The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1907-01-25

odturday afternoon, January 10th, tC
celebrate the one hundredth annivers-
ary OF the birth of Robert Z. Lee, and
to mark the spot upon which the Con
tederatc monument is to stand
The cite chosen is in the centre OF
Main street at the intersection of
Judgment street
The exercises were instructive and
interesting, and everything passed off
quietly except some misbehavior OF a
band OF small boys who amused them
selves by throwing small rocks at peo-
pie. Usually there is not even the
small boy offender in Union on such
an occasion, and this bad behavior was
perhaps occasioned by thoughtessness
rather than by vicious spirit.
The procession was headed by Chief
of Police Long and squad of police
men. The Union cornet band followed;
then the Johnson Rifles, in command
OF Lieut.. Walker, many old Conieder-
ate soldiers and about four or five hun
dred school children, accompanied by
their teachers. The school children
D'''Sh up NhN ISdi VI lllC PROCESSION.
The exercises were opened with
prayer by Rev. d. NJ. Mcleod, OF
Grace Methodist church, tier which
the band played Dixie" The hymn.
lavorite with General Lee, How
firm ioundation," was sung by the
assembled multitude The school
children sang Bonnie Blue Flag" al
ter which Rev. DR.. Wardlaw, pastor
First Presbyterian church, introduced
w. W. Johnson, who had been request
ed by MIR. DePass to read his speech.
MIR. DePass was suffering with Sc
we're sore throat and, although he had
creiuly prepared the speech and was
present i'll person, he was unable to de-
liver it.
Following is the speech of Mr.. De-
Pass:
My Friends Here on this spot a
Shalt VIII soon rise to commemorate
the sublime hcrOsm OF the Coniedcr-
ate soldier. Here the truth will speak
through bronze and granite to future
generations Here you young girls
and boys will gather inspiration from
the noble deeds OF your fathcrs,-thc
men who wore the gray. Here per
petuated III marble will also stand
monument that will bear testimony
throughout the ages to the loyalty,
zeal and untlagging devotion OF the
glorious women oi the Southland: they
have been too much overlooked; in
them has been the inspiration Ol all
that is good i'll the past, and the hope
OF all that is cnnobling and uplifting in
the future.
The brci limits oi this address will
not permit me to speak oi his youth,
his early manhood, or his career prior
to our struggle ior liberty and inde-
pendcnce. Those have been. and will
continue to be, far better portrayed
by others. | will content myself with
the remark, that they constituted a
worthy prelude TO the exhibition. on
larger theatre, oi those wonderful
talents and sublime virtues which have
gained ior him the admiration and es-
teen OF the civilized world.
hat the resources and equipment OF
the Federal army greatly exceeded
those OF the Confcdcracy is admitted
by even the reluctant historian OF the
North. In the Union army there were
enlisted -lo4 900 foreigners, 1907 ne
groeS, making total OF foreigners
and negroes OF 0So.oT7. Ii the United
States had not enlisted a single white
American citizen its numbers would
have exceeded the total enlistment oi
the Confederate army by So,oI7. a larg
cr number than Lee ever had at any
one time. From the seeded States
the Union army enlisted 3I7.7I4 men.
These added to the foreign enlistment
made SII,7I4, or 2IL7I4 soldiers, be
sides negroes, in excess Oi the total
enlistment during the iour years OF
the war Md To this the negro enlist
mcnt and you have 5O7,73I more men
than the Conicdcracy had. all told,
from the beginning to the end oi the
war. In other words, the Union army
had as many soldiers as the Southern
army and iii addition thereto, 2,l7SzSi
more. Marvellous disparity i'll num-
bers And when we consider the adj
VantagcS they had i'll provisions, trans
portati"n. munitions, and all martial
resources. the story becomes more and
more amazing
At the first battle OF Manassas, the
enemies forces were completely rOut-
ed; then Mr.. Lincoln perceived that
while the moral effect OF treating the
war as one raised for the suppression
Oi a rebellion, was OF service in unit
ing the different political parties in
the North and oi giving the prestige
OF legitimacy to his government, yet,
that in truth the North under the name
OF the United States had entered up
on war oi conquest, and he forthwith
began to prepare for it on scale adj
equate to the emergency. More than
half a million OF men were called to
arms and a navy was speedily launched
strong enough to perform the great