The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-06-05
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"~o"tihucu IRON FIRST EoEc.)
alton, in presenting tho monument to
the United Daughters OF the Confcd-
eracy at Arlington to-day declared the
unusual spectacle or parties tn II Civil
War participating in such a ceremony.
so soon after the wars conclusion WAS
mnde possible only through tho work
inrs or remarkable provisions of the
American Constitution, "for the preser-
walton OF tho fundamental ideas of
which both sides were fShting"
Colonel Herbert. formally giving
over the monument to Mrs. Daisy Nc
laurin stevens, or Mississippi. presl-
dent-gereral OF the United Daughters
who IN turn presented 1t TO the gov
eminent said:
ITO ono unfamiliar with our people
and tho workings of our institutions
all this no doubt seems strange. and
strange. too, no must think IL, that In
this unvei!ing you should bc repre-
senttng public sentiment in the State
of Mississippi az faithfully as did thnt
immaculate statesman. Jefferson Davis.
To Americans this is no miracle; Il IS
the result OF natural causes.
Tho chicfcst factor OF our wonder
ful coming together one people has
been our Federal Constitution. for tho
preservation OF tho fundamental ideas
Of which both sides were fighting. Tho
Constitution rests. and II can exist
only on the basis Of co-equaI, self-gov-
crning States. In tho days OF con
grcssional reconstruction. when Abra-
ham Lincoln, who alone could and
would have saved the South from that
awful calamity. even in that, the mad
dest hour the country has ever known
Congress rejected tho idea OF Keeping
;he South In a territorial State until
everything Southern was educated gu:
OF her: public sentiment. even then, de-
inandcd that, the Constitution be com
piled with"
MONUMENT ASSOCIATION
WORK. SINCE ORGANIZATION
Colonel Herbert reviewed the work
or the Monument Association since its
organization In 906, pointing out that
the idea OF n Confederate monument
at Arlington had It's inception several
years before that date.
we arc Indebted for this monument
primarily" he said, ito that soldier
President. William Mckinley. On tho
.lst day OF December, 1898, lust after
the Spanish American War. in which
the South had taken her full part. he
said In = speech in Atlanta: And tho
tmo has now come, in the evolution Of
public sentiment. under the providence
OF God. when In the spirit OF fraterni-
~ wo should share with you in tho
caro- OF the graves OF the Confederate
soldiers"
Colonel Herbert paid this tribute to
Sir Moses Ezekiel. sculptor OF the
monument:
IN Ieo1 ono OF the CADETS OF VIZ
Einia Military Institute, who distin-
Huishcd themselves as Confederate sol
diers at the battle OF New Market; now,
I'm his studio ut Rome. Italy, world
famous artist, still a Virginian and an
American"
GIVEN INTO KEEPING
OF FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
Tho memorial was formally given
into tho keeping OF the Federal gov
nv 81 ri
ems. acknowledgement OF the United
Daughters of the Confeicracy. and was
accepted by President Wilson.
Mrs. Stevens. in her address OF pre-
scntation. said:
1T would be both useless and i'm
pertinent for me to try to praise or
appraiso our Southern dead. Useless,
because the world has done and will
do that. Soldiers have laid laurcls on
their biers. Divines have quickcncd
listening mult!tudes to noblcr things
by recital OF their deeds. Poets have
cmbalmed their memory In tho honey
of immortal verse. 1t would be i'm
pertinent because only lips inspired OF
God could tell how Southern hearts
feel over our Southern dead.
They sleep within the shadow of
the home of Lee and in sight of the
dome Of the Capitol of their fathers
and their sons. Above floats the nag
they fought. but 1t does not wave
above their dust in jeering triumph,
but In loving protection. 1t seems to
send from each stripe and Star bene-
dic;ion upon their graves"
WILSON Is ANIMATED
by JEFFERSON'S SPIRIT
Turning to President Wilson, Mrs
stevens concluded:
MIR, President. surrender this
monument into your keeping, and
through you, to that of the nation
When Jefferson was contemplating the
Louisiana purchase. did he think of
the material greatness II would add
to the republic? Not So He said he
desired this territory in order that 1t
might become the home of happy men
ana women, living under American in
sututions. Yours, Mr.. President, was
Jchcrson's spirit when at Mobile you
said the United States had no inter
est In Mexico or any other foreign
lands. except to SEQ that the citizens
enjoyed tho right to tho pursuit OF
happiness under a constitutional and
just government. AS long as the gov
eminent shall rest in your hands, and
hands like yours, we feel sure Amcri-
can institutions Will not pass from the
earth. And In after years, when