Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-05-04

| JUST "escrIptu curing thc great war
We can also imagine his astOnishmcnI
| II he had been told that about hall
century previously this country hat
been riven into TWO warning sections
| II would have been hard to max,
! such a visitor believe that from the
18th day OF April. 1861. and for four
years thereafter. the whole power q.
large majority OF the United States
had been directed 1t the subjuEation
of a small southern portion OF the
country. II would have seemed in
credible TO such u visitor had he been
told that even after this subjuraiion
had been effected there were years
and years in which the unqucnchrblc
| hatred directed against tn" SoNth.
from which this war had boon bred.
was apparently ne violent rs before.
that FOX years after this war. the
principal business for which the gov
crnmcut OF the United States Scenr. d
TO cNtSt WAS TO devise new schemes
I "f torment for the inhabitants of the
7 conquered territory II this visitor
had h"cu told that. after the conquest
I OF the South. u pvrtiuaCious and Sc
I riouS effort had been made to destroy
/ the whole civilization ~: the con-
I QuCr.d country and TO place the white
/ pcopl, of this section under the dom
I nation -! - Sr'hiSaNagc race OF ne
I .rUrSS just freed from slavery, II he
I had been told that the haEon";S OF
I the col...ucrorS upheld ana supported
I inv the u most ruined land "a set .; adj
/ vcU;Ur.rs who Mere encouraged TO
/ loot and d"spoil the wr"tchcd popula-
| iiun--thcn think his comment would
have been that these statements could
not Toe true. because such occurrences
ruA have made Il vh&Sm between two
sections or III" country that could
/ never HAY. bc"u healed. rs he had
seen J.; healed in i"l'
building as Lesson.
w are consccratiug this building
today &c memorial TO the generation
which horc these trials and as u les
son 10 the descendants OF the men
and women of our Southern country
who lived in those dark and terrible
times We arc asking all Of their
pcStcrity 10 understand and believe
W. look back with Happiness and
pride on many things that have been
done 10y our auCc Stors. Why is II That
We rate. hrst OF al. III" accomplish
mcnts Of this generation in whose
honor ~" are dcdicatiug this build
.n.2 WHY is i; that, when "" ar
rang. the places ut the tab" OF that
Valhalla Of our history where sit our
heroes, we nut the place of General
| Lee At the head. and rank below him
even such commanding hGures as
/ George Washington
II * not only because our generals
| ana soliicrs made our country ana
it's cause glorious throughout the
Ii is not only because oc the mod.
est. unprctruiious courage that d!d
not gloat in victory or taltcr In IN"
I face OF dire disaster
! ,rrir" ar,n.d FOR that ihry had
| their quarrel just. because tn" h.ood
/ OF our dead is part OF that c"asclcSs
| stream that has for so many ages
| been how!nr rs "a sacriice TO ,he
"a H.
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/ 'a"N"s "'
/ | 10 not intend 10 f'i'tr 10 YOU IN
! detail! facts when you nav ~.
| known since 70" were ch''u',n' -.
| there are som" occasions, ana ,"'S
seems 10 m" 10 be one oi 'h'in' w"
/ II is in order !" maze II Sh"t
mcnt of the causes which 'Noktn 'he
ever We look IN 'hiS nr"u' VI. Duly
] ing G"n"rhI WAC" t'"'"p.'n 50.
/ w" oil tht SCUM n'N ''t'' ~ - .
IN not presenting 70 ny -,
I version -. me causes li.'h ~"
,h' ~ 49, ,~d ,%r rcr,,iiion or
-. ~ ~ Rehabilitation hv wcarv
,i.,.,c, sometimes rroduccS AN ac-
rcn,,d fact.
/, is said that we learn from history
! that no one ever learns anything from
/ history
I We surely can learn nothing from
/ false history.
II our pcOplc fought for the pres
/ erVatiou Of slavery. W" ought 70 tear
! down this building and "r'fN Inc
/ statues that hcautify TINS historic
I city.
Ii they We're rebels. or traitors I"
any government that waS entitled 10
+. their allegiance. We ought 10 teach
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