The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-02-10


4 smnTe Il The most wealthy mud pp ..uoIs
the soutb,y-W hatour sympathies go,
the late struggle ft would be Needless 1os III,
~ fell. what wehaYe suffered seach one On IN
knows ran feel as we'll az / Tor ffoIn ROM s.
i frat rovcrberatfon at Bull Run3to Inc ~.
,,,ot nj Sailors Creek each cafia clailn SOU
ehaIagr. our Maryland hosts were gataeI $.
. sn BY no CONSUMPTION; they feughsio
ioso und hicre: = and where springs blade
1 ,rassS o.y southern fields tbea e. lies SOM
| ssecoIlectjo9 OF a fallen friend to -each on
nresers They have been gathered to thei
Eod IN honor, He, shall judge whether o
not their ntctTYe was as pure and noble q
tt,at If their victorious brethren. The tim
os enthusiasm has gone by, though GOD ior
bi6 TINT word of mine might sever 1t ron
anv heart. IrApplause.l The time for onsl
nnSS action. has corae. In p@stlFude, e' t;,,.
,.,n come from naught but ciases; ~
Sortety of Maryland will be organizeun, s ,a,
out the memories you can find. that an 't AZ;
know. In this border State toeIo - VOL
faranres and we hold out the n,nu vi, ~.
come to. any man who "an', W AZ nt,,er
truth. It would be unFnanis ~ ~ y, thos,
,,,;se and whatever n1ay DC cnai ~" w 80 p
who felt the want OF manii 1G Cur u =:
WITT AGAINST them. Eireat applause.
| p s tJ"1,is then, in highly complimentary
| WI. " mfr Introduced General Wade Hampton
W. REMARKS or GENERAL HAMPTON.
,,o,aral Hampton, who was most enthusi.
ostically received, after expressing his graft.
t;cation at being commended By Mr.. Wallis,
proceeded in his address. he felt that be
was not among strangers, and was honored
by the exhibition of that hospitality which
bad been extended by the people of Balti-
more to himself and others heretofore. He
came to plead for work which was TO do
Justice to the cause in which the noble Lee
had fought and fell, and to carry out the
purpose which Lee himself projected, but
was prevented from executing by untmely
death-that of writing faithful history OF
the war. The speaker here read letter
dated 1865 from General r. f. Lee,
who announced his intention to write
history. giving as his reason the de-
sire to do justice TO those who fell Oh the side
of the South. General Hampton continued
1t was to continue this project that the
Southern Historical Society was organized at
New Orleans in 1869. Rev. DR.. Palmer was
made president, and yice-presidents noted
for their devotion to the cause appointed to
each State. The vice-president in Baltimore
was one whose name will ever stand revcred
by southern hearts, a man who all he touches
does adorn-S. Teackle Wallis. [Great ap'
plause.] At bis own desire his
place was afterwards filled by Gen
eral Trimble. [Applause.] For Virginia
the vice-president was Robert Il.
Lee. lGreat and continued applause. ]
The object WINS as important as it was sacred,
and was prompted by pride in the glorious
past and obligations to the future. 1t was
to put out that which would justify the
struggle and show the motives that animated
the South. 1t was found the location OF
New Orleans was mistake. The peop OF
Louisiana had no time or heart to give.
Misrule, corruption, and fraud had been
brought upon their unhappy State by the
victorious oppressor. The Southern Md9d-
zine was ayailed of as means of pub
fishing the matter already collected by
one who, If fitted by his faith and
reverence in and earnest efforts for the
cause, was worthy of the task. Wade Hamp.
toni At a convention in Virginia the So.
ciety was re0rganized. General Early as pre-
sident. [Applause.l In referring to the way
in which aid could be extended, he explain
ed that members of the Society became SUBJ
scribers to the magazine, and would receive
the printed history in parts. BY the co0pe-
ration, he said, of all who have not lost faith
or hope in the cause the end will be secured.
Is this not worth struggling for? Are we
willing that the hands that usurped our H.
situations should stigmatize us? Are we oil
the South ashamed OF our history Z NO,
thank God, we are not. Immense ap-
plause.l
We have given most of the names that
iIlumlne the history of the country, aud in
IL vol nf
proud of the achievements and efforts eXhIb-
tied in our downfall When shall it all be
blotted out? When the women cease to
strew flowers on the graves of their dead,
and when Sidney Johnston, Jackson, and
Lee are forgotten. [GreatapplauSe] Shall
thew who are sleeping be called rebels and
traitors? 1t is due to the cause, to our
selves. to our forefathers, our children,
the living and the, dead, that we place
ourselves right. True, | believe il
we wrote only our side We might
make mistakes, but not so many by any
means as the other side. [Laughter.] But
what we want, and will have, is the truth,
the whole truth, and nothing but the truth,
so help us God [ApplauSe.l This Society
can be increased in usefulness after it has en-
tended to every town in the South, and car
red enthusiasm to every quarter; the
archives of the war being gathered, geo.
graphical, topogra phical, and other studies
can be'made. Then those who say " want
to hear no more OF war, l am ii live man, and
don't deal in dead issues,n may be able to
tell in what way the South can be improved,
and we will hear him.
To prove that the Society was not partisan
the speaker told Of man in Boston who,
seeing an advertisement in q Baltimore
paper, sent on his name as member OF the
Society, and was received. Mr.. Humpton
answered the objection of the Society being
for officers and not for priTates by quoting
the ackno Yledged universal regard for Lee
and others while the heroism OF those IN
uurecognized graves remained In silence. be
said: 1--WE want the name Of every Con-
federate soldier, his regiment, where Killed
or wounded, and all about him, that genera
tons of grandchildren, perhaps, may say
He fell where Jackson did," [Great ap-
plause.l The speaker concluded With an
anecdote Illustrating the bravery of Maryland
Confederate soldiers in the late war.
-.- CONCLUSION.
Letters were read expressive of sympathy
from w. w. Coreoran, Of Washington; Gen.
eral j. S. Preston, Rev. j. w. Gallagher, and
Hon. K. Z. Withers, of Virginia.
Rev. IT. U. Dudley, being introduced
made short and eloquent address. lie was
not willing that children in the schools
should grow up in the belief that Lee was Q
traitor to his country, and did not wish his
little daughter to be taught that Jubal Early
who had lifted her in bis arms to the saddle
| and kissed her tenderiy, was rebel, robber
and a traitor.
After the remarks of the reverend gentle
man, benediction was pronounced, and TIT