRr1r Day ~ RICHuOND.

A monument 10 the memory ~ IN" priVAt"
soldiers and sailors II The Conf,dcracy was IN
venr1 I'm Richmond on Memorial Day Inc
covcrnor Of Virginia and his stan were present
IN give the highest official recognition I" inc
ceremonial and multitude OF hon"rcd ana
,,nucu,lol citizens attended. The city hnd not
h.., ~ full Of visitors and ~ enthusiasm Tor
wears. With the wish TO commemorate the
v,lnr and the sacrifices Of men who uncom'
nlaininglv went down 10 defeat and death III
zinc sorvicn ~ q cause which most Of them
deemed lust no sensible person In any part OF
,ho coun,rv would find fault. especially since II
WAS 70 the victims Of monstrous d"lusion ana
ma, "a THOR leaders that the monument was
raised We think moreover, that men ANA
women who love their country would gth'rhiS
moke large allowance for warmth Of feeling
and expression on the part OF Souiherncrs met
I'm such circumstances and for such "A purpose
If the proceedings in Richmond on "Wednesday
produce a special impression in States which
did not 90 into rebellion thirty three years ago
II must he because to persons who are sober
minded and not thin-siinncd they appear 10
have been Of rather significant character.
Without lingering over incidental occurrences
and utterances. we find IN the principal speech
or the DAY, 0'llNfT'u ~ lh' NV ~ - 49,
and rapturonsly chccrcd by his hearers. snii
cicnt illustration OF the spirit which prevailed
II has been repeatedly said by Southern men In
Congress, at Northern banquets ana III news
nonors TINT tbcv accept the result OF the war
and rejoice In II. This does not seem To be the
foelinp Of thc Rev. Mr. Cave and his Richmond
audience, which included General FitzhuSh Lee
General Hampton and General Rosscr. II do
.l..t u
md a Christ crucliicd. and instead OF accepting
the defeat OF the South as divine veriict
AGAINST her. | regard It ns but another instance
OF Truth on the scaffold and Wrong on 'he
throne" tremendous applausc) From thls
ascription TO the Lost Cause the reverend orator
proceeded 10 contrast the principles and types
Of civilization which contended on Southern
fields On the one side were 0rrnyed "the
cavaliers" men Of honor" dcspislng moral
uttlcness" possessing "a lofty regard for plight
ed faith" and "an unfaltering loyalty TO con-
stitutional government" This was the South
ern side On the other were the opponents or
the spirit OF Puritanism." characterized by
the PharisaIsm that worships ITSELF" and that
from the time Of Oliver Cromwell 10 the time
| of Abraham Lincoln has never hcsitnted to
trampl,. upon the rights OF others In order to
scented I'm council and battle not the North but
.'the South was In the right; 'the men who
took up arms in her defence were patriots who
had even better reason for what they did than
the men who fought at Concord. Lexington and
Bunker HILL" and 'her coercion, whatever good
NAV have resulted from 1t or may hereafter
result from It, was an outrage on liberty
| (Applause) The speakers reason for this con-
viction was that the Union EXISTED only In
name" its Essential principles had been over
thrown and trampied In the dust before the
South stood up "to insist upon her rights.
Before the Rev. Mr.. Caves turn came Gen
eral Rosser had announced that the Northern
soldiers who could not defeat the South but
ate up it's substance like locusts, were "substi
tutcs." that they were "all killed." and that the
men whom they represented stayed at home
made money aud now draw pensions" The
| General also intmated that he expected to see
q Yankee army invade and ravage the South
again. but promised that II he and bis hearer1