The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-06-06
A GREAT OCCASION
IN LOUISVILLE.
TWELFrH CONFEDEsATE REUN-
ION.

Daughters ofthe Confcdcr9cy Nal
Great Gathering in Old Ike
lucky Some Notable Features
Gen. Gordon Rc-ciected Com ma
der.
louisville, Kentucky was durin
week the scene OF u great gathering
This time the remnant Of tho gret
Confederate Army, that once Invade
Kentucky with hostile intent, weG
into the homes and hearts OF tn
people with gladness and in peace
Tie Rsunion Of the Veterans and tn
meetings Of the Sons OF COnfcderat
Veterons and tho Daughters OF tn
Confederacy began on Wednesday ant
ended Friday. The rain interferre'
with some of the arrangements. Tn
following is a condensed account OF tn,
proceedings
The reunion WAS called to orde
shortly after noon by Major Genera
PoyntH, commanding the kentuckN
division, who announced that tho exor
cises would begin with the singing o
the doXO!Ogy, and after it had beer
sung by the entire assembly with fer
vrr, introduced REV. j. VIM. Jones
short prayer.
Mayor Weaver, OF Louisville, wei
coined the veterans rs follows:
The city OF Louisville bids you q
glad welcome. Her $50, 600 people
with one voice, greet you with the
most generous offers Of hospitality.
The superb history OF the armies OF
tho Confederate States fills the brirht-
est pages In the annals Of human cOur-
age and human self-sacrtice. And nov
that the war is gone save in the splen.
Gid memories OF glorious manhood aud
patriotism 1t developed, this city, rs
you come to renew the memories OF tn e
past and pledge again the vows Of dc
votion and loyalty to each other and the
principles for which you fought, feels
especially honOred TO have you assem-
bled for this laudable object within our
gates.
"On behalf OF the city offer you its
freedom, its hospitality, its entertain
ment and welcome"
Short welcoming speeches were made
by Col. Thos. w. Bullitt, OF the board
Of trade, Rev. Carter Helm Jones for
the Commercial Club, and Chief Jus
tice Hazelrig, of the Kentucky Su-
preme Court. Gen. S. b. Buckner,
delivered an address Of welcome in be-
half OF the Confederate veterans OF
Kentucky.
The Confederate Glee Club evoked
great enthusiasm by the manner in
which it rendered My Old Kentucky
Home"
General Bennett Young, OF Louis
Vile, presented the building to the
v n nj
nounced an extended eulogy on the
courage, fortitude and patriotism Of
the soldiers Of the South and declared
that Kentucky cherished among her
proudest heritage the privilege OF car
ing for the thousands OF Confederate
dead who lie within the State.
This hour witnesses the realization
OF long cherished plans and the fulfill.
mont Of years Of hope. The Confeder-
ates OF Kentucky with great desire
have longed for u meeting OF the sur
vivors OF the Lost Cause within the
limits Of this commonwealth, and now
that you have come, there Is no good
thing they would withhold from you"
General John b. Gordon replied to
these welcomes and to the general
welcome in thrilling speech. After
u general reply and warm expressions
Of gratitude for the evident hospitality
toward the battleworn men, he went
toto an eulogy of Kentucky, and drew
some striking pictures. The latter
part OF his speech was as follows
AS Southerner | glory in the un-
rlvaled gifts OF this section to the gen.
eral government in its illustrous
names, in the untarnished honor of its
public servants and In the brilliant
achievements Of its sons in peace and
war. AS an American, who loves his
whole country, | confidently claim for
her the foremost place among all the
nations. proudly challenge the rec.
ords OF all time to furnish q parallel to
her career to equal the practical and
developing genius OF her citizens to
match her high and holy political aims;
humanity; as she stands, the noblest
representative Of all that Is pure in re-
ligiOn, conservative in government, or
ennobliDg in freeedOm-tbe one com
manding and cOnquering republic, un-
challenged In her leadership and un.
approachable In her isolation Of gran
deur and glory. Loyal rs | believe
myself to be to oil States and sections,
as we'll rs to the great republic itself,
| nevertheless declare my conviction
that kentucky's history taken as a
whole, entities her to a position in the
front rank OF States. Look at her early
struggles with stealthy and blood
thirsty savages in the wilds OF an un-
broken wilderness, when her bold
pioneers were all heroes and their
wives end daughters were all heroines.
When even her faithful black slaves
caught the contagion OF courage and
OF sacrifice. What story In fiction, for
example, can compare in romantic in
terest to that OF kentucky's three
maidens captured and borne away by
Indians, and rescued by their three
lovers after long and eager purouit lay
and night through deuse canebrskes
and tangled jungles?
Beg inning her life amidst such sur.
roundings, reared to statehood upon
food go conducive to exalted manhood
and noble womanhOod; is 1t any wonder
that the Kentucky OF today boasts o
the proud array OF her great sons, o
her Breckin inridges, OF her Clays ant
her Crittendens, her Helms and hel
Hansoms, her Marshalls and her Nor
gans and her almoet endle catalogu,
Of soldiers and statesmen worthy th
highest inches In our republican Pan
theOn? Is 1T any wonder that * en-
tucky's daughters OF today are tn
pride OF great commonwealth AM
challenge universal recognition q
among the fairest, the truest and ter
derest OF our peerless women? Is
any wonder that from such field
sOwn with such seed, we should tOda
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