The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-31
ROCK OF SAFETY
FOUND IN SOUTH.
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over his shoulder the Stars and Stripes
! of the united nation.
The little girls of the Confederacy
saw In this proud Haunting OF 3 .'for-
eign'' flag an arrogant indifference TO
the Stars and Bars and surrounded the
, insurgent In q clamorous throng
-aunts and entreaties bore no fruit.
and tho boldost of them all. miss
haif-grown, snatched the offending
banner from the fast grip of the en-
emy and ran with 1t TO the officer in
charge. followed by the angry. young
ster and his belligerents. The war
clouds were dispersed only when the
good Daughter OF the Confedcracy in
charge of the girls gave Young Peters
burg n Confederate banner as large as
the union jack of which he was robbed.
Pays Tribute to Dead.
In the course of his address Mayor
Richardson paid high tribute to the
spirit which had brought the vast
multitude TO witness the memorial, and
to the soldiers of the South who paid
with their lives for a cause which
was Just. and now lie buried in the
south's greatest metropolis. He quoted
from the speech Of Jefferson Davis to
the United states Senate. in which
Davis assured his colleagues that his
State rs well as the South, was re-
firing from the Union not with the in
tehtion To DO injury to other sections
OF the nation. or In n spirit of hostili-
~. but tc defend inherited rights
In the same spirit" said the Mayor,
we have assembled here to-day. Not
Ill hostility to others, not TO stir up
striie, not to revive the bitter ami
mosities of war, not TO mar the cordial
relations between those who We're on
posed in battle, but with sincerity and
frankness 10 reiterate to all the
world our profound conviction Of the
Justice OF the Southern Cause. our
admiration of the courage and con-
stancy with which that cause was de-
fended, and to testify our undying af-
lection FOR our kinsmcn and comrades
VINO wore the gray and died in the
defense of liberty" \
Fought In Just Cause.
The speaker expressed impatiencc
with the tact which Is often used in !
discussing the causes OF the late war |
in his own mind, he said, there was |
no doubt of the justice of the South
ern cause
But even at thi. time. in some |
sections of our country" said Mayor
Richardson, "ald sometimes even in |
our own jornals and from our own |
people. we hear the patronizing and |
nalf-apologetic remark applied TO the |
Confederate soldier-'he fought for
Confederate soldier has no excuses to
offer for his course. He desires no
apology for his conduct from friend
or foe. He fought for what he krcw
was right. and FOR the truth or his
convictions he appeals to the history
of the past and the enlightened judg-
ment OF this and future ages"
Mayor Richardson skctched briefly
the. leading events which brought on
hn Dot
from his analysis that it was never
the purpose of the South to perpetu-
ate the institution of slavery, and that
1t fought to conserve he sovereignty
OF the individual state. He spoke in
terms OF the unselfish SER
vice and devotion of Confederate wo-
men both during the war and in the
dark Reconstruction period.
South VIII Save Country.
This conservatism which led tho
South TO oppose to oppose an infringe
ment OF what 1t considered the pecu-