The Grenada sentinel., 1903-07-18

capitol. Ihe address In full 1OllOWS:
My Countrymen: We are participants
He, whose soul listens, catches, deep as the
cathedral bell heard far across the waters.
n 1ns message :s Of the mighty past u bursting som
the choral triumph Of the present filling
earth earth and sky with eager joy and exai:ins
the diapsson Of the future ocean-toned.
@ the curtain of destiny rolls upward.
TO nis
come.
What an audience surrounds US! What
sen Of thls asre m,ehty isno &c Here
pchools, and from the thousand walks Of
gaze. representative yonth-the children Of
today, the ancestors OF tomorrow; In whose
the Covenant wherein are enshrined all
Our faith and liberties and laws. And here,
1E the hS Is eSosons 81 rsapn:
OF two capitols, felicitously distinguished
BY heaven in having been E5antsd ted length
promise all the desolating years between.
links together today the civilizations Of
the past and present.
oenevolent orders al charitable institu-
OF whatever name. all military bodies Of
the present time and & the fast thinning Inning
1sns of
const{tutienai cons @ ii liberty. All. all, are here TO-
day. attracted by no local ceremonies, but
yond the confines of our own State and ar
rest the interested attention of the entire
itS speaks eS State s'sn poey' State seae civil
and religious, and. in union of coequal
States, must be an event Of dee deep concern sn
to the entire SSterhOOd of States. May
we not fancy our brethren Of the whole
country saluting us a, this auspicio1s hour;
hail to this vast representative multitude
these constituent elements of our soci
@ Sash Of In ,he its tsnS the
Ism. in the conscious possession of a govern
e1tending 1 ' OVER rpsA ali classes and ali races
the protecting aegts Of equal law, wisely
oaeG fdsth snd
this magnificent structure, over which ''hov.
esy aee her eagle eye ds
How sacred such an hour From their
celestial seats our immortal ancestry look
behind us in the fabric Of our laws. liber-
cipies sna and inuences. waehs blessing lpter
vening generations. shall reach. enrich and
MAKE hRy Of apoS then
let all rise to the appreciation of this ma
jes,'e structure built with ancient hoas'ty
5ess Of its wise commission: aliEe The saT; az;
broad and deep it's ample foundations, and
the skill Of the artifcers whose deft h9sers
easnt s and send s
the prayer: .'stet capitolium fuigens; late
but am reminded that the part assigned
press to you, heroes of a deathless cause.
something Of the estimation in which your
country holds you, and our sense Of the
honor your presence adds to this occasion:
Cold In death our hearts must Indeed be
WI
Confederate gray What a civilization
Eushes upon our memory as we gaze upon
GLORIOUS loyalty to rank ana ss1: thai
that su6ordination Of the heart; which kept
alive. even In servitrde itself. the spirit OF
81 s tSe esssp OF
nurse of manly sentiment and heroic en-
terprise is there! And there that sensibility
css Whist kH It seoey es
which vice lost half its evil, by losing all
its grossness ~
1t VAS a civilization which developed in;
1t ted to the
the sacred observance, as a matter Of in
dividual conscience, Of every obligation, M:
every official, from the highest to the low
est military and civil, that stainless stand.
ard Of conduct, that lofty conception of pub
every public servant tremble under the sense
Of responsibility, like the needle. into place.
Ism, self -eentered used to. power, the people
OF the South gave the United States by
strong in its justice at home, great 10 its
dignity abroad, loved as the asy lum OF the
oppressed of all lands, attracting aesonce
humanity. Such was the South in 1860.
. Iltlmitable wealth and boqndless content
. was Vas in ali that makes~up the real BLESSINGS
Of civilizatiop I the p1Eest and loftiest. tine
ed honor. Whatever was mean, or low. Or
jestic truth, imperial conscience, Olympian
power, toned BY the very courtesy Of the
esse ses nspe sgs ef
heSss aes: asy' to ssnaad sSa
Ing from superior worlds in quest of the
race most akin to his own had swept with
would have claimed us as his offspring and
here made his home.
tne ss sat sfs ;ss az
ence to your achievepents on the field OF
bier Tar than all the Victories you won.
Other nations have 4a greeted rss do Fsturntpg lf
with cheering thousands, with PROFESSIONS
and bonfres we, whose cause is said ID. to
"'sn The - confedsrasa soldhr vheh n left the
reviewing stand. Has greefed W the thnn;
derpus acclamatiohs .oF n4 thole4nds. and
no reioicing multitudes on the way home
has since been sustained by no pension in n
his struggle With penury and Weat-<- 1 ! see
cifixenship when the sword Of Lee was ten
dered. s.As some dark thunder cloud low
inns md threatens all the landscape with
ruin, vet IL found, on the succeeding morn morn
e,f orasss refeshine a1d beAptfy4ga0Dd
@earth.s @ s. the Confederats sdldisIr STE. m
schieyin9 immortal fame and presenting "a.
...rsf matchless front that ever bore bacl
sngsafon.s became, when peace spread ii
i,.nner Ger the land. the noblest the safest