The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-15
WIZ That Number Upon the
Confederate Flag?
..MERRlMAC" AND MONITOR
Some Fresh Details Of a Much Dis
oussed Battle Anecdotes Of lee.
The Battalion Of Local De-
fence Troops.

last three OF the Confederate States,
Mrs. NJ. Murdoch, OF Fort Worth, Texas,
and +. randolph Smith, OF Henderson.
North CAROLINA. are referred to the Cal
endar OF the United Daughters OF the
Confederacy:
Tennessee seeded June, "a, ls6l 3
Missouri seceded October 81. 1861.
Kentucky seeded November 90 1SSl
All OF tic thirteen States had represen-
tatlon in the Confederate Congress; all
OF them fought for tho Confederate Cause.
Because three of them. Tennessee, MIS-
souri, and kentucky, were occupied at an
early date by the enemy, and so mao rep.
tcscntation In the Congress OF the United
States, and SO had soldiers. the time.
sewers. the naercenary, or the men who
we're drafted In the Federal Army. we
do not take their names from our roll OF
honor. or their stars from our glorious
paIasy3 MARYLAND would surely have
heen OF this number. but for the arrest
and Imprisonment OF her Legislature be-
fore the State could declare for. secession
AS It was the flower OF her chlval s,
though confronted by the greatest OBJ
stacles fought under the Confederate
banner. &
The southern States, II is well known.
were unit then as to their rights ana
policy, as they have been ever since q
'.Solid South" Delaware, though slave
State was north Of Mason and Dixon's
line, and though many OF her people were
in sympathy with the South the State
could not be called Southern.
ST. PAUL's TABLET.
on the pillars of the tablet to President
Davis, beside the beautiful memorial win
dow III St. Paul.s Church In this city,
are inscribed the names Of the thirteen
Confederate States OF America IN the or
der OF their secession. And in the state
rooms OF the Confederate Museum are In
cluded Tennessee, Missouri ana kentuek :,
OF course. with "Aty Maryland" in addi-
ton, because 1t was her misfortune. not
! her fault. that her "Star'}ls not In our
Southern Cross. A letter recently rece1v-
ed from the historian Of one Of the chap
tiers OF the Daughters of the Confederacy
Missouri recalls the scenes OF despotism
there In 1861. when the majesty OF an In
depedent State was trumpled upon by,
armed mInions OF the United States. The
Missouri Legislature met Mt jackson City.
the Capital, and Of the 1G0 members 70
only were Union men. or opposed to Sc
cession. Federal troops were In st.
Louis Governor Jackson was a pro-
t6unced secessionist and was ready to
approve the action y OF the Legislature.
the .1ay hawkers'' Of Kansas. always the
deadly enemies Of Missouri. were deter
mined to Interfere. And the members
Of the Legislature armed themselves with
muskots and ammunition to resist at
tack, and SO carried on their deliberations
with nluskets lying across their laps and
cartridge belts around their waists.
SENATOR VEST.
yyhen.t on the 10th Of April. 1861, the
20. -. : -, "a
or them Killed hy q mob In the streets
OF Baltimore. George Vest. afterwards
Senator Vest rose and stacked his nlisket
and addressing the house made the mo-
morable speech. which was so like
prophecy. He said he had road In the
morning paper that tho bodies Of the
Massachusetts soldiers killed In Baltimore,
were to DO hit on tee and sent to New
England for !nterment. and he added that
fsthe Yankee Government expected to
put the body Of every soldier who was
KILLED In the effort to serve the South. on
ice. 4 Lincoln had better make a contract
for Greenland's Icy rlountains!' Tho
approach OF the military obliged the Leg
islature to remove from jackson City TO
they halted at Neosha, but we're finally
Obliged to dispense on tho approach Of
the armed Kansas outlaws Vests elecs.
tiontito the Confederate Congress- was
made by twenty-five OF tho young men
from Ills district who were III the Confed-
crate army. and Governor jackson rem
dered his certificate Of election officially
stamping 1t With the great seal Of Mis-
souri,,
That convention of the people OF Miss,
souri, should have declared against SCI
session In February was Of no more slgni-
ficarce than the Union Sent itlent ofstlle'
virginia Convention ms at Its INCEPTION
Tie Union man who was president Of
this Missouri Convention became a, SCI.
cesslorlst and a Confederate general q
few months later. That the authorities
Of the United States feared the Gonfed-
crate sentiment iii Missouri Is proved
blythe military occupation Of this State
which prevented the expression Of the,
free will OF the whole people The I4eg-
islature Of Missouri. who truly repre-
scented tho people, as many Of them, as
could get together. met In extra session
at Neosha and OH the 2lst Of October (3lst
Of october?) passed an act of secession
dissolvmg the tie existing between the
OF Missouri! and the United States Of
America, and tho Con federate Govern
nent formally admitted Missouri into the
Confederacy. November IS. lSel; The
Northern historian Of Alissour 1. snudd ers
admits that the renegade Francis r.