The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1894-05-05

aspect, so long rs the Confcderat,
oanner 1loated to the breeze, the Con
federate soldier stands at the head ir
the history of the world. The more
the facts connected with the war are
brought out. the more honor is reflect,
ed on the va.or, endurance of hardship.
and fortitude of the soldiers of the Con.
1ederacy. Tell me we did not believe our
cause was a just one! No people could
nave made such fight. could not have
stood up so long against such odds. had
they not been actuated b., firm aud un-
waverlng adherence to the PRINCIPLES
OF self-govcrment. and determination
to maintain inalienable rights which
they had inherited from their torrfath
cra.
This is said in no boastful spirit, hut
TO show what Il gallant Resistance was
MADE by the South. actu;tcd BY a lofty
patriotism. before her flag was fur,cd
forever We who narticipatcd can
| hardly believe the incredible figures
! Our own children, when they com
prehend them. will stare in wonder and
say, "impossible," II on every mon
ument we have erected in the South
only these figures were put it would
need nothing else. But every Confed-
crate accepted the result of the war AS
( final and in good faith. aud we rejoice
that the men who fought so we'll on both
sides, believing they were right. are
again reunited under the flag of their
1Orefathers, which cover, ou" common
country.
My comrades. when we see desolat;on
everywhere, when 0ismayed at our
broken fortunes and disappointed hopes.
| when We know life means for US only
toll. poverty and pri :u,ions until the
end. 60 and read that record. Whom
we feel that we have made poor c~ops.
and mortgages and debts have pressed
upon US: when We t.ci utterly dis
! coulaged and cast down. 70 and read
our record. You will rejoice that there
Is u country where honor IS first. and
not wealth: patriotic endeavorand duty
are everything--riches only a secondary
consideration Thant: COD. there are
such mcn-those who have been and
those who are now. uncover nv head
with..revercnce in''honor OF our comrades
living and dead, who l,orl the proud
title, a Confedrrat" -O,G:vr rejoice
that we raise this mon,uucnt to the
memories of such heroes. Ii is the
Irresistible impulse o. homage to their
voluntary immolatcn on the altar of
their country. It : to n.rpctrate
their stainless nama and untarnished
honor. 1t is that or children NAV
thrill with the thought that they are'
descended from such Il race.
AS we lay this cornnr-.,one aid leave
others to finish our :rori. 50 NAV the
blood of our martyrs ha the seed of
such a race in the fl'u"v. May they
take up our lif" WORK e: oyalty to our
reunited country as We lay it down,
and crown it with success worthy of
their forefathers. What higher praise
can a man have than is conveyed in the
words. Confederate soldier: Pulsied
be the tongue that would cast a slur
upon his memory, anG "ar"eant is the
son who does not glory in such sire.
What the Baltimore >Uu saws of the
south generally in the following rx-
tract is true of Mississippi particularly.
1t says nobody in the south ever dies
of starvation. In the cotton states the
tenant Of a small farm will easily pro-
duce a cash crop OF cotton worth $l25.
Besides this he has a corn patch, his
oat patch, his sweet potato patch, to
say nothing Of beans, chickens. eggs,
cows, pigs, and the occasional coon
hunt. Fuel costs little or nothing.
Schooling for children is at hand. 4
mild climate softens the conditions of
life greatly as compared with conditi-
ons in Vermont or Dakota. Maryland
and Virginia, as we'll as the cotton
states, offer to the distressed laboring
class all over the north and west the
very opportunity they desire for i'm
proving their position and prospects.
There is only one requisite-that they
mean business. 1dlers have hard times
in all countries and at all times. but for
the industrious poor man the south is a
paradise.