Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1882-08-26

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han they never lived, and their yer, |
atirmities proclaim it,. TOT
Sumo people have pretended to be-
ieve ihat Il we should ever obi ain con- |
rol ing Influence in the government we |
v 0uld dsmahd pensions TOR our people. |
But the idea otreeeiviOg pension from
he, government has, never, entered into |
he mind OF a confederate soldier. Tho |
iuty of taking rare OF our own distressed |
people, devotves upon Us alone. Shall |
We, who.Are able. by our daily toll, to |
Tor rour, Own families, not be |
willing now to contribute to the support |
Df our comrade, who, in those dark |
DAY 81. was SO iuithiutu and true? Shall
We deny hraad and shelter to the widow |
and children ,0t him who would have
divided his last crust wit b us
1T Is 10 answer this question that we
have met here 10 -dav9 and TO- put Into
practical shape some plans to secure the
means.
There n NO doubt OF our ability and
lher,, IA NO dt;ubt Or our Willingness TO
u.ske amnla nro ovisiou tor 1 hese,, pufr6-
ses, but it REQUIRES ,o ,5e-t 81, no
A 1sEIxEDo. METHOD AND eCONCERTa pE
,yb,u ,gsst,,AcrIoN n .,,e i',.;fs
to insure success. When we think OF
what q large number OF cOnfederates
.n,u. "" n.rr.i.. m We ,..rcs;ys 'how =; oh,
uo s"",S a..h i, 10 hv
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oe out lew yea!e unsl sueIc ~ouu ye
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s', SoNh A'AA 'S''Ns
where our poor cemraaes ana tneNr
wido"s anu otPnA" cnlidlea c19ia TO-
ceive such aid Is tneir hecess'tle' Fe'
qu15so1 = - ..,..,.
- Inc means 20 :aeconhPhsh sh's noo'e
purpose are witnin our easy .eacn. ana
now is the tiMe 70 ao u. y Is hot eA-
pected: that al! the money necessary
wiftb collected IN one year, therefore
the sooner The work IL begun the longer
will pc the period anq the larger will
be nupbeIs That we VIII nave " aFew
upon. Tor We must not forget tnat tnere
are more OF ~ - day than there sesa 0e
next gear, aud gear Ly year oeasa makes
nls5 5oratiS upon vs. anu soun tnote ~
be only lew oid men lett OF tue onee
spfenaio army OF tne con!eueracy. A.o'
s'tnen lose no "mo auu oust ~ "
/ Ep0rtunttGis let there 0e' 10; every cousty
City and village IN this state, Organi3a'
tiOns among Inc coniederates suoorgl'
nate to this stale orYan'zatlon, Whereby
an opportunity may % 'suoroso eve y
confederate 10 contribute each year Ias
he sees tt. 70 this trssaurYs and to ist II
be known that whilst this Is
s'h' MISSOURI ASSOCIATION
we do not propose to limit our benefitl
tto Missoufi coufederates alone, but I,
every Door 1aederer Of that cause VIII,
comes. to our door, Or whom the wave.
| Of adversely may cast upon our shores
1 There is another duty that We owe
/ At Springfield, In this state, We have ,
COMEDIES ate cesnetery ~ here We col
leci ed a, large number OF the bodies .
O. moderate soldiers s'ain 10 the ba,tl
Of Springfield and elsewhere. Til
\ cemei eryfls under the charge ofan az
sociation which haS bestowed upon
such care 40 was within i,s means
but unfortunately, iris little known. an
means have been lacking TO make
what it should be. r4ts
i u II we wish our, children who sha
come after US 10 revere our nenl0rie
as soldiers we must leave behind u
evidences to them that We ourselves r.
I'vered our cause. We tan leave no bette
evidence of that than the we'll keI
: graves of our soldiers, aud suitable In
perishnble monuments TO mark tn
place where they sleep. Let " see I
1t, my friends, that suflicient funds b
tptovided 10 hdOrn this cemetery as
deserves TO, be. .,,s .y..I,.
But we must leave our children some
thing more even than marks OF respel
10 our contemporaries. We must coiie'
aud preserve Tor them data from whiC
fair history NJ the war and It's cause
can be written. The disposiuo
to distOrt facts seems untortanatel
quits natural. and If We should leav
tho tH.ke OF cOllecting and preservin
historical data 10 those only who wei
opposed to US. none OF the briilia'
. achieyments OF our arms or the hero
! endnrance OF our psOpiA would 60 dow
to posterity. e. 9,Hge
Thls is evidenced Dy the so'caHed ni
tories which are now ID common use
the PoOlic scnooIs III some Pottlons
ahe country; tney are l.tie e'ss -. -.
lebies. and weak invanuoos ~ tna
!, Ihe chudrsn wno dead tnem must o'ts
r WONDER wnat WAS tneIo 10 e"pioy
/ great arm:es ana havies OF tne unio!
SO long Time 10 the sootn. Ine wrte
Of such books 10 stheF es9er"ess 70 "
derEate, Us and preJpdice !no youtoi'
mind against US pnWittingly roo the
own side Of its CHIEF merit.
Far be It from me to attempt to draw
, invidiOus comparison between the mort
ern and southern armies but leel an
, to say this, when in alter years Ame'
. cans will desire to point to examples
= the '
HEROisM. ENDURANCE. FIDELiTf
, aud couraRs Of their countrynen durir
this Wal, ,tioy will look more naturally
, !, the southern than to the northern pc
|, pie, simply because It was the southe'
: and nottbe northern people who wei
called to face the fiery trials, Durir
the W Or the north flowed with mi X Al
honey; never was there such apparel