The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-05-31
THESE WORE THE GREY.
An Unrsoouusruoted DominIs Estols th'
T. ~ Cause.

T. ~ Cause,
Biomosp. Va. May 80. Dedication Of
lho monument TO the memory Of private
soldlsTs and sailors of the oonfedsrAoy was
Tho occasion Of great celebration to-daY.
There was cavalry Tsnnion a. which Osn.
Fiizbugh Lee. Wade Hampton. Gov. VFtf.
rail-. Ksv. William Jsneh. and Gen. iosasf.
wee pteaont, Gen. hosaos attracted
attention by bIa severe afgagnmsnt
Of The United btatsa pension laws Con.
kitzhuQh Les Was chief mHfahal of tho pa
rRde, and IN tho line Wofo Gov. Vfoffall
and Wade Hampton. The orator OF tho
daT was Rev. Il q. Cave.
In bis address Cave aAidi II am not one
OF those who fancy that right must AlWaJs
ba on the side OF might, and spoAk Of AZ.
pomattoI ~ the judgment Of God. 10
stead Of accepting the dofeet Of the south
% a divine ediot I regard u as bot another
instance Of truth on the sen6old snd v oup
on the throne. Tremendous applause.
AppomAttoL waa a tTiumph OF tho phyA-
cally strongor In a conflict between repre-
senta,ives OF two essentially different oiVil-
iEstions. and Antaeonistio ideas Of govern
ment.
''On one side was the soath. led by the
descendants of tho cavalier, whs, With all
their fanlle, had from a long line OF anoea
tofs n manly oontsmpt for moral littenoes,
n high sense Of homo. lofty regard for
pliRbtsd faith, a strong tendency 10 con-
seryatiHm, profound respect for law aud or.
do, uufnliefiug loyalty 10 constitutional
government. Against the south was ar
rASod the power VI ths north. dominated By
n spirit Of PuritAnism. which. with all ita
virtues, has ever been cha Actcrized by the
PhArisseism that w0rahlps itself. and 10 un-
able % prove any po0dnoss apart from IT.
self. and from the time Of Cromwell to the
timo Of Abraham Lincoln has never hesi.
tatei TO trampls upon the rights of others
In order 10 effect ita own ends.
AT Appomattox. puritanism. backed By
overwhelming numbers and unlimitsd re-
sources prevailed. But brute force cannot
settle questions OF right and wrong. Think
Ina men do not Judge shs merits OF a csass
by the measure Of Its success and belloys
the world shall yet decide. In iroth's clear
far-oh light that the south was ~ the
right; that her cause was Just; that the
men who took mp arms in her defense were
patriots who had even better reason TO-
what they did than had the men who
fought at Concord. Lexington aud Bunker
Hill, and that ner coercion, vhGtsvsr good
may have resulted or may hereafter result
from 1t. was an outrage on liberty" Ap-
plsuss.
Tho speaker insisted that those who
served under the banner OF cnnfsderaoy
were not rebels, fighting against lawful
authorities, seeking to destroy the union
founded BY the fathers OF American .nds-
pc ndence; that the union was dear 10 the
hearts OF the soathern Ieople. but when 10
became evident that the union was 10 exist
10 name only; when its essential principles
had been overthroun and tramplod Ia the
dust then did tho south stand up and In
sist upon her rights. acting moi hs PAS
sion-sweyt mob In mad rebellion against
constituted authority, but As al intslligent
und orderly people, acting In accordance
with due forms of law aud within ths limit
OF what they believed 10 be their oonstitu-
tioual right
Cavo closed by saying: "ths cpirits OF
the confsdsrats dead. glory crowned, hover
over and bsekon us on TO paths OF pstriot-
ism and honor. Their example bids us
nobly live for the . inciples Of state sovor-
eignty and home rule. 10 which this gov
ernment WAS wisely founded By our fathers.
without which no vast Territory like oui q
eau possibly remain democratic, departure
from which Ia rapidly hurrryipg the oour-
ty 10 a choice between anarchy and i'm
perialism, and return TO which ~ essential
to the preservation OF the life Of the re-
public"
Az the conclusion OF the orstion the
monument was unveiled, and a military
salute fired which closed the exercises.
CHICAGO, Nav 30-The six-thoussnd
graves of confederate dead at Uakwood
cemetery were decorated by the confeder-
ate veteran association to-day. A mouu-
ment OF Tennessee marble, costing S2O, COO.
was recently erected in the cemetery TO tbs
memory OF defenders of the lost cause. and
the purpose was to have dedicsted tho shaft
to- day. but the oeTmony was postponed "a
allow some gentleman from the south to
participate in the exercises. Many pack
points In the south.