The Washington times., 1906-06-04
Impressive Memorial Ser
vices at Arlington.
DEVOID OF BITTERNESS
Hon. Hilary a. Herbert the Orator of
the Day-JOhn Sharp Williams
Speaks for Monument Fund.

brethren who hu graves through the
southland, was paid by Southern men
and women yesterday afternoon, who
gathered in the national cemetery for
this purpose. The ceremonies were dis
tinguished by an entire absence Of all
bitterness and by many evidences of
the fraternal regard in which veterans
who wore the blue and those who
wore the gray have come to hold each
other
One Of the features of the afternoon
was the unveiling by Miss Elizabeth
Gould OF beautifui Southern Cross. -
done in flowers. the colors of the Con-
federacy being faithfully carried ont in
blossoms. The cross was the gift of the
"A J. McLaurin Camp. V S. c. V.
The orator of the occasion was the
lion Hilary a. Herbert, former Sec
retary of the Navy. John Sharp VIII
Hams, of Mississippi, minority leader in
the House Of Representatives, was
among the speakers. He made a plea
Tor FUNDS with which TO build the pro-
posed Confederate monument in Arling-
Ton. The War Department has already
given approval TO the plan to erect this
monument, and the letter Of Secretary
Iatt, conveying In generous terms this
approval, was read TO the great audi
ehce yesterday by Mr.. Williams.
Captain Hickey Presided.
The services yesterday were held IN
per the direction of the Confederate
Veterans Association. the Sons of Con-
federate Veterans. the Daughters of the
Confederacy, and the Southern Relief
Society The presiding officer was Cant.
John NJ. Hickey. who introduced the
speakers Of the day. The band of the
Thirteenth Cavalry from Fort Mver
Piayed a number Of selections during
= IT
hymn, Lead, Kindly Light" was sung
Lly a quartet composed OF Mrs Annfe
S,Tsant-tugitt, Mrs. Armand Gumprecht.
Goodchiid
The invocation was delivered bv the
ReH, Randoiph Il McKim. rector OF
epiphany Church and chaplain OF the
(QnIederate Veterans Association. Can
, tam 1leHey introduced former Secre-
Iafy Herbert, who said, IN part:
We are on historic ground, This &,
closure vas once the beautiful home Of
hopert Il. Lee. Forty-fiVe years ago
ne iett ~ 70 offer his sword to his State;
ne fouBht and lost; his remains are
al cemetery.
NO one knew better than did Robert
r Lee WhaI might be the cost TO the
people OF Virginia of the course thew
were pursuing. and the cost 10 himself
OF the step he was taking as he walked
TOT the last time out OF the portals of
yonder noble mansion: for. soldier as he
was ne knew the might and the power
lnen as now, in that Capitol across the
river. '-i0
Nearly a century has passed vince
Waterloo, and the world IS still debat-
ing. ana no doubt always will debate
whether Napoleon's guiding star was
ser or country. AS 10 Lee. nobody
doubts; II he had ambition IL did NOT
control; if he thought of self. it did not
appear In any act that was ever record
ca or IN any word he ever uttered IN
peace he was as modest as he was 6ip-
n2rtlR frrT
he was daring.
There are those in the South who
say that II the South ever had the right
10 secedel II has. though it viii never
exercise II, that right today, because
war never settles a principle. This is
defamation; assertion that loses sight
or history. Every international dispute
ABOUT rights, about principles that could
not be adjusted by diplomacy. has been
Allegiances Of peoples. forms OF gov
ernmenL boundaries of kingdoms and
republics. all these time out Of mind
have been submitted TO the arbitrament
OF the sword, and the results-treaties
not voluntary, but enforced at the can
mons mouth-have been upheld by diplo-
mats and pariiaments and courts by
every tribunal that has authority to
speak for law and order and the peace
Of the world.
Southerners Not Rebels.
Comrades, it is flouting history TO
say that we of the South were rebels
We We're not revolutionists; we were the
conservatives, standing on the old lines,
standing for constitutional rights that
had been conceded by tho fathers; exer-
cising those rights in a. st,-empt 10 take
out of the Unicn with US the Constitu-
ton they had framed. and to set up In
@ government of our own that sacred
instrument. with the Intent 10 maintain
It forever If the North was right TO
night for the Union, aSsuredly we were
Ilght IN hghting for principles conceded
by the trainers Of that Union; and
Such, 1 repeat. Will be the verdict of
history"
Mr.. Williams. had spoken Saturday
night IN New York and that he missed
his train was responsible for the fact
that he was late at Arlington. However
he made brief address. The graves OF
the 20 Confederate soldiers who are
buried IN Arlington We're decorated. The
grave OF General Wheeler was covered
with howers and great wreath Of red
and white roses, bearing the word
Fraternity" was placed upon the mon
ument 10 THE Unknown Dead"-the
Union soldiers whose names were never
learned.
Flowers From the South.
Through the kindness Of the ladies Of
Timmonsville and Charleston. S. c. and
sundry places IN Virginia, the floral
committee was IN receipt of donations
of beautiful Southern flowers, cape les
samine magnolia Spanish moss and
wreaths bearing the Confederate colors'
These wreaths were placed upon the
graves Of the dead from the several I
Southern States, with cape jessamine
upon each single grave, while each
grave was given floral memorial BY
the committee
Individual donations helped to make
the floral contributions the largest since
the observance began
kirkwood Atey Chapter. Daughters of
the Confederacy of Lynchburg. Va
sent a large supply of flowers for Cen
eral Wheelers grave
The receipt of these flowers OF the
Southland was made possible by the
Kindness OF the express companies oper-
ating in the South in giving the COM
mittee the privilege Of free transporta-
ton