The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-04-27
The CONFEDERATE DEAD.
continued From Eighth Page.
tbe deeds which have made their memoir
i,,,,ortaI He said:

b-rd The monarch 5 throne; ana the republic,
rising at peoples VIII. must lean lor secur-
~ mon the martial spirit of the citizen de-
lenders of the lives, liberties and affairs OF
NGathered for holy purpose we stand at the
base of this grand memorial each the guard
ian Of sacred trust
SGT is Automatically told that a little girl at
.ba Cbanler house, when StOneWau Jackson
law there dying. declared in her earnest sOr-
row that she wished God would let her die in
ri. Mace for then only her mother would cry;
Int if Jackson died all the people IN the
country would cry. In these simple, child-like
cords were expressed the unselhsh consecra-
,i1n Of the glorious women OF the eOnfeder-
NV. whose love sustained and exalted the
courage of her. soldiersi whose gentle and
devoted ministratiOns in the hospital wards
eoothed their dying suferinRs; whose prayers,
I-Ee the sweet music OF angelic song, iuumi-
mated with seCureSu nope the upllft OF
+Eair souls to immortal rest. When all was
over with a love that was more than love"
tbev established the beautiful custom of this
day and have adorned our land with chaste
and noble monuments to the martyred dead.
Gfrr trust is to keep alive these memories
vrbru monuments are crumbled and forgot
tsu bv making them the warp and wool OF
rowing generations, the very fiber of their
minds and hearts, that all who come after
nav appreciate the issues Of that Titanic and
eyentfui struggle and disdaining to bury them
under the traducing epltaph OF a Lost Cause"
know in their souls strongest and deepest
conviction and make their children ana their
children S children know that great truths
are eternal. and those who die for them live
forever in imperishable glory.
citizenship is an earnest reality to an
American who appreciates his relation to his
country: and his highest duty is 10 know her
history and comprehend her perfect form of
government. Cicero wrote he who is ignO-
rant of what happened before he was born
remains a child all his life" PeriCleS proudly
decIared of the Athenians, Those who are
engaged with business can still form a suf-
frient Judgment on political questions, for
= a llVF ms IN
who takes no part in those things; not as I'M
otrcious but as useless it was grand oc-
casion on which the sentiment was uttered.
The people had gathered TO mourn the dead
nj SamOs and hear the great grafton pro.
nOunced by the son OF AanJnIppus Uf him
il has been written, 40 behold mere
citizen Of a republic raising his nation,
and By means OF MS nation,
ali mankind, is q spectacle which history has
never but once been able to repeat. Rising TO
loftiest height Of eIoQuence in his noble pan
eryric upon those who died in battle, he de-
ciarpd: FOR OF inustrious men the whole
earth is the sepulCher, and not only does the
Inscription upon columns in their own land
point it out. but in that which is not their own
there 5wells with every one an unwritten me
mortal Of the heart. In committing their deeds
to impartial history our duty 10 the heroic
dead adjures us to keep the record stainless
as the sword of kot ert Lee. Trained for gen
pratiOps in the doctrine of the reserved
rights Of the states, and believing they we're
citizens of the state, and to her their highest
and final allegiance due, when the collision
OF conflicting constitutional interpretations
precptated the disruption of the union, with
Unborn sincerity untainted by the suspicion
OF treason. they gave their fealty to the state
OF their nativity Does history
present the spectacle OF loyalty to
principle more sublime! We need no higher
illustration than Lee turning from the seduc-
ton Of ohclal place and power surrendering
the commission OF that country he loved with
uuselhsH devotion, whose service he had
adorned and whose fame he had illustrated
and rendering his sword to his mother state
to share her glory and her humiliation. How
many splendid examples Just like his All.
my fellow citizens we should take of our
hats with reverence as we pass them by.
Noble band OF patriots, the ioveand venera-
tiun of millions vet unborn shall be your
crown OF Immortality.
