The Washington herald., 1914-06-05

have to apologize for the sincerity or the
devotion OF its adherents.
When the battle clouds lifted and the
light of peace shone in: when the people
had again become settled in their wonted
avocations and dispassionately surveyed
the results, IL was found that the menace
which had so long disturbed the tran
guilty of the people and threatened the
existence OF the Unicn had been forever
removed. II was found that the fun
damental issues involved had been ire
vocably settled and that the foundation
stones upon which the republic rested
had been cemented anew by the shed
blood OF our countrymen from the
North and the South. Now, We are in
deed an indissoluble union Of inde-
structible States We are In very truth,
a government OF the people, by the
people, for the people resting on an en-
during foundation. As the fast vanish
ing lines of the surviving Federal and
Confederate soldiers marching side by
side in peace and amity enter the twilight
In the fading afterglow OF life's long day,
soon TO be forever lost to mortal sight
OF one thing we may rest assured and
that is, that whenever and wherever in
future the battle line Is drawn, there
will be found the sons OF these heroic
fathers and of their scarcely less heroic
mothers. standing side by side. shoulder
to shoulder. in defense OF the Union and
Tor the perpetuity of the government
founded by our fathers.
The contemplation of a glorious mast
stirs the blood in an hour like this. while
the thought of limitless future with
all Its possibilities. its hopes and fears,
oeckons our countrymen to the discharge
OF every duty and fidelity to every trust
IN peace even as the fathers we're Wig
liant and faithful in war"
Col. Robert E Lee, grandson of Robert
E. Lee. the great Confederate leader,
made the next address
We come to rejoice" said Col. Lee
that nowhere in the world save in our
own country, is 1t possible to witness a
scene such as this. II should be the OBJ
ject OF every American city of this gen.
Grafton and day TO allay passing strife
and subdue discord No act of the
South since the war has in any way been
inconsistent with its attitude Of submit
ting to the inevitable, an attitude that
was seen at Appomattox.
Great Paradox.
The civil war was the great American
paradox, for the North had no doubt of
sure 1t was right"
Col. Hilary A. Herbert. president of
the Arlington Confederate Memorial
Association, in a speech turning over the
to Mrs. Daisy McLaurin Ste
vens, summed up the history of the trib-
ute to the heroes of the South.
He said in part:
You are to hand, madam president
general. this monument in honor of our
dead soldiers to the head Of the govern
ment against which they fought, to be
cared for by that government forever;
and in that act. soldiers against whom
these men fought are participating. To |
one unfamiliar with our people and the |
workings of our institutions all this no |
doubt seems strange, and strange, too, !
he must think it. that in this unwilling |
you should be representing the public
sentiment of today in the State of Mis- |
sissippi as faithfully as did that immacu-
late statesman, Jefferson Davis. when he
drew tears from his audience as he bade
farewell to the Senate OF the United
States in 1861. To Americans this Is no
1t is the result of natural causes,
The liberalizing influences Of free insti-
buttons and Of modern education; the un-
but real chivairy of the
American soldier, Federal and Confed-
rate; foes on the picket line saluting,
instead of shooting. each other; men Il
'isking life in battle to give water to a
enemy, or to drag him out Of III
he line of fire: dividing rations with a
hungry prisoner: all these during the
var and since the war. hearty acknowl-
,dgment of each others purity of motive,
'atriotism and courage; intercbanges be-
ween Federal and Confederate organiza-
ions OF courtesies and hospitalities.
speeches like those We have Just heard.
Quotes from Gladstone.
Gladstone spoke the truth when he said
hat the Constitution Of the United
tates was the most wonderful instru-
nent ever struck forth by the hand of
nan in a given time. Under that Con-
titution our country grew to greatness.
Jnder it our prosperity has been abso-
itely without parallel, in spite Of our
ratricidal war. To preserve that Con-
tituton these soldiers in gray, here at
ur feet died; to preserve It those men
/ blue over there died. There has been
lore blood shed, and more treasure ex-
ended, for that instrument, than for any
nd all the charters of government that
yer were written 1t was ordained is /
ears ago. There have been but six
to 1t, and three Of thoss
ere incident to our war.