North Carolina Newspapers

i - 1 B)ID PUBLISHED EVERY- EVENING EXCEPT SUNDRY. Vol. IB No. 30. KINSTON, N. 0.. FRIDAY, MAY 11, 1900. Price Two Cents THE OA (CONFEDERATE MEMORIAL. Honor To the Living and the Dead, ' The Cel. ebration In Kinston a Great Success. 1 UAJ.GRAHAU DAVES Makes a Splendid Presentation 5f The Lost Cause. The Young . Should Bead and Preserve It, As . : It Shows the Truth Conoernlnar The Cause for Which Our Fath: era Fought A large crowd filled the opera house s yesterday afternoon to do-honor to the brave Uonlederate soiqiers, living as wen as dead.-' - .- . The patriotic song "Old North State'? v was sung br tbe children and others. Rev. D. H. Tnttle offered' fervent Miss May Braxton recited a - patriotic selection. " " - , Mr; J. Q. Jackson In fitting remarks in troduced the orator of the day,' MaJ Graham Daves, of Newbern, as a man of ? eminent learning, and well acquainted with the history of the Lost Cause. ' Elsewhere we rive Mai. Daves' address in full. It is of value and interest, giving ; In brief the cause for which the soutfj . fought, and especially the position as ; sumed by North Carolina in that great struggle, which our fathers carried on so v nobly, so heroically against overwhelna- - Lag odds. It is a vindication of . the southern cause, and points out truly that because the cause was lost is no reason Its brave defenders deserve any less of honor and reverance . at - our bands and , our children's. Neither is the fact of de ' feat any proof that the cause; was not right. It is not the first time that the , right has not prevailed. Because the south honors those who fought her fight In the war between the states and teaches- her .children the righteousness of her , cause, docs not lessen, their loyalty, to , what by the arbitrament of war ban be . , come a nation, of which the south Is ' a' grand portion. The brave men who fought oq both sides sow recogniie that both sides were honest to their conten tions, and are ready to do honor to each ' otber,-and if necessary, to fight for their . common country , At the conclusion of the address Rev. W. 6. Johnston pronounced the bene diction, and the procession was soon formed and marched to the cemetery. ; There, "Tenting Tonight" was ren dered by a male quartet.' The monument was decorated profusely with beautiful flowers,' carried there' by a lot of pretty girls. A number of little ' boys carried Confederate army and navy .. flags. , .. : ti-,r ; .V Chief Marshall Geo. L. Kflpatrfck mad j a few appropriate remarks and placed a wreath en top of. the monument. . TT - After benediction by Rev. J. B. Webb, the Naval Reserves fired a salute over the Confederate graves, and the large E&thering slowly dispersed to . their omes. :.. . -,V,. -It was one of the most auccessfnl cele . bratlons of Memorial day ever held in Kinston, and, as always, to the ladles Is due the credit therefor. , -. Ma. Daves told the writer that he was highly pleased with his reception by the people here; that be met many old com rades la arms and especially., enjoyed 1 : talking with them about the ' stirring scenes they panned through together.' Our people were highly pleased with VlaJ. Daves and hope to have him with us ' again upon a similar occasion. There were many old veterans here and they seemed to enjoy the dinner, the epeakiuganJ the -occasion. We were glad to have them here, and hope that - on every May 10th nil here on this occa sion, a ler.5 as tbey I've, will gather in - Kinston to take part In the observance . of the day, and tby will Induce a niaSy others of their comrades as they can tn come with them.. . , , MELIORIAL IDDRESa Ladies of the Memorial Association, Comrades of the Confederate Army, Fellow Citizens anl Soldiers! , , ' On th Feat of All Saints, which oc curs on the first day cf November, a beautiful custom is observed is European and in pome other cotmtrirs. The day is a pner&l holiday, and allpersbr.s, Living ft Ja tbe ordinary cure of lif. repair to burial places of their dal ad dec. crate their graves wi'.b Cowers. The day pr;. C My nanind ft" 1 rhopen. Jt o' r annual trathrHrrt r.t the pouth t -(!.. !. -,cr to the ti (! a 1 our rc norj cf ur Gjti nm is timilar i: t v - ' - t:1 r 1, protrjted I y f. 1 .i r i ;. ri All Saint dir i n c.j . ' f t' ? ? .. It circle; wii'.j " It' -.