The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-01-15


They Declare the Cause Of the Rebellion
Not Lost-Wise Anxious TO BE Buried i'm n
Gray Ovcrcoat-The South h" Sublimely I'm
conquered &c.
RcrMoSp. Va, Jan. II, 1867.
large assemblage OF citizens at one OF the leading
churches here addressed this evening by Generals
Roser and Henry A. Wise the subject of relief of
the widows Of Confederate solders. The addresses of
both were warmly received and frequently appauded
General Rosser said he here the champion OF
the Of liberty and Freedom awake the echoes Of
the country from North South behalf OF the hon.
ored dead to lay before you the claims OF the widows
and orphans OF the numberiess dead. Our duties TO
them to do something for these helpless sufferers
He would decorate and monuments to our glorious
dead; but must not forget the wing We entirely
at the mercy Of the conquesors In whose hands our
fate and who, instead Of being magnanmous Bit
tory oppressive. would have preferred to have died
the battle field. at the post OF duty, my worthy
comrade and statesman, General Wise has said;
but " could ask the brave men who died for US what
they would require, they would say "Give our wives
and our children bread" We buy the charity Of
the world We must 60 into the lottery business and
ons M :" .ae 0en ns man
second the birthplace OF our chieftain, r. l. Lee
vireniss great SON virgiuians look at your
State, destroyed and made . slaughter
pen by the very whose institutions you once
admired She is now dshonored made desoste and
renown They left home, wives and children They had
the black horrors of but they went inspired
" What 400 s'n oa and 20 '0r AVER country
. right to expect that would cherish their
memories We should die they have died before u.s.
unbemshed The death knsli OF liberty was sounded
At Appomattox ] have not been pardoned; have moi
asked for It; would not get II did The lives
y not 10 the men in the women: The women carried
the The noble women and children who have lost
husbands and fathers are entitled to our respect We
have no country hut have some means to divide
and
honorable provision made for the wife and
child Of every Confederate soldier, Virginia is
never seen the man that Was ashamed OF It. Maryland
was trammslled and could not assist during the war;
but she is ready to pour out her treasure to help
the suffering widows and orphans Of Virginia There
only six thousand widows IN the SOUTH ana our
vide for thcr. The children must be educated.
We know your influence and your power and
mon bearing Tho wounded soldier OF the battle ded sns
have made them lay him down to die and 60 back to the
Tight. have realized the bitter anguish Of the wives
and children for this duty They cali upon you now TO-
night TO give food and rament TO their wives and chill
drcn The day OF rerbution is coming, aud every man
General WISE was then introduced. He said this
was touching appeal made by General Rosser,
champion of the cause that fell oarm now can strike
for It. We can only now repair our loss The appeal
for aid for our widows and orphans comes from one Of
out before we de2 What evidence have we that that
cause has died outf But when we see widows wall or
cause
out II you let one OF them wall you may we'll say the
cause is dead II shall be TO your cost Should every
and woman In the South give up never will
never, never care not how much more OF misery may
be piled upon me, II will only be moment reaching 10
heaven TO reach heavens ear. You never worthy
the cause II you let II die out We are wailnR and in
want My Cod what widow virfnia herself IL
That IL an aching agony that God knows how endured
t. But have endured H. The men whom I commanded
were all my children looked at then not q Marti-
net would, but az citizens who defending noble
commonwealth, and we cared 30 Tho victory was
won. Never has there been such unexsmpled heroism
when they followed me through disaster and Defeat the
glory that was In my heart that thy knew loved
them would have loved them for that devotion and
self sacrifice In any cause half good have wept
many Of them whom saw fall by the enemy's bull
let a. would my own SON. when die let me lie
where fall, wrapped In my grey overcpat. Leave the
noble memorials you have begun, which ere only van.
ny. The Confederate dead ALL all sleep well, thank
God. But the women--the wife that never knew
want-who could not work who above all that suffer
now, an the who need your chsrjtv Tbs 10 what