The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-12

liz the emblem OF the South's patriot
Ism. Four years II waved its precious
toids above q righteous cause. and
when we furled II. il was because we
were overpowercd and not because we
were conquered. (Applauscj. Silent
ly and reSerently We laid thSt flag
AWAY. that our children and childrsn's
children coming after us might revere
1t; II VIII teach to them the principles
for which our fathers fought--States'
rights and constitutional liberty
Every Confederate State had share
In the War Between the States. Some
states suffered more than others. Dear
old Virginia was the battle ground
All. how Virginia suffered Over 500
battles were fought on Eirginia's soil
But believe North Carolina holds
the palm when Ii comes to sacrifice
(Applause). one fourth of all the Con-
fedcrate soldiers that we're killed dur
ing the War Between the States were
North Carolinians: onc-fourth OF all
who were wounded were North Caro-
linians; one-third OF all that died from
disease were North Carolirians: and
that Twenty sixth Regiment Of North
Carolina sustained the heaviest loss
ever sustained by any regiment dur
ing the war on either side. Eight hun
dred fell In Picketts charge. either
killed or wounded. and only eighty
were left to tell the tale. This shows
how the Old North State stands for
bravery.
You would think from this, wouldn't
YOU. that I am q North Carolinian? |
am not. but 4 Georgian. tApplause).
am Georgia born and Georgia bred.
OF parents Georgia born and bred
Georgian from the crown OF my head
TO. the soles Of my feet. and loyal
enough 10 old Georgia TO wear tonight
2 velvet dress woven on a Georgia
loom at Griffin. tApplause). But
Georgia has so many things Of which
10 boast she can we'll afford to be
magnanimous to other States.
! The War Between the states was n
! war OF secession and coercion. 1t
really came about by different inter
| probation of the Constitution. The
South interpreted 1t to mean State
| sovereignty The thirteen States rati-
fed that Constitution. why was it
ratified by them at that time IL they
were unwilling TO abide By il in later
years? CApplause).
| 4 very significant thing happened
! last year. The son OF Harriet Beecher
| stowe. Charles r. Stowe. gave a talk
| before the Fisk University al Nashville.
/ Tenn, the largest college for negroes
| IN the South, in which he said. 1T
| is evident that there was a rebellion.
| but the North We're the rebels. not tho
| South. tApplause). The South stood
| for state rights and slavery both of
which were distinctly entrenched
within the Constitution" Ana we
have had no harsher critic of the South
| than Professor Goodwin Smith. and he
said that YOU cannot accuse the South
crn leaders OF being rebels for "scces
| sion is not rebellion"
| For seventy-three years the South
stood back OF this Constitution 70 pro-
tect her rights and those rights were
protected: but when Abraham Lincoln
| was elected on an nti-slavery plat
| form, without an electoral vote from
| the South. war was inevitable. We
| felt that if ono States right was inter
| fered with. other States rights would
be. l have heard even some Southern
| people say that the war was fought
| TO keep our slaves What gross ignor
| ance. Only one-third OF the men in
| the Confederate army ever owned a
| slave. General Lee freed his slaves
/ before the war began. and General
| Ulysses :. Grant did not free his uu-
| til the war ended.
! In 1860 there were 100000 people
! in tho. United States-z3i.0e0.n 0n being
| north OF Mason's and Dixons line.
/ Nine millions only were in the South,
| and 1000. 600 Of these were our negroes.
That left 100000 people. including
young children and old men and
I
| coo had 10 be chosen. The North had
an army of nearly 100000. General
! Buell., general Oh the other side. said
| 1t took a naval feet and 10000 men
! to advance upon 100 Confederates Mt
/ Fort Henry. II took 10000 men TO
| whip 10000 at Shiloh. and ii took only
$1,000 Confederates TO drive back with
/ heavy loss $4,000 at Frederick sburg,
| Va" (Applause).
I Yes. there disDarity m
numbers. but the makeup OF our army
1 was the very flower of Southern man
hood; those men fought, Never in the
annals of history has been recorded
such devotion 10 duty and principles
as was found in the Southern soldier
| We were not then a manufacturing
! people: We We're an agricultural people.
( This cannot be said about us now SO
the home supplies soon gave out and
/ our soldiers did suffer sorey.
| Half clad. they went through storm
and sleet. through shot and she'll
| Half shod. they marched through
| thorn and thistle and. barefoot, scaled
I the mountain heights to meet the ad-
vancing foo.
| Half fed. on half rations they went
| without complaint and cheerfully
| shared their little with others in the
devastated regions.
| No you will never ind anything like
/ the record of the Confederate soldiers.
| They surrendered when forced TO sur
render like heroes. Can we blame
| them when they wept like children?
They came back 10 the old South to
readJust the old South TO the new order
of things. They do not acknowledge
| there is New South. Henry Grady
was very young man when no went
! 10 Boston and spoke OF the New
| South" He did not know how the
people Of the old South would feel
about that. There is no New South OF
! The South of to-day is the South OF
yesterday remade to fit the new order
of things. And the men of to-day and
! the women OF to-day are adjusting
themselves to the old South remade.
But the time has come now when the
men and women OF tho South can sit
down quietly and discuss with the men
| and women OF the North the War Be-
! tween the States, and have no bitter
F, ness in their hearts. We could not
have done this few years ago. il
only goes TO prove how our people
are becoming reunited people Our
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