Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1912-11-20
DAUGHTERS OF SOUTH
LAY CORNER STONE
Shaft to Confederate Soldiers in
Arlington Cemetery
SECTIONALISM is DISSIPATED
Colonel w. !. Bryan Made One of
The Addresses

southern women and Confederate
veterans, the corner stone of a mon
ument intended to crown the peace
oct weeu North and South was laid
last Thursday afternoon in the sec.
tiOo set apart for Confederate dead in
the National cemetery at Arlington.
The elaborate ceremonies were held
under the direction of the United
Daughters OF the Confederacy,w hich
raised $50 600 for the project.
After former Secretary of the
Navy Hilary A. Herbert had laid
the corner stone and William J.
Bryan had pronounced a dedicatory
GRAFTON, lauding the dissipation of
sectiopalism, the formal program Of
the dav was concluded. But Col
Onel Herbert, as master OF ceremo-
MES, surprised the throng OF spec
tators by calling upon Corporal
James Tanner Of the Grand Army of
the Republic, for the final word
from the North to the South.
Leaning heavily on his stick, Cor
pora Tanner raised his hands over
the crowd and pleaded for the ulti-
mate elimination of sectional feeling.
To you Of the younger genera
ton, he said, turning to the Daugh-
ters of the Confederacy crowded
about. Il appeal for the establish
ment OF true community of feeling
between the North and the South.
You can form no conception OF the
community OF feeling that exists be-
tween the old Johnny Reb and the
old time Yank."
From the little group OF old men
in faded gray who swung their tat.
tered Stars and Bars over the new
laid corner stone, a shrill rebel
yell" arose, and from then on the
talk of Corporal Tanner was pune
tuated with cheers. He was inter
rupted with round of applause
when he claimed Virginia as his
graveyard" - or" he explained,
Il was mustured out of the Union
Army at the second Bull Run by
Stonewall Jackson artillery"
Hilary A Herbert. Secretary of
the Navy in the Cabinet of Grover
Cleveland, laid the corner stone.
He made an address recounting the
circumstances of the struggle be-
tween the North and South that pro
voked the Civil War, reviewed the
history of the monument project and
told Of the many incidents Of recent
times which indicate the dissipa-
ton OF sectional feeling.
The orator of the day was William
j. Bryan. MIR. Bryan paid tribute
TO the southern women, the courage
Of the Confederate soldier, and APP
plauded their acceptance of the YER
dict OF the sword. He said, in part:
1T is appropriate that the cree
II of this monument should be in
trusted to the United Daughters of
the Confederacy---that splendid or
ganizatiou which mas called forth
the energies of the women of the
South and bought them into CO.
operation in the doing of SO much
for the welfare of their sections and
the country.
"On the summit of the Andes,
where Argen ga and Chile meet,
the representa- ives of the two coun-
tries have plac, l bronze statue Of
Christ. 1t is Il heroic figure and
represents the Prince OF Peace, one
hand holding aIoft the cross, the
other stretched forth as If invoking
benedictiOn. Around it are the
snow clad peaks of that lofty noun
tain range. 1t embodies a sublime
sentiment, and the monument is in
itself pledge of perpetual peace
between the nations.
so let this monument be emble-
matte of our nations unity of aim
and purpose Standing on the line
that once separated two uniriendly
sections, it becomes a bond of unity,
and, breathing the spirit Of Him
who laid the foundations of a uni
versal brotherhood, il will be to the
country a promise OF never-ending
good will.