The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-08-09
THE DAYS HISTORY a..

| the Confederate Army. afterwards COM
msnder Of Shelby's famous brigade. was a
| Captain then. and did effective and inteili-
| gent service His career as a cavalry COM
| man6er was a brilliant series of almost un-
| broken victories. Shelby was of the
most magnetic Generals of the South. an 1
| in ability was but slightly inferior to Cen
| eral ]. +. r. Stewart and Bedford Forrest.
Captain Henry Guibor commanded IA bat
! bor were two OF Missouris most dstin-
; crate Army.
| "Colopel b. A. Rives of Raw County was
distinguished physician. but his military
genius was SO marked that instead of talk
ing position In the Medical Corps he was
Ridge.
Generals Parsons. Stein. Mcbride and
Elicit: Ben Elliott. Robert McCulloe,.
Eusene Irwin. Mclean. Buster. Gid w.
Thompson: ,im +, T. Winso. Captain 4: a. Les
Gill. Joseph w. Mercer. f. Y NJ tcheli. j.
+. Organ and host Of others were conspic-
. to even mention all the heroes OF this fig-t
without enumerating the muster roll of tie
entire army. from the private in the ranks
10 the General commanding.
Monument to HerOea.
Within forty feet OF this monument
soon TO be unveiled lie the mortal remains
or WeiGhtman. Brown and Austin. There
when the graves shall give up their dead.
There were crimes perpeirated during
aloud to the Father of All for vengeance
Upon their perpetrators. Let us. however.
forget these crimes. and remember only
tifuiiy illustrated the heroism the chivalry
ana the nohlene s Of American character on
does not TODAY % ,ns sbar wsb What Amsrean
glorious achievements Of Lee. Jackson Hill
a.b,rt Sidney Johnson Price Marmaduke
the one side: and Grant. Meade. Hancock.
Lycn and host of others upon the other
SIDE OF the conflict?
Fellow citizens the Civil War settled
many questions and settled them forever.
~ DESTROYED slavery and made this Union,
loie states IL was. however. immensely
costly I'm treasure and priceless blood Ii
Is useless now to discuss the causes which
led up to and precipitated that terrible stIife
In my opinion. the war was Inevitable. our
Government was born of a compromise and
al Its birth the seeds Of discord had already
been sown. which finally germinated and
led to the war between the States
Il share with YOU the universal SORROW for
our our gallant dead, both North and South:
ana yet cannot but feel that the stately
steppinss of Divine Providence were i'm il
all. and that out OF the tumult and the roar
under the providence OF OF God. T Is destinili
10 stand for all time the most conspicuous
exponent of those fundamental doctrines
ment of the human race ,
Let us dedicate anew this great Republic
TO the cardinal propositions that govern
sent Of the governed and that before the
law all men stand upon the plane of abso-
Lutte equality.
I'VE are soon to dedicate this marble
shaft in memory of the heroic dead of the
chivalrous sons of Missouri and OF oths.
1t is a loving tribute. erected in large part
by the efforts of Southern women May IL
stand forever &c tell to coming generations |
the story of the knightly courage of the |
sons OF Missouri. Arkansas. Louisiana and
Texas. who carried the starry banner of the |
young Confederacy to triumph on this his |
Mayor II. Clay Tompkins of Springfield. |
No., and Colonel Henry n. Phillips OF Pop |
lar . iro Mo- mn made Ss sbs G
electioneering for Commander OF the Mis- !
souri, division was full OF color and excite 4.
ment. The Daughters OF the Confederacy 1
are able oampaigners. and are work ng |
didates.
Between Gates and Todhunter.
The race has narrowed down to Colonel
Elisha Gates OF St. Joseph and Colonel |
Ryland Todhunter of Lexington. Mo-, both
gallant Confederates, with honorable -ec-
ords.
Colonel Todhunter is the only officer OF
the Soniedsracy commissioner dr5o, to recruit a
daughter. Miss Elliott Todhunter. is here /,
with her father.
commanders in the "Immortar' Cockreli
Brigade tanc lost an arm)' IN the carnage
at Cortnth-
The St. Louis delegation to the reunion
have been instructed for Colonel Gates. and
he has very strong suppor; throughout the
State.
Mrs. CabeIl-Currie Present.
One of the most interesting arrivals at
the reunion is Mrs. Katie Caoeii-Currie OF
Dallas. Tex. daughter OF General Cabell
and twice elected national president of she
Daughters of the Confederacy She accom-
panied her father to the reunion city. Their |
train was met by a great crowd OF veterans |
who greeted the popular old nsnter and his
daughter with prolonged cheering. They
were escorted to their hotel More medals
from Confederate camps nave been pre- |
sented her than any other woman of the
ME Davis
Champ Clark's address at the Baldwin /
was al attraction that turned people away
from the DOORS
In concluding his brilliant and often-ap-
plauded address. Mr.. Clark said:
Every man lit to be citizen Of this
imperial State giories In the fact that Frank
Blair John g. Phelps. Sterling Price. Joe |
Shelby and John s. Marmaduke we're all
Missourians. and is unspeakaoiy proud OF
the splendid record Of Miseourfs soldiers.
whether they fought under the STARS and
stripes or under the stars ana Bars
The soldiers Of the North ana the soldiers |
OF t60pfoxSfh American Ifcem0U- all L