The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-06-29
The Southern IIiatorIcai society

ern 14i5toriCAlf tDoc1ety, Wuicu you Will
find enclosedGs They have beenisens to
ime for publication in orr State, with a
request that / should invite the co-ope-
ration of our people in promoting the
objects contemplated by the society
These objects are so fully and ably set
forth in the official circular that it is
only necessary for -meto call attention
to that paper, and to express my hearty
concurrence in the measures it recon-
mends. We owe it as sacred duty to
our ancestry, the fathers Of that republic
which exists now only in name; to our
children, whose duty it will be to re-es-
tablish civil liberty on this continent, if
they hope to escape our fate; and, above
oil, to the memory of our heroic dead,
that we should place upon record, where
the future historian of our late war may
find it, the true facts relating to our un-
fortunate but glorious struggle. By this
means alone can we vindicate our princi.
Piles, Justify our cause, and preserve in
tact that which alone can give value to
history-truth. The society Which has
been organized in New Orleans has these
noble objects in view, and they appeal SO
directly to the heart of every true man in
the South, that they need only to be
presented to be endorsed. AS soon as
the constitution and bylaws Of the soci-
ETY. are sent to mc, they shall be pub
lished, when hope that branch societies
will be established in every District of
our State. In the meantime, invoke
in behalf of the society the laid and CO.
operation of every man who revores the
ancient honor and renown OF our State;
who cherishes q proper regard for the
great principles which have governed
her in the past; who believes that these
principles will yet be triumphant; who
wishes to vindicate tho cause for which
we fought, and who desires to preserve
untarnished the memory of those patri-
OTIS who died for at cause.
" DE HAMPTON,
Vice-President Southern Historical So
ciety.
There was regular meeting of this
society last veGing, in the Office of tho
Howard Association, which was we'll at
tended, and important business trans
acted. Gen. Braxton Bragg ofIiciated
as President, in the absence of DIR. Pal
mer.
The permanent constitution and by
laws were read, adopted and ordered to
be published.
Letters were read from q number of
the Vice Presidents elected at previous
meeting.
We append an off icial list of the officers
of the society:
OFFICERS OF PARENT SOCIETY, NEW Or
LEANS, LA.
Rev. 3. NJ. Palmer, D. D., President;
Gen. Braxton Brngg, e-Presdert;
Joseph Jones, NJ. D., Secretary and
Treasurer.
ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
President, Vice President and Secre.
tary en obicio, j. Dickson Bruins, NJ. D, ,
Hon. Thos. j.. Semmes, W. S. Pike,
Gen. Harry T. Hays.
vICE-PREsIDENTs OF STATES.
Gen. r. E. Lee, Virginia; Hon. S.
Teakle Wallis, Maryland; Gen. D. H.
Hill, North Carolina; Gen. Wade Hamp-
ton, South Carolina; Hon. Alex.-H.
Stevens, Georgia; Admiral r. Semmes,
alabama; Gov. 1shann G.. Harrisi Ten
nessee; Gov. E. CT. Humphreys, Missis-
sippi; Col. -Ashbell Smith, Texas; Gen.
j. g. Breckinridge,s Kentucky; Gen.
Trusten Polk, Missouri; Hon. a. H Gar
land, Arkansas; Hon. S. r. Mallory,
Florida.
HC iOItOWiHSd dbtS- adttESSS was READ
by the Secretaryland Treasurer, DR.. Jo-
seph Jones, and unanimously adopted.
1t very fully explains the objects and
scope of the society:
! OFFICIAL CIRCULAR.
On the 1st of May, 1869, after several
preliminary meetings, a number of gen
tlemen in the city of New Orleans formed
themselves into permanent association,
under the style of the "Southern His
torical Society" with the following gen
eral outline:
A parent society, to hold its seat and
its archives in the city of New Orleans,
with affiliating societies to be organized
III all the States favorable to the object
proposed; these in their turn branching
into local organizations in the different
notwithstanding thus a wide fellow
ship Of closely co. ordinated societies, with
a. common centre in the parent associa-
tion in this city.
The object proposed to be accom-.
plished is tho collection, classification,
preservation, and final publication, in
some form to be hereafter determined
of all the documents and facts bearin n,