Asheville daily citizen., 1894-05-31
THE GRAVES DECORATED
NEWTON CEMETERY,s DEAD
REMEMBERED.
The Decoration Day Exercises
"wednesday Appropriate Ad-
dresses by Chas. A. We bib, Gen.
H. II Vance aud Others.

uESSSeS hS SuaS. "A. WeOD, Gen
II. II Vance aud Others
Upon the arrival of the Decoration da,
procession at Newton cemetery yester
day Commander Deaver of Marion Rob
crtS post, G. A. H., called the assemb,
to order. Rev. Henry A. Westall, acting
chaplain OF the post, began the services
with an impressive prayer.
Chas, A. Webb, esq, followed in a pa
triotic, ielicitous address of some length
In the course of his remarks Mr.. Webb
said
And so, nv friends. we, some OF us
who wore the gray, and some OF us who
are sons OF those who wore the gray, are
here today by the graves Of men who
fought for the union to learn lesson OF
patriotism and help you honor YOUR
dead. And though we now sympathizc
with the South, vet we do Join with you,
and as we grasp hands with YOU across
the bloody chasm, a thrill OF patriotism
rushtS thorugh our souls, and as the
sympathetic tear rolls down the cheek
we say we have learned the lesson of
patriotism and are loyal American citi
zcnS.'
The grandeSt and most sublime thing
a man can do is to forgive. The South,
though she was battered and SCARED,
whipped and abused, sorrow stricken
aud heart broken, having lost l35, 900
t,t he,
erty burned and Conhscated, her fields
lait bare and dcsolate--although she re
ceived all this At the hands OF her enc
mics, today she turns round and torgets
the past and accepts the sympathieS YOU
have rendered her What more than this
can she do: What greater lessons in
patriotism can be taught The South is
patriotic; she loves the union and she Il
defend her, too, as long as a shred OF her
bonuy flag remains.
I'VE love our dead and YOU do yours
we cherish their mem )ries and YOU
cherish yours; we honor our leaders
and you do YOURS; we erect monuments
to their memories and so do YOU; we
worship our Lee and Jackson and you
your Sherman and Grant, and in spite
OF our preJudceS we see the good in
yours and You see the good in ours.
You had your leaders who were no less |
brave than ours. General Grant, the |
greatest on your side, became President, |
unfortunately tor him. at most critical |
and trying point, at the time when the |
South, still remembering her stingine |
defeat was especially embittered against |
L.,
ottclal though they were, made him IN
popular IN the South and he never re
ceived the recognition he deserves. But |
now after the smoke OF the battle has |
cleared away and the storm of conhict
ceases, the prejudice becomes less and his !
goodness and greatness as general
IS becoming recognized and he IS today
ranked by all as one of the worlds
greatest military genuses."
And as close allow me to say, that
1t is my sincere wish that each year for
ages to come, the followers of Grant and
the followers OF Lee shall on the 30th
day OF May meet together and honor
the dead by such exercises as we have
here today. Let the &. \. X. which has
done so much to abolish sectionalism
nave such decoration services and on
each occasion let the boys and girls be
present and let us teach them to love
and revere the dead and thus be nstilled
with the loitisst and putest sentiments
OF patriotism.
Col. Thos. b. Long was called upon,
but on account of sickness excused him,
self and asked that the younger speakers
I n lyp b,c ,Iarn |