The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-04-30
THE PRIVATE SOLDIER.

IN the air at tho top OF tne nonumehV
proper.
NV Countrymen: An intense patriotism
and love OF country is the marked chaiac-
tcrlstic OF our American civilization. THIS
is demonstrated by the fact, that sections
have submitted their differences to the ar
hitramCnt of the sword. accepted the re-
suits of Il bloody war. reunited as II com
mon people. under the same flag, ana each
chcerfully accords TO the other the priv
ilege. upon appropriate occasions. OF wor-
shipping at the shrine of its own house
hold gods.
For the third of u century the veterans OF
the Confederate army have gloried IN me
wonderful progress and development of oar
common country, They are devoted TO us
interests. and Jealous in promoting Its gen
oral welfare.
The people OF the South appreciate the
name and fame of Generals Mcclellan.
Grant. Hancock and Others and approve
when our rountrymen of the North com
memoratc the name and fame OF their own
great leaders
From our earliest National existence TO
this day excepting only the period from
1861 to 1868. the people of the North ana
tho South were and are one. enjoying the
hencacence OF the same government, stand
tur for a common cause. Cherishing com
mon traditions. comforting honor and ais
tinction upon the same great leaders me
nemo and fame OF Washington, Adams, van
Buren and Taylor. Of Clay. Calhoun ana
Webster ia the common heritage oil an
So also the name and fame OF Jefferson
Davis. r. Il. Lee Sidney Johnston and L.
j. Jackson, who by dauntless courage and
exalted genius. won for American arms
imperishable glory upon the bloody heids
of Mexico. But the name and fame OF
Davis Lee. Johnston and Jackson. pcrsoni-
fled IN this polished marble, is the eNciu-
l. g No nf a
The period from 1861 to 1864 Is here vi
talzed Four years OF exclusive National
existence distinct from and In antagonsn
to the people of the North. In the history
of that period every page is emhelllshod
with the name and exalted action ~ our
great leaders. They Will live, and ought
to live. in the hearts OF their countrymen
for ages to come. When your children =
children shall ask their fathers IN
time 10 come what means that
stone?" What shall be the answer? Tha'
polished marble. the GROWING glory oil thls
monument. personifes no individual u
chnracteriz no particular man llNlhg VI
dead Its theme Is The Confederate Sol
der" Who was this Confederate soldier
who even in this august presence Is as
signed the position of great distinction :
From whence did he come. and whittier has
he gone?
When General Andrew Jackson asked the
Seminole chief OF his Lineage, nc rcpi'eu /;
THE lightning struck the mighty OAK ana
from the crash | rel 10 the c"' w. '"'
fledEed warrior. Go,
So In 1851. when the North and South
collided from that terrific shock lhe
Confederate Soldier sprang upon the earth'
The foremost warrior OF any age or eouh-
try. Like great meteor, he Durht upon
nm asionishod world and shot alhwnrt the
horizon of the times, lllumlnhtu'e Az Wv
!, 1Inlg
f,rling Ills banner ana laying aside me
hahtliment OF war forever. he melteo away
into The citizenship Of this great country.
That marble commemorate the heroihin
~ an AGGREGATION of men, the Coniederhle
army. not famous for numbers. but most
renowned for fortitudc and courage
If viii proclaim 10 coming generations
u,ot # was the Confederate soldier. under
tho command OF the lamented JohnstonN
who drove the Union army from inc hci"'
Of shiloh and had tho commander DseI
SHARED until sunset. would have swept th''
army into the Tennessee.
That IT was the Confederate SOLDIER uh
der command Of that thunderpoit ol W.
"etonewau Jackson who in one ihohlh y
,,,na defcated and drove In disorder ihfeo
vaqt armies from the Valley OF Nlrshlh'
,rhat il ,yas the Confederate soldier unue'
thn command of the great Lee Who I'M
4, wall Of living Are, stood between the Con
faderatc capital and the mighty ieB'o"S "
tho North. .a,s,.. ,,bo
wac Tho bulwnrk Of the government, oil
,ybich the statesman and patriot JehoIsoh
I,a,,is ,yos the distinctive representative
embodiment and head. ,- s..,.,,o,,
7, vii proclaim the unfalterins devotion
NJ the Confederate soldier 10 INC caus' ". W
The South. OF his foruiude ~ i.is'"i VA '.s
ana dieaster. Of his unrivalled coulhsn an
In
battle. t,arvy form. nj
49, ,na,1s,. herrlulcd face, Of his hleft anu
tieebinp eve. OF his tattered Uniform ana
hri,ht rnusket. and OF his soul -plefcihS u"u
blood -ourdling Rebel yeii' to-, =, his
Yes. II will proclaim me g'n'y . n y, o' u,
ho,o- maker. himself tho matchies" nero OF
~, ras, who with heart OF OAK ana nerves
~ ",i ,ode in majestic splcndor upon inc
,',rid c,cst Of battle. undauntcd by caFhas.
ad dCsth His motto was, II u ~ 'iiia way
anu 1 u.Hr IN he slain by shot or shell, thus
let me die:
"a glorious death Is his
u,,o tor bis country falls; and dying,
Preserved S~ from danger children, wife and
home"
!, vii, proclaim that 1.-THE Confederate
solder" actulted By senllneh,s OF puIes'
natriotlsm. uuhesitating threw himself upon
- - s,eri,IrIol altar of his country, ana
e.'e II The aublme faitn tuat her cause
a hero he calmly stood amid the turmoil
martyr to the cause OF liberty ana free,
Adv, '' ot man as he understood It, lie died
UPON his country's conseerated neids,
Az truly great as were our leaders As
-, hrroir as was the Confederate sol
der e Yet this monument from base 70
crown. pulsates with more sublime con-
stancv. and a more exalted glory. -.
The Daughters OF the confederaey, our
hlesaed women. An unialtering devotion 10
the history ara traditions of the South is
with them vital principle In their pure
hearts there Is ever yelling up living
fountain. rejuyenating and vitaliztng that
spirit Of sublime constancy and self-sacrl,
ncinr devotion which made the grand old
mothers OF the Confedefacy famous
throughout the world 1t is to their sleep