The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-05

( Mlssisslppi, Louisiana, Iexas, AIku'i s.'s
end Tennessee Maryland Kentucky a tl,a
great majority 81 tiielr people remaining
FiifshIs ID lnitoil from the speech made q
Nv Governor zcbulon y. Vance nt;Whtee
a,,Ia.t 81, snrlre s West Vlrsn'A' ''n
4 II tn Tho War Governor OF the .old
North state, (thdt furnished ono-flfth q
tnnkos tic statement that there we're
eleven states IN the Confederncy ny
n1ntiy mon WHO wore tho Grey. !ey WI WI
disp1te the question nat, II ovae1 1oh h
son Ii, his Proclamation Of Amnesty ~, 70
the Seeded States, mentions Ton tne
ones given III varco & speecl) leaving o 'it
Tennessee, thinking that 40 that was ms
own state Ito could control ~ , ana l Reop
IL out Of tho Cbnfederacy. !. q. aSt{}i5,
Again, Virginia, North Carolina, South
Carolina, Georgia, FLORIDA, nbamta, MIS-,
sissippi, Loulsiatia,I Texas Arkansas and
Tennessee, VOTED for Jefferson DAVIS TO
be the President q tho Con federate SHINES rt
Bony1 Blue lriag,,' only mentions the Dlev-
on who voted for the President OF the
ConfederacyI When tho history hnd tho
SONGS OF d country both, are ghtlnB 70
establish h fact had not the rest OF the
forth MS we'll be brave enough 70 a Jost W
3odgo their mistake II they have been go
3inr contrary to the songs md l,lstorles2
Tho i stars and bars Of tho orfederacy
sn1,k Unto the past amidst n glory thnt
shows like tho s,in. NJ With such leader
as Loe, and with such banners as theirs Iiea,
and "The Stars md Bars and tho SOUTH g,
orn Crosse have we not enough TO GLORY
and Moilor,,Ywithout claiming other States
for the RConfederacy IIowamany papers
last Year published the fact that. General
sIegel died i that lo deserved oil honor
that but for him Missouri would , nave
hleft tho Union? And IN the WASH ,ain1o
llngton Post, Of March 18th, in an article
nitomt longiiiyod people, Is tho following
ia statement In, ono Of tho nc Wsp Lper ,
TINT n, T.. M..hCurry, who has Just dlod,
md Judge Reugan, of 'Iexas, VINO y sti...
alive, were tho last SURVIVORS OF no mon
who sat In tho Confcd crate Congress-. hls
palled out from tho N9rl9lN afVWIrs,nia
is stl alive? Tho Montgomery iAln +.
Advertiser mnkos another ndd ton TO th nc,
tlist-IIonry O.. Jones, j ohm =, Ralls aliu
james II Pugh, all of the AnVertlse,lI.
own state. Tho Nashville American G Cues
two other persons Us, ,Conieue.at =, a 40.
and Colonel A. 8. Colynr, both OF Ienh re-
ace. tho Colonel, who Is writing q Dlo-
GRANNY OF jackson, and who Is q ire
ouent contributor to the. Nashville ano
Memphis newspapers, being tho 5llV 'l' es
sort OF person. IL az f:55lls " 4; s5
These Southern newspapers nro Il Tor
getting tho biggest OF all tho living men
yho Starved In tho Congress- Of tho Con-
federacy-G George g. Vest, OF missouri
True. the Senator'S State did not se &C aen
In fact, 1t decided, by majority 9. oo,oo
npaInt secession, But missouri had s SONY
very ardent sccessionists In high places
n lts government. Among these were
In clEHON and bLlgu-J
tenant Governor Il. @. Reynolds, JacK-
SON called q trump" Legislature IN SEES
slon In Neosho, whore 1t could pc pro-
tected BY Prices army the latter part
! of 1861, and that body made q pretensSe u
taking Missouri! out OF 4 ne Unlo1l, M ES
u Won't the mon whose names are given
above that sat In the Confederate states
Congress- help to settle the question q
GROW many Suites wore there IN Tue Co 1 n
fed eracy?" They surely are the ones 70
do this important thing. Ihen the SUITES
s sgloL' "side Of the fence they consld;
srad themselves Gin the early rixties.,e
Moi ono mans opinion, but let the states
answer for themselves. /. !. ,o5
Mrs Murdoch and have been reIerreu
to the Confederate Calendar Tor an m
ton, We ask might not the Calendar ! DC Pc
mistaken mist or, is that the one thing IN this
, .nrld thnt IS ''lnfllllible r. As we have
hean reforrel to the calendar, might !
not nm answer from the y. p, y. :, as Is. 70
why the stars on their badges OF M ne
himo field as never Confederate Flag
was made? Was III to destroy inc mn.
,ownxd memories, NIL our beautiful stories
- 'iiTho Southern Gross" and Tho Or.
OLE, that stands for Truth, Dternity anu anu.
undivided Allegiance? Or, is y 70 - DO e. g
much like tho STARS and STRIPES ns po "
sible? III - . =, ", =,
Goode. whose authority Is as gindisputablo
| in Virginia rs Vance's 10 IN North caro-
| lima. that there were ''l1leVen iConleueiu.e
States" Please gYou Men,, who sat IN
| the Confederate Congress- and reprcsonteol
the "Men who wore! the Gray" then, repre-
cont them now, and tell us How many
/ states formed tho Confederate States OF
| America ~ / am not fighting for eleven
stars nor thirteen nor Fifteen though, u
we have moro than eleven we should vote e
for Maryland, too), but am Fighting 70
| have this question settled now at ONCE,
mon, who claim 80 proudly u followed
| Ice ~ and I am as now. always flghtine
Tor Tor ~ : - j. RANDOLPH SMITH. 4
/ Henderson, N. c., March 10, 1903
i The Sword OF Lee. tE6
Editor OF Tho Times Dispatch:
slr,-In answer to j. G. p. In your pa,
per, I send you n copy Of tho poem o.
Father Ryan's called '"rho Sword OF Leo
i which, think, is the ono with the lines
spoken OF. j am little girl nine years
! old, ana happened to know this poem
i I Hope 1t Is the right ono, l
Very respectfully. ', 4;
4 White Marsh, Va. :. :, = !. =, Z. Y, WITH X III
THn SWORD OF ROBERT LDn,s 3.
: Forth from It's scabbard pure and bright
Flashed tho sword OF Lee! a
4 For In tho front Of the deadly fight,
/. High DOR tho brave, In the cause Of right
Z It's stainless sheen, like beacon light
Led us to victory,
4 II. M III
Out of its scabbard, where full long
1T sumbercd peacefully 4 s54
Rousod from Its rest by tho battle sons
j Shielding tho feeble, smiling the strong
Guarding tho right. and ayengllng ~ p
Cleaned tho sword OF 14ee'
&,8 III.
1rorth from its scnbbnrd, high In llr,