The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1902-02-20

solvent OF all malignant passions. But
this Is enough from me concerning the
great commander 1t was the sublime
Christian faith Of Lee and jackson
that made their characters complete
and added luster to their military
fame. TAey were men Of prayer.
For a httle while | would ask your
kind attention to those whom since
1872 have called themselves the
Daughters Of the Confederacy Their
mission has been and still is and we
trust long will be as declared in Arti.
Gle 2 Of their constitution: "Educa
Honal, memorial, social and benevo.
lent-to collect and preserve the ma.
terial for a truthful history OF the
war between the states-to honor the
memory Of those who fell in our ser.
vice and to record the part taken by
southern women during the War and
Its aftermath, their patient endurance
Of hardship, their patriotic devotion
during the struggle and to fulfil the
duties of sacred charity to the sur.
. 'vors." All Of these are noble oh.
fec> s but the greatest Of all IS the
eeta.s. shing Of the truth and prssery
iaas lit. The poet saith that Truth
crusaed t. earth will rise again." and
IL has rises and will continue to rise.
Even. asat POI 'ular magazine, Frank
Munsey's Month y, in Its last mum.
bsr has forever ~, tied out the malig.
nant and fanatical s,,ry OF Barbara
Breitchie and only the lagt week the
lad!ss Of Lexington, ky, put under
the ban the drama Of ''Uncle Toms
Cabin" 1t was the Daugh ters OF the
Confederacy who did it al to their
widespread and influential organiza-
tioD the south must look for the
maintenance Of the truth Ju1t think
OF it, Within the past nine years
twenty-five states have been chartered
as grand divisions, including Califor.
hia, New York, the District Columbia,
oklahoma and the Indian Territory.
In all these there have been chartered
an aggregate Of over three hundred
chapters with, a membership OF 10000
good, loyal southern women. The
largest federation Of women in the
world. OF this membership, Texas
nas the largest number, 2,435. Geor.
gia comes next with 1850 members.
But my friends, this great army of '
daughters and mothers who, whether v
alive or now dead, instllled this love Z
II truth and unstained confederate ?
In, I,o 90 III n
they are the ones who sacrificed and q
Iuffered and still were strong. For Il
more than fifteen years | have OBJ c
5erved a trait in womans nature thai I
Is lacking in most men. She never !
gives up. The sad results of the I
war that wrecked the fortunes Of I
Iouthern men fastened thousands Of !
Them to untimely graves, but their c
widows still dot the land from Vir- S
Binia to Texas. The mothers of {
.hese daughters endured more hard. !
bhips and priyations than their hus- 0
bands and sons who were in the 0
army but they never complained.
Goldsmith wrote; I
Aldu MdulA Jul lllNle uNTt DGlOWy
Nor wants that little long" l
But some cynical old bachelor para S
phrased it: S
Man wants but little here below,
For so the poets say,
But woman wants 1t ALL you know, :
And wants 1t right away" :
Well, she does want all she can get, b
Ind wants 1t as soon as she can get n
Il, if not sooner, but IL she can't have h
It she surrenders cheerfully and &C. L
commodities herself to the situation, D
During the war they actually smiled e
At their own pitiful and distressed v
condition. They boiled down the dirt t
from the smokehouse that had long o
been saturated with the drippings OF Il
the hanging meat and MADE pretty u
good salt out Of II and divided with c
their neighbors. They parched rye 0
and gubbers for coffee and sweetened c
1t with sorghum and Dragged how n
good it was. They cut up their old &
garments and made clothes for their Il
children. Indeed, it is always an c
amusing entertainment to listen to t
these good old mothers as they rec b
cite their makeshifts and their trials f
after Sherman had passed through on I
bis march to the sea, Not long ago r
tour or FIVE Of these matrons by chance a
met at our house and It was nip and S
tuck between them as they told of t
the most amusing experiences. One a
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