The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-06-10
c., WEDNESDAY. JUNE 10, 1914
HONOR The HEROES
MONUMENT Is DEDICATED TO
DEAD SOLDIERS OF GRAY
wilson MAKES SPEECH

wilson MAKES SPEECH
Daughters of Confederacy Presen
Arlington Memorial to Nation
Presidents Address Sounds Key
note of Peace and Amity Betweel
Brothers Lately Separated.
| A bronze monument, typifying tn
South rising triumphantly from tn
sufferings and privations Of war, wa
dedicated at Arlington National Gem
etery late Thursday afternoon to the
memory of the Confederate dead
The memorial was formally given in
to the keeping of the federal govern
ment by Mrs. Daisy McLaurin Stew
ems, president general of the United
| Daughters Of the Confederacy, anc
was accepted by President Wilson
who paid high tribute to the sincerity
and valor of those who fought under
the Stars and Bars. Gen. Washing
ton Gardner, commander-in-chief o1
the Grand Army of the Republic, and
Gen. Bennett Young, COMMANDMENTS
chief of the United Confederate Vet.
erans, delivered addresses giving sig
Inifcant expression to the amity now
existing between veterans of the blue
and the gray.
| A terrific thunderstorm broke over
the cemetery while President Wilson
was addressing the crowd. Rain
drenched the blue and gray veterans
and women and children before they
could seek shelter. There was wild
dash for automobiles and trolley
cars, participants and spectators
alike forgetting the almost finished
program.
The president who had cut short
mis- speech as the rising wind and
darkening skies announced the
storms coming, hurried to his car
with his two daughters, Mrs. McAdoo
and Mrs. Sayre. They were inside
before the rain came, but the ma
chimes top afforded poor protection
and the party was drenched on the
seven mile drive back to Washington.
The ceremonies were held at the
base of the magnificent monument on
th Confederate section of the GENE
terry. Only a slight canopy afforded
protection to the speakers and the
crowd was without shelter and far
from any buildings.
Mrs. Daisy McLaurin Stevens,
president general Of the United
daughters of the Confederacy, made
the address presenting the monument
to the president on the behalf Of the
women of the Confederacy. Tumul-
tuous applause greeted her when she
said:
yours Mr.. President, was Jeffer-
sons spirit when at Mobile you said
the United States had no interest IN
Mexico or any other foreign lands,
except to see that the citizens enjoy
ed the right to the pursuit Of happi-
ness under a constitutional and just
government" The president acknowl-
edged the tribute with smiling ap-
proval.
Gen. Washington Gardner, ceu-
mander-in-chief Of the Grand Army
of the Republic, and Gen. Bennett
Young, commander-in-chief OF the
United Confederate Veterans, were
notable figures among the speakers
and both were cheered with equal en-
thousiasm by veterans in gray and
those in blue. Col. Robert E. Lee,
grandson of Gen. Lee, also spoke,
while the sculptor, Sir Moses Ezekiel,
a. Confederate veteran, who designed
the monument, was present.
Paul Micou, a grandson Of Col
Hilary A. Herbert, pulled the cords
which released the draperies. AL
| the speakers commented on the ap'
propriateness of delivering the me-
mortal to the government through a
southern-born president. The presl'
dent. said: "I assure you that am
profoundly aware Of the solemn sig
lnifcance of the thing that has taken
Mace. The Daughters Of the Confed-
eracy have presented a memorial OF
their dead to the government OF the
United States. I hope that you have
noted the history Of the conception
of this idea. It was proposed by q
president of the United States, who
himself had been a distinguished Of
ficer in the Union army. 1t was
authorized by an act Of the congress
Of the United States. The corner
stone Of the monument was laid by a
president of the United States ele'
yated to his position by the votes OF
the party which had chiefly prldeo
itself upon sustaining the war fol
the Union. And now it has fallen tc
my lot to accept in the name of the
great government which I am privi'
legged for the time to represent this
emblem of reunited people.
''I am not so much happy as prouo
to participate in this capacity on sucf
an occasion; proud that 1 should rep
resent such a people. Am I mistaken
ladies and gentlemen, in supposlne
that nothing Of this sort could have
occurred in anything but a democ'
racy? The people Of democracy are
not related to their rulers as subject:
are related to a government. They
are themselves the sovereign author
ity, and as such are neighbors Of eacf
other. Quickened by the same pas
sions and moved by the same mo