The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-09-24

riaed by the passing OF many OF those
glorious mOrta.s VINO have laid down
sword and pen and rested from their la
bors Year after year The South has had
cause 90 mourn some stars the less Do her
heaven OF fame. and but yesterday the
lovely spirit OF the Daughter of the
Contederacy' took fight by the sounding
sea.
She was the object Of a peoples love
She is now the object OF their tears. The
hearts which enslrned her are as desc
late to-day as some poor bird the tenn
pest has sh0rn OF its nest for 20 them
she was the legacy Of the great leader
OF bis people. the President who stood
with them when the storm Of war swept
over the land and laid their beautiful
places I'm ruins. she was the JOY or his
home and the ministering anger or MS
old age II was she. the noble daughter
who clung 20 him IN his days Of defeat
and heart-6reak. even as the gentle Cor
della sustained the venerable King Lear
and moved among the adoring veterans
Of the Lost Cause an angel IN womans
form.
The lc1acies Of some men are riches
ferson Davis legacy was his child and
the South took her reverentiy and ten
DERBY to its heart. and when child the
banner of that South cast its saddened
gl0ries over her pillow.
In the great book OF life II was not
written for her 90 forsake father and
mother and cleave only unto the love OF
her heart IL was not written for her 10
$50 beside an allen nresde. the minister
Ing spirit Of home above which eastern
skies hung gray and from which the
soul OF music and flowers. all the hounu-
mn loveiIncss Of her own Southland We're
missing 80 matter what may have
been her feelings. she recognized that,
ike the heroic daughter Of Jephthah' she
was vowed 20 the cause f0r which her
people had fought. suffered and died. II
was grander 10 be the Daughter OF the
Confcdoracy' than Wife and 20 that
land which had cnristeued her and an
nointed her. which had crowned and
blessed her. she was falthful-aye. faith
iul unto death.
And it is 10 such as these that the
promise of crown Of glory has been
given.
And now ufe's portal has closed and
death appeared Oh the horizon. For her
an things are v0iceless and 20 those VINO
knew and loved her there comes The re-
prOachfu thought that heaven had no
reyiyng dew Tor this stricken Hover OK
Che South. The tidings OF her death nave
zone forth and there is mourning al over
the land The veterans who haaked IN
the sunlight of her face "a Atlanta, who
received the benodlctiOn OF a hand-clasp
and saw revived in her the beautiful
spirit Of the past 10 whom her voice was
~ song and her presence JOY. VIII gather
this week around the smOlderlng camp
fires NJ memory. recalling every naliow-
GA recollection Of her who IS no more.
Some VIII remember her as child IN the
ola davs in Richmond. when she move0
laughing about. rainbow amid the
storm Some will tell or her as they saw
her ar "BeIuyOlr.' dreaming under me
maen0Has OF Pass Christian ever sing
iug their agic song close by They VIII
talk OF her as the light OF her father
eyes. the generous young hostess 10
whom the name OF o. Southern soldier
was sufficient indorsal and passport 20
her heart Every kindly word she Ut
tered every smile she gave. VIII be
cherished among The treasures OF "the
DAYS that are no more. and there is not
ono among them who would not have
made smooth the rugged pathway 10 the
grave bv Ringing down his heart and
his old Jacket Of Confederate gray before
her.
Three things are left the South she SO
l0ved-to remember. 20 praise ana 70
mourn her The winds will sing her re-
QUEEN among the masnolias Of mississippi
and Louisiana. and the solemn pines OF
Georgia. the waters OF Wig MA VIII MUIR
muir through her dream, and the noun
tains OF her native state loom above ner
as the walls OF Paradise. There Will be
siehi1z By the seas tha. wash the fair
shores OF Florida and the Carolnas, end
the wide plains OF Texas echo back the
sound Tns voice Of l2mer,aton viii ecno
am0ag the stormy heights OF Tennessee
and the gliding waves OF the Cumoef'
land and our own Kentucky, with tears
falling from her beautiful eyes, WILL
weave an immortal garland for the dead
Daughter OF the Coafederacy. she has
lived 10 see a reunited people and her
fathers old comrades hOnored and be-
loved She has gone forth 20 bear The
red rose company while beside the be-
reaved mother who weeps for her stands
the South bowed under a sorrow TOO eio-
quent for speech and too deep for tears
.sTh.s T4fffor" In the Louisville Times.