The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-05-11
NEWBERRY'S MONUMENT
TO HER CONFEDERATE DEAD
Continued from Ninth page.)

Revolution to the close Of the late
war. he entered at once upon the les
sons I" be learned by the Younger
generation. Let them. said he, rs
they gaze upon the graves of their
Fathers and brothers. pause and re-
them Il lingcr-pnst to remind them Of
how their ancestors and kinSmcn dar-
ed to die for principle. and though
the advancing "lorics Of Il united
country. under The auspices Of peace
and rratrrnal union. shall rnkindlc
their pairi"t>m. yet it should serve
the noble purl'">r of keeping ever
bright before them their ancestral
hrruisu. and thus tend to make them
better ci Irl:. and l,urrr patriots. The
observance Of Memorial days. the
li,n Of Survivors, dissertations. hr
argued. would inspire investigation
and imprl inquiry. and not evoke pas
sion or excite rr$rnllnrNl ur distru>t.
t,r rake up from the ashes Of the past
ANY Smnul,lrrinw fire that might unfit
uhr CROWN" generation for the full
est measure of citizenship. 1t was
due To- the men who died for Il cause
which they believed to he right that
no blush of shame should ever man
lie the check of their pcstcrity, that
history should never record that any
Southern man ever apnluwizcd for the
part he bore in that struggle. but that
while the duties of the present and
the obligations of the future demand
cd his most earnest efforts. yet for
that past he makes no cXcusr-cravcS
no pardon. At the same time an equal
sense Of patriotism and duty be ac-
corded those VIII" rSpouSrd the other
side. and wherever in the Southland
is found the grave Of Il Federal sol
,lirr who dunnrl his arm"r to lo bat
tie in behalf OF what he regarded as
ri.hl. IT,, som" former e." lay upon
it liuwrrv garland: f"r the passions
Ct strife are - lt". aMh II Is only
through mutual r"~'rrt for each 9th
,.r'~ motives and actions that Il thor
ru yhlv r,>I"rrh l'ni'n can bless "ur
c"un,ry. tArrIau-".) TIA" time is
rrmin- whrH Manassas and Shiloh.
'hickamau"n anL tir,ty>bur". will
vet be >hriur> frnm which every true
pa,ri"t will draw fresh inspirations
vi patriulism anL tratrrnal love. Let
Us. then. hulh our heads erect. nor
kiss the earth in sad humility. Our
heroes have not died in vain, but from
their graves will arise the holy incense
of h.h and generous emotion to i'm
prl tn renewed duty the generations
vet /" inhab1 ami develop this grand
country. Whenever the achievements
nr the past shall have lost their
charm or shall fail to animate IL pro-
pie t." emulate It's virtues. then in
,(rrh is decay written "u the d"nr-
posts of their future. Civic virtues
van never flourish where cnnSidrra-
,nns of the prrSrui alone control. and
Edmund Burke uttered grand truth
when he said, "Thry will not look
forward to their p"Strrity who ncv-
or look backwards to their anccs-
TORS. Can amy one doubt that their
pride in their history. rcSplrndcnt
with imlnnrtal names rcachin" from
the ylrrir~ rr the Rrv"luiirn and in
lrrw"vrn with the military AMI civic
grauhurrS oi the r'untry through all
."l lis intermediate stages. in field.
f"rum and council. I" the hr"innin"
ct the late war. contributed in large