The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-06-16


serve the peace Of the country. In
spite of them war was come. Obliged
at last TO take sides, they sided with
the South and against the North; a
decision the more heroic since they
clearly foresaw what was before them
They Were under no illusion as to the
forces about TO be engaged. Not mere
ly had they to stifle many convictions
and sensibilities, but to meet the on
set of immediate and incredible odds
They counted not the cost; they con-
suited none of the text books of eX-
pediency; they barred their breasts to
the storm and went to the sacrifice
their eyes Wide open. 1t was man.
hood against tradition. 1t was the
God-given right of self-defense against
all theories Of Union or Disunion.
Wings who had followed Clay Demo-
Gratis who had followed Jackson, the
Browns, the Fosters and the Hattons
equally with the Trousdales, the
Guilds and the CAROLS, the Coopers
and the EWings-Henry and Gentry
Joining hands with Haynes and Whit
thurne-all rallied under the leadership
of that born leader of men-that
statesman in the Senate, that hero on
the battlefield, the. chivalric, the in
Comparable Harriss Greece had her
Marathon; let Shiloh, Murfreesboro
and Chickamauga tell the story Of
Tennessee.
Guarantees of the south.
These are the guarantees which the
men of the South give to the men of
the North; these the tokens by which
we measure our fidelity to the Ameri-
can Union.
IF it was the will of God that there
should be a new birth of freedom: if
hn xN~fl 81 InA
ment of the people, by the people and
for the people should not perish from
the earth, then it was the will of God
that there should be mighty sacri-
fee; and let no man forget that the
same God which struck down myriads
Of the best beloved of the North
struck down myriads of the best be-
loved of the South; that the doctrine
of secession was born at the North;
that the sin of slavery, such as it may
nave, been, belonged equally to both
the North and the South; and that the
tale of free, popular government is not
yet told.
4 Noble Monument.
We build this monument to valor. We
build 1t to probity. We build it in
glorious tribute to the men who fell by
our side. We build it to the spirit OF
the dead Confederacy. We need not
assert-we gave four years of proof
that we fought for liberty. Millions of
us loved the Union. Millions of us. de-
tested slavery. Millions of us denied
the doctrine of secession. We may not
argue now who brought the battle on
it was batTle-and the same Anglo
Saxon and Scotch Irish blood which
welled up in the North welled up in
us; we fought, and we fought to a
finish; there is no faint of treason on
us, no corruption of blood. Grant was
the first peace-maker Lee gave him.
self as hostage for the rest of US.
Wheeler and Lee wear the blue again,
and the gray worships at ITS shrines,
even as we worship this day, without
so much as the suspicion of disloyalty
yea, with the help and sympathy OF
every true soldier of the North.
The Great south.
Happy issue, happy we who have
lived to see 1t. Let US not wiring our
hearts by recalling the past--the drums
and tramplings- of the -leglons--ror the
faces, nor the tones Of the dead--but
let us the rather feel that they died
not in vain. Let us rejoice that out
of the wreck, the Southland our be-
loved Tennessee-twifl sister of virginia
and Kentucky-4saved both her race
hood and her manhood. Finally. let
ue pFOInlSe InaI, II. dHOtHeT Jay VI
travail should overtake the reunited
union, the North will find IN the South
a shield and buckler alike against
the organized corruption OF MamirIon
and the militant insanity Of agrarian-
ism, forbidding another irrepressible
conflict between Capital and Labor;
forbidding II In the name of the Cob
stitution which. assures. uniformity oil
laws; in the name of the government,
which, whilst enforcing those laws,
Will compel equality of opportunity