The Savannah morning news., 1904-06-15
LEE WILL LEAD
S0UTH'S VETERANS.
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and Gen, Lee was kept bowling from
side to side for several minutes.
Gen. Lee responded eloquently to the
cordial welcome. II wonder some
times" he said, whether when the
great balances of the universe are
poised, and the great Judgments of
the ancient of days are rendered,
whether even when the last human
history is written of the war between
the states, and the slow verdict of re-
mote posterity is taken, the cause we
loved will seem as lost as it once
seemed to us. 1t may be that in the
providence of God and the develop
ment of humanity. these fearful saeri-
fees were necessary for the, highest
good of this nation. and of the world.
Truly in human experience, without
the shedding of blood, there Is no re-
demption. Rather let us believe that
the world is richer and better, purer
and greater for the tragic story of
forty years ago, and that the shed
blood has brought blessing, honor,
glory and power, incorruptible treas
ures of which a brave and noble peo-
pie can never be despoiled.
South on Its Feet Again.
81 think we are convinced now that
the South is fully on its feet again
In material prosperity we have not
only reached, but surpassed the
achievements of our fathers; yet, when
l look about me for the men who are
to enter into the garden, which YOU
my brave comrades have made bloom
under such hard conditions, I cannot
but be sensible to the Incompatible
loss which the South sustained. The
taI,
the applause of senates were never
heard after the cry of battle was over;
the genius that might have directed
the counsels of nations breathed its
last upon some forgotten skirmish line.
The very flower and pride of our peo-
pie persisted in the battle front, and
the blood of our race lost much of
its most magnificent strain when they
went to their graves.
IT hold no view of Southern degen>
eracy but 1 deplore the irreparable
loss to my country and the coming
generation when these splendid men,
the bravest and best the world has
ever held, went down in death.
"Let Us Tell the story"
"As the close of our days draw near,
and the work of upbuilding our couh-
try passes on into younger and stronger
hands, let us make it our mission, COM
rades, to tell the story. Do not let
your children and grandchildren forget
the cause for which we suffered. Tell
II not in anger, Tell it not in grief.
Tell it not in revenge. Tell it proudly
as fits a soldier. There is no shame IN
all the history. Dwell on the gallant
! deeds, the pure motives, the unselfish
sacrifices. Tell of the hardships en-
dtred, the battles fought, the men who
bravely lived, the men who noby died.
| The infinite pity and glory of it all viii
| awake the hearts of those who listen,
and thew will never forget. Tell them
of Albert Sidney Johnston, of Stonewall
| Jackson. of Stewart, with his waving
plume, of Forrest with his scorn of
| death. Tell them of Wade Hampton
! and Gordon, the Chevalier Bayards OF
| the South. Tell them of Zollicoher, Of
Pat Cleburne and Frank Cheatham. OF
Pelham, of Ashby Tell them OF the
great soldier with the spotless sword,
and the spotless soul. who sleeps at
Lexington, in the valley OF virginia
, Tell them of the great President VINO
bore upon his sad heart the sorrows OF
all his people. and upon whom fell all
the blows which passed them over.
This. my comrades, is your last com
| mission. Do this for the dead, that
| they may be loved and honored stilL
Do this for the living, that they may
| also become worthy of love and honor.
! DO this for your country, that when
| the time is ripe, she may again be rich
| in heroes and in noble deeds. The peo-
nile of the South would not exchange