The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-11-23
WITH PATRIOTIC FERNOR
RALEIGH HONORS ITSELF.
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the private soldier served without rewar
or the hope Of reward. II killed c
wounded, his name might not even appea
in a newspaper. He endured, he suffered
he fought, too often he fell and the blood
work OF war went on leaving even hi
grave unmarked. With no incentive blu
his duty, with no motive but obedienc
to his State, without pay and often with
out food, he stood to his post, like tn
Roman sentinel at the gates of Hercula
mum amid the fires, the burning lava an
ashes of Vesuvius Faithful unto Death
And the stranger will softly say
'Above all this people honor Fidelity t.
Duty
zone of those private soldiers of tn
immortal Army of Northern Virginia W
have with us tonight and it is title NOR
honorable than the badge of the Colder
Fleece or the cross of the Legion O
Honor He has been a successful bust
ness man, broad minded, public spirite;
citizen, philanthropist and one who ha.
done well by his fellow man.
1t was his fertile brain that conceived
the design of erecting this statue to tn
memory of the great man whose nam
our State has given to it's Capital City
and whose practical mind has worked gu
the details for successful issue to thu
movement. / will not assume, 1 will no
presume, to introduce to this audience on.
whom the whole State knows and honors
but will now present to you Genera
Julian S. Carr.
After the applause which greeted this
mastery effort had ceased General Juliar
S. Carr came forward and said:
GEN. j. S. CARR SPEAKS.
Paul, standing upon the Areopagus
was glad that he was able to boast o.
Roman citizenship.
In this cultured presence tonight
representing the citizenship of our Capt.
tai City, l am proud to say that / am q
Carolinian.
l love every foot of her territory
from where the restless ocean chafe:
the changing sands at Stormy Hattera.
to where our grand old mountains cas-
their morning shadows into Tennessee.
My ancestors. to the third and fourth
generation, lie buried beneath the sol
of the State l love.
North Carolina, rich in all that make:
a people great, has been too modest tt
blazon her virtues. She has made his.
tory, but has not controlled the pen thai
speaks to the after ages She is dotted
with graves of heroes, but hitherto their
commemoration has been only upon the
lip of tradition or in the silent heart o.
the people.
At last, We are awakening to under
stand that the duty of the present is tt
interpret the past for the future. Al
last, we are beginning to perceive that
to transmit the ideals Of honor, truth
valor, fidelity, wisdom, justice, patriot
ism, as illustrated by land and sea, in
the forum, the cabinet, the halls of leg
islation, the tented field, by the sons
of North Carolina, is essential to the
true education and inspiration of the
children of the State.
THE Roman youth looked upon the
Arch of Titus or the column of Trajar
with it's wonderful scroll of victories-as
in ages before the children of the Nile
bowed before the obelisks, or the sun
kissed Persians rejoiced in the domes Of
Persepolis.
Had not the books of Greece beer
preserved in the storms and shocks Of
time, her great souls would still have
lived for us in her marbles, and not q
little of her history and literature in
the sculptured remains Of her art.
Who can estimate the force in France
today, of Les Invalides or the Column Of
July, or the pathetic image of Joan Of
Arc, in the Square of Rouen, where the
wonderful maid gave life for country?
What SO TYPES the blood and iron
af modern Germany n thn mind 0f 10
children, as the colossal bronze of Bis
mark? Peter the Great. upon his charger
triumphant on the giant boulder of Fin.
nish granite is Russian history, told in
single figure.
NEED | add that the heart of our an
cestral England is Westminster Abbey
that immortal court of the monarchs Of
our race-in glories and fame beyond
thrones or titles.
/ said that at last we had begun to
see our duty and our privilege. To the
past generation, we owe the memorial
of Washington, and Of Calhoun, without
and within our capitol But in the past
few wears have been added, in honor OF
our own States sons, a granite shaft al
Kinston, to the memory of Richard Cas-
well, the frs. Governor of North Caro-
lima chosen by the people. A modest
monument on the battlefield of Moore's
Creek commentaries the bravery OF
your fathers, before the Declaration OF
Independence. Another honors the men
who fell at Alamance, erected by the pa
triotism of Holt; and yet another pre-
serves the true story Of Guilford, and OF
Summer, the staunch old Continental
whose dust is resting there.
The Mecklenburg Declaration has it's
perpetual witness and testimonial in the
midst of the splendid energy and enter
prise of the modern Charlotte, justly
proud fthe Hornets Nest of old.
Kindled by the untiring devotion OF
woman, and built by her energy, aided by
the purse of the State, at her pleading a
noble monument to the Confederate dead
looks to the setting sun, upon your Cap
itol Square; built of native granite and
bearing words of inspiration to every
child that shall behold it in the distant
ages.
And yet another has arisen in the
Valley of Virginia, to testify in far away
Winchester, that woman's love remem-
bers the dead Of North Carolina. who
fell, obeying her command, far away.
A granite shaft on the public square at
Asheville and a bronze statue in your
own beautiful city are lasting memorials