The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-05-31

Richmond, Va, May 30.-The dedica-
ton of the monument to the memory
of private soldiers and sailors of the
IConfederacy was the occasion of a
great celebration today. There was a
cavalry reunion, at which General
Fitzhugh Lee, Wade Hampton, Gov
ernor O'Ferrell, Rev. William Mones
and General Rosser were present.
General Rosser attracted attention by
his severe arraignment of the United
States pension laws.
General Fitzhugh Lee was the chief
marshal of the parade, and in the
| line were Governor O'Ferren and
Wade Hampton.
The orator of the day was Rev. R.
c. Cave. In his address, Rev. Cave
sai5:
Il am not one of those who fancy
right must always be on the side OF
might, and speak of Appomattox as
a judgment of God. Instead of &C
lcepting the defeat of the south as a
Idivine verdict against her, l regard II
as but another instance of truth on
the scaffold and wrong on the throne
Tremendous applause) AppomattoS
was a triumph of those physically
stronger in confiict-between represent
atives of two essentially different
civilizations and antagonistic ideas OF
government. On one side, it was the
south, led by descendants of cavaliers
who, with all their faults, had from g
long line of ancestors a manly con-
tempt for moral ittleness, high
sense of honor, lofty regard fol
plighted faith, strong tendency te
conservatism, a profound respect fol
law and order, and unfaltering loyalty
to constitutional government. Agains
the south was arrayed the power OF
the north, dominated by the spirit o.
lpuritanism which, with all its virtues
has ever been characterized by the
lPhariseeism that worships itself, anc
lis unable to perceive any goodnes!
lapart from itself, and from the time
lof Cromwell to the time OF Abraham
Lincoln has never hesitated to trampl'
upon the rights of others in order II
leffeet it's own ends.
"At AppomattoX Puritanism, oackec
by overwhelming numbers and unllmlt
| ed resources, prevailed, but brute force
cannot settle questions OF right anC
wrong Thinking men do not judge tn
merits of a cause by the measure OF IL
| success and I believe the world shall We
decide, in truths clear, far-off hght
that the south was in the right; tina
the cause was just; that the men Wh'
took up arms in her defense Wer'
patriots who had even better reason TO
what they did than had the men wh'
fought at Concord, Lexington ant
Bunker Hill, and that her coercion
whatever good may have resulted o
may hereafter result from it, was al
outrage on liberty" (Applause)
The speaker insisted that those VIII
served under the banner of the con
federacy were not rebels, f1ghtint
against lawful authorities, Seeking t.
destroy the Union founded by our faith
ers of American independence, tina
Union was dear to the hearts of TIL
southern people, but when it beoam
evident that the Union was to exist il
pies had been overthrown an
trampled in the dust, then did tn
south stand up and insist upon he
rights, acting not as passion-swep
mob in mad rebellion against consti
, tuted authority, but as an intelligen
and orderly people, acting in accord
! ance with due forms of law, and With
{ the limit of what they believed to
their constitutional rights.
Mr.. Cave closed by saying that III
spirits of the confederate dead, glory
/, crowned, hover over and beckon u
| on the paths of patriotism and honor
Their example bids us nobly live fo
: the principles of state sovereignty, an
: some rule in which this government
was wisely founded by our father!
: without which no vast territory Xix
r our can possibly remain democratic,
departure from which is rapidly hurry
ing the country to a choice betwee
anarchy and Imperialism and a ri
turn to which is essential to the presel
: walton of the life of the republic"
At the conclusion of the grafton tn
monument was unveiled and militar
salute fired which closed the exercise