The Washington herald., 1911-06-12

Paying tribute to Gen. Grant be-
fore hundreds of Southerners who
gathered in the Confederate section
of Arlington National Cemetery
yesterday afternoon to honor the
Confederate dead who are buried
there, Senator Robert Taylor, OF
Tennessee, scored those who are
continually raking up the ashes of
sectionalism, with reference to SEN
ator Hepburn, of Idaho.
While Senator Taylor used no
names, it was evident to whom he
referred when he spoke of Gen.
Lees statue in Statuary Hall in the
Capitol.
Is AMERICAN.
First Of all, am an American" said
Senator Taylor, In his Introductory SEN
tence.
before the statue Of Gen. Grant in the
Capitol and that he was proud to be able
to say that the Union leader was an
American like himself.
He was a genius in war and generous
in peace" he said. "As I stood there
felt sorry for a man who would be so
narrow and sectional to not be proud
to honor Gen. Robert E. Lee by a statue
Also"
Senator Taylor deplored the sectional
ism that was kept alive when all should
be buried by those who continually rake
up its ashes, and throughout his address
he spoke of the future of the reunited
country.
There Is no new South" Senator Tay-
lor maintained, but the South Of to-day
is merely. the regeneration OF sthe old.
with the spear wound In its side and
the marks of the nails in its hands and
feet"
He said the South Of to-day is burying
the past, although 1t may ever cherish
its memories and hold dear the prin-
ciples of liberty for which It fought, and
instead Of moaning over its battIehelds
is plowing them up and facing the fu-
ture with all the fearlessness with which
they faced the guns Of 81.
Secession was born and nursed In New
England, he said, and that before the
South had thought Of secession, several
New England States had organized a
secession party and threatened the dis
solution of the Union.
He declared that slavery was not the
cause of the war, but that the old South
was an imperial empire founded on q
throne of living ebony
Cause Is Revered.
There is no incompatibility between
loyalty to the Confederate cause and
loyalty to the Union,' he maintained,
for 1t would be ignobIe for the South
to turn its back on the cause for which
their fathers gave their lives"
Capt. John NJ. Hickey, commander OF
the Confederate Veterans Association,
presided at the exercises, which were
held in the Confederate section of the
cemetery, where 964 dead are buried.
Gen. George w. Gordon, commander-in-
chief Of the United Confederate Veterans,
was to have spoken, but was unable to
be present.
Rev.>B. D. Cav, pastor Of Washington
6dpllSL INC D6QeQlCIlOu
when a bugler of the Fifteenth Cavalry
blew Taps"
This was the signal for the unwilling
of the Southern Cross, 6 time-honored
custom participated in by the Sons Of
Confederate Veterans, assisted by the
members Of the Confederate Choir and
about thirty young women, each wearing
a red sash and dressed in white, the
colors of the Confederacy, and standing
TO represent a living Confederate battle
cross Mrs. Virginia Faulkner McSherry,
president general of the u. D. c., stood
In the center.
Miss Stella McDuf1e. sponsor, assisted
by Miss Virginia Griffith, maid of honor,
pulled the cord that uncovered the cross
Of flowers representing the Confederate
battle flag and bearing the words C.
S. A, Washington Chap, No. 305; U.
S. C. ""
After the exercises the committees pro-
ceeded to the tomb of the unknown dead
and placed q floral wreath, the symbol
Of a reunited country, before the mas
sive stone.