Evening star., 1909-06-07
TO THE DEAD IN GRAY
Services in Confederate Sec
ton at Arlington.
DEFENDS THE LOST CAUSE
Col. R. E. Lee Delivers the Address
of the Day.
PRAISES SOUTHERN SOLDIER
Rejoices in a Reunited Country Un-
der President "Big. Enough to
See Across the Potomac"
PRAISES SOUTHERN SOLDIER

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to the Confederate dead who rest at Ar
| lington by at least 10000 persons who
went over to the beautiful tree crowned
| hill across the Potomac that once was
the home Of the Confederate commanding
general, Robert f. Lee. In all their
phases the ceremonies were marked by
severe simplicity relig. g.ous tone domi-
mating everything.
! Veteran Confederate soldiers. their sens
and daughters. grandsons and grand
| daughters stood together beside the
graves of the men who gave their lives
| for the lost cause. Col. Robert 4. Lee.
jr.. grandson of the Confederate leader,
delivered the address of the day.
| The throng then moved to the Confeder-
| ate graves and saw them decorated by
| the young women who formed south
ern cross before a floral cross that had
/ been erected on a small mound. After
singing Onward. Christian Soldiers
| the spectators stood silently by while
| the floral cross was unveiled by Miss
Edna Saunders, sponsor, and Miss Susie
Reilly maid of honor A poem by Mrs
j. Walter Mitchell was read.
| The sounding OF assembly opened the
exercises at O'Clock. This was followed
by America" played by the 10Th Cav
| airy Band. The invocation was delivered
! by the Rev. Roland Cotton Smith, rector
of ST. Johns Episcopal Church. and a
| quartet sang abide With Me-"
Col. Lees Address.
Col Lees appearance on the speakers
stand was received with applause by the
spectators, all of whom stood up to
greet him.
I'VE have arrived at another milestone
on the road of history he said, land
have gathered here to honor the southern
soldier who stood and fought for his
principles and died endeavoring to uphold
them.
'"The nation will never grow old. and
patriotic valor will never pass from the
memory of man as long as the race is
young. Fresh garlands shall wreathe old
and broken monuments. and as time
rolls on the remembrance of those cour-
ageous. fearless men who fought the
battles of the brave will grow but sweeter
and dearer to our hearts.
There is a movement on foot to erect
a perpetual monument to the heroism and
valor of the southern soldier. and l pray
/! that l may live to see it. The southern
soldier deserves 1t. The southern women
will erect it. The world will admire 1t.
and this nation will protect it. There is
no more fitting place for such Elonu-
ment than Arlington, where dWelt the
| leaders in two revolutions, one cuiminat-
| ing at Yorktown and the other at APP
| pomattox and the last was no less just
| and righteous than the nrSt.
Praises the Southern Woman.
Col. Lee then lauded the southern wom-
an saying: Her footsteps lead to
| heaven Grace is in her gesture. heaven
| is In her voice and in her every move
| ment beauty and dignity abide. The
southern plantation was the happy home
| Of a contented family. but. above all,
| it was tne kingdom of the southern
| woman.
When the red curtain of war rolled
| up it revealed the south ready to de-
| fend her own. her principles. her tradi-
! tions and the sanctity of her homes 1t
| revealed the southern soldier ready to do
his duty. The Confederate soldier was
the greatest fighting machine ever put
upon Gods green earth. He asked not
as to the number of his enemy. All he
wanted to know was where the enemy
could be found
| After reviewing certain historical
phases of the war between the states
and their bearing upon the result, Col.
Lee said:
Historians tell us that if Gettysburg
had been won instead of lost by the
Confederates the hills of Appomattox
would have been won by them. Had
! .StOnewalr Jackson lived Gettysburg
| would have been won. for he was a Won
1 derful general with marvellous brain
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| soldier
Defends the Lost Cause.
The cause Of the Confederacy. continued
the speaker. was just in conception and
| fearless and spectacular in execution, but
pathetic in result. The southern soldiers
were not os;entatious over their victories,
he added, nor did they despair when they
followed the hearse of their hopes back
| to their devastated homes to begin life
over again.
| You survivors of the conflict" he said.
closing. witnessed at Appomattox April
g. 1868. the death and burial of your
country Today. by the grace of God
and a reunited country. you witness a
beautiful resurrection, and all the brave
deeds performed by you and your COM
rades come vividly before the mind and
eye The world shall ever look down the
vista of time and behold the glorious past
of the SOUTH land of matchless promise
and indomitable will.
I'VE have in the White House Presi-
dent who is big enough to see across the
Potomac river and feast his eyes on the
i finest fields and plains and mountains in
the world: a man who will be the Pres.
dent of the whole United States man
who has shown his love for the south
/ and received her warmest love in re-
| sponse.
/ The Southern Cross.
Those who formed the Southern CROSS
| on the mound after Col Lees address
were Miss Louise Weldon. Miss Nellie
Reynolds, Miss Asenath Johnson, Miss
Nancy Weeks. Miss Pauline Cohen. Miss
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