The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-11-13
Union !. more complete than ever be-

10 erect this monument, the rank and
die of the Confederate armies. tho
men whose Ga fsge and devotion lift
"a Robert e. Ice. Albert Sidney john
3 ston. Joseph l.. Johnston and Stone
wall jackson higher and higher. till
they wrote their names among the
stars. That was great jubilee at
Washington In 1898. II marked not
only peace with Spain. but signified
everlasting peace between the North
and South.
Era of Honor and Justice.
The present Is the era not only
OF honors to the dead. but OF Justice
TO the motives and patriotism OF both
EnieH and Confederate soldiers The
historian no longer repeats the false
hood that the men who lie here be-
fore us, and their comrades who sleep
on thousand hattlehelds, died that
slavery might live; or that the sol
diers who rest in these graves over
there enlisted to set the colored race
free, That was not the issue upon
which war between the North and
South was fought.
"FouF-fifihs of the Confederate SOL
diers were n1nslaveholders, and the
soldier in blue did not enlist 10 eman-
cipate the slave. They fought for the
Enson; the Ccnfederates for inde
peudence. All were freemen. fighting
for the pjel petuity Of Tree institutions.
The survivors Of the two armies and
civilians as well North ard South,
now Vie with each other in honaring
both the tederal and Confederate
dead.
We are in Americas second era of
good feeling In the first II was only
q dream of the fathers that the Union
woud be perpetual. a dream inspired
by the belief that because the theory
of State right was then generally ac-
cepted there never would be cause
for secession. Now We know that the
Union is 10 be perpetual because there
never can be secess. on, that question
having been settled forever To US
has come instead of uncertainty,
certainty. ours is the substance Of
what the fathers only hoped for.
Power ot tni.e.a asct,uoi4c.
1T has been given to us to see
with our own eyes what their pro-
rhetic vision could not have fore
east-the material prosperity, the
grandeur. the power Of this united
republic as II is today. Our eyes
have seen, too, the unspeakabie hor-
rors Of disunion--an outpouring. dur
ing four years of war Of blood and
treasure which II never could have
entered into the Imagination of our
ancestors to conceive. and for which
tasicn of this hour in which there
comes to us from every battlefield Of
our great war memories Of heroic
de eds that have brought us closer
together in a union 10 preserve which
our posterity VIII never be called upon
to make sacrifices.
And now, speaking for myself and
my surviving Smrades, we thank the
noble women VINO have made sure the
noble monument that is. soon TO rise
=, on this spot. We Lha nk the Oliver etsf
all good that He has bounteously
heightened oat our lives that we
might behold this glorious day, and
that He gave Us the courage TO stand
in the day Of battle by the side of and
be able TO claim comradeship with
the soldiers In whose memory / now
lay this cornerstone"
Following the address Of Colonel
Herbert The Lost Chord" was play
ed by the band. with cornet solo,
william Jennings Bryan, orator of
tht day. was then presented by Mrs.
Frank G. Odenheimer, first vice pres
ident general.
Tribute to Womanhood.
Mr.. Bryan said in part;
1T Is appropriate that the erection
of this monum mt should be intrust-
ed to the United DauA& 4ers Of the
- GUnfedtrd cy--thAt sptenid organiza
ton which has called forth the en-
ergies Of the women of the South
and brought them into cooperation
In the doing of SO much for the well
fare of their sections and the colin-
try
hrst at the SepHicaeF-hofds undis-
puted sway on occasions ike this
Her ministrations invoke the sweet
and sacred T7pr-foriCs that ffnk Us III
brilliant past whrfe sne points Us
to the brighter visions of the future
1t IN hitting, too hat the Daugh-
tiers OF the Revplution shout narf o.
pate in these eXerC.s~. for both Nortl!
and South inherit from the patriots
of colonial days
And IL liz entirely proper that the
president Of the un~ 4 States should
welcome to the national capital those
who come upon SO laudable mission
as that which inspires the citys
GUSTS
The North and South Jointly con-
trtbuted to the causes that produced
the war between the states They
share together the responsibility for
the introduction Of slavery: they bore
together the awful sacrifices tnat the
conflict compelled and they inherit to-
gether the glories of the struggle,
written in bravery and devotion.
Enormous as was the cost and bitter
as were the animosities that were
aroused, charity and forgiveness have
sprung up like flowers from the bat
tlefelds and their fragrance will en-
dure.
Capital Pro-er Place.
The capital city - the place for
-- such "A tt1ot1uTUFut and We must CON
Tess that 1t IL not complimentary to
us that its building has been so long
delayed. In this throNbing heart of
the nations political life the monll-
ment whose cornerstone we lay to-
day will stand as Il visible proof Of
The harmony and concord that make
our nation one
1T has occurred to me that the
thought most worthy to be given SUI.
preme emphasis on this occasion / ; the
thought found in the ninth verse of the
sixteenth chapter Of Proverbs =,
mans heart deYiseth his Way: but ths
Lard directeth his steps
THE Bible passage which I have
quoted is offered for your consideri-
tion on this occasion. because the V NJ
Between he States which these exer.
cises recall furnishes Us suprtsm.
Illustration of JehoSah's dealings witt
+ fftan great issue arose among III,
people 81 "A great nation, passion VIZ.
engendered, and anger clouded th'
minds of disputants. Finally the cdust
was submitted TO the arbitrarne nj -