( a who! ' i. -i. 1 t o, Hi i : 1 1 county were with him there), passed to his final reward. Stonewalll The incar nation of the Confederate cause, of what was noblest in it, . and knightlieet and best. Meet is it that the anniversary of his death should be set apart as the day for all to assemble to honor, the heroes who followed tbe great leader in life, and who with him have passed "over the river and rest under the shade of the trees." Preserve, 0 my fellow countrymen, this beautiful custom! It Is just tribute to noble men and deeds and it perpetuates the memory of a glorious epoch in our history glorious, though it passed away in blood and tears." Preserve it for the sake of the women of the south by whom it was instituted, In spite of difficulties, discouragements and disappointments', that only devotion like theirs could over come. Make yearly pilgrimages, and see to it that those who come after us are taught thoroughly the cause and mean ing of these ceremonies, that they in turn may hand down to generations yet un born, the true story of the sacrifice of the men whose deeds we here commemorate! Foster and sustain yonr Memorial asso ciations! Second all efforts to adorn the hallowed sDots. where - rest our dead. And so shall our soldiers be held in grate ful memory to all future time, and tbeir deaths will not nave been in vain No, not In vainl ''Brave blood is never shed wholly id vain," but sends a voice echoing down the ages through all time." Let not the familiar proverb, "Republics are always ungrateful" have application here in Dixie! In these days of "centennial observ ances and memories, it may be profitable to glance briefly at the men. and their deeds, of our first revolutions; to study their motives, and seek to learn, by com parison, wherein, if at all, we in ; the greater strlie ol our later revolution ait tared from them in act, or departed from their teaching;j We hold in great ven eration the men ol tnos&vearliee times; we are unwearied in telling their story, and accord them all love and gratitude, and rightly so. For what to them seemed good and sufficient cause,, oar forefathers of tbe Revolution resolved to throw off allegiance to tbe 1 rule of the mother country and to establish for themselves and their posterity, a government of tbeir own, free and independent, founded wholly on the consent of the governed. Right nobly did they carry out this re solve. Undismayed by the magnitude of their undertaking, they rose superior to hardships and trials, patiently overcame all obstacles, mastered all opposition, and cheerfully faced all dangers, until, at the last, they attained tbeir end, and we hare inherited the fruits of 'their labors: but mark you, It was nowhere said or thought that they wished to ruin, or compass the destruction of the govern ment from which they had separated: such superlative nonsense was reserved for the wiseacres of today in their flip pant denunciations of our acts. Bender then to these men of the olden time, as are justly due, lore and thanks; recall their actions; cherish their memories; but above all preserve intact tbeir priceless legacy. And ever bear In mind that this Inestimable inheritance of self-government is not wholly our own; it is not to be bartered away, or for any reason to be parted with. In it we have but a life estate, and bold It in trust for those who are to follow us, solemnly, pledged to transmit it to them tn no whit shorn of Its fair proportions, but rather, if it may be, with its blood-bought privileges en larged and extended. .If, however, thai men of King's Mountain and of York- town had tolled in vain, if tbe!r heroism had ended in disaster mid crushing defeat, would it have been right or newssary . to vlllify them for the Gallant struggle they made, or with hold our admiration for their efforts in behalf of what tbey believed the right? I trow notl No voice now is raised jn their condensation; no one insinuates a doubt of th purity of their intentions. Why should it have been different other wise if the issue had been different? Now if it can be shown that the beliefs and actions of the southern people In our own times were similar to tho of our ancestors of tbe first Revolution JwiU it be any more than just to draw tbe 6ame conclusions and render like j'i1jr rentintheone cae as in the other? What was rirht and merltorkxig la tbe Continental statesman or soldier, cannot haT b'n wrorg find ilaraeworthy in tha CoLa-dsrat. - T"hat wes honraLle cud ratrioV.e in Richard Casw:l h.ui Conu Hi Ilarnett. in Georp-e T.'e..