The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-06-07
DIR. CAVE "UNRECoNsTRUcTED." :"

, DIR. CAVE "UNRECoNsTRUCTED
, The unveiling and dedication o
1 the monument to the memory o
. private soldiers of the confederac,
t at Richmond, Virginia, was the oc
t casion of a great celebration will
h impressive ceremonies and imposinI
parade. As preliminary there wa
a cavalry reunion attended by sew
eral of the confederate commander
General Fitzhugh Lee, Wad
1 Hampton, Governor O'Ferrall, Rev
William Jones and General Rosse
being present General Rosser par
ticularly attracted attention by 4
arlaignment of the United States
pension laws. General Fitzhugh Lee
was chief marshal and in the line
were Governor O'Ferrall and staff.
General Wade Hampton, volunteer
infantry, cavalry, artillery, the Nir-
gina military cadets, grand carp
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Virginia; civic societies and militia,
a number of ladies' associations and
the invited guests.
The orator Of the day was Rev. X.
i N' O"N'' VI ~ i1o''"' III 'l'e 'oufHe
oi MS address ne sad;
am not one oI those who, clinging to
the oid superstition that tn" will of
heaNeh Is revealed IN the immediate
results OF "trlaI by combat fancy ihat
riEht must always be on tn" side OF
might and speak OF AppomattoN as u
Judgment OF God. do not iorget that a
! SuNaroll trlumphed ana kVsciusko tel;
that Nero welded the scepter OF an
empire and a fauI was hehchded; that a
! Herod was crowned and that Christ was
| cruc'heu; ana lh'teau ol accepting lhe
defeat OF the south as divine verdict
against her regard 1t as another instance
OF truth on the scaffoId and wrong on
the throne"
AppomattoX was triumph OF the
physically stronger in conflict between
between the representatives OF two essen
tialiy dlhereht civilizations ana antago-
nistic ideas o1 government. On one side
III ''"' c""'''el Was 'he Son'h 'eu ny we
ueset"u""'e VI ''e e"N"il''H ""o' WIZ"
an 'he'r i'ultS, h"o 'hherl'eu from 'ohe
'"' VI ""1's'''s' " manly c'h'o'"P' '''
"'o'"' ''''''"e' ~ a',Se VI '"'''''
respect fGr 'faW tahd op6tf, mia tirr Ghf%st~
ing LOYALTY to unconstitutional governments
Against the south was arrayed the power
OF the north, dominated by the spirit OF
Pur'tan'sm, "h'ch, win ~ ''9 'ue"
n"' -, ;,,,,, a,d -
unahIe in perceive any goodness apart
from itself; and from the time OF Oliver
Cromwell to othe time OF a"rah'i'' l-'"e"'"
n"s "' ''''''"''" w. ;t,, e., ,,,,.,,
anI.
AT Appoma,tox Puritaniom, backed uA
Overwhelming numbers and unIlmI'e"
resources 'Pi''"'''"' '''' "'N
'''" ,rtt,i.i.,, ,,,..,, III, ,,.,,. .in,Irr. ,,,
uarf,s Of a cause hy the measure OF IT,
success; and rcl,>r
'rlrw"'.d -hnII '"' .l"o Il"
|" nun '''"'' '"' '..." 'H"
'''"' '''' SUI" "''1 - Wv ,,,'p
nm w .,rr.. in h.' lrisnsc were patriolic
who even had better reasons tor wha
they did than had the men VIA" i""Eh
at Concord Lexington "n' '""N'' ''''.
,", ,',.. r.sn,,nd ar n,,,v rrsul, from it, wa
,u .u,r,ye ON liberty.
,,., .ro,l,,r ir.;.t.d tbo, thns
4 ,,,o ..,,ol urd.r the hammer of Tin
. ..,.,,.noo,, ,.oro mat r,.h.I. nYLtir,
+ II, ,,,,,s,, o,,ho,i,,, o,d s,al;ip,
D 80 ,,,..ro, the min, founded bv ON
e s,.h,. -, An.r;con indaueudencp
1 rLa. ,io, ros dear IN the hearts q
;. ,,o .or+harr roonle hut when
J, ,oo a,idart that the union wa
;. , is, IN mama only when its es
II a,,,;ol n,;roi,les had bean over
,L and trompIad in the dust
= ,t ,id tho sontb stand nm an
IS ,.,;., ,,or hor ri,bts acting NOT os
it rossion swent mob in mad rebello