The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1902-05-08
Heroes Of "LOSt Cause"

EUL0GIZED IN MEMORIAL ADDRESS BY
HON. JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES.
The Confederate Soldier and What He
Fought For-BeautifuI Tribute to
Women of the SOuth-In Women s
hearts Sentiment Never Dies and
Heroic nemories Take no Surrender
The Daughters of Dixie the Defend
ers of the Faith-Old Orudges are
Dead and Country United Forever.
The following memorial address de-
iivcred by Hon. John Temple Graves
in Atlanta, April 9Th, is taken from
the constttuti0' As appropriate to
the occasion, May 10th being observed
throughout North Carolina as Com
f-derate Memorial Day, it will be read
with interest we are sure:
For fifty Years England has borne
the heroic hursemen Of Balak lava in
her heart. For three decades France
has remem bereu the brave but unfOr-
tunate soldiers Of Sedan. And when
an hundred years have rolled away
these April flowers shall find lis here
among them seeking their white
hearts and their crimson culurs TO
vOice u deathless devotion TO the Con-
Tolerate dead.
In ripper witness | have come to
know that we love these brave men
better because they failed. Ii they
had won, if they had been victorious.
if they had come home crowned with
laurels and cOmfOrted with the pen
sions Of triumphant government,
we might have left them more to the
measure Of their fame and to the
! splendor of their victories.
But the furled fla. that falls across
these silent mounds has drapsd death
i'll the dignity of tragedy. 1t has lift
ed the halo Of martydom above the
convictions that pledged their honesty
in blood; and in the unspeakable sym
pathy which works fellowship in
sorrow. in suffering, and defeat, we
have locked these hero martyrs in our
hearts forever.
TRIBI'TE TO WOMAN.
do not think that men, if left to
themselves. would have so long sus-
tanned the cele ebration Of this holy dav
The lovsand the loyalty that weeps for
the lost finds it's nobleSt shrine in wO-
man. In wOnen's hearts sentiment
never dies and heroic memories make
no surrender.
The daughter of Dixie is the pre-
server of the faith. She has builded
IA we'll in the wilderness of commerce.
She has made an oasis in the desert
of trade and here in this sacred cere-
mOnv she has lifted one last and
lingering altar of sentiment in the
cold but splendid temple dedicat ed
to mammon and material gain.
Men may die and systems change,
but the woman of the South holds al
unshaksn faith through passing years
She gave her heart and her hope ir
1861 to the cause that rose without
shame and fell without dishonor,'
and for thirty-seven years she has fec
the fires of this altar. pure as a vesta
virgin and loyal as the prisstess who
in the failure of sacrifice, Offered
herself upon the altar of her love
Serving without seeking, loving with
out leaving, remembering withou
hating, baptized in tradition, conse
Grated through suffering, perfect il
faith and glorious in the good works
she is today, as she was in the he
| b.,
loving and loyal, unfeigned and un
fearing, unawed, unrepentant and
please God - unreconstructed for
ever
With reference that can find n
voice in words, we salute the con
stancy with which Southern wome
keep loyal watch above the graves @
these Confederate dead. And wit
all our hearts, with all our traditions
with all our tender memories an
with all our overlooking love, we joi
them in this bivouac which thei
| deathless devotion makes on this cor
secrated ground. The faith is wort b
: of the vigil, and the priestess is Lo
less noble than her shrine
The South today. from Richmond t
the Rio Grande, is studded with tn
graves of soldiers. They fell on field
Of battle fighting for the principle
and convictions of the soil from whic
thev came. We love them. We homo
' them. We call them heroic becau:
they are dead because they died f
= us And we love, honor. and prai:
E them Justly. They did gallant dee,
They reflected the lustre Of Southsr
heroism through all ages and in
every land. They illustrated the cou
age and the chivalrv of the South
: blood drops that have empurplt
every field from Austin to Appoma
toN. They fought like lions; they e
dured like martyrs, and they bore Il
tattered flag of the sovereign Stat
through gloom and JOY. through su
shine and through storm, with :
heroic faith, a matchless patience.
splendid patriotism that will live
long As the fame of Jackson and Il
name of Lee. Great applause),
| have not one heart thrOb that do
not do them honor. There is no a
Of homage that | would not estee
- it privilege TO offer to the soldie
and the leaders of this illustrio
=, company.
81 ii held the KEYS Of the new worlc
ls Westminster | would build state
st mausoleum where. free from critics
and secure from blame, might repo
ire the ashes Of the stainless gentlem
nd who lived and died. first and Ia
President of the Confederate State
(Applauss).
IL If could rob nature Of the richie
floral crown she wears, | would |
the fragrant emblem upon the glo
Gus dead who fell on old Manass
c. plains.
!. II | could weave diadem Of sta