The weekly Corinthian. (Corinth, Miss.) 1894-19??, 1916-03-30
SENATOR kEIDRIGK 5
! SPEECH N FAVOR OF
COhf[O. MONUMENT

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The following is the speech of
Senator Kendrick on the bill ap-
propriating 100000 for the pur-
pose of building a monument at
Pittsburg Landing, Tenn, to the
Confederate soldiers Of Mississip-
pi, who fell on the Battle Field Of
Shiloh:
"Mr. President:
Notwithstanding the adverse
report Of the Finance Committee,
I trust the Senate will hear me on
the motion to pass this bill, which
appropriates only thousand dol
lars to aid in the building Of a
monument to Mississippi's sol
diers who lie in unknown graves
on the battle field Of Shiloh; and
I promise not to detain you but a
little while.
"The brave, noble and patriot
ic ladies of the United Daughters
of the Confederacy are behind
this movement, and they are 60
ing to build this monument
whether you help or not; but they
come before you asking this small
apnropriation because they want
to be able to say to the world that
the great State Of Mississippi
helped in this noble and patriotic
cause. Almost all other states
have erected monuments to their
dead-to those who fell in the
bloody battle Of Shiloh. Only a
few years ago, the state OF Ala
bama, through the efforts OF her
noble women erected monument
to her dead. which is an honor to
this our sister state. On the
bloodiest spot on Shiloh, where
Tennessee,s soldiers lap piled IN
great heaps. where the blood ran
like water in the brooks and rllls,
Tennessee has erected monument
TO her soldiers. and on it are cary
ed these words: eco, Stranger.
tell Tennessee that here we died
for her. When | visit the Shi-
lob Park and am asked for the
Mississippi monuments, | have to
hang my head in shame.
cone brave, true Senator. Hon.
G. B. Greaves, has said that II the
Senate did not pass this bill, he
will be one Of ten men to give
one hundred dollars out of his
own pocket to this patriotic
cause. I will be one to do the
same.
"(Just here Senator E. s. Rich
ardson asked if the speaker would
pardon an interruption, saying
that he would make the third man
who would give one hundrea"aol-
lars if the Senate would not pass
the bill.
"God bless you, Senator Rich
ardson, you have noble heart.
If this Senate fails to pass this
bill, I'm going to ask for seven
more men to give a like amount,
and the noble ladies will have
carved on that monument words
showing that Senate Of Mlsslsslp-
pi was willing to contribute to a
monument in honor of our dead
heroes.
"Fifty-fve years ago, when the
Southern boys were marching
away to battle under the folds of
the stars and bars-marching full
of hope, full Of love for their
country, marching to the music
of the fife and drum, suppose
some prophetic voice had said,
"Stop young men, do you know
that fftv-fve years from now the
Great State of Mississippi will
forget you, the sons and grand
sons will refuse to appropriate
the small sum of one thousand
dollars to erect a monument to
your memory: your services will
not be appreciated, and many of
you will sleep on far away bat
tlefelds unhonored, in unknown
graves?' Suppose some prophet
ic voice had said this, do you sup
pose those brave boys would have
believed it? If they had. they
would not have gone on. full OF
hope and patriotism as they did,
TO victory or to a soldiers grave.
I have no relations buried there,
but there is a Senator on this floor
who has a brother sleeping in an
unknown grave. In the name of
that Senator. in the name of all
others who have loved ones burr i
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