Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1898-07-29
JUDGE WILLIAM +. RHEA
Addresses Daughters of the Con-
federacy-His Eloquent Trib-
ute to the Ladies of
the South.

picnic at Dublin Grove on yesterday and
Judge Rhea, who had been invited to
address them, was present. A large
crowd of ladies and gentlemen had gath
cred to hear the eloquent "Son of the
Confederacy" and democratic standard
bearer of the 9th district. All, and espec-
tally the ladies, enjoyed his appropriate
and pleasant address. Ii the Judge can
please the voters as well as he did US our
district will certainly be redeemed, aud
once more we will be represented in Con-
gress by an eloquent, able and true son.
Below give his closiug remarks, "a beau
tiiul tribute to the women of the south.
IA Confederate Daughter
JUDGE RHEA'S ELOQUENT TRIBUTE
What would the war have done with
out the women in il? Itsmemory would
have been robbed of it's chief glory.
What has the human race ever nc
complished without her influence and
her power?
To go no further back than the Chris
tian era, her history since that time has
been history of wonderful self-sacrifce
and devotion to all that was pure and
noble.
At the cruciiicion of our Savior, in all
that angry mob,no womun's hand could
be found TO plat thecrown of thorns and
place il upon His sacred head; no wom-
aus arm could be found TO raise the bit
ter cup to His consecrated lips.
She was there as she always is, where
suffering and SORROW is greatest, but she
was there to weep and not to scoff.
She was ut the sepulchre, but she was
not there to rob il of it's dead, but to
battle its sacred ground with her tears
and to testify to her never failing faith
and devotion.
Since that day she has been at all
times and everywhere n messenger OF
mercy and love.
Where sadness, pain and sorrow have |
been the greatest she has been there to |
cheer and sympathize and relieve. Where
Joy and hope and happiness exist, she is
there to share it and promote it.
She follows those who are near and |
dear to her like, Ruth followed Naomi,
and without her the home would be n |
mockery aud Paradise Lost"
She is the ornament of every church, |
the hand maid of the Christian religion,
and in all the walks OF life she scatters |
the sweet perfume OF christian charac-
ter.
In state she shapes and moulds the |
minds and hearts of those who rule and |
control the destinies OF nations.
She loves to perpetuate and keep sa-
cred the memory of her loving kin and |
friends
In peace, she wants to preserve the
renown OF her country's brave and pa
triotic soldiers, and in her superb un-
sel6shness, it never seems to occur to
her, that a woman has any war record
worth remembering.
While our southern women since IL
war have labored in every way TO keep
green and sweet in oar memories the
heroic achievements of our soldiers upon
the battlefield; and while they have toll |
ed incessantly to erect monuments all |
over our southland to the memory of |
our glorious dead, and each returning
spring cover their graves with sweetest
flowers and evergreens, what has been |
done by rs to preserve and perpetuate
forever, the self-sacrfcing devotion and /
divine heroism OF our Confederate moth |
ers, wives, sisters and daughters?
They cheerfuly gave the idols of their
hearts TO the southern army, while they
remained IN their homes, constituting
the great reserve force; and in the hos
pital were angels OF comfort and mercy.
Though history may be silent, yet her
gentleness and sweetness. her courage
and fortitude and sacrihc, S, will live in
the minds and hearts OF coming genera
tions, and continue to challenge the ad-
miration OF the world; and b. ..lieye thot
God in his own good time, will raise up
some great historian, to write in the
worlds hist, ~ just tribute TO our
Con ederdte women, and there to re-
main as its brightest page forever.
would not TAX from. but add O and
encourage every effort to perpetuate the
chivalrous deeds OF our soldiers. both
living and dead, still hope ] nav live
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