The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-06-06

citv was filled with visitors and with en-
;busiasn. The Governor Of Virginia
With his staff, General Fitzhugh Lee,
General Hampton and other distinguish
ed citizens of the South, we're present to
add dignity to the occasion The princi-
nal speech Of the day was made by Rev.
r C. Cave and was rapturously applaud
ed DIV his hearers. Among the gems OF
the Grafton we find the following:
AZ do not forget he said, " that
Herod was crowned and q Christ crnei-
fed. and instead of accepting the defeat
N the south as a divine verdict against
her regard it as but another instance
of Truth on the scafiOld and Wrong on
the throne" Tremendous applause
from this ascTiption to the Lost cause
the reverend orator proceeded to contrast
the principles and types OF clyiilzailOh
which contended on southern telds. On
the one side we're arrayed the caFa-
liers.o men Of '.honor," despising moral
littleness." possessing "a lofty negard Tor
pljghted faith" and -an unfaltering 10y
sltv 10 constitutional government" Ihis
was the southern side. On the other
we're the exponents Of the spirit Of Pu-
ritanism.n characterized by the Pharisa-
ism that worships itself" and that from
the time of Oliver Cromwell TO the time
of Abraham Lincoln has never hesltated
to trample upon the rights Of others IN
order to effect It's own ends Thus re-
snectiyely represented in council and IN
bottla not the North but "the South was
in the right - @the men who took Up
arms in her defense were patriots WHO
had even better reason for what they dld
than the men who fought at Concord,
Lexington and Bur ker Hill" and her
coercion. whatever good may have result
ed from II OF may hereafter result from
n was an outrage on liberty" APP
nlsuse. The speakers reason Tor TINS
conviction was that the union existed
only in name" its essential principles
had been Overthrown and trampied IN
the dust before the South stood up 70
insist upon her rights"
Much allowance, Of course, can be made
for the utterances of a whipped bully
who imagined before his overthrow that
he was immeasurably the superior Of his
adversary, but when a Reverend" gen
tleman. a professed follower Of the gen.
tie Nazarine, after lapse Of more than
thirty years, will mouth such bitter and
foolish babble for the apparent purpose
Of kindling afresh the embeTs Of past an
imosities, and these utteranees are receiy-
ed with rapturous applause by the for
mer parti cipants in the Rebellion and
their descendants, it gives the lie to the
declaration so FIRE quently heard in Con-
gress and on the hustings from the lips
OF Southern men that they accept the
results Of the war and rejoice in the pres
ervation Of the Union. It forces also on
the minds Of Northern men and Union
lists the fact that the representatives OF
the people wEo listen to and cheer such
sentiments now control the Government
and give laws 10 the people of the entire
country, a very large proportion Of whom
are thus bitterly asssiled and traduced
The snake Of Southern treason was only
scotched, no. killed, if these utterances
typify present sentiment in that portion
Of the states, and will again raise its ven
omous head when fitting occasion offers
We simply call attention TO this affair a;
a portion Of the current history of the
times containing ample notice Of things
vet TO come.