The Portland daily press., 1894-06-15
ADVICE FOR SOUTHERN FOLK.
C0unselled To Defend the Cause of
the COnfederacy.

The Southern Women's Historical Society
Resolves that the Policy of Silence I'm.
der Abuse Should be Abondoned-The
Rev. DR.. Cave Says the South Was
Right-Gen. Rosser Predicts Another
Invasion.
Gen. Thomas l.. Rosser, in speech made
at Richmond, Va, on Decoration Day, when
the monument to Confederate soldiers and
sailors was dedicated, attacked the pc nsion
system in these words:
1.-The men who overran us remind me OF
the locusts which ere now infesting por-
tions of this State. They couldn't whip us,
but they devoured our substance. The
army that devoured US was an army of sub
stitutes. The men whom they represented
stayed at home and made money and now
draw pensions.
81 despise the man who gives United
States money to a pensioner. This country
cannot stand when it makes one citizen sup
port another. I shall never vote for a Con-
gresham who is in favor of Government
pensions"
After some talk about the G. A. R. he
concluded by saying:
'sSome time ago we unveiled monument
to the GREATEST General who ever lived. To-
day we unveil monument to the greatest
private soldier who ever lived, and in time
we will unveil monument to the President
of the Confederacy. But we are Knocked at
;he 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 stuff the rising generation is
made of, but if you and l are living there'n
be bloodshed when that is done.''
Gen. Rosser's speech was delivered at the
cavalry parade. At the dedication of the
monument the Rev. R. c.. Cave of Rich
mond had his innings. These are some of
the things he said, and the reports of his
speech are interspersed with bracketed alp
plause, which is said to have grown more
enthusiastic at the close:
II am not one of those who, clinging 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 APP
pomattox as judgment of God. do not
forget that Suvaroff trumphed and Kos
ciusko fell; that Nero welded the sceptre
of empire and Paul was beheaded; that
Herod was crowned and Christ crucified;
and instead of accepting the defeat of the
South as divine verdict against her, re-
gard it as but another instance of Truth on
the scaffold and Wrong on the throne
"Appomattox was triumph OF the physi-
cally stronger in conflict between the rep
resentatives of two essentially different civ
-ilizations and antagonistic ideas of govern
ment.
'.On one side in that conflict was the
South led by cavaliers, who. with all their
faults. had inherited from along line of an
cestors manly contempt for moral little
ness, high sense of honor, a lofty regard
for plighted faith, strong tendency to con
servation,a profound respect for law and
order, and an unfaltering loyalty to con-
stitutional governments.
against the South was arrayed the pow
er of the North. dominated by the spirit of
Puritanism, which, with all its virtues, has
ever been characterized by the Pharisaism
that worships itself and is unable to per-
ceive any goodness apart from itself; and
from the time of Oliver Cromwell to the
time of Abraham Lincoln has never hesitat-
ed to trample upon.the rights of others in
order to effect its own ends.
AT AppOmaUtO&@ FurlCanlSm, packed by
| overwhelming numbers and unlimited re-
sources, prevailed. But brute force cannot
settle questions of right and wrong Think
ing men do not judge the merits of cause
by the measure of Its success, and believe
The world shall yet decide
In truths clear, far off light
s'That the South was in the right; that
her cause was just; that the men who took
up arms in her defence 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 her
coercion, whatever good may have resulted
or may hereafter result from it. was an out
rage on liberty
These two speeches as well as one made
by Col. Wells Blodgett at the tomb of Gen.
John Mcneil, came up for discussion last
Friday before meeting of the Southern
Women's Historical Society in ST. Louis.
Gen. Mcneil ordered the arrest and execu-
tion of ten citizens of Palmyra, Mo-, who
sympathized with the Confederacy. This