The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-11
CLASpING HANDS
AT APPOMATTOX
North Carolina and Virginia Meet in the Spirit of
Brotherhood to Unvei| the Monument to Car
OIina's Heroic Sons.

say to you, Write upon that monu-
ment any inscription of the Valor or
achievements of your dead that you
deem right and proper and we will
| unite with you in the exercises with
| which you unveil that monument /
will say to the people of North Caro-
| lima when l return home that we met
as brave men here today as we met in
1861, '65, who gave us the hand of
| fellowship today as In the war when
We stood shoulder to shoulder under
| Lee and Jackson, the two greatest
men the world has known i'm all it's
| history.
| Governor Montague, we leave that
| monument on the soil of Virginia, to
your care and protection. Let no van
| dial chisel cut off one word or syllable.
If any vandal should be guilty of that
crime let the seVerest penalty of the
/ law be visited upon him, and never let
| the pardoning power be invoked for
the man guilty of so dastardly deed"
AS the crowd applauded, Governor
| Montague bowed and the people
cheered and cheered again.
The Detailed Story.
| 1t was exactly 1910 o'clock
when Major Henry A. Lon
don, chairman of the commit
crate suit of gray and looking every
inch the soldier. arrested the atten-
/ ton of the large concourSe of people
by the military command.
Attention."
He called upon Rev. j. A. Weston.
DID,. of Hickory. to lead in prayer.
| saying of the gallant chaplain:
I'VE will be led in prayer by one
who served forty years ago CALAMITY
as a Confederate soldier and since
the close of the war has been equally
gallant as a soldier of the cross Rev.
j. A. Weston. major of the Third
North Carolina Regiment"
Rev. j. A. WestOn's Prayer.
DIR. Western then advanced and rails
| ing his hands as heads bent in reVer-
ence, prayed:
o, God, whose days are without end,
and whose mercies cannot be number
! ed, we come before thee confessing
that we have sinned against thee. But,
o God. whose nature and property is
ever to have mercy and to forgive,
| pardon our manifold and grievous
! transgressions. and grant that we may
ever hereafter show our gratitude for
all thy mercieS by an humble, holy,
and obedient walking before thee all
our days.
| And we most humbly beseech thee,
o Lord, to look graciously upon this
whole land-East West, North and
South. Bestow thy richest blessings
upon every part of our common coun-
try. Help us to love the Union of
these States with deathless affection,
and to DE ready and willing at all
times to protect and defend it with
our hearts warmest, purest, best
blood May we be a God-fearing peo-
pie, hating the wrong and loving the
right that peace and happiness, truth
and justice, religion and piety may be
established among us for all genera
tions. And accept, o Lord, our inter-
cessions for all mankind. Let the
light OF thy gospel shine upon all ma
TORS, ami NAV the time soon come
when righteousness and peace shall
cover the whole earth as the waters
cover rne sea. Be merciful to all who
are in any trouble, sorrow, need, sick
ness, or any other adversely. And of
thy infinite mercies, we beseech thee
to be with us this day in our work
of love. May we here rear on this
consecrated spot an enduring monu-
ment that shall teach all peoples, in
all ages, and in all chimes, the highest
devotion to truth, and honor, and free
dom, and home and country. o God,
| the Holy Ghost, the Lord and Giver
of Life, breathe, we pray thee, upon
every Confederate grave the world
over, and make it hallowed ground
from generation until time shall be
no more. And of thy almighty good
mess. grant that our noble dead and
other Confederate martyrs, of whom
the world was not worthy, may sit on
thy right hand, if it be thy gracious
will, in thy eternal and everlasting
glory We commit. o loving Father,
To thy tenderest care and love, the
faithful survivors of our most righte-
Gus cause. Give them all things need
fd' for body and mind and soul. Keep
them under the shadow of thy wings,
AMI AZ the apple of thine eye. And.
finally. . Lcrd, when the shadows
leigthen, ard the night of death
draws near and our work is done, re-
ceive us into thy everlasting kingdom.
where all Is joy and peace, and rest,
AMI light and love.
The Lord hess us and keep us. The
Lord make his face to shine upon us
and be gracious unto us. The Lord
lift IN his COuntt lance and give us
peace, both now and eVermore. Amen.
Major GOrdon's Address.
The opening address was then made
by Major Henry A. London chairman
of the committee. For forty years
and more Henry A. London has served
North Carolina with distinguished fl
deity and ability and made a record
that will give him a lasting place in
the regard of his fellows. but he has
done nothing that will bring to him a
larger measure of gratitude than his
conspicuous service in erecting the
monument here and in the splendid
management of the exercises today
which have been signally successful.
Praise of his superb management is on
every tongue. His speech was as wise
and patriotic as it was brief. / can