The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-08-08

the DraVery of the Virginians on that
SION 1 merely at this time
uiVerge from what I am about to say
TO give public utterance to that fact.
That men of my own native State
may not be robbed of their part in
that heroic struggle.
In saying what / have. Mr.. PreSi-
oent, 1 nave only done so in order to
give some conception of my own feel
ing IN this matter. / recognize he
courage and the bravery of the men
VINO were connected with the Confed-
erate navy On the Mississippi river
ana ner tributaries during and before
the Vicksburg campaign. should
be willing to contribute my
own small share toward the erection
OF a to their heroism and
tnelr courage. 1 have in the past made
cheerful contribution to the Confed-
crate monument at the county seat of
my own county in North Carolina. and
1 did it with a feeling that l was in a
small way contributing to the perpet-
uatlon Of the memory Of those brave
and heroic men.
But Mr.. President, is this the prop
er time for us to appropriate money
from the Federal Treasury to perpet-
uate by Federal law the acts Of those
who sought to destroy the very gov
eminent from which this appropria-
~ ooo6III. {
years after the War of the Roses had
terminated in England no one in
CURED on which side their ancestors
ought, except as a matter of pure
historic investigation. The English
people were alike proud of the men
who fought on both sides in that
great epoch in English history. wheth-
er under the banner of York or Of
Lancaster.
prrho h1r A & roo NC 49, ~Io-
be so FEARS from today, it might be in
good taste. 1t nay then be meet and
proper for the Federal government to
appropriate the money to perpetuate
in bronze the memory OF Confederate
sailors and soldiers that served dur
ing the Civil War.
There are probably half a million
Federal soldiers still living I doubt,
Mr.. President. the wisdom that would
take money from the Federal Treas
ury at this time to pe~rpetuate by Off
cial act of this government during the
lifetime Of the half million men who
Wore the blue and who by their owl
heroic sacrifices perpetuated this Re
public to build a mOnumentTI read
commemorative of the service of
the Confederate navy on the Missis-
sippi river and its tributaries during
the Civil War"
Mr.. Williams: If the Senator will
pardon me
Mr.. Dixon: I notice the Senato<
from Mississippi has withdrawn that.
I think. most unfortunate use Of
words.
I do not believe, Mr.. President, the
time has vet come for this govern
ment to do these things officially. In
a private capacity, In the capacity Of
a Southern State, in the capacity of an
organization of ~onfederate veterans,
I think they are eminently proper. /
think the men of the North, with per
feet consistency, would gladly contrib
ute their personal funds for the cree
ton of this monument; but l do not
believe at this time the government
should enter on this plan, which is
merely the entering wedge. A monu-
ment at Vicksburg to the Confederate
navy is merely a prelude to a hundred
other appropriations for a hundred
other battle fields.
The valor of Confederate soldiers
can not be told in one bronze column
at Vicksburg. By the same rule OF
action and applying the same yard
stick. if it is right to appropriate
$4,000 for his monument at Vicks-
burg. then we ought also to dot the
battle fields of the Civil War with
bronze monuments to the men who
died in the cause that they believed
to be right.
With this feeling, Mr.. President. and
with a feeling Of regret that my Judg-
mont and my conscience do not allow
me to vote for this measure, and wish
ing only to make my own sentiment
plain, I am compelled by what [ CON
cefve to be my duty to all the coun-
try, at this time to cast my vote II
opposition to the appropriation.
Mr.. Dixon: Mr.. President. I an
sorry I did not get into the chamber
in time to hear the statement Of the
Senator from Virginia, and [ want td
ask him at this time is his fna
conclusion regarding the Virginia and
the North Carolina troops who par
ticipated in the so-called PICKET
charge at Gettysburg?
Mr.. Martin of Virginia.: Mr.. Presi-