-' Lr;x ton aad Francis Nah f aa hardly hive bn d'ifrdrr.b'e and traitorous la J. T.'.t sna PavWor John W. l'.'.U. in Ro'-ert 11. Lee, CLarVs F. Fi';cr cr V.'m. Vz.lKr, or ia th n.-n who followed thra. For w hut wn &.'o d :;..! roc-1 rn-l e::;l!cr,s ?ruo, fe in cur ! y s-rver. i "'.ro' n ;;li ti "f -1 o' the Vv.'.l I J ,-.f. a sr:v, r: . t c" c-:t o'rn r n,of I.'-'. i f-ir- ". ' "r 1 ! r .. r t.r: ' - i 1 ! - it, was part of our heritage. And one of the reasons forouract.thatwhich finally, and more than all others, decided us of North Carolina at least, to separate our selves from the northern states, is not, I think, given sufficient prominence in the history of these times.; It was that we were formally called upon and required to assist in the subjugation of certain of our sister southern states, which had, in the exercise of what we believed to be their constitutional right, withdrawn by legal methods from the union. Some of you remember how that seven ofi the 'more southern states had with drawn peacefully from the union, as it was called; how that at Montgomery these states had erected a new nation, and established a separate government of their own, and adopted the name of the "Confederate Ktates"; how that the United States not only refused" to recall their troops and garriHons from the terri tory of the Confederate. States, but atr tempted, in violation of a solemn com pact, to reinforce and strengthen them, thus compelling the Confederates to expel them by force; and how that the- United States then tailed upon certain others of the southern states to furnish troops to aid in subduing these Confederate States, and . forcing their return to the union. You remember, too, tbtf spirited reply of North Carolina, through her governor, John W..llis, when called upon for troops by the United States: f ' ' ' "I regard the levy Of troops 'mude by the administration, fot the purpose of subjugating the states of the south, in violation of the constitution, and as a gross usurpation ol- power. We cannot be parties to this wicked violation of the laws of the country, end to this war up on tbe liberties of a free people. You can get no troops from North Carolina." With us, indeed, it was not so much the assertion of the right of secession, though that we did not deny, as an emphatic de nial of the right of coercion.' As between our fellow countrymen, already at war with one another, we," when compelled to take sides, naturally, if not wisely, cast our lot with those of our kindred, allied to us by location. Interests, and institu tions. Nor was there here intention or even wish to destroy or injure the gov ernment of the United States, as is now so often foolishly alleged.,: Surely they who make this statement must know how ; ridiculous it is. With equal truth and force might it be said that the inten tion of -uttr arrcestoflr'of the Revolutldn; and the effect of their acta, were to de stroy the government of Great Britain. In neither case was there wish or inten tion to destroy an existing government, but merely, to establish a separate one over our own territory.' And in eloquent support of our right to erect such sepa rate government, I will ' quote the un answerable argument ofwhom do yon suppose? Not of John C. Calhoun, nor of Robert Toombs, nor Yancy, nor Zebulon Vance, from whom you might naturally expect It, but of Wendell Phillips; of Mas sachusetts, tbe great and able abolition 1st, the silver-tongued orator, the distin guished scholar, the bold, uncompromis ing foe of the south and of her institu tions. In a speech delivered at New Bed ford, Mass., on April 9, 1861, just three days before the reduction of Fort Sumter by the Confederates; he said: "Here are a series of states girding the gulf, who think that their peculiar institutions re quire that they should have a separate government. They have a right to