The Tupelo journal., 1902-09-12
FRoMtBILL ARP
Appeal That ceorg3 a's History Be
Saved from oblivion.
pru...er Sounds an
49, ~. work of Judge
Clark, of North CT
PraisewOrthy Y

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rou;uo ~. Eiditor Constitu.
ton. ~ 80 III and may not
write many more letters for your
readers, and therefore, WV 49, one
to you to enlist your os' "no
hearty cooperation in . ~ 'n"s
;s yerv near NV hoart Iand | ar sure
would he ne near to \yours if you
were 20 years older N"o "oo
time. l,
/ have received five vd Vi ms
tory compiled and editFu oy 'ouse
Walter Clark, now the INC JuaC.oo
Of the state of North atoina' Ills
is no ordinary work. on
higher plane than any na'e eve
seen and is to the land s'na' oerF'
ice Afoat" is on the sea.t y ssNeh
wears # unremitting toll Judge Clark
has worked on this laboF ol rove
without pay or reward ~ "'
which ONE from the &coilPlish-
ment Of a sacred duty faitpiuliy per
formed. OF course he has\hau caPa-
BILE and willing cooperators "no gu.
of the 254 sketches wrote. - "
them. Judge Clark wrote a Oh the
others besides a full half Voiu1ie
(fifth) of graphic events sho com
ments That concern all the SSouCher1
states rs much as North CarAina and
which includes the first nublished his
tory of the North Carolina navy
the Albermarle and SHENANDOAH anu
Florida and coma o+ba, smaller
cruisers and blockade runnels. ~ Is
worthy of mention just hGe ChaI
Commander Waddell, of the ohenan-
doah, was the last man to Keep the
confederate flag at the m~asgineao' !oi
his vessel was in the acme
ocean and he did not king" ol Inc
fall of the confederacy untnn 'he l9tn
of August, 1865, and had a sea hSht
with the enemy on June A.. Inc VOL
umes are beautifully bounu III gray
and gold. The paper an the pruning
is of the best quality and tier pages
embellished with over 900 portraits
and battle scenes. These Porlrails
are. of course q renrod,cton, eight
to a page, of the old-timv pho1o-
graphs that the mothers ofs'he oeau
and living boys furnished I'd 'he en-
gravers. These %engravings we're re-
produced bv that patriotic s}Nlthern-
er, Maj. Patton, president of TIE Uni
versity Publishing company ne"
York, without cost. The volunees are
quite large, containing 800 pases
each.
What a guaranty of truth anGsoui
ture when we see in this list of e0on-
tributors such eminent and patri'oic
names as Gen. d. II. Hill, Gen. CldS
man, Gov. Vance and his brother Ioo-
ert, Gen. Toon, Col. DeRossett, NJ.
Graham, Maj. Moore (who compfeo
the roster 20 years ago., DR.. MoNs
Hoge, of Richmond, and captains az
lieutenants by the score. And theYe1
are ministers and privates minglS
in whose work is well and ably dom.
There were "a full regiments and @
battaiions besides the state trooNs
(home guards, and every regiment
and battalion had one or nor histo-
rians. 1t is a magnificent work, and
if l were a North Carolinian and lived
u o"t L "otio pun a. l.
| had to do without tobacco and
whisky for a month, for the price
is only five dollars. There are 1900
names iHdeXed in these volumes, and
1 would be sur that some of them
were KIN to me OF my folks. What
a wonderful state. Their long for
bearing people twice sem a commits
| c;Ap 4@ lNaI1f,,+O- ~ -1aaI 60, -
peaceful solution and avoid war, but
got nc promise or consideration, and
then they mad war as one man
and all the m They had only
$4,000 of full-grown men of p i'll
the state, but they could not keep
the boys out and 125,000 troops were
enrolled. What a sad comment must
come in here, for it is a matter of
record that of these troops Al, 1000
were killed or died in the service. l
have the old roster before me in four
volumes, containing 125, 900 names,
and appended to every lame are sig
nificant letters telling when he en-
listed and where and what became
of him.
But why am l writing so earnestly
about this? Because | wish our own
state to do something of the kind
before it is forever too late. 1t is
alarming to read in Judge Clark's
"Review and Conclusion" how many
of his contributors died before they
had finished their sketches and either
he or some other had to take it up
and complete it. Now the cost of
this work to the state is one dollar
per volume, which is the actual cost
of she paper, printing, binding and
engraving. The greater portion is as
'eadable and fascinating as a ro-
nance, and will brighten up and
men, whether they be from North
Carolina or Georgia.
Now, some of us old veterans wish
the Constitution to start this ball
in motion. Your great paper can do
it. Find out how many veterans are
members of the legislature, and how
many outsiders, like Tip Harrison
and Charles Edgeworth Jones and
Gov. Gambler and Gen. Evans and
Evan +. Howell you can enlist as CO.
operators. We cannot make as large
and complete a book as Judge Clark
has made, but we can certainly make
a roster, even though Senator's Clay
and Bacon and Lon Livingston have
to have a bill passed giving our agent
the use of the confederate archives
Judge Clark had to do that. Now
please take the lead in this matter
for it is a sacred duty we owe to ou1