The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1891-05-14
AN ELOQUENT Address
ATTHE 18TH REUNION OF THEGA.
CONFEDERATE ASSOCIATION.

CONFEDERATE ASSOCIATION.
An Extract from the Address of Col.
ChaS. c. Jones, LID, on the ImpoI,-
tance Of HOnOring and Revering the
Memory of the Confederate Dead.
The following is an extract from an
address delivered before the Confed-
crate Survivors Association in Au-
gusta, Georgia, on the occasion Gifts
Thirteenth Annual Reunion by Col
Charles c. Jones, Jr., LID, Presi-
dent of the Association:
cit may not be disguised that there
is a growing tendency to frame eN-
cuses for, nay. to belittle the aims,
the Inspirations, and the exploits of
a Confederate past. Under the alb
surd guise Of New South Haunting
the banners ofutilitarianism,- lifting
the standards ofspeculation and ex-
MISUNDERSTANDING the colors where
on are emblazoned consolation of
wealth and Capitalization of govern
ment, lowering the flag of intellect
ual, moral and refined supremacy in
the presence of the petty guidons of
ignorance, personal ambition and
diabolism, -supplanting the iron
cross with the golden calf,-and
| crooking
''The pregnant hinges of the knee
| Where thrift may follow fawnilg.''
not few are they, who, ignoring the
elevating influence of heroic impulses,
manly endeavor, and virtuous senti-
ments, would fain convert this region
into Il money-worshipping domain;
and, careless of the landmarks of the
fathers, impatient of the restraints
of a calm, enlightened, conservative
civilization, view with Indifferent eye
the tokens of Confederate valor, and
sighting the graves of Confederate
dead would counsel no obligation
save to the shrine of Mammon. Be
guiled by the hope ofplace and gain,
misled by false notions. and demon
allied by the commercial methods of
the present, there is Il danger, my
friends, that the number will increase
of those who, failing to appreciate,
will neglect to rightly value the aspi-
rations which animated the breasts
and nerved the arms of the Southern
people uring momentous and de-
fensive crisis, than which the world
has known none sanctified by pErer
self-sacrifice or characterized by loft
Ter emprise.
/ Surely, if it can be prevented by
precept, example, and honest avowal,
| we will never consent that our loyal
ty shall be questioned, our allegiance
to truth, honor and vested rights i'm
puned, or our genuine manhood
drawn into controversy at our own
homes and within the shadow of our
cherished monuments TO our de-
scendants do we ma turally and conf
IDENTIFY look for the protrction of our
posthumous regulations. They
should be the guardians; they are the
legitimate transmitters Of the aims,
doctrines and principles which we
held dearer than life.
| Permit me. then, to make this sug-
gestion for your consideration and
future action. Let our sons, by vir-
tue of heirship, be admitted as junior
members of this association; SO that
when we pass into the realm of shad
ows there may be those, sprung from
our loins and inheriting our senti-
ments, who will regard with pride and
cherish with devotion the recollec-
| tions which we deem sacred, and see
| to it that in the Pantheon wherein
honest history shall set up the ina
ages of the good and great. there
shall be room-ample. honorable,
and observation-disclosures to the
statues of Davis, Lee. Jackson, John
ston, Hampton and of their noble
compatriots who imperiled all in the
defense of home, in the cause of truth.
in the maintenance of right, in the
support of freedom, and in the exhi-
bition Of every trait appertaining to
exalted manhood"