What else could be expected of such men?
They came from a line Of heroes the descen-
dants OF those who fought the battles of the
first revolution. or whom the great Webster
SAID. They went to war against a preamble
They fought seven years against deGlara-
uon. They poured out their treasures and
their blood like water in contest against an
assertion which those less sagacious
and not so well schooled in the
prlu'inle Of ,ivil liberty would have re-
Earded as barren phraseo ogv or mere p trade
o. words. They saw in the claim OF the
BRUSH parliament seminal principle Of
mischief the germ of unjust power. They
detected it, they dragged 1t forth from under
meath its plausible DISCUSSES. struck at it,
nor did il elude either their steady eve, or
their Well-directed blow. till they had extir-
paled and destroyed it to the smallest fiber
On this question Of principle, while actual
suIeFIhE was atar OFT, they raised their flag
against power to which. foT purposes OF
suWugatlon, o ne in the he ght of he' glory
Is not TO be compared; power which has
uolItd over the surface of the whole globe
WIN her possessions and military posts.
whose morning drum beat, following the sun
ana Keeping company with the hours, circles
lhe earth with one continuous and mbroten
a IN - 10 i've Of lfyta~H sVW.sa
Nlt1ln period OF less than twenty years a
reunited country has celebrated successive
CeuJehnlals OF the great events which il
-Strated the revolutionary era. ThouFhtful
MINDS nave reconstructed judgments rendered
~ the midst of arms when laws were
silent In the serene light of reason and of
ruin the real issues of the war between the
states assume the dignity OF constitutional
decision. They were the legacy OF a conflict
HfepresSlble. Discussed in the forum by the
imperial lntelects of our most DISTINGUISHED
statesmen. compromises proving unavaIling
tIeS were referredfOr thus alone could they be
uG'ermlned. to the awful arbitrament of war
Inc union of the states has been preserved:
ana the integrity Of the states has been by
tue JIulclal decisions OF the highest court
more nrmly than ever imbeoded IN the very
IQlnuauons of our government. The refiux
Ul luougnt has rescued the constitution from
tne surglng waves Of sectional and party pas.
ZION. ana our sublime institutions. purified by
Ait. remain the Surest foundation and hone
vi human liberty. Associate Justice Miller
". 'ue supreme court OF the United States
upon the occasion of the centennial OF the
constitution IN magnificent Grafton voiced
cans
May it be long before such an
a"lul lesson is again needed to decide upon
uISputed questions of constitutional law II
- NOT Out OF place TO remark that while the
LtLul lum OF public opinion has swung with
m.ch force away from the extreme point Of
H.a.es right doctrine there may be danger
-, us rtacnlng the extreme point on the other
eIue IN my opinion, the Just and equal OBJ
etI'ahce OF the rights OF the states and OF the
General government as defined by the present
institution, is as necessary to the perma-
G.u' prosperity Of our country ana to its eX-
tlf-tHcc Tor another century as il has been for
Nt NV one whose close we are now CELEBRATING
o., ms rapid glance at principles and events
n'"Sea our struggle upon the highest plane.
ne recent civil war in the number Of men
srs"-t4 IN 1t, in the capacity OF the weapons
o." 1nstunents OF destruction brought into
operation, in the importance of the result to
uouidhlty at large. must be esteemed the
presents" - WV WI >"
t ne national government with per
s or Imparialtty, is publishing the fed
80 No. ana confederate military record, and
, ",gH II is complete, all must
,.".i1e mat above the stuEendous wrongs and
H"SIv sorrows OF the colossal conflict tower
fts .uSelhsh loyalty and heroic devotion ex-
fuIteu by the descendants Of those who
Su-nl at Concord and Lexington and
r,-uAeIS I'M and Yorktown. Guiiford. Cow
US ana King Mountain. During the long
t'UEsIe between Austria and Switzerland
we passes OF the Alps we're guarded by the
fI Euit