The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-05-28
Bidding confederates Good.Bye.


The AKDNoREITE has heard so
many compliments upon the speech I
Of Sylvester Mullen, delivered 81 the [.
departure Of the Confederate Vet F.
erans that We deem it proper 70 pub.
lish 1t. Mr. Mullen said:
Confederate Veterans, Sons and
Daughters Of the Confederscy, and
Ladies' and Gentlemen:-
| assure you that I regard Il
great privilege and q high honor TO
be permitted 70 address the gallant
Confederate Veterans their patriotic
sons and devoted daughters, on the
eve Of their departure to Join for
little while, this side Of the portals
CT the tomb, the hosry Of the old
S3uth's shattered armies and nc.
furl for a moment ths; other banner,
the riddled and blood-siained stars
and Dhrs, to look upon, and weep
over n, for II is hallowed with recol-
lections tender az a soldiers last
farewell, and around which clings
the sacred memories OF the Confed.
eracy, its ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS his
tory and traditions.
The curtain dropped long ago up
on the mournful scenes Of carnage
that many Of you have witnessed,
and time has besutihed and com.
iorted and healed untiltnere is moth
ing left Of the rebellion but graves
and gsrlauds and monuments and
veterans and precious memories and
we have now an united, common
country. The man who wore the
blue and the man who wore the gray
now grasp each others nand in firm
friendship, and call each other
brother. There is not a man in this
broad southland Of ours that would
not now march 70 the determination
Of foreign or a common foe under
the gladstone folds Of the stars and
stripes aud to the stirring strains of
"Dixie." Blow, bugler, blow, but
your shrlllest notes will never call
again the matchless armies Of Grant
and Lee TO the dreadful revelery and
carnival Of death.
The young generation, of which
am a member, has heard much re-
garding the old Confederate army.
II consisted OF citizen soldiery, at
the roll.call Of whose command men
by the thousands stepped to the
| front-men worthy of the comrade-
ship OF Caesars Terth Legion, Of
Cromwell's Ironsides, OF Yelling
toms Scotch Grays, or Of Napoleon's
! Old Guard and who fighting for that
cause that they conscientiously be.
lieved TO be right. were as sleepless
az Cerebus, as many-eyed as Argus,
and as many-handed as Briareus.
And you, the Sons of Confederate
Veterans, are the OIL springs of noble
sires, and you are as good and
as brave as they, having love
az true as Johnathan to David, or
Damon TO Pythias. We know that
wherever you 90 you will act wisely
honorably and nobly, with hearts
loyal to your western homes, your
| devoted people, your common coun-
try, and your Eternal God. Our
fathers will soon have to answer to
the immutable call Of nature, and
sink into that sleep that knows no
waking And to you, gentlemen,
the sunny, industrious South looks
for the continuance of the grandeur
OF her institutions and the sublimity
OF her destiny.
And you, Daughters Of the Con-
federacy, we feel proud OF you; we
love you, and your kind, gray. haired
old mothers, who during the troubles,
trials and tribulations OF the civil
war were as much heroines as their
husbands we're heroes, for by their
constancy, perseverance and bravery
they endeaYored to make their
Southern homes paradise, and did
as much as be who welded the
sword, used the plow-share, or cast
the ballot. You are the embodiment
of virtue, of energy, OF common
sense, of heroism. and to your wo-
manhood OF the South, American
citizenship looks for it's perfection
And you, Sponsors and Maids OF
Honor, we glory in your beauty and
your womanhood. Figuratively
speaking, we know that in Memphis
you will be velvet roses, lilies and
sweet forget-me-nots in magniti
cent boquet of violets and daisies
and rosemary, emitting a fragrance
rare and delicious, and as sweetly
Intoxicating rs the gentle perfumes
of the tabled gardens of Irem, born
of Hindoo opulent fancy!
We trust that in your trip through
the land of Dixie, where you will
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