The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-04-14

he daughters Vi tue OOiilcu-
eracy in the State of Maryland
have sent forth. to all interested,
the following touching appeal for
funds for the monument the So
ciety will raise to the Confederate
dead:
eve. the Daughters of the
Contederacy in the State of Mary
land, have undertaken the work
of building a monument to the
Confederate soldiers and sailors
of Maryland, both dead and liv-
ing. We ask your cooperation
in this labor of love for our 'lost
cause In Baltimore no memoir
ial in bronze or marble tells the
story of the courage and heroic
endurance of these men. They
are of our own blOod-our fathers.
sons and brothers. Have we for
gotten them and that for which
they suffered? Have we forgotten
their weary marches, the hunger
and the cold, the dead on the
field of battle and the prisoner
languishing far from home and
friends and dying of the fever and
the pain? Did we not send them
forth? Would we not have felt
they were recreant to their high
est duty had they failed to go!
''They went. and in battle our
heroes were foremost in the fight,
but they did not conquer. and to
us, dearer in defeat than ever
they were in victory. belongs the
sacred duty of perpetuating in
imperishable stone the story of
their heroiSm, he heroiSm of both
the living and the dead.
sit has been suggested that we
leave this memorial to be raised
by generation which shall fol.
low us. We cannot take such
risk. Is it likely that the next
generation will feel a more vivid
interest in our heroes than we do
ourselves? We cannot leave this
work to be done by other hands
than ours. The world is rushing
onward; new interests are spring.
ing up on every side. We see it;
we know it. Year by year these
men and momen. the men who
fought and the women who suf
fered, who were factors in that
great conflict, are being called up
higher, where we believe these
mysteries of pain and defeat will
be made plain. Day by day the
number lessons of those who fol.
lowed our sacred banner in vic.
tory and furled its stainless folds
in a sorrow which shall abide
with us forever.
"Ihe twenty thousand men of
Maryland who bore that crimson
flag with such dauntleSs courage
deserve that the women of this
State should rear a fitting me-
mortal i'll testimony of their rev.
erence and their love.
"Shall the stranger in our
midst find monument to every
hero but the Confederate soldier?
Where shall we meet his peer?
The purest, noblest, highest type
OF Christian warrior that the
world has ever produced!
"ln future years, long after we
have passed away, the little chill.
dren, i'll whose veins shall flow
the blood of these Maryland cav
alters, pausing in their play and
standing mute, with faces full of
awe and reverence, before this
memorial which our love shall
raise, may read there the story of
the heroic deeds of the men in
Maryland in the war between the
States.
"We, the Daughters of the Con.
federacy, will see to it that our
fathers, sons and brothers., 'the
men who wore the gray are not
forgottenw
AT the meeting of the Daugh-
tiers of the Confederacy in the
State of Maryland held Wednes.
day OF last week, under the auspi-
ces of Baltimore Chapter, No. 8. in
the Central Hall, of the Young
Mems Christian Association.
plans were considered for raising
the necessary funds for the mon.
ument which is to be erected in
Druid Hill Park by the Daugh.
tsrS of the Maryland soldiers and
sailors of the Confederacy.
The movement to honor tbe
Maryland Confederate dead by
some fitting memorial was init.
ated by the Baltimore Chapter
Permission to erect the monu.
ment was asked of the CITY
Council and after some DELAY was
granted. But although the orig.
maj suggestion came from the
Baltimore Chapter, as the NOM.
lnent Is to be memorial of the
confederate dead of Maryland,
the general feeling at the meet, |
ing Wednesday was in favor of in.