The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-05-11

their lifes blood, now sleep In silent
graves ali over the South, where they
will rest in peace until the eternal morn
shall wake the slumber of the tomb?
Shall the time ever come when they shall
be "unwept, unhonored and unsung7"
HALLOWED MEMORIES.
Oh, my countryaen. these are precious
and hallowed memories. They must not
and shall not be allowed to perish for
ever from the earth. We could not for
get them IL we would We would not
forget them Is we could. We could not
forget them without being guilty OF the
basest ana blacklist ingratttude. We could
not forget them without becoming lost:
our nature and monsters. in whose
breasts the nohler attributes OF our COM
mon humanity find no resting place.
While the war continued. almost every
by its red. fiery hoof. almost every field
was a. battlefield and almost every house
q hospital. When the war terminated
the people Of Virginia had nothing left
tom had been swept away. Their agri-
cultural implements had been DESTROYED.
Their State government had been over
thrown. But they did not despair They
did not sit down and fold their arms IN
ignoble and inglorious ease. Instead OF
calling upon Hercules for help, they went
to work to help themselves. They
went to work with a resolute purpose
and tndomitabIe WILL worthy of the he
role race from which they sprang.
I undertake to say that no people In
any age Of the worlds history have ever
exhibited greater recuperative energies.
They have built more miles Of railroad
and they have produced more manufac-
lures. more corn, moro wheat, more to-
bacco, than they ever did in the same
number Of years before. In the face of
adverse fortune and surrounded by diff
flculties physical, financial and political,
h ,o,,ilc 161 a
marvellous and demonstrated to the world
that there is "life in the old land yet"
In this connection. permit me to say that
have no sympathy whatever with those
is called. by detracting from the just fame
of old Virginia. The high qualities which
have made new Virginia what 1t Is were
inherited from old Virginia;
In conclusion, permit me to say that
the ladies of the lakewood Memorial As
ISOLATION and the United Daughters Of
the Confederacy are entitled. not only
to our highest commentator, but to our
warmest gratitude for their self-sacriic-
ing. disnterested and unselfish efforts
to keep alive in the hearts Of the people
the precious memories of the Confederate
dead. to assist their dependent widows
and orphans in the hard struggle for ex-
istence and to smooth as far as possible
the pathway OF the surviving veterans to
the grave I mean no fattery, but speak
the words of truth and soberness. when
I say that they have shown themselves
to be worthy descendants OF the noble
women Of the Confederacy.
The women of the Confederacy VIII not
only continue to live In our grateful and
affectionate remembrance, but the time
will come whom the men OF the South will
hold it to be a pious and patriotic duty
to erect here at the city Of Richmond,
thu capital of the Confederaoy, q maGnl-
fcent monument to their memory, a mon
that will stand forever a mute
witness Of our admiration and love. why
do say SO? Throughout the war. from
it's commencement to it's close. the Wo-
men of the Confederacy, although the
greatest sufferers, were the trueSt OF the
true In all the trials and v1clssitudes or
the war it was their unfailing constancy
that nerved the arms and strengthened
the hearts Of their fathers. husbands, sons
and brothers. 1t was their undyinS for
titude that impelled them to press Tor
ward when otherwise they might have
faitered or fallen by the wayside Like
true patriots, they submitted without a
murmur to privation, hardship and want.
They occupied their time in knitting and
sewing for the soldiers in the field and
like rninistering angels they visited the
sick and wounded in the hospitals and
received from the lips of the dying the
last sad messages to the loved ones at
homo. 1t is due to the truth Of history
to say that the women of tho Confederacy
made the men OF the Confederacy what
they were. 1t was lIlelr- sweet lIli ueiiCe
that encouraged the private soldiers in
the supreme moment Of battle. It was
their patriotic zeal that fired the hearts
of our renowned chieftain who covered
themselves with an immortality OF glory.
SOUTHERN .CHIEFTAINS.
And such chieftains the world never
saw before. Albert Sydney Johnston.
that heroic soldier and courtly gentleman
who bravely persisted while ga!lantly
leading a charging column and with his
Ia u chenyaS h9 comrades TO
victory Joseph E. Johnston. that superb
strategist and consummate master of the
art of war; Nathan Bedford Forrest,
whose motto was, when battle was
first with the most men; and Wade
Hampton, that Paladin of the South. who
salloped forth to meet the invading foe.
"Rold as the lions heart,
Dauntless and brave
Knightly as the knightltest.
Bayard could crave"
| and glorious Jeb Stuart. that flower OF
| the cavaliers. No Drawer, knlghtlier foe
with mien more lofty or more JOY
Gus ever fought against Moor or Paynim.
or rode at Temple Stowe" And Stone
wall Jackson that thunderbolt OF war,
! who suddenly emerged from the quiet
walks of academic life. leaped upon the
arena OF human strife and in two years
| time filed the world with his fame. And
Robert E. Lee. the stainless gentleman
| and Christian warrior. of whom 1t has
been beautifully said, ''he was Caesar
without his ambition. Napoleon withou;
his selfishness: Frederick, without his
| tyranny and Washington without his re-
| ward"
All honor to the noble women of the
| Confederacy. All honor to their worthy
descendants who as the years roll on and
! each succeeding spring time shall come
will bring flowers. sweet flowers. to be
laid by the hand of affection upon these
| honored graves.
"Rest on, embalmed and saintsd dead,
Dear as the blood ye gave,
No impious footstep here shall tread
The heritage of your grave.
Nor shall your glory be forgot
While fame her record keeps.
| Or honor points the hallowed spot
Where valor proudly sleeps
BROWNS SCHOOL FIRE.
Mo Reason for Belief in the lncendiary
Theory
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