The Cairo bulletin., 1909-06-12
MONUMENT TO
STEPHEN D. LIE
DEDICATED IN VlCkS6URG MA
TiONAL CEMETERY--WAT-
TERsON PRESIDED. !
RANKS ARE THINNING
And Soon All Who Survived Civil
War VIII Be Gone-W atterson
Paws Tribute TO the
Great Mssssippian.

Vicksburg, Miss. June 1.-THE
monument erected to the memory OF
General Stephen d Lee. the noted
Confederate commander, by the
United Confederate Veterans, was
dedicated In the National cemetery
here this afternoon. Henry Waiter
son, OF Lousvillee, Ky. presided at
the ceremonies. Upon taking the
chair as presiding officer Mr.. Wa
Iterson said:
Standing by the Father Of Waters
let me first give thanks to God, that
from the Falls of St Anthony to the
Gulf OF Mexico, It flows through an
unhroken succession of American
states; at once chain ana an EN-
blem of perpetual s'nion between the
North and the South.
1t was 10 gain this outlet to the
sea that we acquired the Lou'slana3
Of France. 1t was to keep It open
that the yeomau of the great north
west took the field The purpose to
close 1t proved an error of farrearh
ing magnitude; hut II II be true, %
Gibbon tells rs, that History is lite
more than the register of the crimes.
follies and misfortuncs of mankind.
what must not all Of MS have to
answer for when Reason comes to
the final disposition of the facts of a
conflict which even now han e3
philosophy; because the South, fore
doomed to defeat. riskeI all and hed
everything to lose; the wonder beng
and the glory that against such cdda
the self.confpIent bnt vanquished AMI
vanished Confederacy was able to
hold out SO long.
Those of us who survive that
dread ordeal. are old men now and
each annual rollcall brings yet
| fewer Of us together. Presently
there will remain among the living
not one who fought on either side.
| Happy those who have been spared
to look upon a lani never again to
be wet by fraternal blood and a poo
| pie reunited forever in hand and
heart. The mystic chords of mem
ory. stretching from every BATTLEFIELD
ana patriotic grave to every living
heart and and hearths tone touched
: long ago by the angels of orr better
! nature swell at last the universal
chorus Of the Union; the memory
OF deeds of kindness and Of valor
done; of common blood and race;
for impossible as the line of fire
| seemed, we were one people then
! and we are one people now tn War
Sections mutual and a blessed
heritage
This is why we are assembled
, in a National cemetery 10 rear a
| He was Of the best the South has
to offer upon the affairs of American
manhood, all that the North could
! wish an American TO be | have rid.
den to battle with him, and knelt by
his side in prayer and can truly sag
that what his great kinsman was to
Virginia he was TO Mississippi
SO prompt and capable and vet SO
,calm He nothing lacked in soldier
ship except good fortune"
After the nvciliug of the statue
accompanied by q salute from the
/ Warren Light Artillery and the sing
| ing of the Vicksburg school children
/ Mr. Waiter. rs a prelude to the in
| PRODUCTION of Lieutenant General
| Clement A. Evans. who presented Il
in the name of the Confederata Vet
Grams. and Major General Frederick
Dent Grant. who accepted II on be-
| half OF the government and the army
and the Hon. George r. Peek. WHO
| delivered the oratio>. said:
Il have declared that we are ona
people No air lines. nor water lines
NOR isotherual lines. seperate us into
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