The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1894-02-10
pixie Unveiled the Statue.

C.
rms from Nashville to the Hermitage
IS the Soldiers Home, refuge from
/ the storms Of life for the houseless Old
soldier. honorably discharged from
the Tennessee army. The building is
IIaroe and contains every modern COM
i fort: It is situated in the highlands OF
1 Middle Tennessee. one OF the healthiest
| and loyeliest spots in America. The
4 peoplc are generous and noble natured.
During The brief, but gIorions life OF
4 that Young nation, the Southern Con-
j federacy, these men and women were
the truost patriots. For the erection
and success Of this Soldiers Home all
4 praise is due to DR.. j. w. MeMurry,
{ Major r. II. Dudley anaCaptain Marc q
q CockrilI. brave acknowledgements OF
8 Nashville. Too much praise cannot
be given to these noble men for their
zeal and unceasing energy in the estab-
lishment of this Soldiers Home.
These gentlemen were greatly aided
by the grand women OF the Ladies
Auxiliary to the Frank Cheatham
Bivouac. This bivouac is a large or
ganization composed of ex-Confec-
) crates. who were heroic soldiers in the
rlTennessee regiments. Col. Hickman
: and Rev. Il. Lin Cave. Of Nashville,
are master-spirits in this organization
|, they are numbered among the truess
and bravest of this bivouac Tennessee
honors. this Frank Cheatham Bivouac.
and looks with pride upon the Soldiers
, Home. The farm now belonging to
Z this Home was once IA part OF the
5 Hermitage, Gen. Jackson's old home.
t The Tennessee Legislature donated
: This tract TO the Soldiers Home. and
o under the able management of DR.. j..
: / w. McAlurry. Major Dudley and Capt.
: Cockrill the farm amply supports the
veterans of the Home. All praise is
due TO these generous gentlemen; they
give time from their business TO the
$ management of this farm. An aound-
y ance Of wheat cattle, hogs, poultry.
s. milk. butter, and every substantial
v product of a Tennessee monntain-farm
is raised here. Among the bravest and
- noblest people on earth are those o.
! Georgia. Virginia and Tennessee. II
I, these States are many battle grounds
u of the civil war; the people hallow ans
;, love these spots as individuals love tn
n last resting places of their sacred dead
IF The Lost Cause hives in their memories
re is undying in their hearts, is as upper
A. ishable as Immortality. They low
ar that Young, heroic nation, whose brill
~ liant life was but a brief span; it ]
sacred to them and their children;
= lives in the songs and stories OF Who'll
~ loyal Southland; they commemorate
in their marble shafts. The write
Is noticed this particularly at the unveil
az ING of the Confederate monument i
ct GAINESVILLE. Tenn. Thousands OF me
at and women had gathered to watch tn
ts unwilling of the marble sentlneis
M LOYAL men and women, with sacre
~ memories stamped upon each counter
~ ance, looked upward to the stone face
~ and thoughts drifted back to the 81
We battlefields where the living Confe'
,ir crates had fought through storm an
danger; where the living sentinels ha
is kept watch while their worn and wear
r. comrades slept. The sky was rion'
less, the autumn trees yellow and crlu
res son. the day golden and beautifn
nm Natures great heart beat In symp
thetic harmony. Thousands upliftt
ase faces watched for the veil to drop; eat
Is countenance solemn and sad with ha
ser lowed memories, many marked WI
the scars Of battles; eyes dimmed WI
'es rushing tears, heads whitenef WI
VS. Times bleaching fingers. dropped up
ent trembling palms, told the stranger to
these people mourned the death OF
" sacred past. The string was pulled.
Ike broke and dropped in mid-air. !
on. hand could reach the broken end; t
topmost Confederate sentinel was st
unveiled. In the anxious hush I
wild, sweet music of Dixie filled t
:. silence. A song dear to every Sothe
-" patriot. The veil covering the topm'
oye picket floated upward, and the stat.
face was uncovered. Every eye
fixed on the stone sentinel. De
thrilled the air. thousands sang.
wv veil floated upward. then fell. and
has statne was unveiled to the kne
ks. Wilder and wilder the bands play
and wilder sang the people until "
rolled upward in one deep, unbrek
ger. volume. again the bunting fioated Q
to ward. then fell. and there stood I
10 a Confederate sentinel unveiled.
Dixie unveiled the statue.
These old songs that tell the glory
a dead hope, the bravery OF an out-n'
who bered but unconquered people. tn
the through eternity. and Lee and Jacks
nod the peerless; Ashby and Forrest,
dauntless; Stuart and Pelham,
fearless; Mnsby and the Johnstons
equaled, and all the thousands OF
URN Confederate bravest in their spi
S7th homes sing these old camp-son
% these great spirits, tenting on
eternal fields. catch the strains II
their tine-dwelling comrades,
Dixie thrills through eternity.
leen MISS NJ. c.. KELLEI
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