The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-07-14
GRAND TRIBUTE
OF d Northern Preacher to the
People Of the South
AT GEN. GRANTS TOMB
lie Truly Said the World Has Never
Seen Greater Herolsm than that
of the Rank and File of
the Armies of the
COnfederaCy.

the Armies of the
COnfederacy.
Mr. Perry M. D>Leon, Of Now York
writes as follows to the Atlanta Con
stitutiun: with some fifty or sixty of
my comrades OF the New York Con.
fcderate Veteran camp 1 attended
the memorial services at General
Grants tomb as a guest Of the
Grant post OF Brooklyn. Two ad.
mirable speeches were delivered; one
by the Reyerned Francis j McCon.
nell, pastor of the New York Avenue
Methodist Episcopal church of Brook
lyn, and the other by Captain Gray
bill, Georgian now residing in New
York, q member Of our camp. 1 send
you an extract from his eloquent ad.
dress which l would be glad If you
would publish that our people may
know how time with It's healings has
cxtinguished all bitterness and that
gentlemen of the north now accord us
unstinted admiration and fraternal re.
gard"
Here Is the extract from the speech
Of the Rev. F. j. Mcconnell, referred
to in the above letter of Mr.. Perry
M. DtLeon:
II have been speaking Of the the
union soldier as peace. maker. In
lighting for the union as against the
secession, he fought for the worlds
peace. The establishment Of second
republic on the weatern continent
would have meant standing armies
for both nations. Il would have
meant line Of custom houses along
the OHIO river. The two republics in
a military and commercial sense
would have been perpetual menace
to each other. In fighting against
slavery the union soldier was fighting
for peace, fo1 slavery, even in the eco
nomic sense, was disturber. It's Cry
was always for more land. In the
very fury with which he fought the
union soldier was peace maker. He
aimed TO settle the question so con.
clusively that after the war there
should not be enough of the original
questions left to wrangle about.
but in these last days the union
ioldier can play a still further part as
neacemaker ,art second In impor.
lance TO the nation to none that he
play ed on the actual battle field. BY
precept and example he can preacn
the gospel OF reconciliation with our
brotnefs of the south, for, strange a.
1T nay seem, there are men in both
north and south who have not yet
heard that the war is over.
In this final approach to complete
understanding there Is certainly q
common basis for both north ano
south. We should not allow the south
20 outdo US in admiration for tn
bravery OF the southern soldier, The
"orid has never seen greater herOism
than tliat OF the rank and file OF the
COnf5derdcy. Who can read, for ex
ample, the story not only OF the cam
paigns. but OF the hardshlps OF the
army OF Northern Virginia, without
being amazed be- ond all expression g.,
che story tf surnaSSing devotion 30 al
ldeal? We eau agree, too, In payint
tributes Of praise to the genius OF the
aouthen leaders. We should all bt
proud OF Robert E. Lee and Stonewal
Jackson. OF course we reserve the
| r'g 1T to discuss, in a perfectly friend
y way, the respective abilities O
northern and southern leaders, bu
our admiration need not be confined
10 the leadership Of the north.
Once more we all join in undyin,
respect for the devotion Of the entire
southern people to cause as sacre,
as lf5 itself to them. We do no
speak Ct the southern people as trai
tors or as sinners. We recognize tn
absolute sincerity OF the belief OF tn
mass CT the people In their cause. Th
belief in their cause had come to thel
out OF the past centuries Who OF L
dare to say that II ne had been Dor
south CT Mason and Djxon's line, {
southern ancestry, he would not hay
been defender Of slavery and an VI
holder OF secession. Especially do "
find words falling US when we thin
OF the sacrifices which the souther
women checrfully accepted for the
cause. We have read how the WOme
or Carthage, In the long ago, consent
ed to I've the hair OF their heads t
be made into bow strings. 1t Is sal
on good authority that the propos;
was once made that the won: IN Of tt
. Confedoracy sell their hair for tt
benefit or the southern armies and
the proposition mad been serious
urged the women of the south wou
, not have Shrunk from precisely I'll
same sacrifice for which we remen
bor the women Of Cartt age.
. Some one asks. But what abol
/ the Confederate nlg?' My answer
, at hand. Let the Confederate fl
1 not be put out OF the sight or memol
OF American citizens' 1t does n,
stand today for second republic, b,
1t should stand as a beautiful symb
OF complete devotion to an hone
conviction. Too many glorious ass
Citations cling to 1t to allow u3 to pl
, 1t away. If 1t Is not treason for I'll
, E1glish-oorn American oitizens