Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-02
MAKES STIRRING APPEAL
FOR WORLDWIDE PEACF
Rev. Henry w. Battle, ID. D., AL.
dresses Veterans ut City
Auditorium.
PICTURES LEE AT APPoMATTox
With Each Succeeding Year Soutber,
Confederacy's Complete Vindica
ton Draws Nearer, and Day O
Impartial History Is at Hand,

Stirring appeal for the end OF ",
and world-enwrapping peace was mad.
yesterday afternoon by Rev. Henry W
Battle. d. D.. OF Charlottesville. betor,
the United Confederate Veterans =.
semblcd In the City Auditorium.
DR.. Battle reviewed the causes ..
the War Between the States. and toll
OF the South's motives. eulogized ,hs
men and women who bore tho hard
shirs OF the strife, and concluded with
tribute to the united people of 10.
day. OF those who walk together be
meath tho stars and stripes outcome q,
the conflict of nifty years ago.
Dr. Battle said in part:
co, al sunrise on the ninth Of April
1863. little band of cavalry undo,
fltz Lee and Gordon's Infantry. scarcaI,,
1000 In all, prepared to charge NJ,
n man In that attenuatcd fraemen, =,
the glorious Army OF Northern W..
sln.a nut Kne" that charge might wit.
ness the last gasp OF the diving CO..
iederacy: not man but would have
gladly given his life If by that sunro,,e
sacrifice strength to survive and ca,
quer might have been impaired IA ~.
GUS Tor which ne fought and suffered.
-FOUR long years. The command w.
charge is given: the air thrills and 20
sounds with the rebel yell Vain v,ir,
vain An avalanche Of federal re,n
forccmnnts presses them back. not
u. mt 4
non and prisoners.
PICTURES POSITION OF j
LEE AT APPOMATTOri
ne has fought his troops ito a fraz1i..
I Then" said Lee. there is no,binr
mo TO do. bur go and see General C;r.rt
ana would rather die a thou,,nS-
us ,', ms. An officer protests "wha,4
, VIII history say Of the surrendA, y, ~
army In tho neid?' Yes" renlI.d T an
I know they will say hard thinre M
us. 'hey VIII not understand how, ~
We're overwhelmed by numbers. Ru,E
,his Is not the question: tho ouestior1
=, =, riEht to surrender the army
| ~ II rs right. then I VIII take ali ,baU
| Robert T. Loo "he
hut General Ice. In that anguish,
irnnrht hour. was mistaken. Historv
| VIII not say hard thinrs ~ bi, 80
! OF the Confederate soIdicr an
mat scribblcrs have Dipped their ne,s
IN Fitriol and that naturalI,. fair ,nf
1"dicial minds have been becloudn1 ~
prejudice hut with each succocdinc1
S."' ne HhE or the Southern Confed
cr'cF complete vindicat!on draws.
/ nearer. When that time shall $500,
! thc student OF impartial history VIII
perceive that. when tho ties that bounG}
J we co!ohies 10 the British crown vera
! .". INC sovereignty which they1
trU
inc colonies. as independent noIi,ic,iI
J UNITS. lie Will read how those noIi,icai
! UNITS finally entered into solemn cor1
toi ming general government N, j
., pIotcction and furtherance OF ,nu
! 'u"i interests. without tho surrordI
! OF sovereignty essential IN noIi,,c, -.
tcHritS. He will mark win 49,
y.'!ouS care the several communi,ies
/ ~ .,ic" states. sought. in enter,nc(
less trn,s TO safeEuard this price.
! 80 treasure while dclegatinr otherI
,m'hHs to tho Federal povcrnman,d
Inc nhe Will behold the cconon,ic &,
men ne VIII behold the econooic q; II
oS SOIL and climate arrayed arains,,I
..i, OF another and n domestic in d
s,itution. safeguards bv tho C,ops,t.
! tion. utilized and fos,ered ~ ~
/ S'H"ihe ny one section. made the occ. d
si"h lot the ficrccst and most r,r,,ic, ri
! dehunciaiion of the other.
SOUTH believed IN
! HER RIGHT TO WITHDRAW
IN view or tho tragedy that followed.
re 'n'cnt vel! weep bitter tears that
I "hch the moral sense of Tho cor,h
! AT perfect ease over the ins,i,u
( non or Slavcry-was s,ruro,i,r ,.ith
| .le complicated problem of how hest
- wipe the stain off her escutcheon
Sts. Tor the race that old England and III
England had foisted upon her-
the incendiary conduct of the Nor,b 4
/ rFn section made OF every truo go, ~
inc south champion of that which
oeep down in his heart he lonced 10 he
ria or. ! utterly deny tina, the South
seeded from the Union and poured out
| htr heroic blood to maintain the insti-
'"t'"h or African slavery n
: was what was back Of and around that
| issue. Tho South believed it was her
ihaiienabie right to pcaccablv with
draw from the compact
~ is In my heart to say that the truly
Hopie' unsclhsh conduct Of Southern
! SiaNes during the war when our men
| were At the front and our women and
! .n'Iaren almost wholly under their pro-
sIo, ~ complete refutation OF the
sander which branded that domestic
rcla tionship at the South as the sum
| OF all villainics" The Southern gentle
I man and the Southern Eentlewoman
were never cruel They gave to their
slaves n watchful care and solicitude
uhi'ue ana beautiful. "Old Mistress"
ana old Master were words spoken
! lovingly in those days. Had II been
otherwise. think you the millions Of
negroes in Southern homes and planta.
/ mons would not have risen In their
might and thrown off their letters by
/ "cchs which would have sent fathers
| ana husbands and brothers rushing
mack from the front to protect their
| dear ones.
Or. Battle told Of the fortitude
| patriotism and sufferings of the South
crn women due to the war, and made a
| pea for monument in their honor
| Nlso' ne said, II would have a fitting
monument erected in grateful recogni-
ION or inc devotion and loyalty of the
| southern wartime negro"
Long Drought IL Broken.
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