decide that question without appealing to you or to me. A large body of tbe people, sufficient to make a nation, have come to the conclusion that they will have a gov ernment of a certain form. -Who denies them the right? Standing, with the principles of '76 behind us, who can deny them the right? What is a matter of a few million dollars or a few forte? It is a mere drop in the bucket of the great national question. It is theirs just as much as out s. I maintain, on the princi ples of '76, that Abraham Lincoln has no right to a soldier in Fort Sumter." Can language be plainer or more forci ble in support of the belief, the honent be lkf, and astion of tlio people who nuiieii in -establishing the Uonffoemt States? One of the tiret acts of the Confederate. States in conares osFeaihleJ, wfts to adopt as our Jurta. of government ulid fuudaiiienta! law, the constitution of the; Unitod States, with such unimportant' nniendmenta.a3 were made inveesnry by the differene of our situations. That method of government wa the wUdom of our own ancestor. With it, projerly administered, we had'no qnrrre!, ;md our onlj thought -was to hi sunder its provinions apart from thoxe M-ith whom it seemed we could not rest lu jtouce, und against vrhose perversions of its powers weprot'-eu-d with all ourenorifj. Wei nerer dreamed of molefitLD any state that elected to remain with, tbe old gov-1 ernment. We as fully f-cknwh-iljed the riht to remain, if so it eenieJ good, as we also claimed the right to withdraw, j The fUp once taken we d; i what our forefatherhai done lv"re u h! 1 our act with oar utinofet energy, r ni to the extreme liruitof our resouri--.-:'but, unlike j them, we were unvjcc.p. A. Yet the' most suprf till ftujycf tl. L'-tory of the two pericia cai:not fid to Low that we were aet-MtM by the t.v.: motive. eatf-rt.iix,fl 1 fame I- V. N. c zVt.1 fcrth ? r: -hi a tl.-y. VethoulJ r tr; t'..-.tt-t'.-rs cf c-: 1 :ytr;-n c,J not h' -.r c;:r v , 0 1. t rot . r. 1 - t ready to die for the faith that was In them. But we have the right to ask for the men of our own times, equally as for those of colonial days and for the sinit ten heroes who lie here and elsewhere throughout the south for their belief, es pecially do we demand "that the hon esty of their convictions, the sincerity of tbeir patriotism, the good faith of their sacrifices be neither doubted nor denied." On the 12th of April, 1776, thro her representatives then assembled at Hali fax, North Carolina, first of the thirteen colonies, instructed her delegates in the constinental congress to urge upon con gress prompt action looking to a separa tion of the colonies from the mother country, and tbe establishment of an independent government; thus, as it were, assuming - and ratifying the - de claration and resolutions of Mecklenburg made in May bf the' previous year. El bridge Gerry, of Mass., in tho Continental congress, as may be seen In IjIh letter in the American Archives, did not call this treasonable, but approved it warmly, and wrote his own people urging sim ilar action on their part, So in May, 1861, nearly a century later, North Caro lina, in convention of the people as sembled according to law at Raleigh, by solemn ordinance without one dissent ing vote, revoked the ordinance of 1789, withdrew from the association of states, and by the s"ame authority that had bestowed, and in like manner, recalled all powers theretofore delegated to the United States. . In both instances the step was taken through authorities pro perly constituted, after mature contiider. otion, calmly, without outbreak : or violence. By its ordinances all North Carolinians were solemnly bound.' . In either case the act was one of sovereignty having been an assumption of power by the colony, whereas it was a resumption merely on the part of the State. Now is it not monstrous to call that treason and rebellion in a sovereign State which in a mere colony is termed patriotism and maintainance of right; such epithets artf not only untrue but they are absurd. A whole nation cannot be guilty of trea son.. '. - ". '.V,-., ."f i r' ' To indict a people for conspiracy is at impossible as the crime itself. ' In that olden time tbe men of this county they called it Dobbs county in those