The Opelousas courier., 1895-12-07
Confederate Memorial Ediice.
N. o. Times-D Democrat.

Ho NOuOG hCpU tluSh oL ~ LIZ
inaugurated on the initiative of Mr.
Charles Broadway Rouss Of New York
an ex-Confederate soldier and now I;
very wealthy citizen, to build a splen
did edifice in some INT of the cities O.
tire South which may guard forever thu
memories Of the South's struggle fol-
liberty, and the evidences of her glO'
riOus proves in the field.
The theory of the movement can
not be expressed better or more fe'
%licitously than in Mr.. Rouss' own words
"The idea u.s." said MIR. Rouss, "tba1
every Confederate veteran should have
a proprietary interest in the institution
that each Of them should feel that he
had contributed something toward per
petuating the memories OF the great
struggle in which he had borne a part
The surviving veterans are unanimous
in the desire to perpetuate the memory
of the glorious struggles OF the South
for constitutional rights, to pay de,
served tribute to the heroic deeds OF
the fallen comrades; to furnish an in
spring object lesson to their descend
ants, and to leave to posterity enduring
proofs of the courage, loyalty and devO-
ton to duty of the Confederate soldier.
All this can be accomplished by con
certed, united action"
Mr.. Rouss' extremely mupificent pro-
position was that, in the event the ex-
C~onfederates would collect by what
ever means they could and would the
sum of 800, 600 for the erection and en-
dowment of such an edifice as the one
in view, he (Mr. Rouss) from his own
pocket would contribute the other
moiety of 500, 900; and thus would the
South raise for itself an institution that
would be a central repository OF war
relics and memories, that would
be a credit to Southern patriotism,
and that would be the most
part of the Confederacy, of that cause
which for almost a generation has been
mourned as lost.
Mr.. Rouss' muniticeDt offer, we need
scarcely say, was received with CRATE
full favor; it was impossible that such
an offer could have been received 9th
erwise than with enthusiastic acclaim.
A general committee from all the
Southern States, acting under APP
%pointmcnt and by authority Of the Uni
ted Confederate Veterans Association,
Immediately issued an address through
Gen. Clement A. Evans, to all Confed-
crates, to the son and daughters of the
Confederates and to the ONE Of the
South, bidding them get to work in
their various camps and associations
and otherwise and raise the sum of
100000 for the object named. Says
that splendid address in part:
1.-THE enrolment of Your names upon
the honorable scroll of the founders of
this Battle Abbey will be an impeNsh-
able and luminous record on which pos
terity will look with pride as evfhcing
your patriotic cooperation in securing
the memorabilia of the most remarkable
era in our country's career. The illus
trious roll will declare the heart As we'll
as the intelligence of a great people of
this age who believe that the valorous
the Southern people deserve complete
and perpetual commemoration.
at will exhibit the popular enthu-
siasm which never fails to be aroused
concerning the fame won by the great
fields and will manifest the Wonderful
unity Of our people in maintaining the
honor of their beloved South. TO have
your name envolumed as an associate
with your comrades, your sons and
daughters, and women OF the South in
this memorial work on which ages to
come will gaze with absorbed interest
will, we are assured, be enjoyed by you
with c~ommendable pride, and it is
therefore the earnest desire not only of
this committee but of the whole body
Of our comrades, that not one name
shall be missing from that record. The
opportunity will Bb given you to in
scribe your upon that immortal
roll which is made popular on purpose
by placing the membership fee at One
Dollar, for which a receipt will be given,
and that receipt will be convertible into
a certificate issued by authority OF the
United Confederate Veterans Associa-
ton to become ~ heirloom in the fami-
ly OF the donor: RThis popular subscrip-
OF our people SHALL be excluded from
the roll of founders, but there will be
thousands whose liberal gifts will ex-
coed that per capita membership fee
and whose generosity will be suitably
acknowledged"
The COnfederates of Louisiana, the
sons and daughters of Confederates,
and those in this city and state to whom
the civil war is a sacred memory, will,
VI are sure, lose no time in making res
ponse to that appeal. Offers to con-
tribute 100000 for any such pious and
patriotic purpose are not met with at
every cross road in the country; and
when such an offer is made, those for
whose advantage it is made may well
hasten to comply with its reasonable
stipnlations.
The committee, it will be seen, has
fixed the minimum of contribution at
the small figure of one dollar, to the
end that no person with Confederate
~sympathies may have so much as the
shadow of 40 excuse for not chipping
in" to raise the requisite sum-. Readers
eff The Times Democrat, We are sure,
will do their duty in the premises.
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