The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-10-13
CHIEF JUSTICE WALTER CLARK
AT THE STATE NORMAL. COLLEGE
Address Delivered on tn Occasion of the Dedication on
October Fifth OF the Building ITO the Memory of the
Women of the Confederacy."

.r.yd af. she Is proud OF ner vast |
..a.,y reaching from the surf Of
,h. ocean to the mountains, whose
INF t,.aks stand the SentinelS of the
.,tures along our western border. J
- proud of her u~nbounded e
IF her two and one-half mil
~ If people. than whom h sun
hines ON none who are better. She
.rnud Of her historic past. of the
rat men whom n has furnished to
"a. nation. her splendid record in
a,rc and war. She is proud OF her
r,.ead soldiers at Valley Forge and
49, Germantown. and of that "%forlorn
hnn." under Hardy Murfree who led
,br column Of stormers at Stony Point
rdSh use heroic figures stand out
.,,tnst the sky line OF history She
!, ,rand of the magnificent soldiery
nh, were first at Bethel. farthest at
Cctfv-burg and Chicamauga and who
,la.-d up four years Of an heroic
struggle by firing the last shot at
~Appamattox. But NOR than these,
man all. the State is proud of its
noble women. At 10 time have they
f,lIra in their duty but on all occa-
si,ns have measured up to the fullest
.t,ndard of devotion to duty.
I;ut am not here To make an eulogy
m woman. AS Webster said Of Mas
s,chusetts. She needs none Nor
have l. nor has any man, the power
,n DO her full justice. 1t is appro-
urilte that this building is to be dedi-
Gated TO the memory of the women
of the Confederacy." 1t could have
n, worthier or nobler inscription. In
p.,c,. woman has given us as Vergil
saws. "purer morals. and milder man
ners" From the day Of the Rape
of the Sabines" down to the present
her influence has been to pacify con
tending men. She has taken bar
barian and savage man and by her
gentle influence she has made him a
Christian and a gentleman-at least.
some Of them.
If the men are brave and patriotic
IL is the women VIVA hav raised them
and taught them to be so. When the
soldier goes to the field he goes in
ompany with his comrades, bright
and hopeful of the future. In battle
H. has the excitement of conflict, the
glory of victory. If he falls, he feels
nothing more. If he is wounded and
disabled he knows he has won the
enduring respect Of his countrymen
Not So with the mother, wife OIL
daughter. There are the hours OF
waiting: the terrible uncertainty of thu
new from the front; the weary watch
for footballs thai may never come
the fearful solitude in the little cabir
on the mountain side, or in the hom'
in the valley or by the river. WheI
the blow falls she may never see tn
body Of her loved one again, or know
the place Of his burial. Then fol
low the long years of loneliness AM
II may be Of poverty and deStltu
ton. All these things and more III
Southern women bore. 1t is exceed
ingly appropriate that this building
should be dedicated to the memoir.
or these women who suffered in Silenc
and bore without complaint the heavi
est burden Of the great struggle.
We all recall the jeweled %sentenc
which will sparkle like diamond
on the outstretched forefinger of a
ume'-the sentence in which Richar
Henry Lee summed up his tribute t
the greatest of Americans. 1 am sur
that my distinguished friend, Genera
'arr. Will agree with me that thos
words may we'll be applied to tn
noble women of North Carolina Fir:
III peace, first in war. and first in tn
heartS of their cOuntrymen."
statue Of DIR. Charles ID. McIyer.
On coming to these grounds it
good to see the statue which has bee
paced here by a grateful people, a d.
plcate OF which we have on the Cal
i'oi grounds in Raleigh. But there
" MN a grander memorial-tf
greatest that any man in North Car,
ma can ever have. Those who ha,
neen In the grand cathedral in Lol
uoh which bears the name of II
great Apostle to the Gentiles Will r
call The inscription beneath the nan
VI SIR Christopher Wrenn, the arch
teet who designed the building
auttles monumentum, circumSpice"-
II you seek his monument, loo
around you" The great building
sen will stand ever the truest III
nopleSt monument to his genius.
nete he real monument is not t
uiPhze statue IN the lawn but TT
,plehdid plant, this great institute
ne thousands of young women w
ndNe been educated here and the
u'ehce which has gone out throu,
u"eh which widens from day to d
""u which passing on and on W
1ut'dSt the centuries. No other sing
"'lrhce can surpass in the uplift
D." North Carolina.
tlter the battle of Jena and Aue