days were called called upon to repel invasion; and with Richard Caswell, and with Ashe and Lillington, they won the fight at Moore's Creek Bridge-, on the 27th Fbt 1776, the first4 victory of the Revolutionary war. : In previous actions, as at Bunker Hill, the colonists had met defeat. So at Bethel in 1861, the first victory of the United Confedera cy in pitched battle, was won by North Carolinians A simple ' monument at Moore's Creek tells the story of the then who fought there, and commemorates the death of John Grady of your neigh bor county of Duplin. Our cltitons cele brated with much rejoicing and patriotic spiris the centenary of that victory, but heaped no insults upon the 'memory of the brave men who fought on the other side only, kindly admiration was ex pressed for the gallant Scotchmen, then our enemies, who died there. ' Nor it is expected of their descendants, Our. fel low citizens of today, as proof of present loyalty, that they shall condemn the action of tbeir fathers. With Gen.Frauk Nash our kinsfolk went to' death at Germanton, and a marble shaft not far away, commemorates that sacrifice too.J vviia aiaa Antnony wayne wnose honored same your adjoining county so worthily bears they went to that des perate bayonet charge at. Stony Point; with Lincoln, Morgan and Greene; with Davie, . Davidson. -And Graham; whenever duty called, or danger was to be dared, tbey were to be found, until the end of the long struggle that ended in their success. - Well, the swift years flew by, and in 1861, our State, whose behest we were ever taught Is paramount to all, again summoned her sons to repel invasion and to vindicate the right of self-government. And it cannot be tod often or too strongly emphasized 4jiat they fought only to repel unjust invasion, and to uphold the rightor self-government. An J ta the brave, old wax, a iu the Lrave old tiuiea of the past, they came at her rail, and with Branch and Pender and Pettigrew; with Daniel, and Whiticg and ilawH'uriftt Richmond, at Manassas and at Sharpsburg; at Fredericksburg, at Chancelloreville and Gettysburg; iu tbe Wilderness and at Petersburg; at Fort Fisher, at Averanboro' and at IJ?u tonville, they freely offered up their young Jives as the last evidence they could give of their earnest conviction of right and duty. Of their fortitude under hardship, of their unflinching cour&ge and seli-eacrifidng devotion, you need no reminder; suflioe it to say that in the same brave old way, learned from tho?e who in like manner had gone forth in tbe first Revolution, they met their sad fate, doing all that men could do to uphold their cause; unlike their ancestors in only this that they failed in tbr-irucdvrtaking. And hall we not hold these men, our kindred -and neighbors, In loving memory too, and forever r reserve the r-cord ol their matchless doeds? Let "the mute eloquence of many memorial shafts, r-onutr.cnts andcenon7-h,makean?wer. The worsen of the south ia their sorrow f.r. i poverty C'.l rot forrt gn-.tind. c;l every w! -r Lave j '.a.v..l lj,-..r.T r . -,"- cf tV i ff-r.'d.-tion cf a. I I : - t' . ; r-v; 1 r thvi t'.rir in the church yard of St. James at Wil mington, marks the resting place of Cornelius Harnett, by as much as our strife was greater than theirs. "Lmnt thtm notl n !ov can aukt immorul ' That span which w call life, v And mvh hroa paaa4 to Ufa ttemal, ' . x From fields of grmnfUritrife." i . It was Indeed sad that disagreements in politics between fellow countrymen, living under .laws of their own making, could sot be adjusted without an appeal -to the sword. Their divisions were polit ical merely, and bad their origin in what was honestly held by both parties to be roost conducive to tbe welfare of each. They were, says an eminent writer, "tha expression of political principles concern ing which parties and sections had long ' leen divided, and which separated the beet and wisest, of our lana long before ' tbeir antagonism" culminated in warfare. Usri nartwiu in ff-liA 1tt-n i.m ., it states, were equally honest in their belief of tbe rigutof their respective causes, and neither sbould nowquestion the sincerity of the other. They who fought with Jack son, or followed the feather of Stuart, and all who sympathized with