The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-05-17
MEMORIAL DAY OBSERVED.
ANNUAL ADDRESS AT CEMETERY
DELIVERED BY HON. II. &.
Mcleod OF BISHOP
WILLIE.
Camp Fire Girls Decorate Graves OF
Departed Confederate Soldiers -
Salute Fired over Graves by Sum-
ter Light Infantry-Large Attend
ance Present at Exercises.

Memorial Day was fittingly observed
I'm this city Monday. The exercises
held at the cemetery in the afternoon
were more than usually interesting
and the address which was delivered
by the Hon. II. G.. Mcleod of Bishop
Vile was an inspiring one. There
was large attendance of men, women
and children at the exercises and all
paid the strictest attention while hon
or was being paid in an appropriate
manner to heroes Of lost cause.
: The exercises were held under the
auspices Of Dick Anderson chapter,
United Daughters of the Confeder-
acy. who had made all of the arrange
ments of the occasion, which turned
out so happily and successfully. DR..
Geo. w. Dick presided over the exer-
cises.
AT the gate to the cemetery the
line of march was formed, the band
being in front and leading. Coming
next to them were the Confederate
veterans-the heroes of many q bat
tle-who took their seats on the stand
as the line advanced. The Camp Fire
Girls of this city came next with their
beautiful wreaths and after them
came the members of Dick Anderson
Chapter, the Sumter Light Infantry
the battalion from the high school
and the public generally.
The exercises were opened by q Sc
lection from the Sumter Band, after
which Rev j. +. Marion made a
short but beautiful prayer Another
selection from the band was then
rendered during which time the little
girls placed their wreaths OF flowers
on the graves OF the Confederate SOL
diers buried in the cemetery.
Dr. Geo. w. Dick introduced the
speaker of the occasion. referring to
him as the son Of one OF the most gal
liant captains OF the Confederate army,
and n son of Sumter, loaned to Lee
County for a time.
Mr.. Mcleod took for his subject,
The Sovereignty Of the State" and
made most eloquent and beautiful
address. His address was afterwards
referred 10 by many who heard him
as one OF the most fitting and splen-
did orations ever heard on Memorial
Day. The speaker. in commencing his
address, referred to the difference in
temperament and surroundings Of the
New England Puritan and the South
ern Cavalier. Puritan thought, Puri-
tan Literature, he stated, dominated
the North, while Cavalier thought,
and Cavalier Literature dominated the
South. He stated that he had learned
OF the history of the war in the South
from the fireside. and 1t seemed that
1t must always be taught there, for it
seemed that the text books could not
teach 1t without prejudice.
He stated that the war was not
brought on by slavery, this was only
an incident of the war The war was
brought on by the difference between
the Puritan of the North and the
Cavalier OF the South. Its origin went
back to the strife between Puritan
and Cavalier in England. more than
century before the war. The con-
stitutional convention was dominated
by Southern men and Southern brain
and these leaders had not once thought
OF the State other than as a sovereign
~. This idea of State rights vas ad-
vocated by Massachusetts in 1872;
later II was again advocated by South
Carolina when this State had nulli-
fled the tariff. He referred to re-
cent cases i'm Missouri and Texa.
when the United States Supreme Court
had again decided i'm favor of State
rights. In California at the present
time President Wilson and Secretary
Bryan were begging and pleading with
that state not to- do anything TO the
detriment OF the nation. They could
not command the state not to enact
these laws because they recognized
the doctrine of states rights.
But said the speaker, las Nor
man and Saxon united after their
clash To form IL greater nation; as
Puritan and Cavalier united To form
"A greater England. SO the union of
North and south today made possible
a greater nation of the United states"
The North had done its part i'm this
Process by holding the union togcth-
er while the South had also done her
part by uphOlding the sovereignty of
the state. and defending the princi-