The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-06-01
A Rebel Clergyman Says tho South
WINS Not Defeated.

ullll LILO nov NIlliHIn ONES LOOK DuIC
In the reunion exercises.
Gen. Rosser. who was Confederate
Brlgadler of Cavalry, said: The me n
who overrun us romind me of the To-
Gusts which are now intesting PORTIONS
OF this State. They couldn't whip us,
but they devoured our substance. The
army that devoured us was an army of
substitutes. We killed all the substl-
tutes. The men whom they repre-.
scented stayed at home ard made
money and now draw pensions.
Il despise the man who gives United
states money to pensloner. This
country can't stand when 1t makes one
citizen support another. / shall never
vote Tor Congressman who la in
favor oil Government pensions. /
would say to Massachusetts,. you pay
your pensioners as Virginia pays
hera."
Gen. Rosser then went on to say
that the G. A. II. was banded together
to get pensions and II he had been at
birmingham he would have voted
against the proposition to invite them
to Atlanta. He didn't want them to
come to Richm ond.
Some time ago." he continued, i've
unveiled monument to the greatest
general who ever lived. To-day we
unvell monument of the greatest
private soldiers who ever lived, and in
time we will unveil monument to
the President OF tho Confederacy. But
we are Knocked by the North and will
live to see the Yankee army march
! again through the South and pull
| down our monuments. / don't know
what sort OF stun tho rising genera.
ton is made OF, but Il you and l are
living therell be bloodshed when that
| Ia done"
These sentiments were received with
cheers and prolonged applause, show.
ing that the majority approved of
Rosser's ill.advised and bitterly abu.
| slve address.
After the parade the monument was
dedicated. A poem was read by A. c.
Gordon. The speaker of tho day was
the Rev H. Q. Cave. who was intro
duced by President d. c. Richardson,
OF the Confederate Soldiers and Sail
ors' Monument Association. MIR. Cave
said:
! II am not one of those who, cllneinE
to the old superstition that the will Of
heaven Is revealed in the immediate
results OF trial by combat fancy that
right must always be on the side of
might, and speak of Appomattox as a
Judgment OF God. do not forget that
Suvarom triumphed and Kusclusco
fell; that Nero welded the sceptre OF
| A-u plIc uuu lull was Dtubnueu, IlAt
Herod was crowned and Christ cru
Gifted; and instead OF accepting the de-
Feat oil the Eouth as divine verdict
against her, regard 1t us but another
instance OF Truth on the catfold ami
Wrong on the throne tremendous
applause.)
Appomattox was q triumph of the
physically stronger In q conflict be-
tween the representatives OF two en-
I a n taI al nG nI.VII k-u..H
antag onistic ideas of government.
ION Que side in that conflict was the
! South, led by cavaliers. who, with all
! their faults had inherited from a long
| line OF ancestors manly contempt
! for moral littleness a nigh senee OF |
honor, lofty regard for plighted |
! faith, strong tendency to conserva.
tism, profound respect for law and |
order, aud an unfailing loyal ty to |
constitutional government.
Against the south was arrayed the |
power OF the North, dominated by the !
spirit of Puritanlsm, which. with all
] Its virtues has ever been characterized
| by the PharlsHlsm that woIshlps itself
aud ls unable tc perceive any good.
Hess apart frotH Itself; anu from the
time OF oliver Cromwell to the time of
Abraham Lincoln has never hesltated
to trampie aponthe rights OF others in
W D.
AT Appomattox Puritanism, backed
by overwhelmlug numbers and un.
limited resnurses, prevailed But
brute force cannot settle questions Of
right and wrong, Thinking men do
not Judge the merits of cause by the
measure oil lts success, ana ] believe
The world shall yet decide
In truth = clear iar-off light
That the South was In tho right;
that her cause was Just; that the men
who took up arms in her defense were
PATRIOTS who had even better reason
for what they did than had the men
who fought at Concord Lexington
and bunker Hill. and that hei coercion. !
Whatever good may have resulted or
may hereafter result from 1t was an |
outrage or liberty applause and |
Cheers)
Farther on in his speech Mr.. Cave
said lie wished to protest against the !
aspersion that the South fought to up
hold and psrpetuaL9 the Institution of |
slavery. Slavery was heritage hand |
ell down to the South and became a |
peculiarly southern institution. not |
because the rights of others wern dear. T
er to tho Northern than to the south I
ern heart, tut because conditions OF 4
soil and climate make negro lEbor I'M
profitable IN tha y orthern States, and I
led the Northern slave wner to sell .
his slnVss down South"
Ihe speaker Insisted that those who .
served under tho banner OF the Con
federney wero not rebels, lighting
against lawful authority aud seeding I
10 destroy the Union formed bv our I
fathers OF American indepef wince. !
l nat Union was dear to the hearts OF
the Southern people, he said, but when
It became evident that tho union was .
to exist in ndma only; when It's essen I
tial principles had been uyeIthrown
and trampied in the dust. then did the |
South stand up and Insist upon her !
rights, acting not as passion swept /
mob in mad rebellion against Consti- T
tuted authority, tut us an Intelligent T
and orderly people, acting In accord I
aEee with due forms OF law, and with F
IN the limit OF what they believed /
their constitutional right Traitors
AMI reDnls, tho nen OF the South were
not. They were true-hearted parrots +
worthy TO WORK witlthe EoUlest souls f
that ever battled for freedom.
| III closing Mr. Cave said: ''But T
peace as VOL as war, demands of us
hlgh devotion and unSwerving LOYALTY. E
II with peace, We have decay Of pa. {
tFlOti5m aul loss OF virtue, and the F
I triumph OF pfirH over public Inter (
ests aiid tue sacrifice Of INV and jus. I
.
leace. va have the accumulation of f
wealth at the cost OF the country's I
wa'lars and tue manhood ct It's citt
zehs, our peace must prove but the
DOWNWARD path 10 the ruin In which
80 mehy nations, once great and pros.
porous, have been swallowed np.
BETTER far the desuaLlons aud hor-
rors OF Var than such peace From
such pence peace joined with corIup. f
{ ton, and enjoyed at the expense of +
true and uoile manhood the soldiers /
AMI sailors OF tho G0nttdeneY. speak. +
{ ing through tits monument OF their
sell sacrificing and heroic devotion.
shall help to save our land \
II heir spirits glory crowned. hover t
over Us and DeekOh us on IN tho baths /
/ oil patriotism and honor. Their ex. |
am pie bids us nObiy Ike for the pf I'm I
cipirs Tor which they brayely fought |
and dled.
The monument stands on elevated /
ground, from which the heart OF the |
city can he seen to the north aud the /
valleys OF the Upper anu Lower James |
10 tho cast. west and south. Ihe
bronze statue OF a Confederate solder
at tile top OF the column ia / I feet : .
Inches high, The total height oil Tho
| column and statue Is SO feet 10 inchpa
Inc column Is made up of carved I
stones from each OF the ConfelerLtg /