The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1894-06-20
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Gen. Thomas L. Rosser, in 8 speech
made q: Richmond, Va, on Decora-
ton Day, when the monument to
Confederate soldiers and sailors was
dedicated, attacked the pension system
in these words:
1.-THE men who o7erran US remind
me Of the locusts which are now infest.
ing portions otthis State. They couldn't
whip US, but they deyoured our SUBJ
stance. The army that devoured US
I was an army of substitutes. We killed
all the substitutes. The men whom
they represented stayed at home and
made money and now draw pensions.
~ despise the man who gives United
States money to a pensioner. This
country cannot stand when it makes
one citizen support another. l shall
never vote for Congressman who is
| in favor of Government pensions"
After some talk about the u. A. R.,
he concluded by saying:
"Some time ago we unveiled q monu-
ment to the greatest General who ever
lived. To-day We unveil a monument
to the greatest private soldiers who ever
lived, and in time We will unveil a
| monument to the President OF the
Confederacy. But we are Knocked at
the North and will live to see the Yau-
kee army march again through the
South aud pull down our monuments.
[ don't know what sort of stuff the
rising generation is made of, but if you
and I are living there'll 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. &. Cave
| of Richmond had his innings. These
| are some of the things be said, and the
| re ports of his speech are interspersed
| tn bracketed applause, which is said
to have grown nore enthusiastic at the
close: -
II am not one of those who, clinging
to the old superstition that the will Of
heaven is revealed in theinuediate re-
suits Of trial by combat, fancy that
right must always be on the side of
might, and speak of Appomattox as
judgment Of God. do not forget that
a Suvarof triumphed and a Kosciusko
| fell; that q Nero welded the sceptre of
empire and Paul was beheaded; that
q Herod was crowned and q Christ
crucified; and instead of accepting the
defeat Of the South as divine verdict
against her, I regard it as but another
instance of Truth on the scafold and
Wrong on the throne
"Appomattox was q triumph of the
physically stronger in a conflict be-
tween the representatives Of two essen
TALLY different civiliz .tious and antag-
onistic ideas Of government.
zoo one side in that conflict vas the
South, led by cavaliers, who, with all
their faults, had inherited from long
line ofancestors manly contempt for
moral littleness, high sense Of honor,
lofty regard for plighted faith, a
strong tendency to conservatism, pro-
found respect forlaw and order, and an
unfaltering loyalty to constitutional
governments.
Against the South was arrayed the
power 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 percsive any goodness
apart from itself; and from the time of
Oliver Cromwell to the time Of Abrs-
ham Lincoln has never hesitated to
trample upon the rights of others in
order to effect its own ends.
''At Appomattox Puritanism, backed
by overwhelming numbers and un-
limited resources, prevailed. But brute
force cannot settle questions of right
and wrong. Thinking men do not
Judge the merits of q cause by the
measure of its success, and l believe
." The world shall yet decide
In truths clear, far of 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 bad 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 resu,teI or
may hereafter result from it, was an
outrage on Gberty.",,''
These two speeches, as we'll as one
made by Col. Wells Blodgett ct the
tomb of Gen. John Mcneil, anne up
for discussion last Friday before a
meeting Of the Southern Womens |
Historical Society IN st. Louis. Gen.
Mcneil ordered the arrest and execu- |
tion of ter citizens of Palmyra, No, who |
sympathized with the Confederacy.
This was done, according to the Con- |
federates, because the Confederate Gen. |
Porter refused to release prisoner who |
bad been captured by guerrillas. Gen.
Mcneil, they say, declared that he
acted under orders from Gems. Halleck
and -Schofeld, but the act made him |
lose prestige among the Union soldiers
and the onfederates called him ''the |
butcher of Palmyra"
The st. Louis Republic contains this |
account Of the meeting of the Southern
Women's Historical Society.
''The regul:r meeting Of the South
'ern .Women's Historical Society was |
held Tuesday at the residence of Mrs.
Minor Meriwether, 3,7l6 Delnar
avenue. ~'.''
''The ora.ion of Dr.. Cave at the up-
yelling Of the monument to the memory |
of the Confederate soldiers aud sailors
at Richmond, Va, was read from last
Sundays Republic and warmly ap-
pIauded. Col. Wells Blodgett's vindi-
cation of Gen. John Mcneil then came |
in for a good share Of the ladies atten-
tion, and for some very caustic
criticism. It was moved that COM
mittee be appointed to draw up resolu-
tions expressing the sentiments of the
society on the subjects discussed. One
lady, who objected to having her name
given, thoug ght it better to take. no