The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-05-31
THE DANES
The North Carolina Society Interested
i'm Building the Monument to Worth
Bagley-The National Relief Assocf..
ton Feature.

D"lheo' NY unelr president, at
a special meeting on "Wednesday May
25th, and at the urgent solicitation Of
n whole assembly, it lis permitted 10
he published in the interest Of the OBJ
jects set forth in it:
Ladies;
q have a two-fold object in the spe-
cial meeting 1 have called today, and
nope for a generous and sympathe-
tic responce. AS an introduction, 1
WITH quote a few words from the pre-
amble of the National Constitution,
which lays the foundation stone of our
Society of Colonial DANES.
This preamble says most emphatic
ally that the object Of our Society is
no only to honor the heroic achiev-
Rnents of our fOre-fathers, blu to en-
courage true herOiSm in all who come
under its influence and to stimulate
In the young a spirit Of patriotism and
genuine love Of country" When we
incorporated these words, in the laws
which govern us, they bore 10 special
Significance, say the pride in the he
rOic deeds of u fOre-fathers, and the
remembrance of a Nations glory in
The past
SO long as we walker in the ways Of
~pleaSantness and the paths of peace
and ask in the halloWed quiet of
The present, that WAT and tits tragedies,
ITS ~heaTtacheS and d~esolatiOns, seemed
but the faint echo of a far. off past,
but, hike a thunder clap in a clear sky,
has come the cry to arms, and there
US no north, no south, no east, no west,
but a country, united under one flag
with all sectional differences wiped
Out-SendS forth her ibraVeSt and best
for the cause of humanity.
1t matters little whether or, not, we
are in sympathy with this War-that is
mot for US to discuss-we only know
that war has come and in it's wake
suffering, icknes and disaster. Our
duty is not only to unearth the history
of the past, but as the foremost of
patriotic societies, to take our part in
the events of to-day, and, thus make
ourselves a place in the history of the
future.
Only the facts of life make US think:
true herOLsm eXcftes our enthusiasm.
IF tthe deeds of valOr of a dead and
gone generation appeal to us, how
much more are we thrilled by the dar-
Gns and courage of the men of our own
ha +, with whom we are in touch either
by word, Thought or kindred ties?
Foremost among them is North Caro-
mas brave young ensign-fOremOst
because ne was the first martyr, and
aus such will so down conspicuously
into history.
He ventured love and life and youth
For the great prize of death in bat
tile"
"Ome touch of nature make the
whole world kim" and the lalW of Uni
versal motherhood makes us-a body
of patriotic Women-claim this young
hero aus our own and calls forth a
slender and hearty response to the APP
peal for a monument to his cneTnOTy.
TNbrO1I0i0 the efforts of one of N 0rth
Cardinals brightest women and n of
the aIbleSt members of our society, Mrs.
Peter N. Wilson, a monument
fund has been started among
North Carolinians resident In
Washington City, but 50 wide
spread is the interest that responses
have come from all parts of New Eng
land and the whole country. ALI pat
riotfc SOCIETIES are speeding the good
work. The Sons of the Revolution and
THE Daughters Of the Revolution, have
taken it up. This is one of the pUr-
poses for which this meeting has been
called. Shall we, the North Carolina
Society of the Colonial Danes Of Amer
ica, remain inactive? Ladies, there
be from such a body of women but
one answer.
Another and broader field OF patro-
tic work which j submit for your con-
sideratiOn is that embodied in the reso-
NltlOn OF MlTS. Mason " III Lou
and introduced in the recent Council OF
Colonial Dame held in Washington
ID. C. This resolution suggested the
g~anization Of a national relief associa-
tion to administer to any Sufferlng,
privation, or distress, incident to the
war The splendid woman whose in
telligence, womanliness and foresight
inaugurated this grand movement only
recommended it to the state societies
and left the methods of disbursing THE
funds, as they thought best, and al
though the idea of a national relief as
sociation was received in the most en-
HhusiaStic manner by the council, yet
all important resolutions provoke de-
bate, and after two days or
the time and attention OF the n
tion, as to the best disposition Of the
funds collected, it was at last referred
to a committee, upon which L mad one
honor OF being placed. The commit
tees report which was brought In was
upon my of the original
resolution. This amendment was that
'tthe State societies shall form into a
National Relief Association and all
funds collected shall go to the treas
urer of the National Society the states
calling upon her as the needs OF their
sufferers required. This amendment
was more binding upon the States, but
at seemed TO me that a movement i'm.
portant enough to occupy two days of
the National Council and endorsed by
the Chief Executiv of the United
States and the Surgeon Genera of the
Army, should be carried on by a uni
form method in all the State Societies
and that the able treasurer of the Nat
ional Society, was the proper person
for receiving all funds collected.
You will thus see that 1 am partic-
ularly interested in this humane work
a OF my amendment. North
Carolina really becomes the sponsor
for the offspring OF Rhode Island.
1 have several times been asked by
men of intelligence. whose wives and
sisters were perhaps members or our
Eociety-What does your Society IN
tend to do? What work-charltaoie,
patriotic, or, philanthropic-is 1t doing?
What place will it make for itself in
history? / often felt ashamed to say
that we were looking up our ancestors
and had formed a social reading cFlo.
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