Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-02-22
SUNDAY SALAD.

Worth to respond to the call for aid in
swelling the fund to be expended in
providing home for disabled Confed-
crate soldiers in the city ofAustln was
somewhat a surprise 10 those who in
terested themselves In the matter.
Surely, II there is one class Of hui
manlty that appeals more strongly 10
the sympathies Of people than an
other Il IL those who fought on the
battlefield Tor their country. And
this seeming indifference TO the Con-
federatelyeteranssuggestss some peculiar
reflections TO the writer. Are we liy-
ing in an age when patriotism Is sub
merged In the great fundamental
principle OF seliishness2 And Is II
not hard to realize that in a score OF
years the people OF the South can
have become 30 indifferent to those
same soldiers they once almost wOr-
shipped? The chlvalry and generosity
Of the South has been a theme Of the
poets and historians for many years,
but when the people Of Texas are
called upon 70 give aid to move
ment which appeals to that ehivalry
and generosity, their actions make the
words a mockery Of truth.
Why is this so? The only answer
to this question that occurs to the
writer Is that the nineteenth century
lie q practical age aud that to-day the
patriotism Of the people is submerged
IN the principle Of selflshness. Had
Major Stewart come 10 Fort Worth
with an AdRmless Eden troup, and
billed the city with flaming posters.
he PROBABLY would have been greeted
with crowded house, but when he
came representing the living memo
rles OF the lost cause, he was neglected
even by his old comrades in arms.
There are in this city those who
muskets and fought for the
Confederacy, who suffered all the
horrors Of that dreadful civil war, and
who would scornfully resent any inn
putation on the sscredness Of their
cause, which the God Of warfare de-
clared to be wrong yet they view with
Indifference any move looking to-
wards the relief OF those who bear the
wounds Of the war which once stirred
their life blood into a torrent OF patriot
ism.
History contains many similar
truths, and while conquered nations
may live in history, they are remem-
bered only by their magnificence and
power, and the principles OF their ex-
istence soon cease to be remembered
I'm connection with them. Yesterday
In the United States senate the dedi-
cation OF the great Washington mOnu-
ment occurred, over one hundred wears
AFTER the Father OF His Country gave
the world the grandest example Of
patriotism that history has ever re-
corded. For many years il
was a question whether or not the
would ever be completed,
and when In the senate chamber IL
was dedicated the country knew that
this work had been DELAYED longer
than il should, Had Washington
been the representative of CONQUERED
nation to day he would be remembered
only as great general In lost cause.
and no stately monuments would
he erected TO his memory. SO IL IA
with the heroes OF the Confederacy;
Lee, Jackson, Johnston and all the
great lights of that Inflated cause will
be worshiped by portion OF the gem
now passing away, but their
nsme9 VIII not stir the patriot
10 lelllngs OF posterity and
one hundred years hence they will
occupy places In the nations history
only a. shining lights In the lost cause.
The Confederate home ut Austin
should be built, butwill the movement
succeed? 1 am afraid not, II Mai.
Stewart depends upon the patriotism
of the public to raise the necessary
money. Memories of the war are pass
ing away, and 10 successfllly appeal
to the patriotism OF the masses some
lbing must be presented which bears
directly upon their own in
teTests, The Bartholdl statue
OF Liberty EnlighteniDg the World,p
a patriotic gift OF France to America
Is almost neglected, and America has
hesltated, not to say refused, to build
a pedestal To place the magnificent
gilt upon. The patriotism OF the re-
public has been appealed TO In vain In
regard To this statue, yet an obelisk
from Egypt, brought 10 America at AN
expense greater than that required 10
place Frances gift in the New York
harbori stands In Central park In New
York city for curious public 10
gaze In wonder upon while the
superb emblem OF the patriotic rela-
hons Of France and America is scarcely
bought OF by the millions who owe
their national independence as much
TO France az they do to the valor and
patriotism OF their forefathers. Those
who brought Cheopatra's needle to
America were moved principally by
SCI fish motives and not through ps.
.rlOtism.
The success OF the Mistletoe club as
4 social organization has caused the
members Of that organization TO seri-
'usly consider reorganization on a
more substantial basis with the view
u making 10 great club with AN az.
'uranee OF continued life and usefll-
1ess, II Ia proposed 10 disband the club
~ IL now exists and organize II into
stock association somewhat upon the
plan now pursued by the building and
oan associations of the city. By this
lolion the club will in the course of n
short time be able TO build handsome
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