The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-06-05
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AS requested, by the Ladies'
Mesaorial Association. of Richmond,
we .F'tblish below q .1ouehing and
beautiful appeal frpm the President
Of tue Society: +. 8
To- TUE Nv OMEN 5soF' THE Sour1.
Richmond is begirt with an army Of
Confederate dead. The iallowed
precincts. of our cemeteries are rem
dered. still more sacred by their
g,aves-to l,e counted by tens OF
thousands Of nartyred' heroes:
around US were bloody battae-ields.
and here were the most crowded hos,
p1tats, The dead Of both are sleep
ing in Hollywood md .Oakwood.
Not alene the: fallen. of Virginia are
buried here. Your loved and lost,
brave and cfiyafous spirits, whom
we, too, learned to love, repose side
by side with ours. Tie greater pro
portion Of yoar best and bravest
Young men; clreered by ryonr bless
iiigs and strengthened BY your
prayers, came to Virginia to battle
Tor onf common cause.
Many,''ah! how many of them fell
ON battle fields or sdied in orr Lospi
tals-tlle. victims Of disease. en1en-
dered by the Exposures of ardnous
eampaigils?
Thero is no country upon whose
roH-of honor shall be inscribed the
names of the Confederate dead.
They died for and with their cause.
Their courage and Devotion oh
tanned the !, pLlutlits ,of aflmirinp
nations. Int it is The recollection of
their suferings, their patience and
theiE untimely cnl, that most ten
derly ondcars their nfe,nory to us.
Dying. they left IFS The guardianship
OF thcir graves. Tt is n. grateful
servico, due alike to them and to
their surviving friends ketns keen
green the tnrf above their heads and
b1Hid monuments to mark for gene
raaaons yet to come, the place of their
repose.
9 A society has. been formed i'm the
city OF RiclAmon.l. entitled .'The
Memorial Association.
The objects OF this Society are to
c"!iect funds to be applied in encIos-
ing, arranging retnrHng, and other
wlso placing iii order, the graves Of
the Confederate dead inferred in the
cemeteries Of Richmond, so that the
names Of onr fallen sof,liers may be-
permanently preserved from oblivion,
and their last resting places saved
from the slightest appearance of ne
glect or want Of care.
All persons who make donations
Ion the purpose of carrying out the
objects of this Society are enrolled
rs members of the same.
We would respectfully suggest to
the ladies' OF the South to form anxi
liary societies, cooperating with US
IN carrying out the objects above
stated. As soon rs. suclI societies are
formed, it is hoped that they will
correspond with this Association.
Letters may he addressed and con
tributlons sent to
Mrs WAl. III. MACFAHLAND,
President.
The Richmond Times. says:
No earthly object could ,bc holicr
than the one proposed by our women
to preserve from dcsecration or
neglect the tombs of our dead heroes.
who died i'll behalf Of their country.
Some of the noblcst and best of the
flower Of the Southern youth fell
around this famous city, or died,
stricken by the hand of disease, in
our hospitals. There is now mo
country upon whose roll OF honor
shall be inscribed the names of the
Confederate dead" hut the Southern
women, rs guardian angels, will pro-
tect their tombs, and the whole
Southern people will cherish and
keep alive their memories. The
name of the lady who presides over
this movement is sufficient guarantee
that the object o<' the Association
VIII hc carried forward with energy.
we trust the Southern women will
respond tn th" appeal, and that the
graves OF otlr dead may he decorated
and beautiticd, and the cemeteries
where they are inferred may surpass
III beauty the most famous in the
world.
Sons OF TIE FEATUKEs or THE In
1EENAI. EEvEN,E Tan BiLLAS PASSED.