The Caucasian., 1913-07-06
GETTYSBURG Semicentennial.

Gettysburg Semicentennial.
The semicentennial of the battle
of Gettysburg was celebrated by the !
presence of thousand Southern
ers. among them Gen. Bennett II.
Young, commander-in-chief OF The
United Confederate Veterans
Among the two hundred guests
seated on the platform were Gov
ernors Mann of Virginia, McLreary
of kentucky, Eberhardt of Mime
sofa, Senator Penrose of Pennsyl-l
yania and the following Confeder-
ate generals: Robinson of Texas,
West of Georgia, T. ]. Shaffer OF
Louisiana, A. ID. Williams OF Flor
ida, Carr Of North Carolina.
When General Young rose to
make his address the rebel yell was
given, and he was greeted with en-
thusiasm by the Union veterans,
/ with three cheers and tiger
Some of the notable things SAID
by General Young: There a.e
things in the past that are regret
table. Laws were enacted that chal-
lenge the equality Of the men OF
1.-THE South, but tried in the crucible
of reason, liberty and patrlotlsH
they all have been repealed. The
war has left no badge of inferiorlty,
and the men who wore the blue and
followed the flag of the Union ask
for and expect nothing that is net
the right OF the men who wore the
gray and followed the Stars and
Bars. It has been suggested that
Confederate soldiers should be given
the same privilege in National Sol
diers Homes as Federal soldlers-ll
tln1s should be done, | do not say In
the name Of my people that it would
he accepted. The South has beer
! patient and accomplishing. Fol
nearly fifty years the people OF the
South, without complaint, have con-
! tributed millions for the pensions o.
Federal soldiers. A nations grall'
J tude has been meted out through
. enormous grants to provide for tht
, Federal soldiers, their wives an
children. No murmur has ever con.'
from the men of the Confederacy a
: this vast outlay, and there are som'
who predict that the hour may ar
: rive in national life when the fev
: and infirm men who fought unde
: the Confederate standards with ad
; mittedly unsurpassed courag
\. should have in their evening tim
: the comforts and convenlences tina
Z their intrepidity deserves" Whll
the North cherishes the meinorle
= of its great leaders, the South, q
= said. claimed the same right as t
!, their heroes of the Confederacy.
II s.Robert E. Lee was to US tn
. greatest, noblest and grandest so
! der and man combined that tt
: world has ever produced" he sai'
- sStonewall Jackson. the 'vigorol
=, and skillful leader, who wake
- with God in prayer and used n
- divinely given genius for the d,
fense of the rights and homes OF n
people, is to US the embodiment
all that was great and sublime in
Christian soldiers life. 10 ot
IN minds the world has not produce
A. his equal"
u He paid tribute to other Confe'
in crate leaders, among them Abe
,I- Sidney Johnston, Joseph E. Johnso
ny J. E. B. Stuart, John H. Morgan, J,
ie, Wheeler, Nathan Bedford Fore
e. Wade Hampton, Hood and Lon
~ street.
..The men who fought in t
'toI greatest war of the ages. ma
or Iiercer by the fact that it was a CT
.es war now, he said, celebrate
Ct peace that bears no stains or bite
II tDess from the sad and savage des
it lation. losses and ruin Of a struge
ley that cost 100000 lives and su
oW treasure as defies the power Of fl
orI ures;; a peace that, like hease
cir peace, will abide always and e,
ee- stand for the preservation and {
nst| fense Of the highest and nobl
ideals of a republic.
lp- I'VE point with immeasura
tnrida ~ fhn nact- xrhafhpr m n