The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-04-23
VETERANS.
nam EIrst Pane.l

ks taliday to 10 your oluulhs;
le nv, Earnest and anxious wish
cai nl g.sleome Of our hearts, which
sn uE Than our tongue can ten.
l,n,,,eshfers Of the Confeueracy ana
De y yonfederates we WISH 10 give
nat without thenl lhis erhhu
~ '.en,,ld be incomplete.
iee W., rerard you as an INSOFAR
vsieils .hcir association and could not
sh q heid their reunions without
deilr your attendance is glad
itsen y vonr appreciation Of the glo-
sle u acuulred by your fathers
lellsihsnntei courage and unblem-
u asiSu We hid you thrice well
l.st vour cordial participation In
70 S,[tbiug prepared for this great
D. hor visitors coming into orr
81 p,onreec aud Join In the glad
Y astinr love aud devotion for the
ns who. In the morning Of
. furnished TO the world the
Nsss,omnles of heroic devotion TO the
accorded In the worlds history,
,on cordial welcome.
2, ,Sst make up this grand assem-
neople OF Dallas, along every
s.sni t6e stores and shops, from
Han and the cottage, IN one voice
sincerity CRIES WV N'i'vlhN anu
ssiSome TO the best and all we
4 n Gerald Of Waco delivered the
q welcome for the Confederates Of
,.omine the veterans on behalf OF
..,e5eraie veterans Of Texas, Hon.
l1tsld OF Waco paid tribute to the
both In aud in
sendemned Imperialism and opposed
,nlssion of Confederate veterans to
~ Union soldiers, though he said
ara President Mckinley for his ex-
4. upon this subject, adding that
4 asrcht he voiced the sentiment OF
a mn when he said that Mckinley
"a the greatest calamity this land
.ogn since the death of Lincoln.
A gefalds welcome TO the veterans was
"A i0lowlng words;
81 ,,des Ladies ana Visitors: An old
F,reek has said, Build monuments of
q .hsbe marble TO commemorate vic
4 over foreign foes, hut only those of
a NJ wood 10 pcrpctunte the memories
Hi strife" Perhaps it would have
etter had this sentiment taken deep
"A IN this land Of ours, but II has not
II and the organization Of the Grand
II az the Republic and its Sons Of Vet
Il naturally produced the Confederate
m ana tne sons ANA inaG ii,,o i.% %t
, ,a,s,,J'' c3Imnerrs fnG the stories of
4 4. and rejoice iu the victory won, 50,
H. In gray meet annually to revive
4emotles of the past contribute to the
...u r' ,Scy roipt in ~ cause TINT Vent
4 N HE gloom of defeat without one
4 III dishouor and fer this reason am
4ng here today in response to the nigh
flment paid me 10y this association of
<ning IN behalf of the Confederate sol
N Texas not only their old com
4 who have como to ioin in the cclc.
IN NJ the lost huf moi forgotten cause,
4, others no matter from where they
or whether thev rejoice in tho vic
IN the blun mr. mourn over tho defcat
A ,rav welcome Won I'm the name az
H. ~ Doilas I'm Inc warm beorts and
A ,bie bomrs NJ ts noble mon and
4 IA von,cn who AFRO but tvpirni of All
Ya-or,r. militia fnrrd n,,,on4, no
~ ~ ,'' ,r5 oss,,,, row ,ha7 E, Is
49, "'.' w ,'''' ~ -
~ Of aIl inc pCoP'r GI lhlS most Sp'eu-
Wv. 3',"- '".U ~ INV ny
4 W qua Nl.UI' " h'"TtS H''u '"S,'lllHl
ana ne hor u r''aIl me daN spent
n rs among ih' most pleasant OF Nonr
IN Welcom'n- the old comrades OF
Fstes, with som" whom for -four long
We shared the tolls Of the midnight
d The dangers NJ the morning tight |
n with tbL. assurance that the Con-
BE. sodierSSf Texas both MS citizens
State and Of tho great Republic have
toyed false to their record i'm tho paSt.
lthe Sons and Daughters Of the Confed.
extend 10 won n double welcome.
In are hone Of our hone and rcsh Of
,esh. and 10 vonr hand is con,mffrcd
Issk of holpjro +, ,,indioote thc truth
l,ory vbcn W. ar, ,ono Ana ,horga
+ndar sons o.I l,,noj,,ors maj ON
grow, Won. ., nv 80, - +,i
~ soo,I,,., "'' i,.
A. ,co.,I ~" win,
Ii,n,, t.. no" NV ,li"l",H
's.,,.. IT, wv. NuA' i'u'U' "luu.
IS,usauVs ~, o'NefN Hl'a' aho ''n5
Ia. eul'N HO'''NhG IN INC N"hll ~
NV pen nj some other Morley Whl'h
IHIe thtoh1ih th" muSty records OF
IN as II tfIs Tho truc story of tho
Hh f9ll NJ Nh" southern Confcderacy,
Tten u Is told II win live emhllmcd
'oy end IN song until the English
lNge dies
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