The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-06-07

sippi City Miss in which the former
president of the Contederacy said
Men in whose hands the destiniea OF
our Southland lie. for the love of her
break my silence to speak to YOU for her
"a few words of respectful admouition,
The past is dead--let II bury its dead. it's
hopes and It's aspirations Before you lies
the future. future full OF golden promise,
a future OF expanding national glory be-
fore which all the world shall stand
amazed. Let me beseech you to lay all
rancor aside, all bitter sectional feeling,
and 10 take your place in the ranks %
those who will bring about consumna-
ton deyoutly to be dcsired--a reunited
country,
In response, then" said the orator OF
the day TO these expressions of loyalty
to our reunited republic coming as they
do from men who endured the awful siegs
OF war for conscience's sake, we can all
agree to the sentiment:
Fold the war banners. Smelt the guns.
Love rules, Her gentler purpose runs.
Our nation mighty mother turns In
The pages of her battle years
Lamenting all her fallen sons
Mr. Capers' Grafton occupied little over
an hour and was received with manifest
profound appreciation and hearty ap.
plause II was strikngly eloquent and re-
piste with tributes to the noble and con
slant devotion of Southern women. bright
est in the darkest days Of the losing
cause, By way OF ancient and modern
illustrative parallel, he said that never
in the history of the world had there been
war between the people Of the same
country where. after the war was over
the ccnquerors paid so prompt and an-
cere tribute 10 the vaor, example and
character of the conquered as was the
case after AppomattoX. Never did do
feated people stand so erect with CON
scious, unmpaired manhood as did the
surviving Confederates after April. 1865
The speaker drew upon remarks on a pre-
vious occasion by Former President An
drews of Brown university. Rhode Island.
himself a Union soldier who eXtolled the
manhood Of the Southern people as OF
high type because they loved and fol-
lowed so matchless a leader as Robert II.
Lee.
Speaking az The part taken In the Span
ish- American war Mr. Capers said The
prominent characters in American history
have all had special missions-W Washington
TO found and free a country Calhoun to
formulate the doctrines Of the old South
Lincoln 10 preserve the Union; Lee, Cor
don and Hampton 10 e1emplify the chiv-
airy OF the southern character bIady 10
he the eloquent young messenger OF peace
/ from the New South, and Bagley. Blue and
Hobson to demonstrate that the dauntless
courage OF Confederate soldiers had not
deteriorated in transmission to their sons"
In conclusion, Mr. Capers subscribed 10
the position taken by Judge AleS e. Has
kell a brave commander Of South Caro-
lima regiment during the civil war in
which few years years ago, addrssalng
veteran comrades reioiced in reunited
country as the best result OF the war. an
address In which he said In the event ~
southern success The country would hays
been divided into armed republics and that
republics with great armies are nob lands
n liberty and soon end in military rule
/ Instead OF being members Of one of these
petty republics. we are the free and equal
members Of what today Is the most pow
erful and least oppressive government In
/ the world"