Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1901-07-18
ADDRsss OF COL. ]. L. POWER
~ en- taaas4 n-esf~s sf ses-ka.ls Canp
T. e. T. m~csms Clry. Jans
80 1891.

gives ne more satl.fartiau raan me vsar-
y Nash l sare the aniform and sils-
"a 81 ne f1tlss q a Confederate ssi-
fl~r, rh~r- = ~ iegarY I nav irav~ nv
raildr~n that / StSh them % prize more
aixnlF than the tart thar their father
r-poused the cause and followed the sag
q th- -eathsra c0nfe'lrrary. There are
- <athsrings of Mlssi<zippianx more con-
ssnial te ne than ths-e composed af ta.
n-n " no fought Under Lee. la1Ssaa. Jassna
= and Albert sidney Johnston. Bsaur--.ni,l
.sor1iun- Hood. Polk stuart FtrkFtt Br1--
A p and u. a HlL Prtcr- Forrest. tIs-
lnrn. kitxhugh and Stephen T. Ls~. Wheel.
e and othcr great captains of the gsl-
se'irracy Wslthail. Martin. uumrh ris.-
.sarsssistir. Davis. Harris. Possy- B-nt1a.
rrathsrstqnr. thalners. smith. Stone. "a.
Y amt koo-rr Lowry. Scars sharp. Tucker.
tialn<. szrr. Helsirr. Reynolds Bransifn.
.ar< Nitherx Gholsan. sharp stosk.
hale ant scorws at others whst commanded
Nissis.ippians an nearly every hafrletsid
i1rinx the tuur years struggle. There
tte 1nd admire as l Do the nathers and
ttHsnters " The C0nf~deracy. tiou bless
l-ss. lany ef them arr with still. and
they VII BE- win us when eruss ever
ne river and rrsr unssr the trees IN the
stvouzc of NE eternal They we're with us
their Pray-rs ta-y were Nith Us IN the
narrh and On th- bsrtiea-id they we're
sAr lips % our DYING egmrasiss the last
words aasgr hans, aud wifs and mother
and thousands af them Nha never saw their
iore,t anes after the heart breaking rrsssi.
Dye ga earth. have sine. ne~n singing WIth
them th. Sweet Bye and Bye In q
talrer and . brighter land
le~. my comraats--. I AN g1d u he with
yuu uD.lay- [ f-~i thar il - gpod 20 -
here >o maj can meet and nin<ie with
more eonz~niAl Associates and frfentis than
muse Sao e-p.1>ed me sane ss-t caiir...
1ne sf the grparesr Wars s-nre the Nari,t
asxans L : a real sasistaeftaa % xaos
ehasn 50 cherish Is urmoris- A. % b.
willing aud a1xtous % nr-t and talk over
rnu>e times that rriei mems -uuls The
presri-e af vietory 4oes unt rnd It's charm
litT taithfuiiv dore 10 esr ample reward
Ehe highest and he-c complainant paid 20
t-si-r1te solfirr was By WIN kn.w
nim D-=r When the ps~ri--sS. the IN
mortal Robert Z. Lee. On rhs tenth of
April. I-si5. surrendered his sword - thr
s,Icr-ssfai and uaEnanimous leasier sf the
uiuu Armies he spoke these farewell
Spryls to his osllawers
Arl,r ngr yeaEs artiilnts servtce-
narNed By unsurpassed cuur1-e aud fartl-
tllste. the Army % Northern virginia has
oe~n compelled o. yieit % overwhelming
numbers and resaarres. I need mt tel
ties. VIA have remained steaitIast - the
asst. that 1 have consented - lhis result
sr1m no distr1sr % them bHr- feeling that
rdinc and devotion could accomplish noFn-
ing thar could campensare fur the ifss thar
suuid have attended the elimination or
the euare<r. I have determined % avoid
s~rvie-s have endeared them % rhsir
coGnrrymrn-
BY N. terms af the Agreement officers
AMI meu can return rp their homes Rud
remain rhere Until exi aangr,t You will
t1ke with rgu the saris41l-fiou that nrn-
eresis frum dHry faithfullv performed aud
I earnestly pray that A merrifal tsad viii
extend ~ vuu His blessing and pruterri1n-
-wira an Increasing animation ot your
saas.sar5 S.s and aess,isa, IN ald a SEaIsiai
eursasii-f afien az myself bid you an AZ
eectIunare farewell
r e LEx GseueraL-
FaiIowers II Lee Ar Gettysburg. ~ lack
sou m the Valley and other tasalnE isad-
.rs AZ Manassas Sava-e >tnriun. Malvern
lLlL snaFpsours tresierir Ssear< thlr<a.
manga SpetrSyivxnla Court Hsiuse. cold
Haroor. Petersburg. the Wilderness. shiloh.
Csrtuta. Bakers Cr--k- Vtrksburg- Atlanta.
