The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-06-23


nothing cxtcnuatcd nor aught set down in
malice.
Bat let us not stop with furnishing true his
| tory OF the war. Let us act as men who loved
thcit country and our comrades in arms, who
"o,dient to their country's call. laid down their
lives a. willing sacrifices In defense of those
privileges which they honestly believed necessary
10 lis preservation; Let us erect monuments
ig the bright fame OF the Confederate dead
through the countless generations OF untold ages
lcs, VIC meet with you. comrades, today. for
pleasure and join your wiyc councils and deter
mine how best We may clrcctuatc the objects OF
our organization, and when our business ended
we shall 20 away from your beautiful CITY with
our minds filled only with memories of tho most
pleasant of your attention. kindness and hospi-
tality.
At the conclusion of Colonel uenry's
speech committee, consisting of one
from each camp represented, was ap-
pointed on credentials. Tho report of
the grand commander stated that dur
lBg tho past year many new camps had
been organized with a total membership
OF about 5000. On motion the report
was received and ordered spread on tho
records.
The report of the quartermaster gen.
eral was next called for. 1t demon
strated the fact that the amount to the
credit of the organization, exclusive of
amounts received from churches, the
total of which was SITS, was, at the last
meeting, S153 rs; expenditures since
that time, S113.66; balance on hand,
$1,000. Tho report received ard re-
corded. The report on charters was re-
ceived and filed. Tho report of the com.
mittee, having in charge the question
Of securing Il correct school history of
the late war, was called for. After
some discussion, and, in consideration
OF the fact that Thomas Nelson Pages
lecture would be, at least to some ex-
tent, along this line, the question was
deferred until the session this morning.
The committee on procuring legisla-
tive aid for the soldiers home reported
that it had succeeded in getting from
the legislature of tina State an annual
appropriation of $4,000. The report
was received and filed and vote of
thanks rendered to the committee.
An invitation was extended by the
Portsmouth Camp to the general en-
campment to hold it's next annual
meeting at that place The invitation
was readily accepted. but the at
tempt to fix the exact day called forth
considerable discussion The first was
a desire that the handsome Confederate
monument at Portsmouth might be
com pleted and unveiled on this occa.
sion and the uncertainty of tho date
at which it would be completed.
Various reasons were assigned for
the enCampment in May or June, and
during the discussion considerable jocu-
larity prevailed. Ono gentleman urged
June because sea bathing would be finer
in that month, and another concurred
with him on the ground that the mint
would be better developed. However,
the question was finally referred to a
committee of five who are report this
morning.
a resolution was offered providing for
the encampmont taking steps to unite
itself with tho United Confederate Vet
Grams OF the Southern States, and for
adopting uniform flag, modelled after
after that of the William Watts Camp,
of this city. After some discussion it
was referred to be taken up under the
head of the good OF the order. A reso-
ution was offered providing for print.
ing the records of the encampment.
Referred to a committee of three who
| are to report this morning.
Tho encampm ent was called to order
at $40 o'clock last night by Grand Com
mander Col. w. p. Smith. MIR. Johnson
arose and announced that there had
been change in the programme to the
following effect: That Governor Lee,
who was to address the encampment in
tho evening at S o'clock, would do so at
4 o'clock this afternoon in the Opera
House. and will be followed by Judge
Garrett, of Norfolk, who will read an
account OF Stuart's cavalry in Marylan
Mr.. johnson also announced that this
meeting will be open to the public, and
tho ladies especially arc invited to at
tend.
The same speaker then, in a pointed
speech, dwelt upon the object of the
committee inviting DR.. Thos. Nelson
Page 10 lecture. At the conclusion of
these remarks he introduced DR.. Page,
| who after a few appropriate remarks,
entered at once upon the discussion OF
his subject. lie said in effect that he
was here at the solicitation of the com
mittee to address the encampment on
the subject of a true and i'm partial his
tory that should do even and exact JUS
tice to all sections. He did not believe
that the North intended to misrepresent
and that the writer's of history had
erred unwillingly. The Sou h had been
content to mako history and let others
record it.
The fault was hers that njustice had
been done. for it was her duty not only
TO make history, but to see that it was
properly recorded That no one would
for moment deny that any fair and
impartial history of the South was ex-
tant. This had led to grievous conse-
quences. Not long since an able pro.
fassor of Marlborough had stated in the
Enc clopedmdia BRITANNICA that the
South shone only by reelected light
and that it had only been prevented
from sinking to the levee Of Mexico or
the Antilles through the influence OF
Massachusetts.
That we had produced literature in
great abundance was true. 1t was al
ways so in an agricultural country,
vet that the country ON whose ahnres