Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1899-07-27
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Contribution ts Hash.
The following address was delivered
a, the Confederate reunion a, TupeIo
and is published in compliance with
the special request OF several who heard
i'll. L. +.
Nv CcvRspFs AND FEfrSpS-I am real
xiad 10 be with you to-day. No man can meet
And raia<ic with more cuns-nist as.ociat-, AMI
ffi-u.i. than those Who rxpouse,i the came Loot
rass-. and wAa stsad shoulder TO shoulder IN
the greatest and grantees All most destructive
waf .iace the warii Be .sa- u iisa slfi.i action
70 knew that the survivors on both sd@s th-
',egss4iy ehr,n- - cherish it, alrmori-s as 20
- snlias and ANXIOUS 10 m-.i aaI tails over
tn.se -tianes that iri-i aseas saaix- The pres
ux- q victory dees not lrnf i,s charm 10 our
s-unioas bus the eoascioasn-ss q duty falih-
fuay performed = our nobis rsward. The higa-
-.t aud b-st complainant p4sf to ths psirtsslsa
aad the vaicr of the Confederate soldier Nas bv
aus aho kaex him be>t. Wh-n tn iuaalartai
Eohert y L-e. ea the i,ta q Aprii. isss. sur-
rwndefed his sseei 10 the ma-nsnlnloas leader
of the aiou srmies. he spok- thee f1rreeil
-erfs 70 his foiiosers.
~Aftcr four yesrS arsaoas service. marS-t by
uasurpasssi coarags All fsssisad-. tne Ariny of
Nurylala IA, b~-a eonspeilet - yieii - over
uheminx Egmsers ami resources. I ne-d not
tel the brave Survivors Il - Haav har,i-fouzhf
battles sho have rpmaia-l s;e.lfast % th- Last
that hsye eonssai-,i 10 tbs rrsait lfpn ~ dis-
tfasi 81 thcaa. hat feeling that salor ant a-vg-
tiaa cvuia aersmpiisa nsthias taat soaia saas
rens7ss Too the loss that m1st have sft-ndrI
H. eani inuaarc of the coatest. d-trrinia-,i to
asuid the usrless sacrinre q taos. Whose pas.
ssrvice to their eoaniry has b.sa 80 yaigasls
aai nehir
Ia the tcrms q asrcea.ni s1icers ant m-n
can rrtuFa TO Their home. and remain until sx-
sasngrsi- Xsa viii take vita you IN. Safisiae-
tea that frsc~eis from ths eoa~einusarss 81
dH;y faiih,uiiy performed. ant earnestly pray
tAai a neFriiui tod wlii extent 10 you rs biess-
iag and prosectioa. Win an uac-as.a. aamirl-
tioa of your eonstancy aat devotion % yaar
cuuairy and grateful renrnbrAae- Il your kint
and senerous consideration Of mysrif. l oid sou
al Ireeiionsie farewell"
Folioxers % Lee at Cseifysbur.. of Jackson Ia
fhe Valley. q crifata. IiumpaFeys BarxSiaie
te4iaessten. Davis Harris. Bart. Pos-y staa-
Haldcr Reynolds an other dsshing eommani-
ers az Nsnassas. Iseshurg. savage station. Mai
xern iHi. >nAFpsours. Frcd-ricSsbarz. ChieSa-
maaga >patisfiyania Caurihoase. Coia Harbor
Fst-rsbarg. thc Naderness. thlnceiIofssllie
AFpsmatex aaf he scores u other baifisaeiis
- fa- uld Dafniaisa. All al esrg ~"aIhlaai
fs4f aboye your hsasraale discaar.e, aad irt tt
= ne proaa~st iextey yoa Seaueaih ysar ehil
srrn aad yoar ehiiir-a-s chliirsl. Let = b. 81
EIassn zpen th-ir hearts Les u be prai-si n
Jne tat hsoks. AMI l-t if b. ns~manz-i aAd
sEnkea ~ the descendants ai tnass uho not
oaig osiietei they SER ught. be-; uaa kaeN
theX ser. rght. AMI whose only regret Is that
tasy sia not sacce~L Foe myseif claim 70 b,
taasaa<hif reeoastF4ctrl. ami rriuiee that ud
Glory Goats eare mar. ever ve,srie Thoroughly
Franiied. huf have ~ patirnce Nita that FL
esssive euus<sxatssn that promgfs orators. even
"a r-anioa aa1 memorial ocezsieas g. say. =
an gissi Ne we're -nipp-i. am r-isie~f that the
toai@ieraey did sat sucrrel II Is al Toe the
hssf. AMI saeh iis. su.h- n may D. al ier the
esss. bat tae ~ise AMI patFiotic lea i-rs u TN
sogsa. In issi. asi the nsare fh1R hAf miiissa
sans 4 Dtxie she steppei 10 ths trsat. diIat
ta.az - thea. aad a very gaFS- majority Il ta-
sarsisets dsa'i thiaS - yet ia taiRs Is GER
tam. The wem-n u the south dtin'f tniaS - Ia
-. aasi it Is f-ar--i thas a good maay si th>m
nevsr Siil get rreoastraeted Aat thaf rrmiads
n- ef shat Csrpcrzl Tanner. Of the [ ntoa aruy.
sal al the Richmoad rcuaioa. Nhen he hebbiei
70 ihe platform On a pair ot artificial stumps.
N u had not been for your ~onea We would
have whipped you. Jchny keb-. tn ssx months
Ih- southern women always Nerr arr now and
sissys viii be On the sise X right AMI tfuth.
and duty.
Another great chirffain Who hal Ample rea-
son 20 kaow ami appreciate the valor ef the
.onicirrate sodier-ssenefal GraRt-when some
Of his officers desired 10 nre a salute In honor Of
the surrender at Appomattox. after the nrst hr-,
heeSelaimed. stop thar arm, Ne have m
great victory TO be proud Of Tor We have been
-Four years capturing th-se eight thOusaai men
Nho have isid down their Arms" And General
Gordon relates how hen his hattslioas marched
In tront Of the Fesieral lines To stack arms for
TIE last time. the Union general in Command
gave the order. present arms
u Is only American soldiers that could de-
serve such generous recognition, or could he
gallant enough To accord IT,
From frst to last the ason lorces-army ami
navy-nHmter,d 2s5.0-s, against eqi.eoe all
told en- the Confederate side. And II viii sur
Prise most of you 10 know that ~. 7.si0 Of the
nion armies were mustered from the southern
STATES. As follows Delaware. Il. 2-I; Maryland.
tsss. North Carolina, 5.tSs, Florida. i.=o.
kentucky. ss.7a'; Tennessee. 3l.0o1, Alseamh,
40; Mississippi. 5t5, Missouri. lo9.iii; Ar
kansas. $50; louisiana. 5.est. Texas. ! ~
None are credited to Georgia or south Carolina
There are nearly tsiee as many pensioners no~
on the Federal rolls as there were soldiers Ia
the tonfedefate armies. 80 that somebody got
hari during the late unpleasantness. or have
since imagined they we're sufficeatly Disabled In
i-l-isos u claim a pension for the balance et
Their natural life. and viii doubsiexs want II
continued In the life to como. Here are some Of
the official figures on the Union side.
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