The Grenada sentinel., 1903-07-18
Chief Justice Whitfield's Address at the New
State Capitol Dedication Ceremonies.
Mcdonald Led No Gander Charge Waeram Than Did Fett
at Gettysburg and the Bodies Of Dead Msisppans Were
Found Higher Up That Dread Slope Than ~-z'
Those of Any Other State.~ <s

aouew.rd: Finally hi. eye rest. upon the
;sa s.s e s. sSf to testify
the sardsn had 1S Se.a ' Doe. e :. '1 xsrs
He took up those burdens. he met those
dtfficulties: the proscriptive statutes, the
ere eressn on a,en and
Of reason and prudence, curbing all passion
~ brought back % out % Of chaos order, out
OF confusion law. and spread
From where Potomac's waters lave
The tomb Of Washington,
TO Rio Grande's distant wave
Beneath the setting sun,
the reign Of beneneent laws. "a
anoT that Don a led i.. as
dead Miss!ssippians were round higher up
State. 1 know that the awful shock on
Chickamaugas field is not surpassed, IL 1t
destS.ike t stubbernness TT e a Of nshtin9 s Hut. D
%onS%snt @ SS thst ihs Historian % % shslf reeerd
lame tse ,oIaer 81 is a"%s the
ord that he left through the days Of re-
as today Of equal sister6ood in the union
Of Statea with the privileges and laws and
rights our fathers left US. intact and undi'
But 1 want to ask just here the ques-
tion How far would the Confederate soldier
have gotten In that magnificent effort ii 1t
Inspiration Of the Southern women?
Women Of the South, you gave into hi:
aad 5 psSs edge
battle;'' and when wounded or dying on
the tented feld; IN the private home: IN the
me- more e'' to U see wife ~ or friend OF o. sacred
s9; snxts the min
lit is a little thing to give a cup of
water but its draught Of cool refreshment
shock Of pleasure to the frame more ex-
quisite than when nectarian juice renews
5af M of Joy In n s
fort. which. by daily use, has almost lost
its sense yet on the ear OF him who thought
to die unmourned twill fall like choicest
There are those listening to me today who
have have ninistered mini the GO comfort ta that should
ories. And when the war was over ana the
Confederate soldier returned, he was met
tanned by confidence. guided, upheld. God
has ordained that man may meet the
tSpoash ana @sster .inse 'crss
but it Is woman, alone. who can wear
through supreme crises Of individual Or ma;
And so in the midst Of the gloom the
she
:;esd s%,d ss 5 he *resS e. Of % ss.ostsS $. and n
les Of princely fortunes strewn r1thlessly
about her the qualities OF the eternal gran
What though her household penates lay
her idols ta fhs eternal silence; ana the
country; set its :eal upon he grave, rolled
its watch. Her sublime faith has lived
| to see the resurrection angel Of the South
roll back the stone from the sepulcher
ical disability. shatter the bonds Of indus
trial, agricultural and commercial subor.
Of the old the figure of the new South to
stand In transfgured beauty, fronting the
Rs god Hf
hight
| She remembered that whatever was sub
Ger the ocean Of time. like the Northern
lights. more resplendent for the surround
sesdGMs 9Sst OF She
the achievements of military heroes has been
the triumphs of men who were Graded In
membered that whatever in literature is tru u
~ y IMMORTAL. ,n uavaIyi9g gd3sy history proves the
light. through atmospheres dark with clouds
and tempest. And, remembering these
she summoned her endurance to the ire
mendous task she nerved the returning
d. or he tSa to t1s asf
south, il there be hope IN this land it j,
in IN the future, it is fhe result Of your iai:n
and II. my countrymen and countrywcEer-
II tas has ass sG
xrave, we we ssa x
women-K me isthI1isp cann shall be ga
with the ne rchantnasn ek esy nation nPoi
I remember tie Galveston Of u tempest hu
as a nlsntmale dream-if NeNa0gleansa asnt
1 Wiiminsto,r @ snd our own Guifport: ma .
s;ss Hssss, s Sor,s :s:s5; :s;'
if: above all that. and better than ait bat
this land with temples and iyceums aid rai
l:Iies glorious with immortal paintin3uzane
S!~nn, sSstuaFy, and with kney!edSe UNIVERSAL!
&C.. &. nssae,s sss Is tRts aRa Ns !aE rs aRa
stars. the land Of Lee and Jackson IN, and po o
splendors to this cline it Will be due, WON
with which You have held fast to ~the~pria
ciples Of justice and right and truth, i'm
6 the
q the faith Of every creed and the pstri
Meet indeed It is. soldiers Of the conted
eracy. that your sons have determined. t
Of Il. South. % whose vi a inspirins patriotisa ds,'
time, whose love and sympathy and forfi
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