The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-05-02
GENERAL ORDER NO. 8.


Louisville, Ky, April %, 1901
Comrades: AS number of comrades
and camps have kindly offered to vote
for me at the Memphis Reunion as
my own successor, l consider it only
fair to all that l should announce in
advance that l shall not be a candi-
! date for reelection. Nor do l desire
the Confederation to re-elect me sim
ply as an endorsement of my admins
tratiOn, with the understanding or eX-
| pectatiOn that l would resign immedi-
ately afterwards and mus permit the
eIectiOn OF my successor. | DO not ap-
prove Of this custom, and I do noL
| consider it fair to my successor, who
would thus be placed in the attitude
o. accepting second hand the high
| position Of CCmmander-in in-Chief. If
my administration shall be considered
WGrthy of your endorsement, such en-
! dOrsenelit can be Officially given by
means Of a suitable resolution passed
by you in convention assembled. AS
your COmmander-in-Chie / have en-
deavored to serve you earnestly and
faithfully.
The results of the years work.
which has been q labor Of love, will be
duly laid before you for your consider
alton. The present condition of our
Confederation is the most prosperous
ana satisfactory N its history, ard l
an absolutely forced by the demands
or my business 10 relinquiSh the work
in Wn.cn | have taken so much inter
est and pride. Upon the Sons, anu
upon the noble order o. the Daugh-
| FL Of Ion
eran heroes when they cease to exist
as an organization Each succeeding
reunion shows too plainly that their
ranks are made thinner by the
absence of those who have crossed
over the river and joined their ccm-
raGes on the other side.
The OBJECTS of our Confederation are
historical and benevolent and are not
for the purpose, as some seem to i'm
agine, OF keeping alive the old feeling
of antagOnisn, which was buried at
Appomattox when the great and ten
o4T-hearted Grant closed the terms OF
surrender with the knjghtly Lee, who
: sheathed his stainless sword and gave
to his people a noble example OF
splendid citizenship.
While yet we have me opportunity
| we should not fail % avail ourselves
5 of the privilege of meeting with them
7 SO that we can catch some of theil
Esprit and strike for the lofty heights
: OF their integrity and honor and pa;
D triotism. Let no Son feel that it. is
: incompatible with our love and 10y
atty FOR Cur whole eQuntry and for oul
: bafoYed Star Spangled. Ranher thai
. we cherish and love ard regard a:
|, iSacred the Stars and Bars which Oul
e la,AerS loved and defended so gal
lantly, and over which our mother:
: Fstitched and prayed, while their tears
e fell for their loved ones VINO ha,
f fallen upon their shields, with theil
faces 10 the foe, or who were Aghtin!
|, with ali the chivalry and manhood
Y thai was in them for justice and right
Y and for the glory of their country
n And, though We may feel that it wa
|. all for the best, as God dOeth al
: th-ngS well, we shall never believe
: anu no true man would have us be
e lieVe, that our brave fathers gave u
n their fortunes, their homes, thei
S loved ones and their lives for a caus
S which was wrong. We do not believ
|. that might works right, nor shall W
e ever acknowledge tnat the result o
i the great war detracted- one jOt or tit
tie from the rights of mankind, o
Y from the glory Of the immortal deed
of those whose names we bear. Blu
we. are ready to grant to Union an
Confederate veterans alike equal hon
% esty and equal loyalty IN the separat
" causes for which bOtn suffered an
y IOUght and died. They are America
= soldiers all, and a great country O
= common interests, common unity an
e common loyalty places the names Q
> its national heroes side by side in tn
j. temple of fame, ana points with na
: tiOnal pride to the most glorious bat
tlefeIds which .--e world has eve
y known. And IrOm those great baItlC
/ fields. made sacred with the blood c
Is our heroes, let other countries tax
warningI The same stock that Tough
a then will fight again when our cOuntr
y calls, shoulder TO shoulder, under on
II Gag an with one purpose, an inviT
/ ciule army of patriot soldiers, agains
y a common enemy.
By order of
II Hiscne Hindman,
"a Commander-in-Chief
III J. Elliott Riddel,
IS Admtant-General and Chief of Staff.