them, must abide tbe arbitrament to which final appeal was made. To quote again the same distinguished writer, they ; are bound "to accept defeat and its leg). ' tiniato conBwjnences in as good faith ' as they, would have accepted . vio tory: they are bound to. oby the laws, to fulfill to the letter every call of pa triotic obligation." All theee w? have done, and will continue to do. Buff we are not bouud to desecrate the memories of our dead, nor to submit without pro test to misrepresentation. It is possible, of course, that we may have erred. Our acts may have been injudicious. We have now no infallible oracle to decide su-h points. They are fair matters of omnion "and argument upon which, in the future.' nisiory, impartially wniuju, win inevita bly pass judgment. With that tribunal we willingly rest our case; but we claim to stand before it without having the case prejudged as a people, unfortunate of you please, but who, convinced of, the integrity of our purposes and acting ac cording to our, best light, proved our faith by staking alt on tbe issue. ( And to the same august judgment seat, without fear as to IU verdict, we appeal in behalf v m 11 t. f m a rT mm wiks whn riTir nTvainaikr. irtwi v - - " vwKM ua UVIU TV V ourselves constituted our leader Jeff er- , son Davhvwho, but a shorfr vtime ago went down In -sorrow: still in hnnnr a the grave. The beauty and purity of bis character; bis steadfastness in discharge et Antv hia lof fcv niaftpirktlsm ha nin. Af v. wYt-Tv,V - .w.'..., pun .Jaw VI . his well-rounded intellect; the virtue of bid life; his kindly nature,- and the sim- f i.:- f:.u ...111 1 1 by others as they ars known touud hon ored by a."-r;-vv; -v; ; ; "U;ht pnaoc Mmi to claanaa tha Main From thoM who ml th land. . 1 ' "- - :- hero and King and Coaquarer . ' , So ring tha chances hart, : : Fo thoaa who rua by any act '- ' No matter what thay war: . x' ; Wretch, rillian, traitor, regicide; ' : These are the counter names 0 V For men whom fortune sett aside. However bold their aims." . ' On tracing a parallel between the two revolutions one finds a strikingslmilarity in the language used towards ua by our published ia New York durtrg the occu pation of that city by tho British forces stigmatizes the cause of the colonies as ' "the most wicked, daring and unnatural rebellion that ever disgraced the annals of history." The malevolence of the pres ent day, in denouncing what is termed disloyalty, has closely followed, . but hardly Improved upon, that phraseology. Yet in the centennial celebrations at Phil adelphia and Yorktown tbe foremost na tion to do us homage was Great Britain. The people who-had been so ready to burl contemptuous epithets sent the noblest of their land, and the best prod ucts of their skill and industry, to grace the celebration of events that bereft them of the fall est of their colonial jewels. ' Forgotten the bitter hatreds and bad passions always engendered by civil war: forgotten th-j berth nhnso nnd cruel tauute that, pprirg unhidden to the lips when blood U hot and flowing; forgiven their great los; they remembered only that their- kith and kin. mindful of the traditions of a common ancestry, had claimed, and made good thfir claim, to a government of their choke. And with true Anglo-Saxon pluck and magnan imity they cam to congratulate us and share in our rejoicings. : " ' . A fooling something akin to this, I ven ture to believe, even now animiite9 many of our own follow countrjmeu, and. ia . the near future, will influence all intelli- (coNTCrtrro to kecohd pace.) Dobs it Pay to Bay Cheap?" A ch'-nip remedy far coughs aud colds Is all right, but you want something that will relieve and cure the more severe and danirerons results of throatand lung troubles. What shall you do? Co to a warmer aud more rgu'ar climate? Yes, if po?ible; if not poeeible for you, thi'n la either caa take tbe pmy remedy that has been introduced in all cmliied coua trios with surwpa ia, severe throat tnl lucg troubles, "Bowhee'e Oenaaa i? yrr." It not only heals and tt'.mudites the tis. pnes to d-troy the grin d re, 1st allajs inflammation. cr.-? cipy ci7"v to rat ion, ;ivei a gooi ti - It's ret, as j f'jr?the a;:eat. 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