The weekly true Democrat., 1910-05-06
lhs HuOeS Of
The COnfedraty
he SpIendTd Tribute Of NJ. Edward
b EgpeS 10 TIE Soldiers o. The
Lost Cause.

Az the confsdsrate Vstsrans RsuniOn
Nr. EpPes Said
desire to express my Appreciation
Of ths honor conferred By this invitatipn
% deliver the Memorial address. aud to
extend my thanks Tor The eourtesy. In
handling my subject bee leave TO de-
part from the usual custom Of devoti1e
he whole tins to a enlosy Of the Lost
Cause" and it's brave defenders. We all
honor and love their memories; no true
son or daughter Of the south can ever
FORFEIT the fories or the suHsrinss that
were crowded into the four years that
this Great struggle endured, bat am
practical school man and would speak
from that standpoint We meet today
20 honor the memory Of the dead who
fell IN that greatest Of modern eOnfliets,
,sThe war between the Statss," fOrty-6ve
years have passed since its close, yet
the heroic deeds Of its brave warriors
are stiiI fresh IA our minds. II - well
thRt this should Be the case. for their his
tory is an inspiration 70 future genera
tions Of Americans. yet we shOuld avoid
any feeling Of bitterness and LEI our
minds dwell rather upOn what is noble
and eommendahls In the actions Of beth
aEmioA
One Of the misfortunss Of conquer
Cd; people is that their histories
have been written chiefly ~ the con-
queroxs; human naturs has impslled
such Historians 70 eoavsY che idea that
the winning Sids vas Ia the riGht, rather
thaa 70 rsaIly give q fair. truthful and
amptraiaf aceount Many Of ths histories
used "a ths hehools Of the United States
teem % have besa writes ehisflY
sfvh,s ~ viev. Thsir suthsrs
have 10 distorted and misrspresented
fhe faets, as to leave mistaksn impress
ion On the minds Of the school children
Of Amsrica calculated to preiudics them
moat unlustly aesinst the Southsrn con-
fsaeraey and 70 lead them 20 think Of
the war between the States ss q war Of
rSbsllion. The charge that the Coated
crates were in any sense Whateverrebcis
traitors or criminals is such transparent
lalsshood thatit is difheult to under-
stand how any psrson Of avCrage intslli-
fence, after having studied a truthful
histcry Of the facts I'm the case, can en-
tsrtain such an idea. The States were
Sovereign Powers before the Union was
ever formed; they reserved ali powers
not expressly delegated 10 the Union BY
ths Consultation. The States entered
is Union a. matter Of convenience
for the mutuai protection Of these Sow
ersien Powers and in the early history
: oi ihs Union ali intelligent minds con-
ccded that any State had q right 70 Sc
csds trom Il shouId Il cease to answer
this purpose. On some occasions the
sNew EnGland States seriously msditaied
taking Sueh q step.
Atthe time the Southsrn Siatss seced-
"a, ths covernnsnt Of this Union had
fallen into the hands Of party whose
avowsd purpose was 10 destroy some
ofthese reserved powers in open violat-
ion Of the Constitution; the States were
thsrcfors fuiiy Iasti6sd inssesding. No
men ever gave sirOntsr proofs Of SINGER
isy thaa ala ths soldiers of the cOnfsd-
eraey. for without proper equipmsnt or
preparafioh and cut Of from obtaining
such sappliss By The Northsrn Bloekade,
nay defended tkeir coaafry lor iOuf
ysan aaaiast inVadsn who outnnmbsr-
q thsm fDar 10 one and we're provided
win az arms and suppliss that ths re-
eorress % 6hs world eonid fnrnish. The
mics of boih sections rsndsTed mili-
fary ssrvies laal q fierisus trfbuis 10
enaican Dlnahood suk ths aehisvnsnts
~ fha coufsdorats forces wera almost
1ac.l6as 1I.sif eaastn WsEs n vain
hni thsy have lhs 6tandsst record Ger
h.n conaafs ana psfssvsrhnes thai
uuia h.s ever knewn. apms ieea
htsesg nalaFs - tlis war en- b
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