The Washington herald., 1912-11-13
TAFT WELCOMES
WOMEN OF U. D. G.
Continued from Page One.

W nlIe, VINO was unable 70 come 70 WaBn-
ington. presided and introduced the
speakers
Contains Copy of The Herald.
Bishop Robert A. Gibson. of Virginia.
delivered the invocation. Wallace strea-
ter read list Of the articles placed in
the cornerstone. which included United
States and Confederate flags, rosters of
| chapters and camps OF the United
Daughters and Veterans and Sons OF
Veterans Of the Confederacy. pieces OF
Confederate money. and other historical
objects. and copies of The Washington
Herald and other newspapers.
Col Herbert, before laying the corner
stone, delivered an address IN which he
discussed the causes OF the civil war,
and the events that had followed.
Time is the blessed mother Of recon-
citation said Col Herbert. THE en-
bers Of passion die out. The kindly
winds Of Heaven blow away the smoke
OF battle. Everywhere our people are
engaged in the arts Of peace. The bright
sunshine falls upon the green fields and
growing crops Trade flows where armies
trod. Commerce floats where ships Of
war sailed.
Respect, confidence and mutual ad-
! miration take the place Of hatred and
distrust. Ex-Confederates in Congress
the navy. The questions that once d.
vided the North and the South are
settled forever, and the Union is more
complete than ever before.
1T is to those soldiers that we are to
erect this monument, the rank and file
of the Confederate armies, the men
whose courage and devotion lifted Rob-
ert z. Lee, Albert Sidney Johnston. Jo-
seph' z. Johnston. and StonewsIl Jack
higher hf0haF
their names among the stars That was
great Jubilee at Washington in 1899
1t marked not only peace with Spain,
but signifed everlasting peace between
the North and South.
Era of Good Feeling.
We are in Americas second era Of
good feeling. In the first 1t was only a
dream Of the fathers that the Union
would be perpetual, a dream inspired by
the belief that because the theory Of
state rights was then generally accepted
there never would be cause for secession
Now we know that the Union is to be
perpetual because there never can be Sc
cession, that question having been set
tied forever. To us has come, instead
Of uncertainty, certainty Ours Is the
substance Of what the fathers only hoped
for.
surviving comrades, we thank the noble |
women who have made sure the noble |
monument that is soon to rise on this |
spot We thank the Giver OF all good |
that He has bounteously heightened out ]
our lives that we might behold this gIo- |
rious day, and that He gave US the cour- |
age to stand In the day OF battle by the |
side Of and be able to claim comradeIhIp
with the soldiers in whose memory now /
lay this corner stone
Col. Herbert. Mrs. OdenheImer, Miss
Mary Gusts Lee, Of the famous Lee fam
lily, and Corporal Tanner participated in
the placing Of the, corner stone, placing
mortar upon its foundation with q silver
troweL
Bryan Wears q Badge.
Col Herbert was followed by Col. Bry-
an. who wore a Z. D. c. ribbon and a
badge Of Camp A P. Hill Camp, No. 2,
United Confederate Veterans, of CuIpep-
per- where Mr.. Bryan's father was born.
The badge was sent to Mr.. Bryan by the
camp.
This is an occasion that brings Glad
ness to my heart" said Col Bryan. II
have welcomed every evidence Of a re-
uniting country, and there is no occa-
sion in which I could participate with
more pleasure than one like this.
1T is appropriate that the erection of
this monument should be intrusted to the
United Daughters of the Confederacy-l
that splendid organization which has
called forth the energies of the women Of
the South and brought them into COOP
Grafton in the doing of so much for the
welfare OF their sections and the coun-
try.
''Woman-last at the cross and first at
the sepulcher-holds undisputed sway on
occasions like this. Her nninistrations in
yoke the sweet and sacred memories that
link US to a brilliant past, while she
points US to the brighter visions OF the
future.
1T is fitting, too, that the Daughters
Of the Revolution should participate in
these exercises, for both North and South
Inherit from the patriots Of colonial days
And 1t is eniCely proper that the
of the United States should well
,ome to the National Capital those who
some upon so laudable a mission as that
which inspires the city's guests.
The North and South jointly contrib
Ited to the causes that produced the war
,Stween the States. They Ehare to- ,
;elher the responsibility for the introduc-
ion Of slavery; they bore together the '
.wful sacrifices that the conflict COM
'elled and they inherit together the I
lories of the struggle, written in brav- {
ry and devotion. Enormous as was the
hat were aroused, charity and forgive c
ess have sprung up like flowers from I
he battlehelds and their fragrance will 7
ndure.
The Capital city is the place for such
monument and We must confess that it {
not complimentary to US that its build 2
1g has been SO long delayed. In this I
hrobbing heart Of the nations political .
fe the monument whose corner stone n
re lay to-day will stand as a visible
roof Of the harmony and concord that
lake our nation one.
Pledge of Peace.
"on the summit Of the Andes, where d
rEentina and Chile meet, the represen- z
atives of the two countries have placed n
bronze statue OF Christ. It is q heroic "
Gure and represents the Prince of e
eace, one hand holding aIoft the cross, = =
he other stretched forth as II invoking y
benediction, Around it are the snow A
ad peaks Of that lofty mountain range.
embodies a sublime sentiment, and the
onument is in itself pledge Of perpet-
Al peace between the nations. In
$50 let this monument be emblematic W
our nations unity of aim and purpose. So
tandinE on the line that once separated a,
yo unfriendly sections, 1t becomes %
md Of unity, and, breathing the spirit =.
Him who laid the foundations OF y
liversal brotherhood, It will be to the a.
'untry a promise OF never-endinE good
IN"
Col. Herbert introduced Corp. Tanner