The Butler weekly times., 1895-12-26

mlnstreI strung the iyTe, W ntiy csi'
ebrate their praise.
The straits to which they were re
duced for food and clothing, the
self-abnegation and hardships en-
dured by them during those dark
and gloomy days OF war finds no
parallel in history; their patriotism
and courage viii! be written in gold
en- letters upon the tables of time,
ineffaceable and ineradicable while
memory lasts. and. as ministering
angels, their names will live upon
the pages of poetry and romance as
long as chivalry exists in the hearts
and minds of mankind.
This "battle abbey will not be
dedicated alone to the history and
deeds of the civic and military he
roes of the greatest of civil wars,
but the general commanding will see
that within its sacred portals suffi
cient and conspicuous space will be
reserved fer the names and fame of
the ''heroines of the south"
As yet only wandering trouba
dours like the bards of the middle
ages, journeying from castle to cas-.
tie, have very family sung their
praise, but the tender and sacred
memories which cluster with halo
of love and veneration around their
living and dead, demands that their
names and the story of their glory
be gathered ere it is too late, and
that some master, whose pen is in
spired with celestial fire, and whose
touch is mellowed and hallowed by
the richness and the grandeur of
the theme, shall mingle and blend
them with their glorious achieve
ments into a southern spic, glowing
with tributes OF their unparalleled
history, to be deposited in this sane
tuary OF southern valor.
Here in this temple of fame, which
is to be dedicated to all the people
of the coming centuries, in niche
carved out by the story of their
wondrous deeds and glory, monu-
ment will also arise, commemorative
of the courage and fame of the she.
roines OF the south a name which
will ever be proudly linked in his
tory with those of .''Roman Matron"
and Spartan Mother" For did net
ev.ry southern mother, like the "Ro
) man Matron," exclaim: "These are
my jewelse" and did not their forti
tude and heroism rise to even su
premer heights? For they sent their
offspring bravely and Loyalty to bat
tie for their country, and with the
Spartan Mothers" injunction: "Re-
turn your shield. or on it.
It is to the survivors of these illus
trious women and to their descend
ants to whom the general command
ing, therefore, confdentally intrusts
this important mission of assisting
in this holy undertaking.
The general commanding appeals
to and urges those heroic women,
survivors of a heroic age, and all
the daughters of the south who take
pride in the history of such worthy
and glorious ancestors, to immedi-
ately, upon the receipt of this order,
organize societies and elect presi
dents, secretaries, treasurers and
other officere, in every city, town
and hamlet and neighborhood in the
south, and to notify Col. R. G
Wood, general manager of the con-
federate memorial association, No.
A Perdido street, New Orleans, La.
so that he can at once supply in
structions, and that they will com
mence without delay the collection
of funds for the erection of this de
pository OF the records of the valor
of southern manhood and the hero
ism of southern womanhood, and,
continue their efforts systematically,
making the memorial festival day.
May l, 1896. the elimination of their
efforts.
The money raised by each society
and in each locality must be depos-
tied in some good bank or other safe
| depository. to the order of the Unit