Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-01

called rebels has passed Mr.. Adams
sain that IL Lee were traitor. then
Washington wac. too. We cannot OBJ.
1ect TO such terms when We find our
selves in such good company. we
Fought FOR our rights. in which our
young men of to-day do no, ALWAYS
believe He took occasion to cri,irI,e
those of the generation OF to-day who
hoid That their fathers were rebels in
the general sense. and who have so
tar forgot the faith as to think that
'aeir sires were In the wrong when
'heE upheld their right of secession.
raise histories said Judge Chris
.'ah' nave said that Leo and jackson
'oush III Tor the perpetuation of SLAVERY
Mheh /. is known that so per cent ~
,"e soid'ers or the Confoderacv had No
III slavery. and when IL is nm
u,a' General Lee freed his slaves
neiore the war. while General cr,n,
held to his until the procIom,,ion gu.
President Lincoln %
mere Is no sting nor sh,n
attached TO our noble defnnJo NC
>orthefn writer has sail 49,,
greatest hero OF modern times w,s ~
N"hi eherate private. greater than &c
mho went down upon the plains OF Mar.
n.non, anu those who went Into the
ate privntes were greater thon 49,
VINO fought with Greek and porn,n
greater than those men OF the Ii.h,
que VINO faced the Russian cannon
AZ the battle Of Balaklava. General
ee hlhseif said that there were never
nien before, and that they would
go anywhere and do anything, IL IRON
erly led p'op
Today the women keep alive the
memory or our cause and command our
respect and desire for emulation"
AS Judge Christian finished speaking
nv so!nler commands formed in line,
ana the Grandchildren Of the Conf.der
acy and the members of tho Confeder.
ated southern Memorial Society PASSED
between the lines to the spot wnere 1.
Go'iin'emorated the name and honor OF
Hlrsinlas women. Governor Stuart
headed the slow moving procession
with Mrs. j. +. b Stuart. whose bua.
band was one of the South.s mos, IA
nous cavalry leaders, and to whom a
monument stands to-day in Richmond.
All heads were barred rs they passed
ana every voice was silent in the pres
cnce or the woman who gave TO the
Lost Cause him she loved the hest.
Ihere were no addresses at the great
monument on which has been placed
the simple slab to the memory OF Vir-
sinias women. The little grandson of
Lieutenant-Govern Ellyson pulled the
cora and the tablet appeared undraped.
" smith pronounced the benediction
and Dixie" WAS played again. The
troops moved away. and in the dis
lance sounded the gun of the Rich
inond Howitzers. followed by the sharp
!, SOUND or the infantry firing the annual
salute above the graves of the Con-
federate dead. so the services ended.
Eighteen thousand men who laid down
their lives for their hearths and homes
on the Held of Gettysburg and else
where. were left to their sleep, to
deaths sweet seclusion. No dreams will
disturb their slumber. and harm Will
come TO them no more. They await, as
all others must. too, the last summon
The parade left Fifth and franklin
Streets promptly at o'clock First
came the mounted police, under Major
Werner and Captain Soweli. followed by
General J. Thompson Brown and his
staff Then appeared the women Of the
Confederated Southern Memorial Aaso-
citation. and the militia. First came
the Blues. then the Gfays, and the
| HowitEers. At Beverly and Cherry
Streets the carriages and automobiles
were diverted to the north entrance OF
the cemetery. and the soldiers went
through the eastern gate. marching to
the battle hymn of all the churches.