Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-06-04
Splendid MEMORIAL 10
S0UTH'S GREAT LEADER
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some SPOT in Virginia that it's heart
gives out to in loving remembrance
! on account of some dear one whose
. heroic blood has sanctified It, OF
whost valor has crowned 1t with i'm.
perishable renown. Virginia Is proud
to have been the stage upon which
such heroic drama was enacted |,
virginia Is proud to share with her
sister Southern States that priceless
heritage of valor, sacrifice and cour.
age displayed by the Confederate sol
der, and which furnish the bright
est pages in the annals of warfare.
You can rest assured that your gen
erous partially has placed this me-
morial of your devotion In State
that will cherish TO remotest time
the justice of your Cause and the
greatness of your achievements. From
: generation to generation the sons and
daughters of Virginia. with rcferent
hearts and loving hands, will bedeck
with flowers the graves of our heroic
dead, our soldier saints who sealed
their devotion with their lives, and
who won deaths loyal purple" in
the foreman's line.
OTIS, virginia OIL account OF her
loyalty to the fortunes of an Inflated
Prince has been called The Old Do.
minion.' On account of the many
daughters she has given to the sister
hood of States she has been called
The Mother OF States On account
of the seven great Presidents she has
furnished to govern this nation, she
has been called The Mother of Presi-
lnt,t ct al 4.
ton worthily bestowed and highly ap-
preciated. But of all the names that
have been accorded her, of all the
titles of distinction conferred on her.
the one in which she takes the most
pride, the one she prefers above all
others, is that of THE Unterrified
she bore during the entire war, OH ac-
count of her devotion and heroic adj
herence to the cause OF the Con-
federacy. During these scrtible
hours her history was one blaze OF
Those four years form the brightest
Jewels I'm Virginia's crown of glories.
Sirs, Virginia would consider that
! had poorly performed the part as.
signed ME If should fail on this
accession to convey TO you her con-
tinuous conviction of the justice of
our Cause ana her firm belief that
the conduct of herself and her sister
States in this conflict needs neither
defense nor apology. In this war the
South contended for the sovereignty
of States against Federal aggression
and power. She fought for the great
principle of home rule against out
side, illegal interference. This great
doctrine OF home rule is the most pre-
cious of all rights possessed by man.
kind For Its maintenance more ar.
mics have been marshalled, more bat
ties fought, more blood sacrificed,
more treasure expended than all other
causes combined for which man ever
contended The recent action OF the
Federal authorities in Washington, in
sustaining and aiding the secession
of Panama from the Republic of Co.
lOmbia in South America was 4 com
nlete and thorough endorsement oil
the Justice of the Southern secession
movement. We are glad to receive IN
the course of time this high source q
thorough approval of the righteous
ness of our Cause, though it may come
a little t'alated. There are some who
measure the justice and righteous
ness of a cause by whether 1t sue.
ceeds or fails, hence. because the.
Southern secession movement failed
it.receiyes their condemnation. But.
sirs, those who would thus measure
the Justice of a cause by its success
or failure little know history, CT the
great and profound truths and les
sons which the annals of mankind
disclose.
Speak history! Who are life's vic
tors?
Unroll thy long annals and say:
Are they those whom the world call
victors?
Who won the success of a day? :
The Martyrs or Nero?
The Spnrtans who fell Mt Thermopy
lac trust
Or, the Persians and Xerxes?
His Judges or Socrates?
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