ApDamatnx- ans the srares AZ arnsr baftir-
1elsfs of me Uld Domlnion and all over
southland rad aboxe POUR h1norable dis
cnaryr-as rirh lesary A. Pea can leave
F1ur children and FutIr chiiftfrns Children
Let IL b. engraved upun their hrarts Lee
u be printed In all our texr oaoks. and
lec it b msEsrizet and spoken - th,.
descendants OF those Wsio mt enly believed
they were right. but Who knew they we're
risnr. and whose only re<reF can De. thar
they did not sacreesi- For myself { claim
u oe thoroughly reeonsfrtirftef. and | re-
ioi,-e thar Odd tsiorv Is a--ain tnarfns ever
q reunited people. bur I have NJ pariense
with that excessive Iayalry- or Conservatism.
or penifencs-ar whatever yuu maE be
pleased IN call THAT prompts orarurs. On
some reunion aud memorial occasions. To
say. I am glad we we're whipped an -
ioiced that the Cnntesieracy did not sur
ceesi IL - all far the ssr-ansf such Ike
gush- Il may be al foe the best but
the wise ami patriotic leaders Of the south
IN 1851. and the half million sons of Dixie
xho stepped to the franr. did not think
then ant a very large majority OF the
survivors do nut think - yet one thing
ers. At
think In 1851. and IL IS feared thar a
good many Of them never will get recon
strucrest- And this reminds me- II what
Corporal Tanner OF th. Union Army. said
when be hobbiest % the platform a pair
Of ARTIFICIAL stunps at the Rtehmond r-un-
bon few years ago TX Il had not been
for your wOmen- would have whipped
you. Johnny Rebs. in six months The
Southern women always were. are now. and
ever viii be. On the ssaia aI right. and truth
and Gfury.
Another great captain. VINO had ample
reason 20 know and appreciate the valor Of
the Confederate solsiier-tsenerai tErdnr-
when his STAFF officers had started a salute
In honor Of the surrender at AppomarQx-
ne exclaimed stop Jaat firing. We have
NJ great victory u D. proud q. ter We
nave been four years capturing these eight
Thousand men who have laid dowu their
arms And General Gordon relates. how.
when his bsrtaliGns marched IN front Of
the Federal lines ro stack arms. the Jnl0n
General IN Command gave The order Pre-
sent Arms
II = only A-nerif1u sAttiltfs tnAL euull
deserve such generous reeosnition- or
that could BE- masnaniEous and gallant
enough 10 accord IL
Ny friends. ir would be a rrespasz upou
your patience. and upon the pruprteties of
this oceasinn for ne u enter upon
lengthy discussion Ok the cz1isss or 1f ss-
coudner Gf the civil War Great volumes
nave been written TO show berh si.ies "a
the question In the splendid reporr ot th'.
Historical Committee L 4 v az Memphis.
Of whis,h Gen. : D. Lee was chairman.
The objects Of the Cnion were N es-
tablish justice. and Insure domestic tran
guilty" Evidently these blessings could
not Be- realized as long enc secrion Der
sistentiy and preiusttcinlly knrerinstttiiet
with the Affairs OF the other While the
South made no eneroachmerts upon the
rights or the property Of the North. the
latter. the assumption Gf n higher law
than the Constitution. grew nore ana
rights 0f the former. For Instance. the
south made No attempt 20 prevent View
England from sarryinT nsr nils lafe ne
common blood sr treasury az bath sections.
but New England denied the south the
right TO carry her slaves tnf0 thar rerrt
rury and yet slavery and mills were alike
constitutional Institutions A-ntn- the
south made attempt as the North did
psnse Of the ether section by means Of \
prucecrive tariff on her pruducrsl
In his splendid address NJ the Atlanta
rsanloa s,r Sx1 seas IN. I1sspp Hsasr srsrs r,.
ease In one brief sentence -on the part
OF the South the war was not f0uGhe for
the maintenance Of slavery. but for the per
petuity Of the Union and the sovereignty u
the states.
Slaves were property. recaerized and pro-
recred bv the Constitution and the supreme
Court had deeidesf thar such property
might BE- taken and should De protected IN
the common territories. but Mr. Seward
declared an -trrepressihie conffier-- and Il
nnterialfzesf when the southern States
found thar the compact Of federation and
union had been Rullifesf By vehement de-
lfveranres In nearly all the Northern
States. and oF the platform upon which
Mr. Lincoln was nominated To the presi-
deney-
Our own Governor NeRae. in his message
to the legislature In 1856. declared that
The Union is not the mere hanging to-
x~ther AT the viii sf the majority nor
their adhesion oy the eoercive power Of
torre- II Is the Union Of the States CO.
equal under the Cansrfrnrinn-- His sue
eessaE. Governor Petrns. discuursed TO
the same effect Nearly al the leaders Of
the south eounsellet resistance and
secession. and the great mass Of our
secession. and the great masses af cur
ton
Of the nAgnitnde and results Of the war
4 viii be zpproprszrs 10 speak but very
orfeffy-