The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-04-30
SOUTHERN BATTLEABBEY
suoUID DE NOWHERE BUT IN
RICHMOND, VIEGiNiA.
r.r,,,,,s Appeal From Mrs. w. II. sPuriin
ofAlsbans, to the Press Of That State
in Behalf Of Kiehmoud.

The following appeal appeared In the
birmingham State-Heraid OF me 3'a
instant:
II will be only short while before
committee which has been appointed
will select a location for the Souths lat
tie Abbey. More than Two hundred thou-
and dollars Will DC spent Ia It's erection.
The patriotism and lDerality Oh Cnaiies
Broadway kouss has met Win nearly
RESPONSE from all parts Oh the S0ulh' anu
the necessary amount mas peen ia'seu ~
insure the DONATION vi one hundfeu thou-
sand dollars by Mr. Rouss. AHu no"
comes the greatest question Vi di''
Where snail the Battle Abbey DC 10
catedy' y question, Ia one SENSE u -
not Il question. NIne-tentnS OF the SUI
tment OF the South Is united upon one
place. IL the question were put 10 'heih
to-day thty would answer IL WIN oAs
voice that would ring out through hii-
side anu valley, ana that answer "ouiu
be, Virginia. Virginia, Richmond VIZ
GINA There Is al eternal htness Ill
things. There is ii pre-eminent ntness
ia locating Il at Richmond. The seiec-
ton oil any other place would he an un-
which holds within its bosom the sacred
ashes OF Jefferson Davis, Stonewall jack
son and Robert H.. Lee. Locate II III the
city around which were fought the
greatest battles since the time ot Mara
tnon, Sdiamis and TherInopyiae. Locate
IL in the city that was surrounded Dy
and scOrched IN the very furnace Htes
or the civil war. Locate II IN the CITY
where more battles were mapped out
and more conferences held by ConIeder-
ate generals, and more important ques-
tons solved relating TO the clvil war
than in all other cities and all the states
combined. Locate Ii where the president
Of the Conlederacy lived during ina,
fearful CONFUSION OF laundering war
in which the whole Union quaked from
center 10 circumference. Locate IL where
ali OF him that Is mortal Is resting. Lo-
cate il in the city thas was the capitai OIL
the Confedetacy, where her senator's and
her congressman sat. Locate IL WheIS
that valiant soldier and patriotic citizen.
Charles Broadway Rouss, said he want
ed il located, In Richmond, Va.
We do not mean to cast any reflection
upon the State OF Tennessee. We recog-
nize that no State had more chivalrous
soldiers OF more loyal women than she
in that terrible contest which lasted Tor
four long years, and until II had robbed
the cradle and the grave TO rehil the
decmated ranks of the Confederate army
But now IL the time for Tennessee 10
show her patriotism, and let the Battle
Abbey so where ii belongs ! think TO
locate IL in any other place than Rich-
mond would be such a distortion Of right.
such a violent disregard Of proprety'
as to not only be an objectionable error
but an objectionable sin. l feel that IN
what l have said echo the sentiment OF
every Confederate soldier in Alabamn
and all the loyal women who love the
Southern cause. feel that | do not speak
as a prophet Of evil when l say that II
the committee should be misguided and
fail 10 locate the Battle Abbey at Rich
mond where the Southern people and
Charles Broadway Rouss want II located
they will bring down upon their heads
yituperation and anathemas from all
over the southland that will burn Ike
red-hot showers OF melted iron, and ii
will take centuries 10 cover up their
shame and hide their sense OF wrong.
Such q mistake, such an error, should
not be permitted at this day and time.
As one who has worked and labored for
the Confederate cause for more than a
quarter Of a century. as one who expects
In future TO spare neither time nor laDOF'
nor interchangeable efforts TO keep green
the memory and embalm the names OF
these gallant men who surrendered life
for country. ! appeal to the press OF
Alabama to discuss this all-important
question. / appeal 10 the press all
through the southland 10 open up their
batteries and continue the fight till the
South's Battle Abbey shall be located at
the capital of the Confederate States, In
the historic city OF Richmond. Va
MRS. W. +. SPURLIN,
Vice President Alabama Charter Chap
ter, L, ID. c.