. Report of proceedings incidental to the erection and dedication of the Confederate monument. but thegeneral having been called by official duties is unavoidably absent,therefore the sentiment will be responded to by one of the most promi-nent civil officers of the general government; and I now have the pleas-ure of introducing Solicitor-General Conrad. MAJ. HOLMES CONRAD, Solicitor Cieneral United States, Maj. Conrad: Ladirs and Grntlcnu-n—I invoke your sympathy thatit has fallen to my lot to occup\- the place which had been assigned toGen. Lee. I cannot allow to pass unchallenged the statem
. Report of proceedings incidental to the erection and dedication of the Confederate monument. but thegeneral having been called by official duties is unavoidably absent,therefore the sentiment will be responded to by one of the most promi-nent civil officers of the general government; and I now have the pleas-ure of introducing Solicitor-General Conrad. MAJ. HOLMES CONRAD, Solicitor Cieneral United States, Maj. Conrad: Ladirs and Grntlcnu-n—I invoke your sympathy thatit has fallen to my lot to occup\- the place which had been assigned toGen. Lee. I cannot allow to pass unchallenged the statement from ourdistinguished chairman, that a new patriotism now inspires the peopleof the south. The patriotism of Robert E. Lee was the patriotism ofGeorge Washington; the patriotism of 1861 was that of 1776. ft wasstrong, unyielding and unselfish love of country. It rested upon a con-viction which had been formed in the minds of the people of the southwhen the Federal constitution was adopted, and which their educationand experience had confirmed, that liomc rule was the surest safeguard. 179 of our republican institution and form of government; that the evilswhich threatened us from centralization and paternalism in the Federalgovernment were far greater and more disastrous than any which couldresult from according to the several states the rights and responsibilitieswhicli, as we conceived, rightfully belonged to them. We submittedour cause to the decision of the sword, and we lost. No weak repinings, no unmanly complaints, no unworthy orignoble designs liave found place among us. We accepted the resultwith fortitude. We have endured the long and bitter train of conse-quent evils with a courage that has never faltered and a virtue that hasnever failed. Our patriiitisin has never changed, it has abided and sus-tained us in war and in peace. In sincere and ardent love of countrywe have yielded to none. (Applause.) •It is true, indeed, that with the people of the south their
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