The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1902-06-06

preted and handed down to then
by the Revolutionary Fathers
Can men who fought aud died fol
rights guaranteed to them by tbs
Constitution be branded as Rebel
and Traitors" We answer, Nerer.
The Statue OF Liberty answers
Nernrl While the American eagle
like Poe's raven, echoes, Nerer-
more!
These Confederate heroes upon
every field of battle, showed them
selves worthy sons OF the Revolu
tionary fathers 0f'76. ; and, when
the true History OF the war be-
tween the States shall have been
written in the white light of His
toricdi Fdcts, no deseendent OF oun
heroic dead need be ashamed OF
their record. Even now their he.
role struggle for rights guaranteed
to them by the Constitution, as il
stood in 1861, gives them an hon,
orsrln n,,cn in thn FEMME al
Fame,--among whom the name Of
the gallant CoI. NJ l. Fergnson
who sleens Yndor wonder n,onu.
mcnt occuples a. mich of bonor
Today, 20 cover their graves with
flowers OF rarest beauty and oftht
sweetest pcrfuma for they are
worthy. .nuf As you.eo. stcp softly
with un.anlaled fect and uncoy.
cred head. for the ground whor,
Itbev slceni, sacred 10 every .ruf
batriot and every ilyrr Of Con.ii.
tution.l liberty
But. what. shall / say 81 lbr Eish
born beroism OF thosa who ,uryiy.
cd inc shock of battle and tbe
clash of arms. but who have since
ppne one bv ono TO ioin their com.
rades in the valley of Tho shadow
OF death. The manner in which
they accented tile results of the
war. ana kent theiroath oe allep-
lance to the auasi-imrerlalism IS
tablfsbad bv waranf (osycj1,J ra.
yeals the fact that they possessed
the finest type Of that Tier OF
which moral heroes are made.
With many OF their homes aud
universities in ashcs-these beau.
tiiuI Southland desolaled-the
Constitution so amended as to
sweep away the bulk of their prop
.ertv-the Confederate bonds as
yalueless as so much blank paper
AL their leading men prescribed
and disfranchised-a heavy war
tax fmposed TO nav the Federal
war debt, thousand Of which 90
out of the United States every year
to pay the pensions of foreigners
who helped 10 carry on the war Of
coarcion-wfliI the care of provid-
ing for their n disabled com
rades and the wives and orphans
of their comrades who had fallen
in battle or died in hospital, and
Northern prisons-harassed and
oppressed by military despot-
ism. In the name OF Reconstruc.
ton 50 terrible that a member Of
Congress recently referred to tito
iu,liry the tragic scenes now be.
ing Enacted in the Philippine is.
lands and vet with a moral hero.
ism that speaks for itself. these
brave men made good their oath OF
sllnoiance oven unto death, And
! feel free to say TO-DAY that the
whole South accepts the new or
dor Of things in good faith; and
she will help the conservative ele-
ment Of every section Of this great
continent to save this grand Re
uublic from Imperialism if it can
no done
Thank heaven. the Civil war is
over and tho DAYS OF Reeonstruc-
tion are PASSED. And now as the
hovs in blue and the bows in gray
showed their patriotism and vaIor,
as thew fought side by side under
rho same flag in the late Spanish
American war and won "glory
snonoh to mass all around let us
,odsy meet at the graves Of our de-
rarted hcroes and there, like ia.
@ aud rsan nj their fathers
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