The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-02-02
! DQUgheTS Of COnIedeTQCy !
! Of HE Texas Division.
News and Notes in Re-
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OFFICERS OF TEXAS DIVISION.
President Miss Adelia A.. Dunovant,
Houston; first vice president, Mrs Fahhle
J. Halbert, Corsicana; second vice presl,
dent, Mrs A. Il. Howard, Palestine; thl-d
vice president, Mrs. w, A. Banks Bryan
fourth vice president. Miss Mary j. Lane
Marshall: recording secretary, Mrs. b. +.
Eads, Marshall assistant secretary, Mrs
Edmund Key, Marshall; treasurer al, Mrs s., T.
lie Conner, Eagle Lake; historian MIS-. ,.
II. Watson WaXahachlc.
Pehsc send all communications for this
column to Mrs. |. NJ. T.. Bnndtn, llO3 |
Mcuhenny avenue, Houston, Texas.
Address of Mrs. Juliette Bush, president
Of j. b. Gordon chapter on the anniversary
Of General Lees birth:
1t is with mingled feelings OF pride aud
pleasure that l appear before you this
afternoon to express a few thoughts that
eay swell the mighty pacans OF praise ever
sr.siue In harmonious measure to the
memory Of the peerless, the mntchess Rob.
ert +. Lee Years ago hoys who arc old 4
men now used to speak speeches about /
Washington and Patrick Henry and some
times they would begin hy asking "Nho /
was BlennerhasscttG' That was very pop /
MAR The time has come when tlli> young |
er generation AFRO speaking speeches, be |
ginning who was Robert T. Lcc3' But |
81 they don't spcal, q these animal remind !
crs win cause them TO talk aud think about /
1t. We celebrate the Fourth OF July be- |
cause It vs. the birthday Of nation. the |
22d Of February because it is the birthday
Of Washington, tho father ot that nation, |
and now with our hearts strung fun 70
notes Of gladncss that the Daughters OF
the Confedcracy have seen fiji to honor and
revere the memory Of r. Z. Lee by obserg
ing the 18th OF January as bis birthday.
There have been great men, there have
hssn good men, but thc men WHO have been
soth great and good are few. Greatness
and goodness are not twins. When Abner
was slain, David said "a great man has
this day fallen In Israel, aud Eu might
be said OF David and solomon and Coustan-
tine and Caesar, Cromwell and Napoleon
and many others who were great bul not
altogether good. There WIS SOME dark
blot upon their name and fame that married
its brightness. War Is perhaps the severrst
ordeal Of a great mans goodness. u tries
his heart as well as his mind and makes a
test OF all his emotions SO man In the
annals Of history hqo stood this test bet,
ter than Robert 10. Lee. He was not only
great general carefully educated In 'hc
art or war ranking high in the graduating
class nt West Point, had large and pp. uI
experience Ia tlc Mcyieau war aud o. .3ui
tion ne inherited talent for ug
men. Yet more, hc was tho ..u.
tlemHn whose bravo deeds am.
caring have made his name u
fsyal service and has been Httu
into immortal song. IL is,-,'ctl
commemorate his de.5;r-,,,o EVERY
Isn, st rs wgate IN prose and poetry
nHlsangs OF 'Rought and luy them as trib.
70 n NJ NC upon inc 5IIHt or our 1rVo'l"h
purllg H Il,3 pnte , ana sPoIr ,5 Ihe ~
tHat ana terrible losses suffered at Gcttyk.
20 burg, was able to Withdraw from the pres.
enGe OF MS powerful ond victorious enemy
SiTays for anu psSs ImG 'lUn,ar Ml. ~
passages In the history Of the war and
shows his military training
Many persons no doubt celebrate the
same natal day as Lee. hut not one OF them
He gets greater and graudrr us the wears
roll on and we contemplate the magnitude
OF his character. His noble ne aud public
service have commanded the admiration Of
the observing world: IL seems ain the com
mendGtions that the English language could
give 10 a man has been given io him. and
yHt the climnN hHs not been reached When
Robert Emmett The Irish patriot was CON
demned 20 death for treason he said Until
Ireland is free let uo man write my
cpitaph. And so when General Leo real
ICED that death was near ho requested that
Nc funeral Grafton should nc pronounced.
he scptbcrr nco,,', ,..,, p", since thn9
from giving yrpl 10 their love Ind 1,i,,.,I
Won Monuments and statues have boon
Jiencs s ot Ud",%ms hI.s i4IlIed vast au-
GUS to be menti5ntd ''''" w" N''D'''
And may we oncb 4t,g,asdt,c ,o,r
Bless this man Who vyorN iIc VA,
Bestowiug in full mc5.ure our roro,c,,
Our Utmost bc,rrs oc,,,,,o- ,,..
we will over crown and boid Mn
A. our fearless ncerI"ss brr, ''"
Among the mon VIA WOW, a.. rr,,
",'' ''e gray
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The following communication from Miss
DgfTan will doubtlass rocoI,.o -.
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t'u"pt 'e9pohNe!
Attention, Daughters Of the Confclerncy
Ennis TcSns january lO.-AU chaptcrg
who have not yet paid the amount prom