The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-06-02

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real failure of the Cenfederaey was
act one Of the arms. bat IF states
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The address was made TO an i'm
mense crowd which, despite the heat !
ed controversy over the location Of
the monument, came cut and eheered
when Judge Clark, who decided
against one OF the parties to the con
.troversy, made telling points about
the war. Some features Of the speech
were entirely new. IN this address
Judge Clark tells OF the single time
that ne was allowed to speak to
S~tonewalf Jackson.
The text Of Judge Clark's address.
Is given in full.
Fellow Soldiers and Fellow Citizens:
The war was but half over when a
brave, young and gallant soldier, a
ma ior general in the armies of the
C~onfederacy, met a soldiers death in
the greatest battle Of the War, at
Gettysburg. He was but 20 years of
age, we can hardly realize it now, and
ne had served hut little over two
years. He had not had the oppor-
tunity 70 render his full service to the
cause nor earn his full measure of
fame. But when he died, General
Lee said of him, as he is not recorded
to have said Of any other man, Gen
eral Fender had not received the rank
to which he was entitled"
During the war the soldiers Of North
Carolina and their generals did not al
ways receive the full credit to whcih
they were entitled. 1t may be said
however now, in the clear light Of
history, without fear of contradiction
that We had no ADLER generals than
the two young men from North Care
lima, N of whom became a major
general at % n the other at rs;
William -. Pender and Robert F.
Hoke. North Carolina mas shown
sound judgment in recording their
names as the title of two of her coun-
ties-Hoke and Fender. The memory
of sue men reflects credit upon this
State. its soldiers and its people. Their
fame will outlive the ages.
am glad to meet my fellow soldiers
and fellow citizens of a county which
has honored itself by selecting thu
name of Pender n which reflect:
credit upon that glorious name by
their conduct in peace and in war.
When the Israelites passed ovel
Jordan, with that great army unde,
the command of Joshua, by Divine
command they placed IL stones axe
from the bed of the river as a memo
rial that when in future ages thei
children should ask what is tn,
meaning Of these stones they shoul,
I've told that they were a memorial o
tndt great event. Inc name OF you
county is a great memorial to tn
splendid conduct of your soldiers dur
ing the great war of 1865. 'Toda
we owe il to the noble women of you
county that We are to unveil anothe
lasting memorial to the valor and he
roism of the men whom this peOpl
sent to the front during those feu
evcntful years, the memor Of whic
shall never be forgotten.
Face to face with these survivor
eff the great armies of the Cenfedel
aey we stand in the presence of his
tory. Their SCARED and veteran CO
umns made history. Their fame no,
belongs to h ages. It has been 5
years-mor than half a century
since North Carolina, resuming h,
sovereignty took her stand with ht
sister Southern States, beneath a ne
flag. Fifty years, lacking one. ha,
passed since wreathed around wit
laurel and with cypress that banEt
passed into the eternal silence whel
Hive forever The deathless dead.
North Carcsina's Gift
North Carolina sent forth more thu
t25,Se0 statwaFt sons to make her q
claration good. More than ene-thil
"a, 000-came not horne again. Des
Try the fire of battle, dead by wound
dead by disease, from exposure al
hardship AZ, 600 OF our bravest a,
best are sleeping their last sleep
Gettysburg, at Ticksburg, at Chick
mausa at Charleston, in the Swarm
OF the ChickahOminy, around Peter
burg In the Valley Of Vi
ginia and wherever III tn
yfng ef fire that encircl
n Ccnfcderacy we faced the fear;
odds that slowly but steadily drove
inward. Since the war tho lead
hail OF the years ave driven gre
gRpS in the ranks OF the survivors.
whom the great majority have join
@Gheiy comrades in the great bivou
or the lead. OF that dauntless h,
OF North Carolinians 125,00e stro
Whe may well be said to have g,
ried on their h&yonet points the +
time Of the C~o1federacy, as wcg
the fame n the honor ef No
Carolina less tnaa 20, eco arc still ~
n.
In 1871, France and Germany "
% War. Yneif population wxs abb
oOual-3S,ee0, 900 each-eaeh had