The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-05-10

dress then formally rendered the monu
ment to Governor Bradley. Following
this address Miss Christine Bradley.
the governors beautiful daughter.
gracefully unveiled the shaft.
Governor Bradley next formally ac'
cepted the monument and transferred II
to the government.
GOVERNOR BRADLEY SPEAKS.
Governor W. O. Bradley, Of Ken
lucky, said in part:
Many monuments have been erected
upon battlefelds Of this republic, but
it.has remained for kentucky to be the
first Of all the states with tender and
motherly devotion, to erect blended
monument to all her sons; monu.
ment that carries with it and upon 1t
complete reconciliation Of all contend
ing passions.
This shaft is dedicated, not alone
to those who died oa this and sur
rounding fields, but to the gallant sur
vivors who, when the frowning clouds
of war were dispelled by the bright sun
shine Of peace, returned to their homes
torepair broken fortunes, and are today
numbered among the best and most dis.
tinguished sons Of the commonwealth.
Kentucky has evinced no partiality
in this evidence Of loving remembrance.
It carries with it 10 heart burning, no
jealousy, no invidious distinction. 1t
is not an emblem Of honor to the victor
and reproach to the vanvuished, but an
equal tribute to the worth of all. In
future, the descendants Of chivalrous
Confederates may proudly gaze upon it
realizing that the state has honored
their ancestors, and that, although
their cause was lost, their heroism IS
revered and their memories perpetual
ed. And the sons of the brave men
who- fought on shs other side may look
upon it with equal pride, feeling that it
itly connenorates the gallant deeds
of their illustrious ancestors, who pre-
served the nation from destruotian:
Nay il endure forever, standing guard
over victor and venquished, with the
statue that surmouuts i, IL one hand
holding the torch Of liberty shedding
abroad its benign rays, in the other
grasping the sword, emblsmatica! Of the
strength OF one people, ready and anx.
ious at all times to uphold the integrity
of one country, and to drive, wounded
and bleeding, from It's shores any inso-
lent foe that shall ever dare invade
them.
"And nov, after the uists Of preju,
dice have been torn from our eyes, and
ve ara enabled to see the bright stars
Of truth and reason which shine be.
yond all can plainly divine the ssnti-
nents which inspired the actors in that
bloody drama.
TIE ISSUES OF TEE WAR
"That the Union should have bean
preserved and slavery abolished. ail are
ready to concede. That the victors
won in honorable fight, no one will dis
pute. Bat while this is manifest, it is
equally true that those who were foftu-
nately defeated we're inspired BY sincere
devotion to principles conscientiously
believed to be just; that they fought
with volor, equslled alone by those who
opposed them, but never surpassed, and
their heroic bravery aud suffering enti-
tie them to the admiration Of all man
kind.
There could be no more convincing
evidence Of the righteous termination
of that great struggle than the present
grandeur and power Of the republic-to-
day the richest nation on earth, the
workshop and granary of the globe.
No sane man would revive the lR<
stitution Of slavery, for the hefoic
blood CT our Negro troops has obhterat-
ed every lingering regret Of thA master,
and proclaimed, in unmisra&able Ian
suage, that the liberty oflS99 is better
than the slavery OF 1861.
The monument dedicated today
may, in the rush Of years, crumble and
fall into dust. hut around the SUBMITS
Of Lockout and Missionary ridge, like
gathering mists, shall remain forever
the memories Of these historic fields,
anG in every heart shall be a monument
Of love and strength and patriotism,
which will perpetuate through all com
iag time, the g!!ories of that great con-
flict.
tooking INTO the future. may not
the fond hope be INDUCED that in the
end our country may, in all things, be
deliberate. just aid wise. That our
t:as may wave in tiiumph. feared by ty
r4u1s. IL every Land and Oh every sea;
tbs bepeatil It's folds shall gather the
op;,res Cd OF every cline, and the slave
struggling beneath the load Of oppres-
sion feel MS chains grow lighter, his
heart lcap with JOY and hail its colors
as deiivcrance: that nations, which
have been bitten by the serpent Of ra-
pacisy and conquest, shall look upon It's
folds and be healed as those who, with
faith, looked upou the brazen serpent
that was lifted up in the wilderness.
God grant that ours shall be the victory
Of enlightenment and liberty, the tri-
umph of right over might, Of justice
over injustice, OF humanity over cruel:
ty and oppression, until empires shall
have passed away and the nations Of
earth become one.
MONUMENT ACCEPTED.
The monument was accepted tor the
government by General Il. Y. Boy ynton,
president Of the Chickamauga Chstta-
nooga military park commission
Following Genera! Boynton ad-
dress the band played the Star Span
gled Banner" amid the waving Of fags