The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1902-02-12
MEMORIAL ADDRESS.
Appropriate and Highly Interesting Paper


and read by Mrs. S. Blcckley on the
occasion of the unyciling of the Con-
fedcratc monument:
Friends and Citizens Of Anderson,
Veterans, Sons Of Veterans, United
Daughters Of the Confedcracy and
Members Of the Memorial Associa-
ton:
We have met here to-day in our
beautiful city on most importa mt
and interesting occasion. An occa-
sion which we women Of this city have
long hoped and striven fol. 1t has
been the one desire Of our hearts these
long years to commemorate in marble
and stone the heroic deeds of our
dead Confcdcrates. History aud song
alike have told of the valiant deeds
and the undaunted courage Of our
Confederate army. The record Of
Confederate history rebounds to the
glory of all, and sheds its light O cr
the priceless valor of the bravest and
most ohivalrous army which ever bat
tied for human rights or defended the
sacredness of native land.
About eighteen or twenty years ago
q noble little woman with brave,
stout heart and soul filled with patri.
otic fire, determined to build monu-
ment to the heroic soldiers of our
town and County who had fallen in
defense Of our country's cause. This
brave, true-hcarted woman Of Ander-
son. by her zeal, energy and undying
patriotism, soon imbued the hearts of
many others to join with her in the no.
work she had begun. And with
willing hearts and hands to work in so
noble and loving cause we formed an
Association, known as the Monument
al Association, with Miss Lcnora c..
Hubbard as its President. Under her
leadership we worked and toiled and
struggled, but with determination and
perseverance we have this day seen
the ful6llment of our hopes.
Friends, this is day and time for
monuments. Never in the history Of
our country has there ever been such
widespread sentiment and public
spirit towards the erecting of monu-
ments on historic ground and over the
world famous heroes.
Only last year America erected q
monument in Paris to Lafayette, who
had been sleeping in the dust more
than a century. Hisgdeeds Of daring
in helping to gain our independence
had not been forgotten. A plan is
now under way to erect colonial
shaft on grounds Of the Revolutionary
battlefield at Guillford Court House,
in North Carolina. Down in Mont
gomery, Alabama, last November q
year ago, during the general conven-
tion of .he United Daughters of the
Confederacy, Mrs. Alexander, from
Alexandria, Virginia, made an appeal
to the Convention for funds to erect q
monument to the sacred dust on Ma
nassas' plains. Her ringing words TO
US were: "They are your dead as we'll
as mine" It is needless to say she
received generous contribution from
our patriotic Daughters, and monu-
ment erected on Manassas famous
battlefield is an assured thing.
Another patriotic Daughter from
the Granite State. started movement
for erecting q monument to Gen. Bed
ford Forrest, the intrepid cavalry
leader from Tennessee. The Daugh-
ters responded enthusiastically, and a
monument is now under way for tho
brave Forrest, movement started in
woman convention. And last,
though not least, is tho Jefferson
Davis monument, begun several years
ago by an association of gentlemen,
was at length given over to the
Daughters Of tho Confederaoy, and
they requested to take up the work
and complete the undertaking. The
United Daughters Of the Confederacy
are working towards that end, aud
hope to see q seventy FIVE thousand
dollar monument rear its lofty head on
historic ground in Richmond, Va.
Although the people of the South ad-
miro the Christian attribute and lofty
character Of our lamentcd President
Mckinley, and Georgia, in her impul-
sive admiration, will soon erect
monument in Atlanta to our martyred
President, we would see first in the
South monument 60 up to the Presi.
dent Of the Confederacy-the grand
and fearless Jefferson Davis. Let us