The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-29

with heartfelt and sincerest pleasure he calls the attention of all camps and com manders of the United Confederate Vet erans' association to this interesting event, which is of so much importance to them, and to ask them and every Confed- crate survivor to give all the aid and assistance in their power to make this meeting, of the Daughters of the Con- federacy" both eminently successful and pleasant.
 The general commanding is fully aware 1 that it needs no monition from him to arouse the southern survivors of the l great war between the states to a sense of their duty, nor to urge them to show grateful appreciation for the grand and holy service being rendered to their liy- ing comrades, and to the memory of their heroic dead, by these gentle women | of the south.
 Neither are euIogy or commendatfon | necessary to call attention to or enrich their blessed deeds; for their splendid ife-work in behalf of the confederate cause and it's survivors, speaks more elo- quently than words, and will stand as a | monument to their pure and devoted hearts and tireless, loving hands while time lasts. Comradesl In that resplendent gather l ing on the 12th day of November next will be assembled our uncrowned queens Of the south--what galaxy of beauty and glory will there be presented-what glo- 1 rious recollections of the past, and what l splendid promise for the future will their presence evokel
 A few of the grand old mothers of the confederacy yet left will be there to grace the occasion, who after their benign and glorious careers are now slowly and peacefully sinking to rest behind the clouds of eternity into everlasting life; also their beautiful and lovely daughters and granddaughters, worthy descendants of those illustrious women of the sixties. will be there, shedding lustre upon the story of the south, and who in their deathless devotion to cause and their people have won the admiration of the world, and have proven by their priceless deeds that they are the highest, the pur- est and noblest types of womanhood. The old veteran who attends will once 1 again behold the survivors of the gray | haired heroines of the confederacy, whose fortitude and heroism like. volumnia and l Vergilia in choosing between Coriolanus and Rome between the son and husband and their country, chose their country 1 first, for every one of them sent their | husbands and sons to battle for their 'homes, their fresides and their native land" and with the Spartan mothers deathless injunction, return with your shield or upon it." They will be face to face with, and can gaze with love and rapture upon those gentle, golden-heart- ed women who, in their dire distress and 1 hour of need. sent them food and cloth l ing, and who sustained their dropping | courage in the field; whose every mes | sage waited to them was freighted with love and hope; who ministered to them in the hospitals, closed their comrades eyes in death and then tearfully laid them away in their graves of glory; who toiled bravely in sunshine and in storm. and who wove and spun necessarily in
 
 weary days of war, and who. with eyes upturned beseechingly to heaven. wept and prayed in the silence of the night un- til the very stars seemed to pity those desolate watchers.
 Also before him, radiant with youth and beauty, will be ranged the daughters l and granddaughters, descendants of those peerless women of the confederacy Of whom great writer has beautifully said; They have lost cause, but they have made a triumph. They have proven themselves worthy of the best woman hood, ard in their posterity will leave nc race which shall be unworthy of the cause which is lost or of the mothers, sisters and wives who have taught such noble lessons of yirtuous effort and wo- manly endurance; they will behold these daughters and granddaughters who are now organizing chapters all over the south, and building monuments to "our heroic dead.'' who, in God-like mercy. are assisting to erect soldiers homes'' | and provide comforts for the sick and disabled old veteran in his declining years; who are preserving in enduring | IOIin. lne BiOIiOuS llStoiy Oi tHSlA AOi e 1 fathers, who are scattering sweet flowers upon the graves of ''our dead' ana weav- ing garlands around the temple of fame under whose broad dome will be gath cred the story of the glory of the south. and of her undying heroes and beloved | heroines.
 The women of the south will live for ever in song and story, as they were the hope and strcng right arm of the south in her mighty struggle Then let us cherish the. women of the south and shower every possible blessing upon them for they deserve our everlasting gratitude and homage.
 J. B. GORDON. | General Commanding. GEORGE MOORMAN.
 Adjutant General and Chief of Staff.