The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-05-05
The lhirlIeih Annual Meeting a. Lee
Camp Hall Last Night.
ELOQUENT ADDRESS BY DR.. LAFFERIY.
The Annual Report OF the Executive com
mittee-Interesting Musical Pro-
gramme by X, l.. Lee Camp.
DIR. Lafierty's Address.

platform ny JuuSt btol SS - IN '-N-~
and Colonel John B. Cary.
Colonel Cary then opened the meeting
by calling upon Chaplain General j. VIII
liam Jones. for prayer. The chaplain in
voked Gods blessing upon the noble wo-
men who had inaugurated the association
for the perpetuation of the memory OF
the soldiers who fell in battle. God
bless the old Confederate soldier he
said. who one by one are falling out of
the ranks here, prepare them 10 answer
the final roll-call on nigh as they 50 often
have done here"
In the absence Of the president, Mrs.
Joseph Bryan, Colonel John Il. Cary was
requested by the ladies to preside and inn
medlately after the prayer he began by
thanking the ladies for the honor they
conferred upon him.
To De associated with such women,
he said, is an honor indeed, and TO he
here in u representative capacity for them
is more than regal honor lie compl-
mented the association upon its noble
purpose and the great labor of love that
they had undertaken I'm the task OF caring
yalor would live as long as fame her
record keeps.
THE RLrORT.
Colonel Cary then presented the annual
report of the executive committee of the
association. which is In part as follows:
To-day closes the twenty-ninth year OF
the existence Of the Hollywood Memo
rial Association. Since our last anniver-
sary. but five meetings have been held,
and no important enterprise il recorded
on the minutes. The few items of gene
raj interest. apart from the regular rou-
time. are, however. sufficiently suggestive
of the Importance Of our work 10 leave
us in no doubt as to the necessity for
continued eXertion.'
The report goes on TO tell OF tie or
ganzation of the Memorial, Association at
Appomattox and of the wreath sent TO
decorate the Conferedate monument at
Chicago ON the occasion Of its unveiling
last May, Of how a small addition to the
association income had been made by the
sale Of a souvenir booklet Of the Soldiers
section I'm Hollywood.
The report also calls attention to the
protest entered by the Association against
the refusal OF the Legislature TO increase
the appropriation 10 the Soldiers Home.
Attention is called 20 the fact that the
work in the soldiers section I'm Hollywood
IS Still progressing.
The report concludes with n statement
Of what had been done for history I'm the
establishment of the Confederate Mu-
scum.
1t alludes to the sending Of the Bay
wreath 10 tho unveilng of the Confederate
monument in Chicago last May. and also
10 the addition of the income Of the as
loft fnt trr 0 L.. D.. = 80
let.
DIR. LAFFERTY.
Colonel Cary then briefly introduced the
Speaker OF the evening, DR.. Larerty, who
delivered Il most eloquent address. He
said.
There is often strange conjunction OF
the small and the great. The peasant
girl of Gaiiiee owned no herds on a
thousand hills She could not bring the
nrstlings OF latted hocks out OF the
little dovecOte OF her home she took the
humblest Offering allowed under the Tenn
ble law-the two pigeons permitted TO
poverty. What a diameter and distance
between the pair Of doves ana the infant
OF her bOsOm-the Majesty OF Eternity!
The paltry words that may come TO my
tongue set over against the noble ser
vice of this society can be reckoned up
only by a decimal and shrinking notion Oh
d receding arithmetic.
THE h0nOred matrOns and maidens
who tend this Gods acre, rich with the
hbatiOn OF heroic blood. IN our rOOfes5
battle abbey in Hollywood; who watch
by the pathetic dust; who make fragrant
with the first flowers OF each revolving
year the sacred earth, ought ever 10 bear
among us the precedence OF yestals nurs-
ing the fire Of patriotism, as in the brave
days Of old.
"As Scipio, with the spoils Of Carthage.
the great Julius himself could not holI
seats I'm public, superior In dignity TO the
marble chairs VI the Nestals, so II should
be decreed 10y social consent that our
priestess OF patriotism shall have worthy
recosniuony ana rank. Fortunate ana
happy as a servitor, IL | may bear one
faggot to the hallowed hearthstone where
pious hands feed the pure flame.
Whose memory 90 We hOnorl
when a stiZen OF the republic, fol-
lowing his plOw in the furrow, hears the
bugle-call 10 resist invasion. hurries 10
his home, parts with weeping wife ana
little ones. shoulders his rifle. cOnfronts
the foe on the confines OF bis country.
risking his life for right and iustice-such
a man is a sublime hero the n0blest
object under the Sky. Such was The
Southern soldier.
NO calling can match IN noble traitl
with the martial men defending a just
cause and the homes OF their people.
A soldier stands for self-sacritce for the
public good. Man cam rise no higher.
In our best moods, We rank our Scared
warriors as first i'm peace, and the
mounds above the CORY cOrpses as the
shrnes Of loftiest inspiration. II is a
divine Instinct 10 laud the hero ana
loathe the coward.
~ M II WAP SONc
'srhere Is a war song sung more than
three thousand years ago. II recites the
glory OF gallant tribes. and boots the base
behavior OF gnoble clans. The patriotic
priestess Of her people lifted up her voice
in this martial melody. There Is a hiss IN
the question why did Dan remain in his
ships seeking game on the safe seashore,
while the battle was on. There is
line scorn in the picture Of pastoral shirk-
ing. 'Reuben abode among the sheepfolds
10 hear the bleating OF the focks' while
the shout Of armed men resounded amcng
the nils. What a taunt. And from a
woman.
"rhere is pride In every syllable that
reports the brave deeds Of the two corps.
Zebulon and Naptali were a people who
jeopardized the lives unto the death IN
the high places OF tile field In all lite
rature is there superior definition OF
patriotism to this sung by Debora three
millennum ago among the Wild swords
men of the East? And so from savaSes
through the classic era and on to times
OF greatest enlightenment the gallant ma
lions have had their noble exploits cheer
ed In loud and ringing numbers.
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