The Washington herald., 1914-06-05

That our Union under 1t II to be per-
| petual this monument we sunven today ID
! token. But today there are pending.
in the name Of progress, In yonder
| Capitol. over seventy propositions to
amend that old Constifuion--seventy ef-
| forts to modify or eliminate some one
or more Of those mmiments of life. lib
erty or property which have stood guard
over the American people while they
were working out their wonderful pros
perity. God save the Constitution
Paul Micou. grandson of Col. Herbert.
had been selected for the unveiling cere-
mony. At word from Col. Herbert. the
lad twitched a cord that opened the drap-
cries about the magnificent statue. The
| covering fell apart and one of the most
magnificent memorials ever erected stood
| revealed.
Mrs. Daisy McLaurin Stevens. presi-
dent Of the United Daughters OF the Con-
lfederacy, made the speech Of presenta-
tion
She said In part:
Seven decades since Wendell Phillips
standing in Boston, said. The honors we
grant mark how we stand
south Accepts Test.
I'VE OF the South accept the test. We
are willing to be judged by the honors
we accord today. All government before
Americas birth rested on the principle
that the masses Of men were unfit to
govern themselves. All past government
mad gone upon the idea that certain men
were by divine rights another's lord
Our fathers believed that the aim of
government was not the upholding Of
the throne Of certain kinds. not the carry
ing OF banners to unconquered lands,
but that the sole. legitimate aim was the
promotion Of the welfare of its citizens.
They believed there was no treason ex
cept disobedience to duty. no disloyaIty
except disloyalty to noble ideals and in
stitutions nobly won
1T would be both useless and i'm
pertinent for me to try to praise or
appraise our Southern dead Useless. be-
cause the world has done and will do
that. Soldiers have laid laurels on their
biers. Divines have quickened listening
multitudes to nobler things by the recital
or their deeds. Poets have embaImed
their memory in the honey Of immortal
verse. 1t would be impertinent, because
only lips inspired of God could tell how
Southern hearts feel unto their Southern
dead.
And now. Mr.. President, I surrender
this monument into your keeping, ana
through you to that of the nation. When
Jeherson was contemplating the Louis
lana purchase did he think of the mate
rial greatness II would add to the
Republic? Did he think of its noun
tains breasted with marble and veinea
with gold? Did he think of the living
gold of wheat and corn that would fash
on Its bosom. capable Of supporting an
army that could dwarf to nothingness a
dream OF Caesars or Napoleon's? Not
so! He said he desired this territory
In order that 1t might become the home
OF happy men and women living under
American institutions Yours, Mr. Presi-
dent. was Jefferson's spirit when at
Mobile you said the United States had
no interest in Mexico or any other
foreign lands except to see that the citi-
zens enjoyed the right to the pursuit of
happiness under a constitutional and
just government. As long as the gov
ernment shall rest in your hands and
hands like yours. we feel sure American
institutionas will not pass from the
earth, and that this monument will be
not only memorial of the past. but a
symbol Of the present and the future.
Look with Reverence.
In after years when American boys
and girls shall look with reverence upon
this bronze they shall thank God that |
they are Americans and shall resolve. |
that whether our nag shall float from |