The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-13

And who
 In the dark hours of imprisonment, In the hopelessness of the hospital, In the sharp agony of the field.
 Found hope and consolation In the belief
 That they would not be forgotten. Response by the comrades-They Died for their Country. fThese were men Whom power could not corrupt, Whom death could not terrify,
 Whom defeat could not dishonor, And let their virtues plead
 For just judgment
 Of the cause in which they perished.
 Response by the Comrades-They Died for their County.
 Alabama taught them
 How to live and how to die:
 She has preserved for her children The priceless treasure of their memories, Teaching all who may claim
 The same birthriGht
 That Truth, Courage and Patriotism Endure forever.
 Following the above, the following tribute was paid to the women of the Confederacy:
 The General commanding said:
 Comrades. the Women of the Con- federacy! We honor and Hove the memo rleS or tnelT proven WOEtH anu piu ehCii successors emulate their virtues"
 Answer by the Comrades-"God bless the Women of the Confederacy."
 General Harrison announced that the Committee on Credentials would consist of Major Troup Randle. Colonel Nicho- las StaIlwortK and Colonel J. B. Francis. The Committee immediately retired to make up the list of delegates to the Con- vention.
 Gen. Wheeler Given Ovation.
 Gereral Harrison led General Joe Wheeler to the front of the platform and as the famous cavalry leader appeared in sight the vast audience rose and gave him round after round of applause.
 General Harrison introduced him as one who had worn both the blue and the gray. The Confederate veterans, General Harrison said, loved him. of course. for what he had done in recent years, but their love for his recent deeds did not measure up to their admiration for what he used to do.
 General Wheeler spoke extemporaneous- | Iy but most Interestingly and eloquently He is at all times a graceful speaker, l but in his address yesterday to his old comrades, he was at his best. He made a thoughtful, earnest address and he told them proudly that the fame of the Con- IeQeTaIe SOlQleT eHCICltu tilE 6ApbN' He thanked his comrades sincerely for the high honor and compliment which they had paid him. He spoke of the high value in which he heh the warm recep- ton they had accorded him. The fame of the bravery of the Con- | federate soldier is confined not only to the South nor to the North" said General Wheeler, but it is world wide" He told how the European and all civ | ilized nations admired the gallantry and | bravery of the Confederate soldier in the four years of immortal conflict. He said that all civilized countries which had suf- fered from internal strife had smoothed over old differences and sought to hea | old wounds. In France a monument was | erected to Napoleon, the greatest soldier | that that country had produced and in the work of erecting it and commemoratine | the glory of the First Consul no one took a more active part than those who he | had opposed and who had opposed him | England he said, was now honoring | Cromwell and in honoring him no clas: was taking a more active part than the royalist and nobles, the descendants of the men he had opposed in war.
 In Hall of Fame. r General Wheeler proudly pointed to the United States as taking the same course | for the magnificent Hall of Fame in New | York reared with Northern money anc managed by Northern people, the mos striking feature one saw on entering the hall was a life-size portrait of the grea Southern leader General Robert E. Lee. At the mention of Lees name a wave of enthusiasm swept over the assembled | veterans.
 To the women of the South Genera
 Wheeler paid most eloquent tribute To them he said was due the glory achieved by the Confederate soldier. They l vrada hin, what he was First in every
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