The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-11

IA. has
me tair monument 10 the Nash,n.s ~, - : !
we Norrh and South at (;ess vsh,.'
monument to the heroes OF the io,ma =,
Sne nospitai, the unfailinx miuIssers 4, 81 \
.suu w ing, the inspirers Of courass, 81 /, ~.
So r OF defcat--to the sa,n,si
c,v,, MS ana uarghters Of our lsmc.ted
And u Is thus that inserprea rho en,,,.
WHEN your worthy National s,stecsona
W.viu cnsrish and perpetuaar
MOI 2 sillen clinging to the ,ss,,ss a, .
uoiit'cal cause that was tried ANA ,os. j.,
mat tribunal OF last resort''-,the t,i-
puuai OF arms; not that. but dave, a,
ciinging to the principles ma v,r,ms so'e y
| noror. reverence. filial piety ami niintr..
! ten tor the virtue. the integrity ~ nv
pose, the devotion, the patriotism the seif.
sscriiice Tor convictions OF right ana ,avn
oi people, upon which the permanently a.
nations life must forever rest. - =,
LEN 1t. therefore, always be rensm,s.n.,
tell 1t proudly to the children of m ~
rsiug generatlc n-- how nohly. now h,avc,v
now patiently. how endaIrinr,v AZ,
lathers and mothers OF the confederae,, ~
Years gone by contended and sum re,l Tar
.nelr convictions of rights and liner les
c IN now promptly they Responded "a
lne call. and how stoutly they DEFENDED Il, J.
cause OF the COMMONWEALTH. AMI, $50,
RIandiy they met at last the ineylfah,a
blasting of their cherished homes,
ana IN doing this YOU are the sister, ~
the Natioi''s noblest womanhood, and Inc
rsneIactors az your country.
f0r woe TO nation that does not incui-
gate ana perpetuate a reverentlaI memory
LOT the viftuesI-ard gratitude for the
achievemerits--of the past.
Il II IS by such sentiment that great ma
"Oh. who shall say that fame
~ nothing but an empty name?
While In the sound there is a charm,
me nerves to brace, the heart TO warm.
AS thinking of tine mighty dead
Inc young from slothful couch will start
And vow with lifted hands outsprealf
Like them to act u noble part -
Let that inspiring sentiment die out and
mere Drosaic calculation OF loss and profit
takes ITS place. and then comes Byzan-
tine epoch. Chinese epoch, decrepltudci
and slow decay.
And we need this lesson and inspiration
OF 'higtser and broader interests and rela-
tio1ish IDS you come to teach You are met
more than amy other the representative of
the popular life OF this grsat. thriving
State; but It IL a city poor in the relics
OF history--a city that has as yet given
little enluring evidence of am honorable
regard for the past, or of broader COM
munity interests than are needed by
common market place for the exchange OF
commerce.
We can point you 10 no public tombs or
monuments, parks or statues which sreak
10 our children with silent elouuelce OF
cur reverence for the good, the nopie the
great THE brave, and to very little in tae
way OF public institutions which cynress
the lscbler instincts of a common social In
terest above the material and beyond the
temporal
This is not said reproachfully CT sco-n-
fully, dsar friends, butt regretfuliy--wi
the roget of a citizens pride and Affection
for his home. We know many reasons that
may reasonably he adducsl for this puuttty
and poverty ,of outward and enduri.p
signs Of our municipal and patriotic pr de.
Circum stances are Hse nutriment CT cfaf-
act;r no less of city or State than ~ u
man. And our city. like OUT Stata, /. not
only young. but its life is largely oosiuo-
pclftedi. and to marked dsgree unsettled
and transient
The clements gathered together To ror,-
pese the soil of its community life are not
yet thoroughly assimilated and the Law nf
social affinities works slowly. And, iaoI e.
over, this city of ours is pre- emlnenlly a
busy city. city living largely in the few
sr!sh present and with little daily uao,snt
beyond Tire throhb!ng present. AS family
1t cares little for ancestral eecutcheon3.
And yet its only coat- -srms, as srmc
one has said. is "a coat without arms lit |
g family OF toilers.
But for these very reasons. my sisters CT
he United Daughters of the Confedera.y,
sur present great need Is Just that wli',h
you and your sisters-the Daughters OF tie |
give and teach MS.
The soil Of our present social life is |
argely surface soil--Iich in its power to |
produce great and quick harvests-but alas |
It's fruits and flowers. however fair and |
,eautiful. are but the products of the pass |
ms day.
But to rear the perennial oak that defies |
he storm requires the deep subsoll OF the |
'ast.
We need you to teach us tllaIt--to remind |
IS that the superficial life. however rich |
n resources, is not the life that makes a |
jtate or city strong; that the flrture life OF |
people will be enduring, serene and strong |
n proportion as 1t draws its nourishment
rom the roots that Tleach deep into the |
asst And you come TO teach MS that.
Gathered as we are from different climes |
bringing with us the antecedents, associa-
ions, traditions, and, illas, the prejuiices
1 other social and political atmospheres
nd environments). We naturally look to
who are Ito the manor born"--to
i've us that which will hetp to unity anu
aspire our personal and social life, new
tandands of excellency Of character, new
leafs Ot CIVIC ana pdWlpLlr. uFNot.Vh lioih
le calendar of your peoples nobility. Abb
,,brd In the anbitiors OF the hour,
q need to 10 taught thit
,ere is higher and broader
uLy which we owe 10 ourselves and our
osterity than can come from the compeu-
Gus OF the polling booth and tine market
lace; that there IL danger IN that immers-
NJ OF Thought aud soul In the ambitions
n material treasure; THAT the lamp may
scome SO filed with oil that 1t will choke
i'd its light will grow dim or expire. And
e want our children. for their sakes, TO
arm and to honor and revere the tn1dition-
virtues OF the people among whose hon
ed descendants they are 10 dwell. and SO
spired to grow into worthy men ana wom-
/. i1nbued with that public spirit. that love
Id pride OF city and State, chat viii sieip
make them citizens on whom the city, ,
ate and Nation may depend We want
EN- to learn prom you that true 7lsty, fhat :
,noring OF God through honoring the pa
MT. We want them to learn that ancestral {
,nerstion which 10 the mother OF self !
,neration, and which gives tone and dig I
nv aud strength to character. whether in
person or In a people,
We want them to know that Cod ]
with promise" has the IN
rsement OF social economy as well as the
rfirmation of history; that fillal reverence :